Why the seeds do not rush: possible reasons. What to do to improve the germination of seeds?

Not all gardeners and gardeners are “lucky” with the germination of seeds - and, not only to beginners, but enough experienced crop. Probably, many of us have faced a similar problem. We chose bags with beautiful flowers or mouth -watering vegetables in the pictures in the store, and already anticipate how they will bloom (bear fruit) in your summer cottage. But it also happens that instead of the expected funny healthy sprouts, the soil remains virgin, or the entrances turned out to be some kind of rare and stunted.

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It is very unpleasant and insulting when expectations are not justified, right? Moreover, it is too late to bring new seeds to the ground, since the deadlines for crops are irrevocably missed. What happened? Perhaps the whole thing is in low -quality seeds? Now we will understand the reasons why the seeds are not being held.

Why are the seeds not: 11 main reasons

Why don't the seeds start? In fact, there may be several reasons, and poor -quality seeds are not the most common. Let's study them all so that, if possible, to avoid such mistakes in the future.

Expensed shelf life

Most often seeds of cucumbers, carrots or zucchini do not move Precisely because they were stored somewhere for too long. But modern seed producers usually have specialists who vigilantly monitor them, so that their products, which for some reason is stuck somewhere in the warehouse, in no case go on sale.
You probably paid attention to the fact that on packaged bags a date is put up to which the seeds are suitable for sowing. The manufacturers themselves are interested in ensuring that the seeds that they sell are high -quality - after all, otherwise the products of their companies will simply stop buying.
This is quite possible if you decide to save and purchase the seeds from some grandmother in the market, or you yourself, after buying, kept them for quite some time. In this case, such a reason may occur.

What to do to be stored for the seeds longer:

We advise you to purchase seeds only in specialized stores and adhere to the expiration dates indicated on the packaging. If you notice that the seeds are already expired - get rid of them without any pity, it is better to spend a little to spend money and buy fresh, then you can count with more confidence on a good germination of seeds.
Gardeners and amateur gardeners need to know about a decrease in the shelf life of seeds due to the fact that the room is worth excessively low, or vice versa, high temperature or humidity.

The best option for storing seeds is a temperature of 12-15 ° C; Air humidity - up to 50%.

Also worry about the air for sowing materials to be limited.
As for storing bags with seeds, the opinion of specialists varies. Some of them are sure that for a longer safety of seeds it is best to store them in another home -made package, for the manufacture of which ordinary foil will fit - it will minimize external influences.
Others believe that it will be correct to keep them in package, for the manufacture of which you need to use thick paper. And then you will need plastic dishes (a cut bottle, container), in which this package is placed.
The already opened packaging should be turned on top and fixed with clerical paper clips. Then the “started” bags must be laid tight and put them in glass jar, the bottom of which is covered with corn starch or flour - this will contribute to the absorption of moisture. A jar prepared for storage with seeds must be tightly closed with a lid.
But this does not end with the quality safety of the seeds: 2 times every 7 days for half an hour you need to ventilate them so that air reaches the sowing material.
To verify the correctness of the supporters of the use of foil or thick paper with plastic containers as wrapping material, we suggest that you themselves to experiment in this.

The best place where the seeds can be stored is the box in the desk or linen cabinet, but only if the heating system does not pass next to it.

Buying non -elite seeds

Responsibly to the quality of the seeds sold are serious seed -breeding companies, the reputation of which is very expensive for them.
But if the manufacturer is not really known to anyone (it may also happen that the dexterous businessmen once released a batch of packaged seeds for quick enrichment to implement, and then this company will just cease to exist), then no one can guarantee that you will acquire high -quality seeds.

What to do to avoid fakes:

Buy the seeds of famous, or already tested by you brands.
Naturally, such seed material will cost you more, but you can more likely count on their good germination.

Seeds did not undergo processing

There are such seeds of plants, for the germination of which they should succumb to special processing. Not all beginner flower growers know about this, and therefore they simply dig them and water them in anticipation when the sprouts will already break.
Not in every case, manufacturers are placed on bags of information about all the intricacies of growing such “pampered” plants. Probably due to the fact that potential buyers will not want to buy such difficult to grow seeds.

How some seeds are processed before sowing:

If we are talking about large seeds having a solid shell (which are, for example, in tick -as Basechev), then it is much easier to germinate them if their surface is disturbed. To damage the shell, sandpaper or a sharp blade is suitable - with these tools it is fed or cut.
This manipulation must be done with caution - if a wound appears in the bud, then you will not receive shoots. In principle, if we talk specifically about Kleshchevina, then it will germinate without damage to seeds, but it will take a long time.
Some perennials need stratification-while the seeds are “freezing”: either they are sowed in the winter directly in open ground, or they are kept before sowing in the refrigerator for 2-3 months. If you used a refrigerator for hardening seeds, then a month earlier before sowing you need to remove them from there and place them in a place where the temperature would be in the range from 25 to 35 ° C.
There is another express option: to arrange the seeds with a warm water “bath” with a temperature of 50 to 52 ° C (but, in no case, your seeds will simply cooked)-such a procedure should be half a hour.

Preliminary soaking of seeds is best acted on such vegetable crops: Chinese and Beijing cabbage, borago, spinach and manhold. Most often they are soaked 24 hours before landing. The beets, parsley, carrots, legumes and onion seeds (chernushka) are preferable to pre -grow preferably.

Long period of germination

Some seeds have too long germination. There are such plants whose seeds before germination lie in the ground for 6 months.
Inexperienced flower growers at this time complain about “worthless” seeds, completely not knowing about this feature of them.

What to do in this case to the flower grower:

First of all, do not be upset due to the fact that the seeds asters, petunia or begonia They did not rise quickly. And then - see the Internet about the form of the plant that you sowed on the Internet.
It is possible that it will turn out to be from the number of such “long -playing” ones.
These can also be attributed verben, Kobe, Nasturtium, Kleschevin. It remains only to wait for the specified period of germination, and, it is quite possible that after a while they will delight you with their friendly shoots.

The incorrect sowing

Some flower seeds have a direct dependence on sunlight. Experienced flower growers alone do not fall asleep at all with soil (for example, petunia or lobelia, which germinate from very small seeds, and it is difficult for them to break through even through the smallest soil).
Some of the seeds germinate in a dark place where there is no access to sunlight at all.

How to sow the seeds for better germination:

Before sowing the seeds in the soil, read the tips from manufacturers on the package, which in most cases inform about the optimal depths of crops of certain types of colors or vegetable crops, and whether they need germination in sunlight. If there is no such information on the package, then it can always be “obtained” on the Internet, where experienced flower growers and gardeners share their knowledge.
Each culture “prefers” to develop in certain weather conditions. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to familiarize yourself with the weather forecast for a week in advance.

Do not forget that plant seeds feel comfortably in open ground only when it is already well warmed up by the sun.

But not only the depth of the beds should be taken into account when landing: you also need to know, what gaps should be left from the seed to the seed and what width should be a row, after all, all sorts of plants usually have its own, different from others, preference in this.

Disagreed water

In order for the seeds to actively sprout, you need to protect them from drying. The moisture that is not always obtained during sowing is sufficient in order for the seed to “break down”.
The fact is that it can first swell, preparing for germination, and here the humidity in the soil evaporates, which is why the sprout does not have enough strength for further development, and it dies.

How to save a sprout from drying out:

Everything is very simple here: they noticed that the earth, where the seeds were sown, began to dry out, pour it.
Otherwise, it may happen that the water -made watering will not be able to help the deceased plant.

Seeds can be abyss at low air temperature

Many lovers of colors (or vegetables) sow seeds in the spring in their summer cottages directly into the ground.
But there are many “southerners” among such plants (pepper, carrots, mint) that are used to germining when a temperature of about 20 ° C is set.
The cold and wet land is not an assistant to them in this matter - they begin to rot there.

What to do to prevent decay:

The optimal output is the cultivation of such heat -loving plants by seedlings.
What temperature they need for germination - manufacturers usually indicate this information directly on the package. If it is not there, then in this case the Internet will help you.

Seeds sprouted, but immediately disappeared

It happens like this: the summer resident sowed his beds and decided that he could not appear there for a couple of weeks until it comes to admire the shoots. There are such delicate plants that immediately after germination can not only die from a lack of moisture or spring freezing, but even leave any traces after themselves. And the summer resident, meanwhile, most likely thinks: "I got low -quality seeds."
Snow sprouts can also die even if you decide to first grow seedlings on your windowsill or a glazed balcony. If you begin to actively and excessively water the soil with an excess of zeal with a seed sown in it, then due to the “black leg”-this is a disease of plants-in delicate seedlings, stems at the root itself begin to rot. In this case, in the shortest time they die. Such a disease may appear in petunia, Levkoev, Astra, Lobelia.

What to do to avoid early deaths:

It is best to avoid such a problem by covering crops with plastic films - They will help the Earth preserve the heat and humidity necessary for germination.
Water seedlings at home moderately, only if you notice that the soil has already begun to dry.

Insufficient moisture of granules

Granular seeds are a very convenient thing for a flower grower, since small seeds have a significant drawback: there is no way to plant them.
Grauling helps to cope with this task; In addition, nutrients are added to granules, which are enough for the plant at its initial stage of germination.
But, light moisturizing the soil layer Not enough for the embryo to destroy granulum. In this case, the seeds will disappear directly in granules, and the reason for this will not be seed manufacturers at all, but the summer resident himself, who did not moisturize the soil for this.

What to do so that the seeds in granules rise:

With superficial sowing seeds enclosed in a granular shell, you need to decompose right on top on the ground, and, without sprinkling them with the earth, it is good to moisturize them with aatist. Then you need to cover the container in which the future seedlings will grow, using a film or glass.
If the granules are large and are laid out in open ground, then in this case they can also be watered from garden watering can.
Before filling the granules of the earth (if required), they need to be carefully moisturize. After filling, the soil is again watered with water. The sown area must be covered on top using a film or glass.

Incorrectly selected place or incorrectly processed soil

Plot for sowing should not be under the slopeSo that the moisture does not flow down from there, and the groundwater did not fit the surface further than 2 m.
Clay soil is not suitable for all vegetable crops and colors - they may not even rise on it.

How to process the soil correctly:

Best suits plants loose and porous earth. Therefore, in order for the seeds to come better, the soil is previously loosened and moistened. In order not to wash them inadvertently, watering should be done with extreme accuracy.
If you decide to grow seedlings from the seed, you should use the special mixturebought in a store (it already has all the necessary plants nutrients and minerals), not ordinary land. For greater efficiency, put in containers with future seedlings drainage.

In the wrong day for landing

Many gardeners and flower growers on the question of why the seeds do not move after sowing, prefer to blame the moon or the fact that they threw seeds into the ground for some church holiday-such an explanation is the most among all the above controversial.
Moon calendar It predicts that on the days unfavorable for plants there is an energy decline in the forces necessary for the seed to sprout. You can believe what they write about in these lunar calendars, or you can treat them with a share of healthy skepticism.

Let such problems bypass you, because for avid gardeners and flower growers there is no greater pleasure than admiring your favorite colors or collecting a good harvest.

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