Summer is the time for active manifestation of diseases and pests on young tomatoes. The most effective remedy for solving most problems is preventive and therapeutic spraying of tomatoes. For the timely formation of ovaries, the growth of fruits, foliar feeding should be made, which will increase the endurance of plants. The best time to feed is June and July.
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What should be sprayed on tomatoes in June and July?
Diseases of tomatoes appear regardless of how they grow (open or closed ground), i.e. plants in any case need protective measures. Spraying foliage works well for this.
From the defeat of late blight, treatment is best carried out in mid-June, this is a very frequent and dangerous disease that affects the plant. Prophylactic agents are well suited: Furacilin, antifungals, biological products, Fitosporin, fungicides, insecticides. The drugs used at the first signs of the disease are not used for prophylaxis.
July is the time of fruiting for most tomatoes, in this regard, it is not recommended to use chemical preparations. It is better to use folk remedies that are well suited as preventive measures for cultural diseases. Widely used products: whey (when sprayed forms a protective film on the leaves), copper-containing preparations and Bordeaux liquid (prevent the appearance of late blight, brown spot), biological products against pests such as scoop or wireworm.
Foliar dressing of plants in June and July allows you to eliminate the problems: insufficient formation of ovaries, poor growth, decreased immune functions, decreased fruiting.
Spraying recommendations for tomatoes
This procedure is an effective tool when there is heavy soil on the site, and the supply of nutrients is insufficient, with acidic soil.
To obtain a positive result, it is important to spray the tomatoes correctly and on time. The following recommendations will come in handy:
- It is necessary to carry out regular inspection of the plantings.
- If the foliage is damaged by late blight, they should be immediately removed and burned to prevent further spread of the disease.
- When spraying with any means, you should know when to stop. It is impossible to process so that liquid flows from the foliage, it is important to distribute the spray evenly over the entire tops.
- It is advisable to use a warm solution for processing.
- It is important to strictly follow the instructions for using a particular drug and safety measures.
- Processing should be carried out in the evening or in cloudy weather.
- If, after spraying with urea, the foliage turns pale, you can add a little magnesium to the solution.
- Lack of copper will help eliminate copper sulfate, it is especially effective for curling foliage.
- To accelerate and improve fruiting, tomatoes should be sprayed with a solution of wood ash with the addition of drops of iodine and boric acid.
- Crops grown outdoors are recommended to be sprayed after rains.
- Foliage curling and the appearance of brown spots on the fruit signals a lack of calcium.
- The growth of the vegetative mass of the plant will be helped by root dressing in June.
- To improve and increase the volume of fruiting, tomatoes should be watered with milk whey.
Tomatoes love additional feeding, spraying, so it is important not to forget to inspect them, to take preventive measures to improve the formation of ovaries and fruiting. And the most important thing is to competently approach the spraying process: an excess, like a deficiency, negatively affects the plants.
The appearance of pests and diseases is manifested on tomatoes, regardless of their growth in open or closed ground. Healthy and strong plants are the key to a good harvest.
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