Nesvarbu, ar esate pasirengę sodinti savo užaugintus sodinukus miesto ūkyje, ar tuos, kuriuos įsigijote vietiniame sodo centre, pagrindiniai veiksmai yra tokie patys:
Likus kelioms dienoms iki sodinimo leiskite savo sodinukams šiek tiek pabūti lauke, kad jie galėtų sukietėti.
Hardening off means getting your seedlings accustomed to the outdoors before transplanting them into the garden or container. They’ll experience less transplant shock and will be more likely to survive.
To harden off plants, place your seedlings outdoors in a protected location for one to two hours on the first day; then bring them indoors. Each day thereafter, place them outside for longer periods of time each day. After seven days, you can leave them outdoors overnight. Always protect them from frost if the nights get chilly.
Dig a hole twice as wide as the pot and as deep as the transplant is in the pot.
Carefully remove the plant from the pot.
Turn the pot upside down, holding your hand over the soil surface and around the seedling. Gently tap the bottom of the pot so the root ball slides out into your palm. You may have to gently squeeze the pot or run a knife around the inside edge if the seedling doesn’t pop out easily.
Note: If you’re using biodegradable peat or cow pots, you don’t have to remove the plant; you can plant the pot in the soil, too.
Place the transplant deep enough in the soil that it’s at the same depth as it was in the pot.
Some plants, such as tomatoes, are exceptions to this rule. You can plant them deeper in the soil because they form roots along their stems.
Refill the space around the plant with soil.
Žemę, kurią ištraukėte iš skylės, užpilkite aplink transplantacijos šaknis ir švelniai paspauskite, kad sutvirtėtų. Dar kartą patikrinkite, ar sodinimo gylis yra teisingas (žr. ankstesnį veiksmą).
Laistykite šulinį.
Laistykite dirvą aplink transplantaciją, kad ji būtų prisotinta. Jei vanduo nuteka prieš įsigerdamas į dirvą aplink šaknis, aplink persodinimą pastatykite nedidelę dirvos stulpą (arba lentyną), kad vanduo būtų augalo šaknų zonoje.