Outside the window, the February winds are still blowing and the frosts are cracking, but spring will come soon, and with it the time of garden and country work will come. And they do not begin with digging up beds, as many people think, but with sowing seeds for seedlings. And it should be done in February. Especially this applies to those areas where the summer is short and there is not much time to grow the planned harvest for truck farmers. If you want to get a good and early harvest of vegetables or enjoy beautiful flowers, then in February you should think about what kind of seedlings are planted in this period.
What vegetables are planted in February for seedlings?
Early seeding has many advantages:
- in this case, you can get a strong seedling, which in the future will form a good harvest, for which it will need a shorter period of time;
- plants grown from seedlings, healthier and more enduring;
- There is no need to buy seedlings, from which, possibly, grow very fastidious to natural conditions of the plant.
In February, those vegetable crops are seeded on seedlings, the seeds of which have a long germinating period. In addition, growing through seedlings is recommended heat-loving vegetables that have a long growing season.
For vegetable growers living in regions with a cool climate, it is recommended to sow seeds of onion and perennial onion, sorrel, rhubarb , celery, asparagus, and lovage in the first days of February. But after the twentieth of February you can sow such vegetable crops as squash and melon, pumpkins and watermelons, eggplants and tomatoes, cucumbers and greens, sweet peppers and celery, strawberries and strawberries.
Most often before sowing the seeds should be soaked for a while, withstood them in a wet paper or gauze base. And only after that the planting material can be sown in a prepared soil.
What annuals to plant on seedlings in February?
In order for your site to please the eye with bright flowering from early spring, it is necessary to not seed the annuals in the open ground, but to grow seedlings out of them. And the most suitable time for sowing seeds is the last month of winter. Many beginning flower growers are interested in what kind of seedling and in what numbers of February it is necessary to plant.
In order for petunia to blossom in May, its seeds should be sown already in early February. At the same time, the "Shabo" clove is sown, and as soon as the spring frosts pass, the shoots can be planted in the open ground.
Sowing in February lobel, thereby you extend the flowering of this flower mat, which decorate the beds or frame the paths.
Beautiful amphibian begonia, but its seeds germinate very slowly, so they must be sown in early February, and in the open ground in a cool climate, the seedlings are planted in the early June. At the same time, sown on seedlings and lavender, which then can decorate the terrace or balcony.
If you plant a viola in February, then it will blossom already this season and it will be an excellent decoration of your site until the frosts.
The seeds of cynia and salvia grow long, so if you want to grow these flowers in your garden, sow the seeds also at the end of winter.
The heat-loving plant heliotrope is sown in early February, and the seedlings are planted on the street by mid-May.
Sprouted seeds require special care. In order for small plants not to stretch, they need to be illuminated. It is better to do this with fluorescent lights. Depending on the type of plant, the temperature of the soil for seed germination should be appropriate. After all, some seeds can germinate only at a temperature of + 15 ° C and above, while others at this content will not germinate at all.