How to feed tomatoes, fertilizer tomatoes after planting in the ground

When growing tomatoes, the main task for the gardener is to obtain high-quality seedlings. However, in order to get good tomato bushes from seedlings, it still needs to provide the necessary care, in particular, regular feeding. Therefore, below we will talk about how to feed the tomatoes after planting in the ground, when to do it and how.

Types of feeding tomatoes

A good growth of tomato bushes does not depend on how much fertilizer you give for tomatoes. The main thing is that they really need a plant, and they were made at the right time. But there is another aspect - how to apply fertilizer, as the feeding of tomatoes can be carried out both at the root and directly on the bush.

Foliar top dressing

Feed tomatoes after planting in the ground should not only be the root, as many gardeners believe.And in the first place, this is due to the high efficiency of foliar sprayings of tomato bushes, which is affected by the following factors:

1. Under foliar spraying, much less mineral and organic fertilizers are consumed, since they are distributed directly throughout the plant.
2. Tomato bushes get much more nutrition because they absorb nutrients through the leaves, whereas with root dressing, some fertilizer is washed off with water and does not reach the roots.
3. When foliar spraying nutrients come very quickly, so this method of feeding plants is ideal if necessary, emergency resuscitation. Also, this factor makes foliar feeding ideal for freshly planted tomato seedlings, the root system of which is just beginning to take root, but the plant very much needs additional fertilizers.

But there is a foliar application and several features. In particular, for such dressing it is important to use fertilizers of low concentration, so that the leaves do not leave burns after them.

Do not use chlorinated water from the tap, otherwise the plants will remain unclear divorces. For nutrient solutions it is ideal to use rainwater, although the settled one is suitable not worse.

Root dressing

This type of fertilizing involves the application of fertilizer into the soil directly to the place of development of the root system of tomato bushes. After all, it is from the soil that tomatoes receive nutrients, and if it is rich in them, the plant will grow well.

When making root dressing, you also need to know that they love tomatoes when growing, and what kind of minerals they need for the ovary of a large number of fruits.

In addition, for faster "delivery" of fertilizer to the roots during such irrigation it is important to loosen the soil, and after that also cover it with mulch. Due to this, soil moisture will last longer, and the plant will absorb fertilizer better.

When you need to feed tomatoes: how to fertilize a plant after planting in the ground?

Tomato feeding schedule is not too strict, but it is important to stick to it for two reasons. First, if you make top dressing very frequent, the plant can simply burn from the oversaturation of the soil with minerals. And secondly, with very rare fertilization, plants may lack nutrients.

First feeding

To understand how to fertilize tomatoes immediately after landing in the ground, it is important to know what the plant needs. In the early stages of growth, these are, of course, nutrients for the development of the hive, as well as for resisting diseases.

Therefore, already one week after transplanting the seedlings, it can be treated in a foliar way by spraying with a spray a solution of serum (1 liter), iodine (10 drops) and water (9 liters).

The first feeding of tomatoes after planting in the ground may be the root, but in this case it should be carried out only after 3 weeks from the date of transplanting. For such top dressing it is worth preparing the following solution:

• 1 tbsp. lfertilizer "Ideal" (buy it in liquid form);
• 1 tbsp. l nitrophos;
• 10 liters of water.

It is important that all these ingredients are dissolved in water, after which the resulting solution must be added to each bush. Each plant will require no more than 0.5 liters of solution.

Second feeding

The second top dressing of tomatoes after planting in the ground is carried out during the period when flowering of tomatoes already appears on the bushes, and the second brush is already blooming. During this period, the plant especially needs additional nutrients, because after flowering, the first ovaries will begin to form, which should be strong and healthy.

Therefore, it is better to carry out root dressing, preparing for it solution from:

• 1 tbsp. l the drug Agricole Vegeta;
• 1 tbsp. l superphosphate;
• 1 tsp potassium sulfate (can be replaced with potassium chloride in the same volume);
• 10 liters of water.

During watering the resulting solution on one bush will need to spend 1 liter of fluid.But such a complex solution can be replaced and more simple - 1 tbsp. l fertilizer "Signor Tomato" diluted in 10 liters of water. If you make the concentration lower, fertilizer with "Signor Tomato" can be used for foliar feeding.

Third dressing

Usually there is a short break between the second and third dressing, especially if the second was carried out in the form of foliar spraying. To carry out the third feeding is at the moment when the third flower brush has already blossomed on the bushes. For such feeding also prepare special composition, which includes:

• 1 tbsp. l liquid "Humate sodium" (it can be replaced with fertilizer "Ideal" in the same amount);
• 1 tbsp. l nitrophos;
• 10 liters of water.

The resulting solution is watered every bush of tomatoes. In general, the consumption per 1 square meter of beds with tomatoes should be about 5 liters of solution.

Fourth dressing

The fourth dressing of tomato bushes is usually the last, although in poor condition they can be fed for the fifth time. It takes place about three weeks after the third feeding and involves adding tomato bushes with a solution from:

• 1 tbsp. l superphosphate;
• 10 liters of water.

This solution should be very generous to water the beds, consuming about 10 liters per 1 square meter of bed area.

How to process tomatoes for the prevention of disease?

We have already figured out how to fertilize tomatoes after planting in the ground, but the question of preventing diseases remains open. Unfortunately, for example, late blight is able to hit even the strongest bushes and deprive the gardener of the desired crop.

Therefore, it is important to begin the fight against diseases at the seedling stage and continue after transplantation into open ground. For this purpose you can use many methods:

1. It is best to protect against the diseases of tomato bushes solution prepared from 0.5% bordeaux fluid concentration. Spraying the bushes with this solution can be immediately after transplantation, and even after 2 weeks, by increasing the Bordeaux fluid concentration to 1%.In general, such a preventive measure can be continued every 2 weeks until the fruits on the bushes begin to acquire their natural color.

2. Copper sulfate also suitable for the prevention of diseases on the bushes of tomatoes. However, this substance is very toxic for tomatoes, so the concentration of the solution with it should be done very low - 0.05% per 10 liters of water.
3. Among gardeners the most common means of processing and feeding plants is calcium nitratewhich is also suitable for the treatment of tomato bushes, especially if the signs of top rot have begun to appear on the fruit. For this purpose, preparing a solution of 10 g of nitrate, which must be dissolved in 10 liters of water. In one week, this solution can be applied under the root, and the next - to use for spraying.
4. In case the diseases could not be prevented, it is worth using for their treatment. special preparationssuch as "Profit" and "Kartotsid".

Late blight on tomatoes can be prevented by simpler methods, without acquiring special preparations, but only using:

• garlicthat needs to be turned into mush and mixed with 1 g of potassium permanganate (need a glass of garlic), diluted with 5 liters of boiling water; this solution is suitable for foliar spraying, which can be carried out as early as 14 days after transplanting and repeat every 10 days;
• kefirThe liter of which needs to be poured into a bucket of water and the bushes are also processed two weeks after transplanting;

• wood ashwhich, for application, must be sifted and scattered on the bushes so that the ashes loosely settled on the leaves; It is necessary to repeat such treatments every 4-5 days.

If we take into account all these recommendations, carry out all supplements in a timely manner, then as a result closer to autumn large and juicy fruits will appear on the bushes of tomatoes. But it is necessary to remember that it is necessary to introduce nutrients in moderation.