How to treat tomato seeds for fast germination

How to treat tomato seeds for fast germination

Tomato planting mainly relies on seedlings, modern agriculture in order to sow seeds after neat emergence, disinfection and sterilization, to reduce disease, before sowing are required to germinate seeds to break seed dormancy, and then sowing. So, how to treat tomato seeds germinate quickly? Here's how to find out.

Tomato seed treatment methods

1.Warm soup soaking seeds

Warm soup soaking seeds is an effective measure to break seed dormancy, promote seed germination, sterilization and disease prevention, enhance seed resistance, the specific practices are.

① Soak the seeds in water for 1-2 hours.

② fish out the seeds into 55 degrees Celsius warm water, maintain the water temperature evenly soaked for 15 minutes, and then continue to soak the seeds for 3-4 hours after germination, warm soup dip, generally one part of the seeds, two parts of water. At the same time to constantly and quickly stir, so that the seeds are evenly heated to prevent scalding the seeds.

③The water should be constantly heated to maintain a water temperature of 55 degrees Celsius. This disinfection method can prevent the occurrence of tomato leaf mold, ulcer disease, early blight and other diseases.

2.Pharmaceutical disinfection

① Trisodium phosphate dip seeds: that is, first dip the seeds in water for 3-4 hours, drain them, then put them into a 10% solution of trisodium phosphate for 20 minutes, wash them with water and germinate them. This method has a more obvious effect on tomato virus disease.

② Formalin solution for seed soaking: Soak the pre-soaked swollen seeds in 1% formalin solution for 15-20 minutes, and keep the container airtight to avoid evaporation of the solution when soaking, then take out and wrap it with a wet cloth and put it in an airtight container for 2-3 hours, rinse it with water repeatedly, and then carry out seed soaking and germination.

③Soaking seeds with 0.1% potassium permanganate solution for 15-30 minutes can effectively reduce the occurrence of tomato mosaic virus disease and early blight.

④Pre-soaked tomato seeds were dipped in 1000 mg/kg agro-streptomycin solution for 30 minutes, which was more effective in controlling cyanosis.