Note to the gardener: how to feed tomato seedlings so that there are plump stems
How to feed tomato seedlings so that there are plump fruits? There are many options. Gardeners can use purchased products for such purposes or use homemade dressings. The effectiveness of such solutions is high, as evidenced by the excellent yield.
Important information
For example, leaves turn yellow due to a lack of nitrogen or improper care (too much watering, low air temperature). The purple color of the plant indicates an insufficient amount of phosphorus. The pale color of the leaves indicates chlorosis. This is a signal of a lack of iron. Visible streaks begin to form on the foliage.
With normal growth and development of foliage, no measures are taken. A plant that has grown a little can be fertilized with a solution of grade A1 (A). For 45 g of the substance, you will need a bucket of water.
When forming the ovary, a mixture is suitable:
- chicken droppings - 500 ml;
- potassium sulfate - 1 tbsp. l .;
- water - 10 liters.
For one plant, you will need 1 liter of the mixture.
Top dressing can be performed as a preventive measure to prevent the occurrence of various diseases. To avoid top rot, it is necessary to spray the vegetable crop with a solution of water and calcium nitrate. The procedure is best done during flowering bushes. For this, 1 tbsp. l. calcium nitrate is diluted in a bucket of clean water.
The use of some fertilizers at a too young age has a negative effect on the seedlings (there is an excess of components).
Options for suitable solutions
Top dressing for tomatoes is carried out no more than 1 time in 14 days. When carrying out the procedure for the first time, it is permissible to use such fertilizers:
- nitrogen (10 g);
- phosphorus (10 g);
- potassium (20 g).
These components are diluted in 10 liters of water. Correct feeding involves the consumption of the prepared mixture in a volume of 0.5 liters for each bush of the plant. In the future, the amount of each component is doubled. Additionally, magnesium is included in the solution for 10 liters of water. It will need 10 g. It is allowed to process vegetable crops using ash.
Reviews of experienced gardeners and professionals in vegetable growing indicate that tomatoes grow better, it is possible to achieve the maximum effect if you combine top dressing and watering. With this watering, a weakly concentrated fertilizer solution is added. It is necessary to feed tomato seedlings every 7 days.
You can also fertilize with Azophos (2 tbsp. L.) With double superphosphate (1 tbsp. L.). Another 10 liters of water should be taken: potassium sulfate - 0.5 tsp. and "Uniflor-Micro" - 2 tsp. Top dressing of tomatoes is carried out by introducing the prepared mixture under each bush in a volume of 0.5 liters.
Can seedlings be fed during drip irrigation? The method is practiced frequently. The procedure is sometimes automated. Hoses with holes or plastic containers can be used for each bush in which holes are made at the bottom of the bottles. A solution for feeding a tomato is poured into a vessel or hose, which will flow to the root system of the plant throughout the day in a uniform volume.
When growing tomatoes in the open field, you can use an economical version of the infusion of weeds and water. You will need to take 1 part of weeds for 5 parts of water.
The mixture is first watered in the garden where the tomatoes are planted, then the soil near the plant should be sprinkled with ash a little.
When caring for a tomato, the gardener must remember that irrigation should be carried out evenly. The crust should not dry out on the soil. In order to prevent cracks from appearing on the fruits, you must first slightly moisten the soil. After a day, watering is done abundantly, and once every 7 days, each bush is watered with 2 liters of water.
Good store-bought drugs
You always want to grow a bountiful harvest, but sometimes you can't visit your garden often. In this case, a special feeding scheme can be applied. First you need to pick the seedlings, then a mixture of the following means is introduced into all the holes:
- preparation "Aquadon" - 3 tbsp. l .;
- double superphosphate - 1 tbsp. l .;
- fertilizer AVA - 1/3 tbsp. l.
This top dressing for tomato seedlings allows you to achieve excellent results, has a number of advantages. It can be done every 14-21 days. Other types of dressings are not needed. You can even refuse to use ash. The specified amount of fertilizer will be sufficient for the first time. Top dressing of the bushes is carried out constantly throughout the summer.
Among the products that can be purchased in stores, AVA is considered the best preparation for growing large tomatoes in the open field. It can be applied immediately after transplanting tomatoes. This drug is complex. It is made from 13 mineral components. Growing tomatoes and other vegetables with AVA is very beneficial. The soil remains rich in useful components for 2-3 years.
It is good to use AVA fertilizer in powder form. The powder is cheap. They feed the soil in the process of planting a vegetable crop. It will take 1/3 tsp. for 1 m². If you act in this way, it will be possible to achieve the assimilation of a complex of nutrients by plants throughout the season. The need for additional fertilizing of tomatoes in the open field disappears.
Experienced people in the cultivation of this vegetable crop give different advice. Attention is often drawn to the Apion remedy. These tomato feeds are good because of their long-lasting effect. It is not difficult to properly feed tomatoes with this remedy. Until the moment when it is necessary to plant tomato seedlings, 1 package (bag) of the product should be buried in the ground. Its approximate location will be the area between 4 holes. The use of this top dressing for tomatoes involves watering so that water pours onto the Apion bag.
An excellent purchased product is "Vermicofe". It is relatively inexpensive and easy to use. Such a top dressing for tomato seedlings does not require unnecessary manipulations from a person associated with the preparation of a solution, since it is sold ready-made in a bank.
How yeast will help
Top dressing of tomatoes, in the opinion of many experienced persons, can be carried out using folk remedies, then the stems of the plant will be thick and the ovary is good. How to feed seedlings? Using mash is acceptable for almost all varieties of the vegetable crop in question. You can fertilize the bushes all summer at least 3 times, since the reaction to the composition is positive. However, the number of procedures is limited to 4 times, overdoing it is also bad (the bush will grow too large, and the fruits will be small).
The first feeding is performed when buds are formed on the bushes (flowering period). If tomato seedlings are supposed to be transplanted from a greenhouse or greenhouse into open ground, then from the moment of transplantation, you should wait 3 weeks. After the specified time, a second feeding with the yeast mixture is allowed.
Mash should be used so that the vegetable crop grows at a rapid pace. Yeast differs from other alternative remedies precisely in its active properties, which help in the process of growth, flowering and fruit formation.
For feeding tomatoes, it is quite easy to prepare an infusion of yeast. Take 10 g of compressed yeast per 10 liters of water. The product is diluted in heated water. If you use cold water, the yeast will not be able to reveal its properties. Having combined the constituent ingredients of the mixture, you need to stir it well until a homogeneous liquid without lumps is obtained. After completing the preparatory activities, water each plant. It is good to water indoor tomatoes with such a solution. They will grow faster, and thin seedlings will gain strength.
Fertilizer with benefit
Top dressing of tomato seedlings, made from mullein, will perfectly feed during any growing period (it is permissible to use it at the initial stage, when the sprouts are just beginning to rise and develop). Focusing on the advice of experienced vegetable growers, 3 drops of manganese solution are added to the composition of the top dressing for tomatoes. In order for the composition to be in a sufficient amount, the length of the bush is taken into account. For a low-growing variety of vegetable crops, it is enough to use 1 liter per bush. With an average length of plants per 1 unit, 1.5 liters of the composition will be needed for watering. For a large and tall bush - 2 liters.
Additional feeding for tomato seedlings is prepared on the basis of ash. If you use it exclusively, then this is not enough for normal and abundant fruiting of tomatoes of any kind. This type of fertilizer is used when active growth stops. Ash will help normalize the growth process, improve the flowering of the vegetable. Tomatoes will be able to take up faster, the stems will begin to harden.
What fertilizers should be fed if seedlings are planted in open beds? It is more difficult to take care of vegetables outside the greenhouses, because tomatoes do not tolerate low temperatures of the air, soil, and changing weather conditions. Therefore, for a plant planted in open ground, special fertilizers are used. They ensure normal development, timely onset of flowering and fruiting. Such tomatoes can be admired for a long time.
Iodine solutions are considered good fertilizers. The substance can be used every 2 weeks. For the first manipulation, 10 drops of iodine will be needed on a bucket of water (10 l). The mixture is supplemented with phosphorus (0.5 tsp) and potassium (you need to take it 2 times more). For each plant, 500 ml of the composition is poured. The effectiveness of the procedure increases significantly when not only the soil is enriched with the listed nutrients, but also the bushes themselves. It can fully replace ordinary water.
How to feed properly? Liquid should not fall on the plant itself, it pours exclusively on the ground, you must act carefully. If this condition is not observed, then there is a high probability of deterioration in the condition of the bush. The vegetable crop stops flowering, which adversely affects the yield.
Ideal formulations
If tomato seedlings are not growing, ordinary manure will help out. It is perfect for every type of vegetable. The only drawback: not every person who has a vegetable garden has manure. Buying such a natural fertilizer costs a lot of money. Manure has a natural composition based on useful, irreplaceable substances. It is often used to increase the thickness of the stem.
How to feed a vegetable? It is necessary to observe the proportions in the cooking process. For 10 kg of manure, 30 liters of water are consumed. A capacious container (if any, a barrel) is filled with water. Manure is added to the same vessel. The mixture is left for 48 hours. The finished mass will have a very pungent and unpleasant odor, but it is ideal for vegetables. Water each plant for the best performance. For 1 bush, about 5 liters of top dressing should be consumed. Manipulation is carried out every 2 weeks (increasing the frequency is prohibited).
An additional effect will be created by drip irrigation. So it will be possible not only to enrich the culture with useful components, but also to provide it with a sufficient level of moisture.
What if you overfeed a vegetable? In this case, you should stop the introduction of any formulations and solutions. At the same time, there is no need to water the soil often (but it must not be allowed to dry out completely). If you reduce the abundance and frequency of watering, the plant will slow down its growth. If the height of the bush is too high, small tomatoes will be tied up and the yield will decrease.
You need to watch out for the tomatoes. When young seedlings have already formed sufficiently strong and strong stems, it can be fertilized 10 days after the vegetable is transplanted to a permanent place.
Urea tomato feeds have their positive aspects. They are well suited in the early stages of cultivation and accelerate the development process. Top dressing of tomatoes is performed at the root of each bush. Urea is ideal immediately after transplanting small tomato seedlings into individual containers (pots) or a common box. In the process of creating a mixture, urea is mixed with superphosphate. To achieve early flowering, you need to water the seedlings in a timely manner.
Having made a choice in favor of urea, you no longer need to use fertilizers. The use of other components will provoke a complete lack of yield.
How to feed tomatoes (video)
Flowering period
Tomato seedlings require attention at every stage of growing. Having completed the picking of the seedlings, fertilizing is carried out for tomatoes. They will saturate the vegetable with minerals and nutritional ingredients, the plant will develop dense foliage, dense and thick stems.
Special care is needed at the beginning of flowering. The material used for manipulation must be of high quality. The preparation of the ingredients is done in advance. One suitable formulation may be the following mixture:
- wood shavings - a glass (200 ml);
- mullein tincture - 3 tbsp. l .;
- superphosphate - 2 tbsp. l.
The combined components must be diluted in clean water. For the specified amount, 10-12 liters of water is enough.
Top dressing of a tomato in the absence of a mullein is done using a special green infusion (slurry). Such a component is not difficult to obtain. You need to mow the herbs, take a container with a capacity of 20 liters and fill it with freshly cut grass, fill it with liquid. From above, the vessel is tightly covered with a lid. Oxygen must not penetrate inside. For this, a barrel or pan is placed in a well-lit place. The green slurry is infused for 7 days, after which it is filtered through cheesecloth or a sieve. Then she is placed in a dark and cool place, such as a cellar. Store the infusion until the tomatoes start flowering. It is added to the mixture in the same amount as mullein.
Top dressing of tomato seedlings (video)
Alternative drugs and formulations
What other fertilizers to feed tomatoes, in addition to the above drugs and substances? You can prepare a solution from nitrophoska (ampoule) and water (1 liter). Nitrophoska can be replaced with a drug of similar action, for example, Agricola 3. The mixture is enough for a maximum of 40 bushes (minimum 35).
At the next manipulation, you need to carefully consider the thickness of the stems. They may be too long. Then feeding tomato seedlings is done using superphosphate. It is diluted in 3 liters of water, 1 tbsp is taken. l. main component. This root dressing is done 10 days after the first event.
Top dressing for tomatoes outside the rhizome is carried out taking into account fluctuations in the weather. Worsening weather conditions, low air and soil temperatures are not the right time. During such periods, the nutritional components of the vegetable crop are not absorbed, therefore, it will not be possible to achieve positive results. Before the start of the manipulations associated with feeding, the soil is moistened. You need to water the plants, and then add the product.
What fertilizer should be used to spray the seedlings from above? The drug "Athlete". They are sprayed only 1 time. To maintain their condition, healthy plants should be fertilized with the "Effecton O" agent. Sometimes they use ammonia, for example, when the seedlings are very thin and grow slowly. It should be added to water in small quantities so as not to cause harm. A few drops of alcohol are used per 1 liter of water.
The best way to feed tomatoes should be chosen independently. The main thing is to timely add powders, solutions, mixtures, compositions of organic origin. If you purchase ready-made products, you should carefully read the instructions for use. If the choice is made in favor of home remedies, in the process of the performed manipulations they use the advice given by experienced gardeners. This will help not to overfeed the vegetable crop.