How to Use Expanding Peat Pots
Peat pots or pellets are discs or compressed discs of dry peat. Once you make them wet, they expand and then they are ready to plant or seed into the pot. Peat should not be grown in soil where there are diseases or pests. It is a sterile medium, which is extremely suitable for seeding. Some seedlings are hard to start indoors, just like melons as they cannot tolerate disturbance in their roots. However, peat pots allow you to grow these seedlings indoors and later you can plant them outside so that their roots can grow.
Things Required:
– Growing Flat
– Peat Pots
– Pin or Pencil
– Seeds
Instructions
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First, grab a growing flat or a flat that includes special cells which can support the pots. Once you have set them, place the peat pot discs into this growing flat. Then water each pot so that they remain soaked over the night and are allowed to fully expand.
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Once these pots have expanded to their limits, pour the excess water from the trays. Peel all the netting that is around the pots, especially from the top planting surface.
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Make a hole right in the centre of the pot. You can either use a pin or a pencil to make this hole as it shouldn’t be too big. Plant your seed right in the centre of every pot. Try to sow the seed to a depth which is twice its diameter and then push it down so that it can get covered.
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Put the trays in a place where the temperature is 70 to 75 degrees F so they can germinate. Mostly, germination time for every seed is about one to three weeks. Make sure that the pots are moist during this time frame and keep adding water to the trays so they can absorb it.
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After one to three week period, move your trays to a place where they are under the sun for at least 14 hours a day. Make sure that the pots are not soaking wet all the time but they must be moist.
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The seed packet will guide you with the time for the transplantation of the seedlings. Dig a hole which is at least ½ inch deeper than the pot. Set the pot right inside the hole and cover the surface of the pot with soil. Once the roots grow, the pot breaks and the roots enter the surrounding soil.
