Top dressing of tomato seedlings - we help the plants grow
To grow strong and healthy tomatoes, you need to use only high-quality seedlings with a strong root system. This can be achieved with proper care of the seedlings. And a very important stage of care is feeding tomatoes.
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In order for the seedlings to quickly grow and take root, and after planting they quickly take root, they need fertilizing with the use of mineral and. You can often hear that tomatoes should not be fed with mineral fertilizers. However, it is precisely because of the lack of such additives that the yield of the plant can be greatly reduced. Another reason to use fertilizers is pest control.
Experts advise feeding tomatoes for the first time after the formation of the first leaf on the seedling. After the seedlings germinate, we make a dive - we transplant each plant into a separate hole. The second time you need to fertilize the plants two weeks after transplanting. If you still did not pick, you need to fertilize the soil after the appearance of three leaves on each tomato bush. For the third time, work is carried out in 10 days. The last feeding is carried out three days before planting seedlings in open ground.
Pickling tomato seedlings
In general, the amount of dressings depends on the conditions created. Of the four procedures, only two are mandatory - when the third leaf is formed and 10 days after that.
Further, if necessary, you can feed the plants every two weeks, depending on the needs of the tomatoes. Therefore, it is so important to closely monitor the condition of the seedlings and timely apply additional fertilizing, which the seedlings are not enough.
- If the seedlings feel a lack of nitrogen, the leaves begin to turn yellow, wither and eventually fall off. True, the same signs can appear in poor lighting, lack of water, or due to too high a temperature.
- With a lack of such an element as phosphorus, the plant takes on a purple hue.
- When tomatoes lack magnesium, the leaves of the seedlings become very brittle.
- The lack of iron in the "organism" of plants is characterized by yellow shoots and whitened leaves.
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If you decide to carry out the first feeding after the first leaf appears on the seedling, then you will need a copper solution. To prepare the solution, mix a spoonful of the product in a bucket of clean water. In this case, the solution can be stored for an unlimited amount of time - just pour the liquid into a plastic bottle, close it well and leave in a dark place until next year. Such treatment will protect young plants from late blight.
Copper solution for the first feeding of tomatoes
Instead of copper, you can use ready-made fertilizer Agricola 3. Dissolve a spoonful of the product in a liter of water and water the plants. This amount is enough for about 40 bushes of young tomatoes. For the second feeding of tomatoes, urea should be used - seedlings need it for the rapid growth of green mass. Mix a spoonful of urea in a bucket of water and pour over the seedlings. For the third time, the seedlings should be fed with nitrophoska - mix a tablespoon of the product in a bucket of water and water the plants abundantly. The following dressings can be carried out at intervals of two weeks using drugs such as Effekton O or Athlete.
You can also use organic matter - compost or chicken droppings. In addition, tomatoes can be fed foliarly by spraying the plants with a spray bottle. To prepare the solution, you will need a spoonful of superphosphate and a liter of hot water (about + 80 ° C). Mix the ingredients and leave the solution for about a day. After that, pour the light (settled) part into another container and dilute with 10 liters of water. That's it, it's time to process the seedlings.
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In addition to the fertilizers listed above, you can use other recipes that have been proven over the years. These include:
- Banana peel decoction. To prepare it, take a kilogram of dried banana skins, grind them and dilute them in 3 liters of water.
- Eggshell infusion is also suitable for feeding tomatoes. Fill a three-liter jar 30% with shells, fill with water to the top. The broth is infused for about three days in a warm room. The resulting liquid must be diluted in water in a ratio of 1: 3.
- Mix a spoonful of wood water in two liters of hot water. The mixture should be infused for a day, after which it is filtered and used.
- Herbal infusions are also not bad, which can also be used for Fill a bucket halfway with weeds, kitchen waste, fill with warm water. Insist for about a week. You can add a handful of mullein to make the mixture more nutritious.
Herbal infusion for fertilizing tomatoes
When feeding tomato seedlings, it is important to follow several rules. First of all, work can be done either in the evening or in the morning. Also, after adding additives to the soil, carefully water the seedlings, washing off the remnants of the mixture from the green part of the plant. Thanks to watering, you will save tomatoes from burns.