The agrotechnology of cultivation of eggplant has the features. It is necessary to know about them if you want to grow up "blue" at yourself on the site. First of all, eggplant – vegetable extremely thermophilic and hygrophilous.
When to put
For this reason to plant at once in soil seeds of eggplant it is possible only in the southern regions. In other areas this culture is grown up seedling. The second reason of seedling cultivation – very long (in comparison with other vegetable cultures) the vegetation period from landing before full maturing.
Depending on climatic features, eggplants on seedling sow in different terms. Sowing time on seedling for further cultivation in the greenhouse – the end of February. If you are going to plant eggplant seedling to the open ground (in the first week after disembarkation seedling needs all the same to be covered with film), it is necessary to sow seeds at the beginning middle of March.
Soil for seeds if to use store, has to be that which is intended for cultivation of nightshade family. It is possible to prepare it independently from peat, sand and humus (sheet) in such proportions that soil passed moisture, air and had reserve of nutrients. In any soil, both purchased, and house, it is necessary to add 3 tablespoons of ashes, spoon of dolomite powder and 2 spoons of complex fertilizer on 6 l of soil. Soil before planting of seeds is spilled warm weak solution of potassium permanganate.
How to put
Then seeds disinfect in potassium permanganate solution, process growth regulators like epin and put on prorashchivaniye. Seeds with the appeared white sprouts land in the prepared soil on depth up to 2 cm. It is better to plant eggplants in glasses or pots with a diameter of 6 cm, on several pieces, with distance between them in 2 cm. Pots cover with film and maintain 6 days at temperature of +23 … 25 °C. During this time there have to be shoots. The film is removed, temperature of contents is reduced to +19 °C. It stimulates growth of root system which at eggplant quite weak.
How to look after
Thus, shoots of eggplants appear, depending on landing term, at the beginning or at the end of March. The first 2-3 days it is not recommended to water shoots, it is enough to humidify the soil with spraying by warm water. Then each four days with otstoyanny water +25 … 30 °C water seedling. After emergence of two leaves it is necessary accurately not to disturb root system, to pass seedling in pots of large diameter. Further care for seedling before disembarkation consists in regular abundant watering, weeding and scarification.