At the end of spring, many truck farmers go to the markets to buy tomato seedlings. However, the trunks in some plants are long and thin, while in others they are strong and thick. Why does this happen?
Of course, seedlings of different varieties of tomato looks different. However, a very important point in growing seedlings is their feeding. Let's find out what you need to feed the tomato seedlings, so that it grows better, and its trunks are plump and not stretched.
What fertilizer is better to feed tomato seedlings?
Fertilize the soil for tomatoes is necessary from autumn. Then by spring planting the land will become fertile and saturated with all necessary elements. To do this, take 100 grams of nitroammophos and calimagnesia, 200 grams of double superphosphate, and 1.5 kg of ash from the burning of the tomato leaves. In autumn these fertilizers are added to the soil mixture, and in spring such seeds are sown with tomato seeds.
Growing seedlings tomato at home, the first fertilizing of plants should be carried out about fourteen days after the pick. The solution for this is prepared as follows: 10 grams of water are added 20 grams of superphosphate, 30 grams of ammonium nitrate and 15 grams of potassium sulfate. In this mixture, add 100 g of water extract from the ash, which must be prepared in advance, taking 1 glass of ash per 1 liter of water. In the future, fertilizing should be done once in two weeks.
Many inexperienced farmers are interested in what to feed a bad seedling tomato and whether it is possible to use folk remedies for this? In order for your seedling to grow strong and not stretched, you need to monitor the ratio of fertilizer. If the tomato seedlings are bad, then before the picking it is necessary to increase the amount of superphosphate and ash, and
Folk remedies in the form of mullein or chicken droppings should be used with great care, since too concentrated fertilizer can burn down the roots of plants. In addition, with droppings and manure, it is possible to add various infections to tomatoes. Therefore, these folk fertilizers must be used in the right proportions.
When growing tomato seedlings, it should be remembered that "overfeeding" of plants with fertilizers is also dangerous, as well as their lack. To obtain a good harvest, plants should be fertilized strictly according to the developed schemes.