Almost any summer resident loves to grow tomatoes on his plot. This is one of the most popular cultures. Unfortunately, caring for it requires a lot of effort and time, and the harvest is not always good. To increase the yield of tomatoes, they need to be fed in the spring. Let's tell you the main secrets of proper feeding.
What will we feed
It is recommended to apply fertilizer to the soil immediately after you have planted the seedlings in open ground. Otherwise, there will be few flowers on the branches, and in the future, and ovaries, and, accordingly, you will collect few fruits.
Many gardeners recommend buying top dressing for tomatoes, which are sold in the store. They are safe, and their effectiveness is obvious and time-tested.
For a start, it is better to feed with nitrogen to gain green mass. This will help your plants to form the bush correctly.
Potassium is indispensable for abundant flowering and further harvest.
Phosphorus is very necessary for tomatoes so that later the fruits are tasty, with a sufficient amount of sugar and carbohydrates.
There are many different feeding options, you can use both mono fertilizers and universal fertilizers. Here who loves what and to what adapts. The main thing is to always follow the instructions.
Spring is considered the best start for feeding. The best way is to water your plants with appropriate nutrient solutions. However, you can also resort to the foliar method, when you spray the entire plant with a useful solution. But it is recommended to do this when the bushes are already mature.
Folk ways of feeding tomatoes
Many summer residents like to use only proven folk methods of feeding.
Tomato beds respond very well to iodine. You can dilute 2 drops of iodine in 10 liters of water and water the plant in this way. Repeat feeding should be during the period of active budding. But the main thing here is not to increase the amount of iodine, otherwise you can simply burn the delicate roots of plants.
Field horsetail - another assistant in feeding tomatoes. This weed grows in almost any vegetable garden. It must be collected and crushed. Then pour warm water and let it brew. The solution should ferment a little. All 7 days, while the solution is infused, it must be thoroughly mixed. This fertilizer is very beneficial and will help you increase the number of buds on your bushes. This solution is used for both root feeding and foliar feeding.
However, the cheapest and favorite "drug" is wood ash. It is a source of potassium and phosphorus - all that tomatoes need. Wood ash must be prepared by yourself in the form of ash powder. It is bred in water that has settled. Somewhere 200-250 grams of powder per 10 liters of water. And we water our favorite beds with this solution. This is the best top dressing from spring to autumn.
Another favorite way is to spray boric acid. This procedure is especially good for the hot season. To properly prepare the solution, you need to dilute 10 grams of boric acid in a glass of water, and then pour this solution into a bucket with settled water. They mix everything very well, and then spray the bushes. This procedure is very useful for bushes with tomatoes and helps them to endure the very hot season.
As you can see for yourself, tomatoes require additional feeding. We told you about the basic folk remedies that will be very useful.
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