We feed tomato seedlings after diving
Tomato is one of the vegetables we eat. The homeland of this culture is South America, but it also grows in our climatic conditions. The popularity of tomatoes among culinary specialists is due to the possibilities of using this vegetable in its raw and processed form.
In the process of growing, the tomato "behaves" waywardly. The tomato is a capricious vegetable that needs attention and care, just like any other crop.
Novice farmers need to know the following principles of growing tomatoes: heat and light, proper watering, correctly selected variety, type of fertilization and picking, proper care.
Tomato growing technology
Seeds of tomatoes for seedlings must be sown in early March in containers or boxes, covered with foil and put in a warm place. When shoots appear, remove the film, and transfer the box to a bright and cool place so that the plants do not stretch.
Seedling failures occur as a result of the use of old garden land and early sowing of seeds. To avoid them, use loose soil from the garden, and in order to avoid a lack of light, overgrowing and pulling out seedlings, you can plant seeds in late March - early April.
When tomato shoots have appeared, put the boxes to the window and pour them with water at room temperature. When the seedlings have 1-2 leaves, transplant it. When making a pick, pinch off the main root, which stimulates the development of the root system. Then place the seedlings in a shaded place for 3 days, where the temperature is 18-20 ° C during the day, and 8-12 ° C at night, and water abundantly, but rarely.
Before planting in the ground, care for the seedlings is necessary. Two weeks before planting, accustom her to a temperature of 10-15 ° C and direct sunlight. During this period, stop watering until the first signs of wilting appear. Be sure to feed the seedlings. Plant tomatoes in early May on a cloudy day or sunny, but in the evening. Water the seedlings abundantly before planting in the soil. Then dig holes, add humus or compost and a pinch of complex fertilizers, mix and pour with potassium permanganate solution. Spread out the seedlings and plant the plants, then spud. During the cultivation of tomatoes, competent care is required.
For the correct development of seedlings, the soil must be moist, since excess moisture prevents the roots from "breathing" and provokes the development of fungal diseases. And from the middle of July, all feeding and abundant watering of tomatoes must be stopped, since they delay the ripening of the fruits.
Thin, loosen the topsoil, remove weeds. Pinch tall plants and tie them to supports. In dry weather, water regularly to the root 2 times a week. Collect brown and red tomatoes to speed up the ripening of other fruits that are formed.
How to grow sturdy tomato seedlings
Growing seedlings requires competent care and knowledge of plant picking, as well as the basic rules for feeding and watering. Land preparation is carried out in advance. When there are still frosts on the street, take the soil out onto the balcony for freezing, this gets rid of larvae and unnecessary microorganisms. Before planting tomatoes, you need to prepare the seeds. To do this, they are immersed in a manganese solution, thereby hardening the plant.
Preparing tomato seeds for planting
Pour soil into boxes, containers or glasses and make holes for seeds at a distance of 1 cm from each other in the grooves, place the seeds and sprinkle with earth. Then cover the boxes with plastic wrap and put them in a warm but dark place.
The first shoots will appear in 5-6 days. Remove the plastic and place the boxes close to sunlight. The leaves that appear on the tomato "speak" of the time for the pick. Transplant seedlings into pots, containers or other containers.
Watering after the emergence of a sprout and until the moment of picking should be done once every 4-5 days, and after picking only when the top layer of the soil dries up.
11 days after the pick, carry out the first feeding. The second top dressing - two weeks later, and the third - three to four days before planting in the open ground.
We feed young seedlings
Proper care and feeding of plants are important stages in the struggle for a rich and high-quality harvest.
How and what is the best way to feed? At what intervals should this be done? What is the effective way? There are many questions, and there is no definite answer to them either. Even experienced gardeners and gardeners have no consensus.
Facilitates and at the same time complicates the choice of fertilizers, the variety of advice from beginners and experienced summer residents, who, on their own experience, have tried various ways of growing a rich harvest.
To accelerate growth and obtain a large harvest, there is a huge selection of all kinds of chemical fertilizers, not every owner, especially when it comes to his own personal plot, wants to use a rich "arsenal" of industrial mineral fertilizers.
There are a huge number of options for feeding with various types of fertilizers. You can also prepare several options for organic dressing from food waste. For this, eggshells, banana peels, coffee grounds, potato peels, and onion peels are used. The range of fertilizers in stores is just as wide.
Summer residents use the following means as fertilizers for feeding seedlings:
Bird droppings
One of the types of top dressing, which is the richest source of nitrogen. An infusion of dung and water is prepared in a 2: 1 ratio and left in a closed container for 2-3 days for fermentation. Before feeding the plant, this solution must be diluted 10 times. But such an infusion is recommended to be used as the first fertilizer, as it promotes growth processes.
Chicken droppings are used dried at high temperatures as they contain weed seeds, helminth eggs and unwanted microorganisms in their raw state.
Bird droppings as fertilizer for tomato seedlings
Ash
This type of fertilizer has been known since ancient times as a source of phosphorus and potassium. Prepare an infusion of ash and water in a ratio of 1 tablespoon to two liters, after cooking leave for 24 hours and strain.
Banana peel
Banana peels are a source of potassium. It can be used dry and in the form of an infusion. To obtain dry fertilizers, put the banana peel on a battery, then grind it into powder and add it when planting in open ground. To make the infusion, take a three-liter jar, put the peel of two or three bananas, add water and leave for 3 days. Then strain and water the plant with this solution.
Contains a whole range of trace elements. To prepare the infusion, you will need 3 liters of water and crushed shells of 3-4 eggs. Put this mixture in a dark place for 3 days with the lid ajar. The infusion can be used when turbidity is observed in the solution and the smell of hydrogen sulfide appears.
Egg shells for feeding tomatoes
Coffee grounds
Promotes loosening of the soil, improves its permeability and provides micro and macro elements. To use coffee grounds as fertilizers, you must use dried coffee grounds, which must be mixed with soil.
Onion peel
This is a unique food and an effective means of fighting bacteria. Prepare it as follows: insist 20 g of husk per 5 liters of water for 4 days, strain. In this way, water or spray the tomatoes to destroy unwanted microorganisms.
Boil potato peels or use the water in which the potatoes were boiled. The starch contained in potatoes is a real "storehouse" of nutrients.
Potato peelings, as one of the ways to feed tomato seedlings
Iodine
An agent that promotes fruit growth, disinfects the soil and protects tomatoes from diseases. An iodine solution is prepared in the ratio of four drops of iodine to a bucket of water and watered with two liters in the root zone for each plant.
Use a solution consisting of 20 drops of iodine and 1 liter of milk for feeding and disinfection. Water each plant with one liter of this product.
In addition, summer residents use:
- aloe juice diluted in water;
- the water left over after soaking the legumes;
- decoction of dried mushrooms;
- dry yeast;
- crushed citrus peels;
- 1/3 part of a tube of toothpaste for one liter of warm water;
- a mixture of urea, superphosphate, potassium salt in a ratio of 0.5: 4: 1.5 g to one liter of water;
- ammonium nitrate, superphosphate, potassium sulfate (0.6: 3: 1.5 g), diluted in one liter of water;
- fertilizers purchased at the store.
Tomatoes are demanding on nutrients, and therefore, the main thing is not to overdo it with feeding and watering. It is better not to feed these plants than to overfeed. It is recommended to feed tomatoes in the root zone, and not throughout the plant, as it will begin to rot.
From the whole variety of fertilizers, you can choose fertilizers, using which, you will achieve success in growing a rich harvest. And let your tomatoes grow by leaps and bounds!