What top dressing is required for tomatoes during fruiting
For the entire period of growth, the tomato consumes many nutrients. It happens that a tomato has exhausted all substances during the growing season and used the entire resource of the earth. Fertilizing is necessary for tomatoes during the period of fruiting, filling, flowering - it requires special attention to get a good harvest. At this stage, the tomato requires more nutrients, as future fruits are already emerging.
Top dressing of tomatoes during fruiting
The benefits of fertilization
The importance of macronutrients for plants during fruit setting and filling:
- Phosphorus is an element that accelerates the growth of the root system and the plant as a whole. The lack of an element inhibits development and delays the harvest time;
- Nitrogen is a macronutrient that is found throughout the plant, and especially in the tissues. Too much nitrogen is negative - it acquires a dark green color, rapid growth of foliage begins and a decrease in fruiting. With a shortage, the bush will develop slowly, or even not grow at all.
- Potassium - has a positive effect on immunity, the plant becomes resistant to pests and diseases. During the period of fruit filling, potassium is especially necessary for tomatoes, it promotes metabolism.
Trace elements are also needed for tomatoes. For full growth and development, the soil must contain: Iron, Magnesium, Copper, Boron, Zinc, Molybdenum, Calcium.
Humates are potassium and sodium salts of humic acids that form the basis of humus. It is recommended to add humic acid salts in dry or liquid form to each fertilizer. One teaspoon will be enough for 12-15 liters of water. Humates affect the growth of the root system and the entire plant. This will provide your plant with essential micronutrients.
Fertilizer during fruiting
Organic fertilizers
Fertilizing with natural content brings the maximum benefit to the tomato and does not harm humans. Some simple but high quality organic fertilizers you can make at home.
Yeast feeding
The uniqueness of this fertilizer is that the yeast contains protein, which is well absorbed by tomatoes. But not all yeasts are suitable for feeding tomatoes during fruiting, look for yeast in pressed bags on the market. It is necessary to observe the proportion so as not to harm. Recipe: put 50 grams of yeast into a bucket of water, then let it brew for several hours.
It is necessary to feed with yeast several times - during flowering, during fruiting and after planting seedlings.
Top dressing with iodine
Fourteen days later, after you have transferred your tomatoes to the greenhouse, it is recommended to fertilize with diluted iodine. Recipe: dilute one tablespoon in 10 liters of water - you're done. It is necessary to pour the plants under the root, once on the leaves, it can burn.
Chicken droppings
You cannot overdo it with this fertilizer, it is toxic, it is not recommended to use it not diluted. Recipe: we take 0.5 kilograms of chicken manure for a bucket of water, give time to brew.Experienced vegetable growers advise feeding such fertilizers no more than twice a season. Only the right application will give results.
Ash
You can fertilize with ash all season
Top dressing of tomatoes during fruiting with an ash solution makes it possible to enhance growth, strengthen the root and stems. The uniqueness of ash fertilizer is that it not only provides the elements that plants need, but also protects against insect pests. You can fertilize the whole season, from planting in a greenhouse to harvesting fruits. Recipe: add 200 grams of ash to a bucket of hot water, let it brew for 5-6 hours. You can add 10 grams of boric acid and a couple of drops of iodine. The finished fertilizer must be filtered and diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 3 (dilute 1 liter of fertilizer with 3 liters of water).
You can spray vegetables during flowering or fertilize at the root.
Mullein
Top dressing of tomatoes during fruiting with mullein solution will ensure intensive growth of the bush. In addition, organic fertilizer can increase the amount of the crop. Cooking recipe: add 0.5 kilograms of mullein to a bucket of water and stir, let it brew for 4-5 hours. 10-15 liters of mullein will provide all the necessary elements for 3-4 tomato bushes. Fertilized at the flowering stage.
Chemical feeding
Chemical dressings are more often used if the tomato is grown on an industrial scale:
- Simple and double superphosphate - 1kg per 50 liters of liquid, leave for 24 hours, stir thoroughly from time to time. The ready-made mixture is used for watering plants with a phosphorus deficiency. With the help of this preparation, intensive feeding of tomatoes is carried out during fruiting.
- Nitrogen fertilizers - 20 grams per 5 liters of liquid. They are used during the period of intensive growth of bushes.
- Fertilizer "Master" - this type of fertilizer is applied to the soil by the sifting method at the rate of 100-150 g per 1m2.
Stages of feeding
First step
When you plant your tomatoes in the greenhouse, the seedlings will need nitrogenous fertilizers to grow actively. You can choose chemical products, or you can prepare organic ones yourself. Green fertilizer or nettle infusion works well.
Fertilizer for tomatoes can be prepared by yourself
Nettle infusion recipe. It is necessary to take the nettle, which has not yet formed a seed, fill the container with it and add yeast or bread. Let it brew for 3-5 days, it is better not to put it in the sun. The resulting infusion is diluted in a ratio of 1:10 (dilute 1 liter of infusion with 10 liters of water).
Second phase
When the first flowers appear in the tomatoes, it is necessary to fertilize with Boric acid. Spraying is done directly on the flowers, since Boron cannot independently and quickly cross over from the root system.
Recipe for solution for tomatoes: add a tablespoon of acid to a bucket of water or 10-12 liters, stir. Spray and pour the remaining mixture under the root.
Feeding this method will help the vegetable to form full-fledged ovaries and prevent phytophthora.
Control fertilization
Undoubtedly, you need to feed the tomatoes during fruiting - this will give a high and high-quality harvest. At this stage, additional Potassium is required, 20 grams will be enough. Summer residents are advised to use sulfate potassium, and chloride is undesirable, because tomatoes do not tolerate chlorine well. Potassium sulfate, can be replaced with wood ash.
If potassium deficiency is evident, spray with a 1% potassium sulfate solution. It is necessary to allow the leaves to dry, after foliar dressing, before closing the greenhouse.
Conclusion
A correctly selected fertilizer complex for abundant fruiting of a tomato will allow the gardener to get the most generous harvest. But it is worth remembering that only organic natural dressings are extremely safe for the plant and for humans. Chemical preparations are much stronger, but at the same time have a negative effect on the bush itself and on the future fruit.