In the open field, under the sun and rain, vegetables ripen much better if they are properly planted. Planting seedlings eggplant - a crucial event, because they were given so much care and time.
How to disperse the bed, prepare the soil, and other trifles, quite important in the care of this delicate, demanding, but very tasty and healthy vegetables.
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Terms for planting eggplant in open ground
The summer of one year differs from the summer of another year, and it is impossible to say the exact number of planting, since the number of regions from north to south is large.Different latitudes, climate, summer duration are the reasons why in one region you can start transplanting in April, and in others only in mid-June.
As soon as the temperature at night and in the morning stop falling below 15 degrees, and will lock in for at least 2 days, you can plant seedlings.
Development from seed to independent, ready for planting seedlings - more than one and a half monthstherefore, by sowing seeds in April, by the first decade of June you will get what you need.
Where and where to plant seedlings
If you take into account all the nuances when planting, and not just plant somewhere, you will get an excellent harvest of healthy vegetables in your garden. Eggplant is a vegetable impatient to neglect itself. Therefore, we do everything according to the rules.
Preparation of beds in the garden
Whichever variety you choose, it is more logical to make a bed width maximum for two bushes. There are undeniable facts in favor of this:
- So easier to handle and tie eggplant;
- It is easier to water;
- The plant gets enough sun;
- In the case of summer frosts, or torrential rains, it is possible to cover the landing.
So, the width should be a maximum of two bushes. Street varieties, as a rule, reach a maximum of 70 cm, but in spite of this, it is better to tie them up at the time of the beginning of fruiting.
The width of the beds for two plants should be not less than 1m. Do not regret the land, as it will generously repay you for your freedom.
The length can be any, but note that watering is carried out only with separated water, and it is impossible to stretch a hose from an artesian well along long beds - ice water will destroy the plants.
Choose sunny areas taking into account the fact that plants must see the first rays of the sun. The morning sun on your vegetables is the key to a great and healthy harvest.
The bed must reach from west to east - so the bushes will not obscure each other.
Even if you dug a bed from autumn, in the spring, in just a couple of days, you will have to dig it again. In late April - early May, you must plant mustard on it, and plant green crops in a garden bed before planting.
You can cover with a film to create in the ground a favorable wet environment for mustard rot and the appearance of worms. A day before transplanting the film and all the shelters must be removed.
Seedling preparation
In order for the eggplant to adapt as quickly as possible to the new environment, the bright sun, small temperature drops, the seedlings need temper before planting.
How to do it right, and with a minimum amount of physical activity:
- Two weeks before transplanting, on cloudy days, take out the plants for 2 to 3 hours;
- A week before transplantation take out the seedlings in the greenhouse;
- Cover, even in the greenhouse, covering material;
- In cloudy weather reveal material;
- Leave overnight and on the day before transplanting in a greenhouse without shelter.
Even if you have a greenhouse with tomatoes, they will tolerate a couple of weeks neighborhood with eggplant. There is no need to make a special greenhouse for them - the bushes are still small, and they will easily enter the greenhouse.
Seedlings ready for the ground looks like an adult:
- On her real leaves - rounded and dark - green, they are not less than 6;
- Stem thick, seemingly stiff;
- The plant is not withered, not dry, but also not overflowed with water - the earthy lump should be removed from the pot without falling off.
Landing schemes
Both methods are convenient, the only thing that chess suggests is the feeling that the plant receives more light, and the distance between plants is smaller.
Depart between the plants on both sides. not less than 40 cmand from the edge of the garden 30 cmand so, with two plants wide, you get 100 cm of beds.
When planting in a checkerboard pattern, it becomes possible to make a bed already, but then the quantity will not enter into it, which perfectly included 2 plants each.
Another advantage of the chess version - opportunity to cover with foil. The width of the beds is approximately 60 - 70 cm. And the film will be enough in the first weeks if you are concerned about possible night frosts.
Errors
When transplanting seedlings, many gardeners make the same mistakes:
- Immediately after disembarkation do not tie a plant to a stick. Despite its apparent thickness, the stalk of an eggplant is very fragile, and the slightest gust of wind breaks it. The sticks to which you tie the plant will serve as a support for the shelter for the first days;
- Planting seedlings at the place where last year growing solanaceous: potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, or eggplants, too. The plant very vigorously takes nitrogen from the earth. Fertilizer and dressing with potash - phosphate additives - procedures necessary for eggplant;
- Night watering. As soon as the earth seems dry, gardeners try to water young plants more abundantly. "Thanks to" such pity the plant begins to ache and turn yellow. Before the appearance of the first ovaries, watering should be carried out once every 7 days, when the earth dries out and the bush will slightly wilt. With the beginning of the formation of fruits, watering is best done every 2 days.
- Fear of bush formation on their own. After the formation of the ovaries begins, excess foliage must be removed, and sprouts without an ovary will give strength to form new ovaries and ripen the fruits. It is better to shoot the first fruits without waiting for technical ripeness in order to more actively form new flower stalks.
The gardener's skill is concluded only in experience, and how you grow plants depends on you.Paying attention when transplanting seedlings, you will ensure easy growth and care of the plant, which means a good harvest on your land.