Cassette containers for growing seedlings of vegetable and flower crops
Working in a garden or summer cottage is always associated with the cultivation of vegetables and flowers. Every second gardener tries to grow seedlings of these on their own using a wide variety of devices and new agrotechnical solutions. So more recently, cassette forms for growing seedlings have entered into garden use.
Varieties of cassettes allow you to grow seedlings at home and in greenhouse conditions with a fully formed root system that can quickly take root in the open field and give a high and high-quality yield.
Sectional containers designed for growing plant shoots have a variety of curly shapes and are classified into plastic and peat ones, having a special pallet in order to retain moisture and create cleanliness within the racks or countertops on which the sown seed material is exposed for germination, and the comfort of their transfer and transportation. 
Light forms of various depths allow growing seedlings of absolutely any plant, providing it with a protected environment for vegetative development before and after planting in open ground. Seedling trays are the middle ground between pots and bulky wooden seedling boxes.
Methods for growing seedlings in cassettes
The agrotechnical method of using cassettes for seedlings is simple and does not differ much from the methods of growing seedlings in other containers. Multiple cells allow multiple shoots to be grown, saving space to maintain its full growing season before the first foliage is ejected.
A pre-prepared soil is poured into empty cells, which has a light and porous structure, enriched with all the necessary micro- and macro-elements, into which seeds are sown, bulbs or shoots of flowers and shrubs are planted. After sowing, the molds are covered with foil and kept at a temperature of 25 ° C in a ventilated, bright room.
In order to prevent stagnation of moisture in the cells, holes are made in them to allow excess moisture to escape.
It is advisable to water cassette seedlings using a spray gun that sprays water into micro-drops.
When a certain period of vegetative development is reached, the seedlings are easily removed from plastic containers and planted in open ground.
Peat cassettes are the purest area for growing plants in terms of ecological and biological aspects of agricultural technology. Seedlings together with peat containers are planted in open ground, after which, under the influence of moisture and other natural and climatic components, they decompose in the soil, leaving in it useful microparticles that fertilize the soil.
Plastic containers are reusable and can be washed and cleaned, while peat seedling cassettes are disposable products.
Benefits of seedling cassettes
The use of cassette forms for growing seedlings has a number of advantages:
- conditions the possibility of growing each individual sprout in isolated conditions, which presupposes and ensures the healthy development of the plant;
- creates optimally favorable conditions for the development of a powerful root system of plants and the same development conditions for all elements of the seed;
- eliminates the hassle associated with picking seedlings;
- creates comfortable conditions during growing seedlings due to its compactness;
- causes a quick planting of seedlings in open ground and prevents damage to the root system;
- has a low cost, causing savings in the cost item included in the cost of seedlings;
- the plastic container is light in weight and has a durable wall density, which allows its operation for several planting periods;
- due to the variety of shapes, diameters and depths, cassette forms allow you to grow an absolutely complete natural list of plants;
- peat containers are an excellent fertilizer for the soil after high-quality decomposition;
- the seedling cassettes are comfortable both in physical and aesthetic terms.
The right choice of cassettes for growing seedlings
Faced with a huge assortment of cassette forms for seedlings, the gardener is at a loss in guessing which modification to choose, so as not to get into a mess.
The main properties of the products that you need to pay attention to:
- dimensional characteristics and instructions for the use of cassette forms from the manufacturer;
- material of manufacture: dense plastic or not too dense and porous structure of peat forms;
- the use in the manufacture of non-toxic materials and the ratio of natural to artificial, equal to 70 to 30%; it is worth giving preference to forms of polystyrene and peat without all sorts of impurities of components;
- the cost of cassette forms;
- the presence of vacuum packaging, indicating the correct storage of the cassettes, this is especially true when buying peat sections;
- if there are no instructions for use, then the choice is made in accordance with the agrotechnical standards of plant development;
- choosing sections according to the size of the cell, it is worth buying a form with a small margin of depth, due to the provision of effective planting in cases of overgrowth of seedlings or shoots.
Knowing about the most important characteristics for seedlings, you can safely get down to business and, observing all agrotechnical conditions and norms, grow healthy and strong plants in order to obtain high yields and large flowering.
The method of growing seedlings in plastic and peat sectional forms at home or in greenhouses is equally effective, but which one to use in practice, the performer of the cultivation and planting must decide himself, making sure of the comfort of these in advance by testing on his land plot.