Growing eggplant seedlings is troublesome. Not every gardener can handle this case, especially if there is not enough experience.
On this way a beginner will face many difficulties, one of them is the fall of seedlings.
How to cope with this serious problem and avoid its appearance in our article.
Today we will understand why eggplant seedlings are falling, what to do and how to prevent it?
Reasons for the fall
IMPORTANT! If eggplant seedlings begin to fall, it is urgent to find out the cause and begin to eliminate it. The account in this case goes literally for days, and even hours.
If you miss the moment and the seedlings have already fallen, then it will be late and nothing will be saved. Many gardeners, if the seedlings began to fall, generally stop growing it. But we will fight and try to save if not all, then at least a significant part.
The reasons why seedlings can fall a lot, and they are divided into three groups:
- improper care;
- diseasesincluding fungal;
- pests.
First of all, we must take into account that seedlings are very delicate plant and it instantly responds to external conditions of detention. Non-compliance with the irrigation regime, lack of light and too neglected planting are the main reasons for improper care.
Root rot can also cause eggplant seedlings to fall. The destruction of the affected shoots will save the rest of the plants and prevent the disease to hit all the planting.
If the young shoots fall, and the leaves look unhealthy, you need to carefully examine the young plants. Most likely these are harmful insects. Most often this whitefly greenhouse, spider mite or aphid.
If seedlings are ill for this reason, then you can say you are lucky, it is easy to get rid of insects.
To make the seedlings feel good, she need neutral soil, sour earth eggplant does not like. To reduce its acidity, chalk and dolomite flour are successfully used. Both remedies are good and not expensive enough. The main thing is that they are natural and will not do any harm.
Control measures
Young eggplant bushes very quickly react to external environmental conditions.
To create the most comfortable conditions for seedlings, enough space is required, therefore need to plant each bush in a separate spacious pot.
This will enable the root system to develop normally.
Watering should be moderate, preferably warm water.. The most suitable temperature regime + 22-24 degrees, at night + 18-21. When airing the greenhouse avoid draftsThis young eggplants do not like.
Most diseases can be prevented. They are usually associated with improper care: it is overflow, lack of light, thickened planting, and so on. Before planting seedlings, it is necessary to disinfect the ground and the containers in which you are going to plant it.
The land in which it is supposed to plant seedlings, it is best to ignite in the oven, a radical method, but guaranteed to get rid of the problems associated with the quality of the soil. This will help avoid a number of diseases that you may get from previous plantings.
If shoots struck black leg, the only way out of this situation is this is the complete removal of the affected shoots and fungicide treatment of the land around.
The root collar is also a very serious problem and if it hits the seedlings, then at the initial stage of the disease you can save the case. To do this, reduce watering, reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizers and add ash to the soil. This will save the rest of the future harvest.
IMPORTANT! Pests can cause significant damage to an adult plant, and seedlings can generally kill. The most frequent pests both in open ground and in greenhouses are thrips, whiteflies, aphids, and spider mites.
Very weak plants will be difficult to move the impact of pesticides, so pests should be washed off with soapy waterThis effective remedy has been used for many years.
What to do if eggplant seedlings fall? Step-by-step instruction
If eggplant seedlings began to fall, then urgent measures should be taken. Most often this is caused not by one, but by a whole complex of reasons. Therefore, it is necessary to approach the solution of the problem accordingly.
First of all pay attention to the light. Due to lack of light, the plants wither and fall. Ensure sufficient light is obtained. This can be done with an ultraviolet lamp.
If the plants already stand in the light, then it means too much and the leaves "burn." To do this, the window of the greenhouse should be covered with a cloth that transmits light, this will make it more diffuse and gentle.
If the seedlings hit any diseaseincluding fungal, it is urgent to take action. First you need reduce the humidity of the environment, it will largely stop the development of the fungus.
If the defeat is too large, then diseased seedlings are removed so that the disease does not spread to other plants. Places where sick shoots grew are necessarily treated with chemicals.
If pests are found on the leaflets of the seedlings, they should be washed off with soapy water. This simple event will save your harvest. Also it will not be superfluous to disinfect the whole greenhouseincluding the walls. Pest larvae can well winter out and visit a gardener for next year.
All these measures to combat the fall of eggplant seedlings should be carried out in stages, from the creation of optimal conditions to the processing of plants. The main thing: do not hesitate and if the situation is out of control, then most likely the harvest will be lost.
If you managed to overcome all the difficulties in growing eggplant seedlings, then you can rightly be considered an experienced gardener.
Not everyone is doing it. The main thing: do not give up and get down to business in time. Good luck and good harvests, you will succeed.
Useful materials
Read other articles about growing and caring for eggplant seedlings:
- Different methods of cultivation: in peat tablets, in a snail and even on toilet paper.
- All features of sowing according to the lunar calendar.
- Golden rules for growing from seed.
- Features of cultivation in different regions of Russia: in the Urals, in Siberia and the Moscow region.
- Councils for the preparation of seeds before sowing, the correct feeding and picking of young shoots.
