If you want not in the southern region to get a good crop of such a thermophilic culture as a pumpkin , then you should get to know how and when it should be planted in seedlings.
Preparation of pumpkin seeds for planting on seedlings
To improve germination, it is recommended in the second half of April to prepare seeds for sowing. There are several ways to do this.
The most common of these is soaking. It consists in the fact that the planting material is wrapped in cloth, then soaked first for half an hour in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, and then for 12 hours - in water with a growth stimulant. After these procedures, the seeds should be rinsed in clean water and placed in a refrigerator for one night.
Also, some gardeners use puffing pumpkins at a temperature of 60 ° C for two hours. In this case, the main thing is not to fry them. An unusual way is naddling. To do this, dry seeds should be opened from the acute side. This is done by the pointed side of the blade of the scissors. To perform this method, you must first practice, as this does not always happen immediately.
Growing a pumpkin seedling
The optimal period when you should sow a pumpkin on seedlings is the first half of May. This is due to the fact that this plant has certain requirements for the temperature of the earth (not lower than +16-18 ° C) and does not tolerate frost at all. In each locality such conditions are fulfilled in due time, but roughly this happens in late May - early June.
Growing seedlings must pass at an air temperature of +18 ° C in the day, at night - not below + 15 ° C. It must be regularly watered and carried out two additional fertilizing.
Planting seedlings in the open ground should be no later than a month after it sprouts. Otherwise, the germs
Pumpkin seedlings can be grown at home in small individual pots, placing them on the windowsill, and on the beds in the greenhouse. The only thing that needs to be considered is that this culture has a very delicate root system, so it does not tolerate transplants. Avoid it helps growing seedlings in peat cups, directly in which a pumpkin and planted in the open ground, pre-soaked in water and removing the bottom.