Many people like to grow their own seedlings. This process enthralls and captures, makes it possible to observe the germination of the germ and its development.
In this case, of course, every gardener wants to have strong seedlings with a strong root system. In a word, one that will give a good harvest and will justify the financial and labor costs invested in it, as well as the time spent.
Peat use for seedlings
The younger the plant, the more sensitive and demanding it is to the correct composition of the substrate, sufficient nutrition, temperature and light.
In recent years, peat tablets for seedlings have appeared to help gardeners, allowing them not to waste time and effort on providing plants with suitable soil.
In addition to the actual substrate, composed of the necessary elements in the right proportions, they contain food for the seeds, which will provide them with everything they need. 
Many experienced gardeners consider peat and peat mixtures to be the best substrate for seedlings. Thanks to its air and moisture permeability, as well as its saturation with a large amount of nutrients, the seedlings will receive the necessary nutrition, which will allow it to develop actively and with success.
To date, a good alternative to the soil for growing seedlings is the coconut substrate.
Having appeared not so long ago in the market, they won the favor of buyers. On sale there are tablets for landing of seedling combining the convenient form and salutary influence of a peat substrate.
They are used by both professionals and amateur gardeners. The direct prescription of tablets consists in:
- growing plants;
- seed germination;
- rooting cuttings
- application as a primer for indoor plants.
Did you know? The beneficial properties of peat are used even in the preparation of certain drugs for the treatment of eyes, joints, cardiovascular system and eczema.
Washers are dry compressed substance enriched with antibacterial additives, growth stimulants and mineral fertilizers. Similar in form to a tablet, they got their name. The product is packaged in a mesh that keeps it from spilling during use.It can be removed so that the root system feels freer and develops better, or it can be left as it is: the roots germinate perfectly through it.
The composition of the washer is optimally balanced for the speedy germination of seeds and a comfortable feeling of the plants.
- A mixture of peat and humus nourishes the plant with nutrients.
- Antibacterial drugs inhibit the growth of pathogens.
- Minerals stimulate growth.
In the manufacture of tablets used peat, having different acidity and fraction, information about this must be present on the package.
Before buying tablets, you should find out what kind of acidity the environment is required for plants to be planted in them.
By neglecting this factor, one can get disastrous results in the form of slower growth and development, and even death of seedlings or seeds. 
Did you know? About 3% of the entire solid surface of the planet falls on peat. Only the Scottish lands are 30% peat. Russian peatlands occupy 32%, that is, a third of the entire territory of the state, and annually produces up to 280 million tons.
You can not buy peat tablets for seedlings in bulk without packaging, which contains information about the characteristics of the substrate and its purpose, as well as a detailed description of how to use them.
Instructions for the use of peat tablets
Use is not difficult. It is this simplicity in combination with the use for the plants and won a huge number of fans.
Planting seedlings in pills still requires some skills and simple rules, despite the simplicity of their use. Consider step by step how to use peat tablets.
- First of all, the washer should be released from the plastic packaging that protects it from premature shedding and other damage.
- Place in the pre-selected container with a transparent lid, which will serve as a mini-greenhouse, the desired number of tablets with a hole for seed upwards.
In this case, it is impossible to remove the nylon mesh - it subsequently retains its shape and prevents the substrate from scattering.
It is better if the tablets are located tightly, in contact with each other. Having swelled up, in this case they will not be deformed and rolled over, tightly held by their neighbors.
For fixing sometimes use disinfected sand poured on the bottom. The pills are set in it, and it is subsequently watered. This method is somewhat difficult to control the moisture in the greenhouse, but you can not be afraid of displacement and fall during deformation.
A few words about the container for the mini-greenhouse. It should accommodate the number of peat washers you need, so you should try to “try on” how they will be located.
It must be remembered that after swelling the pills will rise in height eight times, becoming columns. This circumstance must be taken into account when choosing a container, as well as not to forget about the place for the future sprung germ. The sum of these quantities is its height. 
Best of all for this purpose is suitable disposable container from under the cake, salad containers and other disposable dishes with transparent lids.
The location of each column in a separate container, for example, plastic cups, is impractical at any decent scale: after all, each of them will need to be covered with something transparent, and subsequently create the same microclimate.
It is much more convenient to place them under one "roof", where you can easily maintain and control the process. The role of the "roof" can even play a plastic bag, fixed on top of the rubber band.
- Pour them with warm water to swell.
Important! If desired or necessary, potassium permanganate, growth stimulants, "effective microorganisms", fungicides, antiseptics, fertilizers can be added to water.It is not necessary to pour water into the tablets themselves; a jet can deform them. It is better to pour it into the tray in which they are located, in small portions in order to avoid floating.
Excess water in half an hour after the tablets swell and turn into columns, soak with a sponge, without turning the container with the contents. 
Important! Cold water will be absorbed longer than warm water, you need to take this into account for the correct timing.
- After the swollen posts are ready to take the seeds, it is time to sow them into the substrate. In the recess made in the middle of the top of the washer, one or two should be placed, depending on the value and quantity of available seed, prepared by the seed. They can be dry, soaked, processed and so on.
When sowing, you should remember the rule that the seeds should be buried in the soil to a depth equal to two seed sizes. Small seeds can be simply laid out on the surface of the soil, without covering the substrate. 
Important! It is recommended to scatter very small and especially valuable seeds on paper of a contrasting color and, picking up a seed with the tip of a moistened toothpick, place it in the place of your future habitat.
- Sowing in a suitable way all the prepared columns, the container in which they are located, should be covered with a lid with several ventilation openings, which must be done in order to avoid air stagnation and related processes.
- Mini-greenhouse put in a warm and bright place on the window sill, whose window faces south, west or east. If there is not enough light, additional lighting with seedling lamps is necessary to ensure its biological daylight.
Important! Cold is a big enemy of seedlings, therefore, if the window sill is cold, it is necessary to put heat-insulating material under the greenhouse: foam, foam rubber and the like. Draft should also be avoided.
- From the moment the condensate appears on the inside of the lid, the seedlings need to be ventilated.
- After the plants have proklikulis and showed their cotyledon leaves, the cover should be removed and make sure that they still have enough light.
- Watering is carried out not in columns, but at the bottom of the container, the above-ground part of the plants is sprayed with a spray gun.
Important! In no case should not allow peat drying - it will seriously damage, and even destroy the seedlings.
- After the developed and strengthened root system begins to leave the pill, it is very important to move them away from each other so that the roots of the neighbors do not penetrate. In this case, it will be impossible to separate them without injury, and a strong and healthy root is a guarantee of a strong plant and future harvest.
Pros and cons of the method
There are almost no drawbacks to this method; the seedlings in tablets grow strong, healthy and produce a bountiful harvest. They are appreciated by gardeners on dignity and are used everywhere.
In the peat tablets can be grown seedlings of cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, strawberries, marigolds, petunias.
Why it is good
Someone who once dealt with peat tablets, noticed that it is very easy to use them, and this method is good for seedlings.
What are the advantages of this innovative approach to growing seeds?
- This method allows you to sow the required number of seeds very quickly, literally in half an hour.
- The process pleases with its purity and simplicity of embodiment. There is no need to compose the soil, its disinfection and fertilizer.
- Top dressing necessary for seeds for the first time is already present in the composition of the substrate. There is no danger of damaging seedlings with improperly diluted fertilizers.
- Germination is observed high, and the probability of diseases is very small. The black leg is completely excluded, since its causative fungus does not develop in peat.
- Peat substrate is breathable, there are no obstacles to the supply of oxygen to the roots, which is an important condition for a strong root system.
- Seedlings grown in tablets do not need to dive and generally removed from their habitat. In the ground, they land right along with their first "house".
- The reticulum, which retains the shape of a pill, is not an obstacle to root growth, therefore, it can also not be removed by planting seedlings in a further habitat.
- Growing seeds in peat tablets is also convenient because individual care is possible for each plant. They may grow unevenly, some part needs further procedures, such as hardening or picking, before others. Peat columns, retained in their volume by a mesh, are easy to handle and perform manipulations.
Why bad
The disadvantages of this method are few, but for the sake of justice it is worth mentioning them.
- Growing seedlings in industrial quantities can be very expensive, because for one plant you need to use one tablet. With small volumes, it is possible to afford, while a huge garden to sow seedlings grown in this way is very expensive.
- Peat substrate dries very quickly, and this should not be allowed in any case, otherwise the plant may die. So you need to carefully monitor the level of humidity. Actually, this moment with drawbacks is a stretch, because gardeners, tired of waiting in winter, and so pay a considerable share of attention to the transplanted seedlings.
- Peat tablets should be provided with suitable containers in which the whole process will take place, from soaking to planting plants in the ground.
Summarize
Having experienced the ease of use of peat washers, gardeners can not and do not see the point in abandoning them. There are many reviews and information about the personal experience of cultivation by farmers, gardeners, gardeners and flower growers.
A tablet is suitable even for rooting cuttings of trees and shrubs, which gardeners enjoy using. 
The seedling turns out healthy and strong, powerful plants for a kitchen garden grow from it, giving an excellent crop, or house flowers, pleasing with the esthetic qualities.
The combination of simplicity and high performance makes peat tablets the preferred method of growing seedlings for excellent yield.
