All of us, summer residents, want to grow a plentiful crop of delicious tomatoes. But you must provide our plants with the necessary nutrition and protection. Timely and proper top dressing of tomatoes is essential for good health.
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During fruiting, the plants no longer have a special need for nitrogen fertilizers. Their excess at this time should be avoided, so that the tomatoes do not begin to “get fat”, that is, to grow a lush green mass to the detriment of fruit formation.
During the active appearance of ovaries and filling of fruits, it is important to give other elements, such as potassium, boron, manganese and iodine. They are necessary for the formation of a large number of fleshy fruits with a high sugar content.
It is not necessary to buy complex fertilizers in garden stores, top dressing for tomatoes during their fruiting can be done independently. The following composition works well: 1.5 liters of sifted wood ash, 10 g (0.3 ounce) of boric acid (powder), 10 ml of iodine per 10 liters of water.
To prepare the nutrient solution, pour the ash into a suitable container (bucket) and pour 2 liters of boiling water. Boric acid is poured into a separate small bowl (jar) and poured with hot water, as it is a well-soluble powder.
After cooling, pour both ingredients and iodine into a ten-liter bucket and pour it on top with water. Then mix everything and insist for one day.
For watering tomatoes, the infusion is mixed again and diluted in the proportions of 0.5 liters per 10 liters of water. The approximate consumption per plant is 1.5-2 liters. Such top dressing is recommended for greenhouse tomatoes 1 time in 2 weeks, and growing in the open ground-1 time a week. Before applying the solution, the plants should be watered.
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