Careful selection of seeds and preparatory work
In advance of the actual sowing the focus is on the quality of the selected grape seeds. This is where you lay the foundation for a successful course. A perfect seed feels solid and sinks to the bottom in water. The selected seeds are soaked in 0.2 percent potassium nitrate for 24 hours to remove the natural inhibition of germs. Then the cold stimulus is on the program, called stratification.
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To put grape seeds in a germinative mood, they have to go through a simulated winter. The vegetable compartment of the refrigerator is ideal for this. This is how the plan works:
- Put the pre-treated seeds in a plastic bag with moist sand
- Turn the bag into a sausage and place in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator
- Repeatedly check for sufficient moisture over the next 8-12 weeks
Guide to sowing
After the grape seeds have been fooled into winter, they are ready to germinate. They can leave the refrigerator to be in small
Growing pots to be sown about 1 centimeter deep with poor substrate. Moistened with water from the spray bottle, a constant heat of 20 degrees Celsius is required from this point on. Ideally there is a heatable one for this purpose Mini greenhouse(€ 25.14 at Amazon *) to disposal.Alternatively, cover the pots with cling film and place them on a warming mat. It takes 2 to 8 weeks for the delicate cotyledons to appear. During this time, the substrate must not dry out. The seeds are also protected from direct sunlight. When the seedlings have reached a height of 8 centimeters, they are pricked out. How to do it right:
- Half-fill 10 cm pots with pricking soil
- Use the pricking wood to make a hollow in the substrate
- Carefully lift a seedling out of the nursery pot
- place in the pricking soil so that it reaches up to the cotyledons
- up to a height of 30 centimeters in the house maintainto then use them in the garden plants
Tips & Tricks
When a grape seed turns into a magnificent grapevine, means Finishing the triumph perfect. By grafting them onto a resistant base, prudent hobby gardeners give their self-grown grapevine the necessary resistance to cunning phylloxera and infamous people mildew.
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