Planting carrot seeds on toilet paper

Experienced gardeners already know that carrot seeds are among the smallest. For this reason, they are inconvenient to sow in the ground. What tricks gardeners do not go to in order to get an excellent harvest, and at the same time save on seeds. Planting carrot seeds on toilet paper is popular.

Sowing carrot seeds on toilet paper has many advantages:

• convenient to plant;
• seeds can be placed at the right distance from each other;
• easy to check the seeds for germination;
• saving money and seeds;
• the finished tape is deepened to the desired distance;
• time savings;
• the absence of any difficulties;
• ready seedlings do not need to be thinned out.

At the same time, this method of planting is characterized by saving acreage, maintaining optimal humidity, and friendly seedlings.

There are several downsides to this method. The process of applying seeds to a paper base is long in time. Some summer residents claim that the seed material sprouts longer than usual due to glue. This method is not suitable for a large number of beds, because sticking a huge amount of seeds on rolls of paper is a laborious process.

You can take any seed material for planting on a paper base. The main thing is that the quality of the contents of the bag is on top. Experienced gardeners claim that coated carrots are suitable for such a planting. The only caveat is that a large amount of moisture is needed to dissolve the capsule.

Let’s present a list of the best varieties that are aimed at high yields.

• “Queen of Autumn” has a late maturity. Root crops when leaving reach 220 grams, taste juicy, crispy, bright orange in color.

• “Red Caramel” – a variety that is ideal for making juices and salads. It has excellent keeping quality.
• “Samson” does not contain voids in its roots. Vegetable roots are juicy, rich red in color, have an even shape. Used for canning, storage, preparation of salads. In general, good germination should be considered 70% of seed germination.

A large number of gardeners have long been in demand for proven varieties. Among them: “Nantskaya 4”, “Shantane”, “Vitaminnaya 6”, “Losinoostrovskaya 13”. No less popular “Red Giant”, “Touchen”, “Children’s Sweetness”. But, following the advice of experts, it is necessary to purchase several varieties of only trusted manufacturers at once.

As a planting material, it is recommended to take any paper on a loose basis. But toilet paper in this sense is preferable. For work, it is necessary to cut the tape with a size equal to the width of the future beds. After that, ribbons of three centimeters wide are cut along the canvas.

By the same principle, you can cut paper napkins, and then, if necessary, glue them to the desired length. The method is not much different from the previous one. Napkins equally quickly get wet, and the seed material with the same intensity is able to germinate. The distance between the seeds is 5 centimeters in any direction. During sowing, the strips from the napkin are placed close to each other. The distance between the rows lay from 15 to 20 centimeters. After that, the tapes are sprinkled with a layer of soil, watered, covered.

In theory, it is not forbidden to use water-soluble glue of any content. But from a safety point of view, it is better to use a do-it-yourself paste.

The recipe is simple: you need to bring 400 milliliters of water to a boil. Carefully pour a mixture of starch and cold water into it in proportions of 2 tablespoons per 100 milliliters. Everything is intensively mixed, brought to a boil, allowed to cool. The consistency of the contents should be moderately liquid.

The composition of the “useful glue” can be improved by adding nitrophoska or crushed ash to it. The proportions are as follows: per liter of paste 50 grams of ash or 5 grams of nitrophoska. Sometimes a little “Agricola” is added.

Some do without paste and glue, using two-layer toilet paper. The steps are:

• the paper must be flattened on a flat surface;
• bend the upper edge to the level of penetration of the seed material into the soil;
• chop the paper layers with a needle to a height of two layers;
• after it is necessary to bend the top layer and spread the seeds;
• we return the top layer back, irrigate abundantly with water from a spray bottle;
• dry.

Before proceeding with gluing, it is recommended to calibrate the seed material by weight. To do this, we send the contents of the sachet to a saline solution (a tablespoon of salt per liter jar of water), mix thoroughly. If after 5-7 minutes the seeds have not sunk, then it is better to get rid of them. The rest of the contents of the jar of water are washed and dried.

The sticker is a laborious process that requires special attention, so we recommend using tweezers, a cotton swab. Everyone uses their own method of gluing. One thing is important: the need to arrange the seeds in a row at a distance of up to 4 centimeters from each other.

Finished tapes must be dried. Then, for convenience, they fold into mini rolls, sign, send in packages.

Beginners, due to inexperience, make typical mistakes.

Glue on hot paste. As a result, the seeds are boiled, lose their germination.

Sometimes they use low-quality seeds or expired. It is better to purchase bags of carrots with a production date of last year.

Due to inexperience, thick paper is used. During planting, carrot sprouts cannot penetrate a thick layer, they die.

Rarely watered. Due to insufficient watering, seedlings are delayed or completely die.

This procedure is not at all necessary to prepare carrots for planting, but some gardeners use this technique. There is an opinion that it is possible to use reception as a test for evaluating seed germination.

You will need:

• napkins, toilet or other loose paper;
• atomizer or sprayer;
• capacity;
• water;
• thick polyethylene film.

Ready-made tapes are recommended to be laid out on a polyethylene base 6 centimeters wide. Then it is irrigated with water from a spray bottle, rolled up with polyethylene, and placed in a container with water. All this is covered with foil.

After 10 days, the contents of the roll begin to germinate. From this point on, seeds are advised to be planted in a prepared garden bed.

Sowing areas are being prepared since autumn. And all because such a roll will be ready for planting 7-10 days earlier than dry seeds.

Sowing of the finished material should be started from mid-April, it is recommended to plan the planting of late varieties for the first days of May. It is better to observe the deadlines, otherwise the moisture in the ground will disappear, and the carrot fly will hit the vegetable. In the southern zone, gardeners receive two harvests per season. In regions with a warm climate, the first planting occurs in mid-March, and re-sowing occurs on the tenth of June.

First, the bed is dug up on a spade bayonet, removing all weeds and rhizomes. Organics can be used, but, for example, manure must be rotted. Acidic soil is diluted with lime, and clay soil with sand. Loose soil is fertilized with azophos according to the attached instructions.

There remains the fastest and easiest moment in the whole process – sowing. It is not recommended to work with tapes on the site in rainy weather: the tapes will get wet and fall apart before our eyes. It is inconvenient to lay out the material along the grooves in windy weather due to the lightness of the paper. All work is divided into several stages.

Any garden tool digs small grooves 2 centimeters deep at a distance of 17 centimeters. With dry soil, the grooves are shed with water.

The roll is straightened, laid out along the furrows with either side of the tape. The roll gets wet pretty quickly, and the sprouts easily pass through the soil.

The contents of the grooves are covered with soil, watered with care.

Sometimes, in order to avoid drying out, the bed is covered with spanbond.

We also recommend using the second method. The tape will lie flat in the ground if:

• install pegs with a rope in the garden – a kind of marker;
• draw a line from one landmark to another with a sharp object;
• straighten the roll in the furrow;
• cover with a small amount of soil.

We suggest using the advice of experienced gardeners on how to properly care for planting vegetables in the open field.

• If the beds are covered with non-woven material, then it is necessary to water without removing the film.
• On the areas allocated for seeds in the form of dragees, there should always be a sufficient amount of moisture.. So the shell will collapse faster.
• In the absence of seedlings in terms of up to 3 weeks, you should not expect a miracle. It is recommended to plant “ribbon” carrots again, but between the original furrows.
• The lack of seedlings in spring is due to several reasons.. The strips of paper are placed very deep, the seedlings could not break through to the surface. Sometimes the seed material is not planted according to the rules, without contact with the soil, so it is difficult for the plant to take root. It happens that a crust forms on the ground, and the plant cannot release its sprouts.

Further care involves the constant implementation of a number of procedures.

Loosening the soil under the crop. But such a procedure should be carried out with caution, especially after the first shoots, due to the fragility of the roots, stems. The best time for this is three weeks after the appearance of greenery.

Frequent and plentiful watering, especially before emergence.

Application of fertilizer according to the scheme. Do not get carried away, you should follow the recommendations on the package.

Weeding 2-3 times per season, otherwise the grass will not allow the vegetable crop to fully grow.

It is convenient to plant carrot seeds on toilet paper for the reason that after germination it will not be necessary to thin out the seedlings. This saves money and time. Caring for a vegetable is simple – you only need to water the beds abundantly.