Many garden crops are best grown through seedlings, and not planted immediately in the open ground. Especially it concerns small seeds. The fact is that at the time of germination in the open ground they can be trapped by a large number of dangers. And allowing the sprout to form in more favorable conditions, you will protect it from possible attacks of garden pests and from bad weather conditions.
Growing plants through sprouts is important not to forget to properly feed them. Fertilizers for seedlings can be different. And in this article we will consider the most popular variants of complementary feeding for garden plants.
Fertilizers for vegetables grown through seedlings
Optimum nutrient for seedlings of many vegetable crops is ordinary wood ash . It perfectly suits as a fertilizer for seedlings of tomatoes or peppers. Included in its composition, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, sulfur and many other useful microelements, contribute to the active germination of seeds and the formation of a healthy plant. Ashes can be added to each well before planting seeds, and after emergence.
Yeast as a fertilizer for seedlings of vegetable crops is also well proven. They perfectly stimulate the growth of plants. Yeast fertilizer can be easily prepared and at home. To do this, you need to dissolve 20 grams of common yeast in 10 liters of water. Leave the solution to stand for one day, after which you can use the resulting liquid as a fertilizer for vegetable seedlings.
If you have the opportunity to fertilize garden seedlings with chicken droppings, then your plants will receive the most complete set of necessary nutrients, because the value of the chemical composition of chicken manure is even ahead of manure. Prepare a solution for fertilizing plants based on bird droppings is not at all difficult. To do this, in 10 liters of water, enough to dissolve 100 grams of fresh chicken manure.
In addition to organic fertilizers, do not forget about mineral fertilizing. Among them is to allocate ammonium nitrate and superphosphate.
Fertilizers for flowers grown through seedlings
Fertilizers for flower seedlings can be used the same as for growing vegetable and garden crops. In addition, it is good to use multi-component fertilizers, which contain many useful elements. It can be Nitrofoska or Kemir . If the flower seedlings began to lose saturated green color, then it is possible to feed it with fertilizers containing nitrogen. A good option is urea or ammonium nitrate.