Picking tomatoes in diapers: how to plant and grow with video and photos

With the seedling method of growing tomatoes, summer residents suffer in order to allocate space for seedlings. There are not enough window sills for all containers with planting material, which is why picking tomatoes in diapers has become popular. This method of transplanting seedlings has many advantages.

Features of diaper picking, advantages of the method

Vegetable growers call diapers wrapped in a bag of polyethylene film the soil where tomato seedlings are planted. Usually they take dense material, which is used to cover greenhouses, greenhouses. Before the dive procedure, a container is prepared for placing tomato seedlings in diapers in it.The container is chosen in large sizes with high sides. The bottom is covered with a layer of sawdust, then to place seedlings of tomatoes in diapers on it.

The advantages of this method of picking a vegetable plant include:

convenience of the procedure;
use less soil;
protection of tomato seedlings from diseases and pests;
saving space for seedlings.

But besides the advantages of growing tomatoes in a diaper way, there is also a significant drawback associated with the fact that the root system of the plant will develop more slowly, and the seedlings will not have enough light. A also, with the intensive growth of a vegetable crop, it will then have to be transplanted into individual pots.

Swaddling of tomato seedlings occurs in different ways. You can plant seedlings with two true leaves in nutrient soil or coco substrate. And you can pack the seeds for seedlings in a film, followed by diving the seedlings into separate cups or pots.

Methods of diving seedlings into diapers

Summer residents love to experiment, coming up with new methods of growing vegetables. This happened with the picking of tomato seedlings.

Sprouted seeds in films

In order for tomato seedlings to be strong, the seeds that were first germinated are placed in the diaper. Rectangles are cut out of the film, similar in size to the area of a notebook sheet. Having laid out a sheet of film on the table, a spoonful of nutrient soil, pre-moistened, is placed in the left corner. A sprout obtained from tomato seeds is placed on it.

The leaves of the plant should be above the edge of the diaper.

After that, add as much soil as was on the sheet. They begin to fold carefully, holding a tender sprout. To prevent the roll from unfolding, pull it together with an elastic band or tie it with threads. A seedling wrapped in polyethylene is placed in a container.

After the picking of the seedlings was successful, the container with the sprouts installed in it is placed in a well-lit place. To create a greenhouse effect, cover the landing with a film with holes. Every day, for a few minutes, the covering material is removed to ventilate the seedlings.

In diapers from seeds to sprouts

Growing seedlings of tomatoes begins with planting seeds. So you can plant them immediately in the film. Step by step consists of:

cutting polyethylene into strips ten centimeters wide;
laying a layer of toilet paper on it;
moisturizing from a spray bottle with water mixed with drops of aloe juice;
seed layouts at intervals of three to four centimeters;
covering with a layer of toilet paper and film;
roll up and place in a plastic cup filled with water.

The top of the container is covered with a film and placed in a warm, well-lit place. After the sown grain sprouts, they are released from the film. Together with toilet paper, each is separated and planted in nutrient soil. At the same time, seedlings take root easily, since the root system remains intact, intact. If you sow tomatoes immediately in diapers, they will develop faster, ahead of the usual seedlings by one to two weeks.

It is better when planting tomatoes with seeds, immediately add moistened soil or coconut substrate to the rolls. Then the seedlings will feel great before transplanting into separate pots or open ground. In a plant dived in this way, the root system is strong and tenacious.

Seedling care in diapers

After the picking of the tomato has taken place, it is necessary to properly care for the vegetable seedlings:

Water seedlings of tomatoes in diapers moderately, so that the water does not stagnate in rolls.
Feed tomato seedlings twice a week, reducing the usual concentration of the nutrient solution by half.
To ensure the optimal level of light, seedlings are additionally illuminated with fluorescent lamps.
So that the soil in diapers does not become moldy, condensate is regularly removed from the film.

Re-dive of plants is carried out after the seedlings have little space, it began to stretch. The roll is rolled out carefully, and the grown seedlings are separated from the film, planted in separate containers. At the same time, to stimulate root growth, the central root process is pinched.But if the plant will exist in arid areas, then the root pinching operation is not carried out.

Opinion of gardeners about picking in diapers

What gives and how to dive tomatoes into a diaper, only those who used this method of growing tomato seedlings know. Reviews about the method are different. Many sowed a vegetable in a film, but then said that it was better to grow tomatoes in the usual way. And some vegetable growers were proud of the tomatoes planted in a diaper, noting their resistance to diseases.

Seedlings are stronger, it is easy to transplant into open ground. During the procedure, the roots do not break, they are used to a small amount of soil, they have learned to get their own food, moisture.

Many people say that they dive and immediately place the containers in greenhouses, where the plants feel great. During transplantation in greenhouse conditions, none of them die, and then the tomatoes give good yields.

And yet, the method of diving a vegetable plant into diapers is preferred because it saves space for seedlings when there is so little of it on the windowsills. A plus for this method of growing is the fact that cucumbers, peppers, and eggplants can be dived in the same way. Some use the diaper growing method for flower crops as well.