How and for how many days do you need to soak the peas before planting?

Some cultures are distinguished by unpretentiousness, therefore gardeners prefer to see them on their personal plots. As for peas, it requires regular watering, which is enough so that after a month you can collect sweet fruits. The quality of planting material plays an important role, hence the need to carefully prepare the seeds.

Soaking peas is necessary before planting in open ground, because during storage the seeds lose moisture and dry out. Sprouted peas quickly appear on the surface of the ground, but the usual, dry kernels will accumulate moisture for a long time before they sprout.

The main preparation for planting is to soak the seeds in the spring for a few days or hours before planting. It is possible to prepare planting material without any special skills, it is enough just to type water into the container and put the cores there.

Sometimes special solutions are used that stimulate the stress resistance of plants during bad weather. It is easy to guess that the main task of germination is to accelerate the emergence of seedlings.

Kernels can be placed in the ground only swollen (they should be in the water for about two days) and with penetrating shoots.

Potassium permanganate is used for disinfection. A weak solution is sufficient, and soaking time is reduced to just a few hours before planting. Manganese in a more concentrated form should not affect the core for more than half an hour, this time is enough to remove all pathogenic bacteria and spores, which can later be the cause of some diseases.

Tap water for soaking is not used, only:

• thawed;
• boiled;
• rain.

To soak the peas correctly at home, you do not need to have special knowledge. It is necessary to germinate only healthy nuclei, and for this, a preliminary selection of material is done. There are two methods of soaking:

• use of a container with warm water;
• warming up

Peas can be immersed in water completely or put on a wet rag and cover with it. Water must be at room temperature. It will take about 12 hours for the sowing material to swell, but if it is the kernel of the year before last, then the gardener should wait until the seedlings appear. It’s hard to say how much time it will take, in each case the process takes place individually. Water changes every two hours, this is the only way to prevent mold.

In the second case, the seeds need to be heated at a temperature of 45 degrees. Ideal thermos in which hot water is poured. The process lasts about three hours, after which the kernels are dried. The swollen peas will rise earlier in the open ground for several days, on average they germinate without prior treatment only after ten days and then with sufficient soil moisture that should be maintained.

If bubbles appear in the water, and this happens when an inexperienced gardener perederzhivat them in water, this indicates the death of part of the seed. It is enough to fill them with water in the evening in order to plant in the morning in open ground.

Gardeners professionals recommend paying attention to the quality of the soil, which is necessarily well irrigated before it is put in the kernel. Favorable climate and humidity will play a decisive role in the issue of growing peas in the garden plots.

You can use the combined method of germination.It is to first put the pea seeds in a biosolution that will kill all the bacteria, and only then in plain water. With due attention and a responsible approach, any vegetable grower will cope with the task.

Any biologically active infusion for processing should not be concentrated, otherwise it will harm the nuclei and destroy them. Perfect chamomile and oak bark.

Soaking will help catch up with time if you are late with the crop. Agrotechnics develops to help modern gardeners and vegetable growers, but it’s necessary to use its principles wisely.

Special preparations are used for various purposes, it is not only the disinfection of seed, but also the acceleration of biological processes, the activation of the vital forces of the plant. All of them are composed of active substances, for example, epin. It acts as a growth promoter and helps peas to adapt not only to temperature changes in the environment, but also to light. Soaked in a solution of the core up to 7 hours, but not less than five, so that it has a positive effect.

Antistress action has humate, which is often prepared from peat, because in this form has greater efficiency. Soaking in a solution of potassium salt of humic acid accelerates the process of germination.

A good finished product appears on the modern market "Zircon". Two drops is enough on 300 ml to provide effective fungicidal action. Seeds should be in solution from 8 to 18 hours. The tool will help:

• increase yield;
• activates plant growth;
• will help the formation of future seed.

Great for seeds with a strong shell, since the main component promotes moisture penetration under it.

Such growth stimulants are completely harmless to humans and plants. Produced only on the basis of natural ingredients. In addition to sprouting faster in the ground, the adult plant becomes less susceptible to:

• temperature changes;
• diseases;
• drought.

Processing time depends on many factors:

• type of substance;
• concentration;
• features pea varieties.

On average, the effect on seeds lasts from 6 to 18 hours. On the package there is always a detailed instruction, which should not be neglected. Quickly process the seeds will not work, you need to sustain the allotted time.

Even an inexperienced gardener can easily figure out that the seeds are ready for planting. If they were immersed in water for a short period of time, then they must have acquired a round even shape and increase in size.

Even if there is any doubt, you can hold the peas in the water until the sprouts and a small root are visible. This is a 100% quality guarantee of the seed, which will appear on the surface the very next day.

In any case, the pea is not a fastidious crop for the suburban area, just the time of germination and harvest depends on the quality of germination. Summer resident can do everything possible to activate the life processes of the plant before. Not only agricultural technology comes to the rescue, but also special formulations.

On how to plant peas, see the next video.