Young seedling can resist to cold weather. For this purpose it is necessary to temper seeds, and then and seedlings before landing. Will save from frosts lutrasit, newspapers, film, straw and even plastic bottles.
Gardeners want to plant quicker seedling in soil as soon as possible to receive harvest. As happens offensively when cold, frosts destroy all works, hope for harvest.
Hardening will help to resist to cold
That cold was not terrible to seedlings, before landing the seeds temper. At first disinfect in light-crimson solution of potassium permanganate, then wash out and place in damp fabric on the lower shelf of the fridge for day, and then – put.
Seedling needs to be tempered too, taking out since April on the glazed balcony where temperature does not fall lower than +8 °. Do it gradually. At first leave it on 1 there, then for 2 hours, and then and for the whole day.
Well tempered seedling of tomatoes gets lilacky shade. Seedling of cabbage becomes strong, and leaves cucumber get dark green coloring. Such seedling the lowered above-zero temperatures will not be terrible. If the weather forecast warns about the approaching late spring frosts when seedling is already planted on the constant place, then they need to be protected.
We save seedlings from cold
If tomatoes are planted to the open ground, then over them put arches or nearby – thick sticks and cover from above lutrasit high density or film not less than 60 μR thick. Such shelter – good protection for seedling if frosts are not lower -3 °. At lower temperatures it is necessary to contract bags from double layer of newspapers and to cover with them each tomato seedling, having fixed paper from below by means of the earth or stones. If cold threatens potato shoots, then the tops of vegetable is hilled, having completely covered with earth. In the afternoon the soil shelter is removed. It is possible to cover these landings with straw mats. Before approach of frosts at night all seedling needs to be spilled very well. Moisture, evaporating, will reduce destructive influence of cold on seedlings. Cabbage more cold-resistant. If it is well watered, then will be able to be protected from cold weather to 0 °. If the weather forecast does not please and there comes bigger cold snap, then the plantation with seedling is covered for the night with double layer of dense lutrasil.
If there are many plastic bottles, then at them cut out bottom and cover with them each seedling of cabbage, cucumber, tomato. Per day uncover bottle for airing of seedling.
To shoots of carrots, beet, parsley, fennel cold is not terrible. Therefore these cultures put some of the first. Here seedlings of asters, petunias and other annual flowers can suffer from the lowered temperatures. If they only left the earth and still low, then it is possible to cover for the night them with sheets of the newspapers connected among themselves by adhesive tape. Even if next morning after frosts the seedlings have hung and have sad appearance, do not despair. They need to be watered and many them them will raise the head again and will find healthy look.