I understand how frustrating to watch the death of the crop. Waiting for when tomatoes start to blush, and they start to rot. She was faced with a similar problem. I'll tell you about a simple method that effectively solve all the issues with the apical rot, as soon as possible. If you want to guaranteed and Quickly save their crops from this infection, read carefully, not missing a word.
Signs of apical rot
Cause for concern became dark spots on the tip of a large fetus. Rot easily recognize the vertex of the fetal deformation:
- on tomatoes a "nose" projection disappears;
- on round - noticeable vpadinka at bud attachment, which then begins to grow and darken.
On leaves no trace no injuries. Early harvest to preserve the fruit does not help. Tomatoes should be treated on the bushes.
Cause crop losses
Nature apical rot is not infectious, fungicides powerless against it. Lesions occur when calcium starvation. In fact, this "tomato rickets." The paradox is that all necessary elements of the fruit supplied by a residual principle. Juices from the roots first routed to a lot of green, and only then the fruits gets the leftovers.
Because of what and why tomatoes do not have enough calcium:
- Lack of minerals in the soil.
- Earth is salted, if the stagnant water.
- There is not enough water to dissolve minerals in the right amount.
- Increased soil acidity.
- Excess potassium (zealous with entering ash dangerous).
- Damaged roots during loosening or inaccurate weeding (my case, of all shrubs, sick only two - the growing side by side).
- On hot days, watering is carried out with cold water too.
- Contrasting night cooling.
Getting treatment
It is important to establish the cause of a lack of calcium. It should start by checking the condition of the soil, make a narrow deep well. I was under the hand of a small length of pipe from the water supply. Earth must "soak" for 30 cm. If the hole is quickly filled with liquid, it is time to do the drainage.
Soil acidity check litmus test, it is not scarcity. If enhanced advise shed primer "talker", 10 liters of water need 100 g of chalk. This calcium plus deoxidation.
Now for the dressing, I remind them that there are two types:
- Foliar. It is on the "green cone».
- Root. Introduced into the water for irrigation.
IMPORTANT!!! If the apical rot had already begun to attack your entry and you want to quickly (!) To save the howling of the crop, it is necessary to combine both types of dressings. Foliar quickly saturate the missing calcium leaf apparatus, and the root - will carry the necessary elements for the fruits.
Tomatoes has decided to treat the calcium nitrate. The rate for foliar feeding me was: 10-15 g (tablespoon to a small hill) per 10 liters of water. For root feeding the water for irrigation (This 5 -7 liters depending on the size of the bush) was added to 1 g per plant (teaspoon of the powder is 5 g, divided in 5 portions). I watered for two weeks, afraid that there will be a surplus of the mineral.
In addition to all, I want to say that the vertex rot seldom seen in large quantities. It is not necessary to be afraid of. The main thing - it's time to begin treatment. I'm on the tall varieties result was seen in three days. On the fruit, where the rot was just beginning to be felt, barely noticeable brightened spots, then disappeared altogether. The crop was saved. Well, it was 3-4 tomatoes, for which it was useless to fight on two bushes in healthy fetuses. I simply tore and threw away.
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