Video: Growing Tomatoes From Stepchildren - Increasing The Number Of Seedlings
2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47
Summer residents often lack tomato seedlings. For one reason or another (little space on the windowsills, death of seedlings due to diseases, etc.), the grown seedlings are not enough for all the beds and greenhouses.
You can get out of this situation in a simple way, which I used last year. Then I took out my seedlings and planted them in the greenhouse a little earlier than usual, and the recurrent frosts that happened destroyed more than half of the plants.
One of the simple, widely known and used methods of tomato propagation is by rooting stepchildren. Plants intended for taking stepchildren, I did not stepchildren at the usual time. After the stepsons reached 10-15 cm in length, I cut them out and placed them in the school for rooting, sprinkling a part of the stem to the base of the leaves with a fertile substrate.
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After planting, I watered the plants with warm water. Rooting in favorable conditions occurs rather quickly. After the rooted stepchildren began to grow, I transplanted them to a permanent place.
The advantages of this method, along with an increase in the multiplication factor, are also a significant acceleration of the entry into fruiting, as well as accurate preservation of the varietal qualities of the plant that the vegetable grower liked. The same method can be used when there is a lack of seeds or when their sowing quality is low. Seeds have become expensive, especially hybrids. Buy a bag for 15-20 rubles, and there are only six to eight seeds. So you can stretch such a bag for 3-4 years, and grow the required amount of planting material using the method of rooting stepsons.
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Rooting of stepchildren can also be carried out in water or in a solution of mineral fertilizers, however, the roots formed in this case are usually more fragile. And when landing, it is necessary to observe measures to ensure their safety.
Try it, maybe this method will be useful to you.
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