The topic of today's article is pepper seedlings: how to feed, how to feed pepper seedlings, chemical and folk remedies.
How to feed pepper seedlings for growth?
The decision on the first feeding of pepper seedlings to each gardener must be made, focusing on, in which he sowed the seeds. If special soil was used for pepper seedlings and, early feeding is not needed... The composition of such a soil includes special additives that provide seedlings with nutrition at the earliest stages.
When to feed pepper seedlings? If sowing was carried out in ordinary garden soil, the first feeding is carried out after the appearance of the first two true leaves... In this case, it should be taken into account what exactly is being held at this time. If the procedure has taken place, then feeding is postponed for 14 days.
For the first fertilizer, a mixture of urea (0.5 tsp) and potassium humate (2.5 ml) is prepared. Also, for the first feeding, a mixture of ammonium nitrate (0.5 g), superphosphate (3 g), potassium (1 g) is suitable. This amount is dissolved in a liter of water.
The second feeding is necessary after 14-15 days.... We take the same composition of the mineral mixture, but double the dosage. Pepper sprouts have already matured a little and they need large quantity useful substances.
The third procedure is carried out a week before the expected planting of pepper in the ground to a permanent place. During this period, the amount of potash fertilizer- up to 8 g per liter.
Natural dressings
If you are against feeding plants with chemical mixtures, you can use other methods, for example, feeding pepper seedlings with folk remedies:
- Nettle infusion- 100 ml, wood ash- 20-30 g per liter.
- Black tea... Sleeping tea leaves in the amount of 1 glass are poured with three liters of water and infused for 5 days.
- Banana peel... It contains a large number of potassium, which has a beneficial effect on the growth of pepper. 2-3 copies are infused in three liters of water for three days. Strained infusion of seedlings 2-3 times per period.
- Egg shell infusion... Stimulates the growth and development of seedlings. V three-liter jar the crushed shell is laid to a third of the height, filled with water and infused for three days. The solution is ready for use when the characteristic smell of hydrogen sulfide appears.
- Onion tincture... It is prepared from onion husks, infused for 4-5 days (20 g per 5 liters).
Why does pepper need iodine and yeast?
If any fungus gets on the plants during the growing process, watering with iodine or yeast solution will prevent its reproduction.
For feeding pepper seedlings 1-2 drops of iodine are dissolved in a liter of water... You can also add 100 ml of whey to the solution.
Yeast feeding is carried out with a fermented solution. 100 g of live yeast and 125 g of sugar are added to a three-liter jar of water... At the end of the fermentation process, 15-20 ml is diluted in a liter of water and the seedlings are watered with a solution.
According to experienced vegetable growers, such dressings subsequently allow you to increase the number of flowers on plants, and, consequently, increase the yield.
IMPORTANT! Do not use fresh manure for feeding pepper seedlings, this plant does not tolerate it.
Ready mixes
When using ready-made mixtures, it should be remembered that it underfeeding is better than overfeeding... An overabundance of micronutrients is more likely to damage plants than contribute to their development.
When choosing fertilizers for pepper seedlings, preference should be given to liquid forms... When using powders, they must first be diluted in water at the desired concentration. Young plants absorb the chelated form better; information about it can be found on the packaging.
IMPORTANT! When buying, be sure to pay attention to the information on whether it is possible to apply fertilizer for seedlings. The dosage for seedlings should be half that for adults.
Currently on sale there is a wide range of special mixtures for feeding seedlings of various crops or fertilizers for pepper. Experienced gardeners recommend how to fertilize pepper seedlings:
- Kemira-Lux... Specialized fertilizer for seedlings and flower crops... The dilution ratio is 1 g per liter for the first feeding, 2-3 g for the second.
- Kristalon... and the formation of roots. It is used in the form of a solution of 2 g per 1 liter for the second feeding. Blue - for seedlings with application, white - when growing without illumination, red - against pulling plants in cloudy weather.
- Mix " GUMI Kuznetsova". Contains nitrogen, phosphorus, sodium and potassium. It is a powerful stimulator of seedling growth, increases their resistance to stress. Used in an amount of 1 g per liter.
- Ideal... Promotes the development of the root system, increases the resistance to stress of plants and their resistance to various diseases... Diluted for the first feeding 0.5 ml per 1 liter, for the second - 1 ml per 1 liter.
- Orton Micro Fe... It is used for spraying in the phase of 3-4 leaves. Contains all trace elements necessary for vegetation. Increases plant immunity, activates photosynthesis. Diluted in a ratio of 1 g per 1 liter.
- Aquadon Micro... Polymer chelate complex.
Rules for feeding
So that the plants receive the maximum of useful substances and at the same time do not suffer, fertilization rules must be followed:
- The procedure is carried out in the morning. so that by the evening, when the temperature drops, the soil is already a little dry. Wet soil in cool hours can provoke the development of fungal diseases.
- Top dressing is carried out strictly under the root, without getting solutions on the leaves. If drops of fertilizer accidentally fall on the leaves and stems of the pepper, rinse them off with warm water.
- The water used to dilute the mixture must be warm.
- Any fertilizer is applied to wet soil.
- Between fertilizing, the soil in the seedling boxes must be loosened regularly.
Signs of a lack of nutrition in plants
Watch over appearance plants. If you are using any fertilizer and any signs of wilting appear on the sprouts, change the composition of the mineral mixtures.
To know, what substances are lacking in plants it is possible for the following manifestations:
- Lightening of the lower leaves - lack of nitrogen.
- Light upper leaves - iron deficiency.
- Withering leaves - lack of copper.
- Purple streaks on the leaves - a lack of phosphorus.
Applying top dressing of the desired composition in different periods development of pepper, you can grow healthy seedlings, which will quickly take root when landing in open ground.
So, we found out how and when to feed the seedlings of peppers, feeding with ready-made mixtures, why use iodine and yeast, and gave recipes for folk dressings.
The frequency of fertilizing seedlings, and indeed their need, depend on the quality of the substrate in which the seedlings grow. Take a closer look at your plants. If they have passed the visual test and are full of health and strength, they do not need any additional nutrition.
When and what is better to feed seedlings
Before picking, tomato seedlings do not need feeding at all.
As a rule, seedlings are fed every 7-10 days. The first time feeding is given 15 days after full germination or in the phase of 2-3 true leaves.
But with tomato seedlings, you need to be vigilant: if it was previously filled with mineral fertilizers, the need for any other feeding disappears by itself. Otherwise, they will grow too intensively, and with a shortage of light, they will also.
It is undesirable to carry out the first feeding of seedlings before, if it is carried out. And after transplanting, you need to wait at least a week until the seedlings are completely rooted. To speed up the process, I recommend watering the seedlings once.
If you find that the leaves of the seedlings have acquired a reddish-purple hue, and the plants have frozen in development, most likely this is phosphorus-potassium starvation. Then top dressing is done with a complex mineral fertilizer - Kemira, Agricola, Nitrofoskoy.
With a lack of nitrogen, the leaves of the seedlings turn pale, and growth is inhibited. Then they resort to nitrogen fertilizers - ammonium nitrate, urea.
Seedlings are fed with compost - 1-2 teaspoons of fertilizer are added to each pot and watered.
To prepare a nitrogen supplement, a full box of matches (5 grams) nitrogen fertilization dissolve in 10 liters of pure, preferably. The total fertilizer is used a little more - from 1.5 to 2 matchbox(7 to 10 grams) per 10 liters of water.
An excellent effect is provided by the alternation of mineral water dressings with natural ones based on humic acids - Potassium humate, Humix and so on. According to this scheme, seedlings are fed every 7-10 days, alternately using full mineral fertilizer and biofertilizer.
Roll the leaves immediately after the nutrient watering clean water from a home watering can, This will wash away the remains of the solution and prevent burns. Fertilizer solutions should not be applied to overdried soil, otherwise there is a high risk of burning the delicate roots.
Replaces infusion or mullein. To prepare the concentrate, take a bucket of fresh organic matter, fill it with 20 liters of water, mix and insist for 7-10 days.
A strong solution is poured into water for irrigation of seedlings in the ratio: for mullein - 1: 15-20, for poultry droppings - 1: 25-30. When feeding, spend a glass of nutrient fluid for 8-10 young plants. As the seedlings develop, the fertilizer rate is gradually increased.
Feeding seedlings with folk remedies: 5 cool recipes
Eggshell powder is added to the seedling substrate and sprinkled with soil in cups
Summer residents who do not like "mineral water" usually feed their pets on the windowsill with completely natural fertilizers.
I have chosen for you 5 of the most interesting, but simple folk remedies for feeding seedlings:
- Grind and fill with water in a ratio of 1:20. Cover the container with fertilizer with a lid (the smell will not be pleasant) and put in warm place for 3-4 days. Watering with egg infusion will provide the plants with calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, and silicon.
- It turns out a nutritious mulch for seedling plants. Do not throw away food leftovers sunny fruit! Dry the banana skins in the oven, grind into a powder in a blender (coffee grinder) and store in a separate jar. Do not rush to send it to the trash and - this waste also makes an excellent organic fertilizer for home seedlings.
- Seedlings grow by leaps and bounds, if you feed them ... right, yeast! To prepare a yeast feed, dilute ½ cup sugar and a pinch of yeast in three liters of water and let it ferment for 7-10 days. And then every 7-10 days, diluting a glass of mash in 10 liters of water.
- Try to feed the seedlings with water left over from washing meat and fish products, salt-free vegetable broth. Since the concentration of nutrients in such feeding is small, it is used without additional dilution with water.
- For the prevention of diseases and pests, it is useful to sprinkle seedlings with infusion. It is enough to carry out 1-2 such treatments during the time the plants are on the windowsill. It is easy to prepare the infusion - pour 2 liters of water into a saucepan, put a handful of husks there and bring the liquid to a boil. After cooling, strain the infusion and dilute it with two parts of lukewarm water.
Occasionally it happens that even with normal care and regular feeding, the seedlings freeze, ceasing to develop. This may be due to micronutrient deficiencies. .
If you planted seedlings in a highly fertile substrate, instead of fertilizing, I advise you to water the plants 1-2 times with a weak solution of Baikal EM-1 (1: 2000)
To replenish it, I advise you to turn to the help of foliar feeding. In 10 liters of water, dilute 2 grams of molybdenum, 2 grams of boric acid, 2.5 grams of manganese sulfate, 2.5 grams of copper sulfate and 2.5 grams of cobalt sulfate. Spray the seedlings with a solution from a fine sprayer or spray bottle.
To make the seedlings less sick, it will not be superfluous to treat the plants with a solution every 8-10 days. For this purpose, one or two crystals of potassium permanganate are added to the water for irrigation.
Once again, I emphasize that excessive zeal in feeding seedlings is punishable - it will turn out to be skinny and elongated, little adapted to Spartan conditions open bed or greenhouses.
An interesting option is feeding seedlings with infusion medicinal herbs that have expired. See how easy it is to make this seedling fertilizer!
When feeding seedlings, it is important not to lose a sense of proportion: undernourishing plants is just as dangerous as "falling in love to death" with the help of large doses of fertilizers. How to choose the right composition and feeding system?
It is not recommended to feed seedlings before picking. The nutrients contained in the soil are enough for seedlings during this period, and their excess can lead to too rapid growth and the seedlings are too elongated.
The first feeding of seedlings should be done 2 weeks after the pick or when 2-4 true leaves appear, in case you are growing seedlings without picking. Then, before planting in the ground, the seedlings need to be fed every 7-10 days.
Important! Watering the seedlings and feeding is carried out in the morning, so that by the evening, when the temperature drops, the leaves and the surface of the soil have dried up. Cold and excessive moisture can lead to mold in the soil.
If the soil is dry, before feeding, the seedlings need to be watered a little and the moisture should be absorbed well. If
the soil is moist, we just replace the irrigation water with a fertilizer solution.
To help plants absorb nutrients well, loosen the topsoil in the pots to allow oxygen to reach the roots, but shallowly so as not to damage the roots. It is best to do this about an hour after watering.
What fertilizers to choose for feeding seedlings?
For feeding, in this case, liquid or instant fertilizers are suitable. The composition should include: nitrogen (N1), potassium (K), phosphorus (P or P205), meso- and microelements: magnesium, iron, boron, zinc, etc. Fertilizers can be in the form of liquids, tablets, granules or powders. The main thing is that they are intended for liquid plant nutrition.
Very convenient instant mineral fertilizers... They are available in granular, powder or tablet form and come with detailed formulation instructions to reduce the risk of overdose. In addition, the price of such fertilizers is more democratic than that of the same organomineral complexes. One of the types of such fertilizers is organomineral complexes. It is a dark colored liquid fertilizer. They contain humic additives that increase the immunity and vitality of plants. When choosing such a complex for feeding seedlings, please note that the composition should include not only humates, but also mineral components for a balanced plant nutrition.
Liquid mineral fertilizers are similar in composition to instant fertilizers, but are sold in the form of a solution. Their advantage is a convenient dosage, but the price of such fertilizers is also higher.
Experienced gardeners often use diluted cow and poultry droppings as seedlings. But you need to be very careful with these fertilizers. If you make a mistake with the concentration of the litter solution, then you will simply burn the roots and the seedlings will die. Therefore, if you are a beginner gardener, it is better to consult with more experienced relatives or neighbors, or buy ready-made fertilizer, and organically feed the plants after planting in open ground.
The most the best feeding for seedlings - this is feeding with infusion from medicinal plants... This infusion feeds the seedlings and protects them from various diseases.
What is the dosage for feeding seedlings?
Regarding the dosage of purchased fertilizers, follow the recommendations indicated for feeding seedlings by the manufacturer. Usually, the concentration of fertilizer for feeding seedlings is needed half as much as when feeding adult plants. Most often, this is 7-10 grams per 10 liters of water (approximately a tablespoon). When using liquid fertilizers, the dosage may be different.
Important: If the manufacturer specifies the same dosage of fertilizers for seedlings and adult plants, you may have come across a low-quality fertilizer that will not bring any harm or benefit. In this case, the same concentration cannot be.
To grow good, healthy seedlings, you can (and should) feed them with vermicompost and bio-cocktail.
Biohumus - wonderful microbiological fertilizer.
For liquid feeding of seedlings, a glass of vermicompost is poured into a bucket of water at room temperature. Everything is stirred and insisted for a day at room temperature.
In addition to beneficial microorganisms, a bio-cocktail contains substances that increase the immunity of plants and accelerate their development.
To prepare a bio-cocktail, take a liter of water and dissolve two drops of the drug "HB- 101 ", two granules of the preparations" Healthy Garden "and" Ecoberin ".
Why you need to feed
If you spray then Zpin + Zircon
Copper - 0.01
- - does not contain chlorine;
- Temperature regime: after the emergence of seedlings for 7 days, the temperature is maintained at 16 - 18 ° C during the day, and at 13 - 15 ° C at night. Then it can be increased to 18 - 20 ° C during the day and 15 - 16 ° C at night. This regime is observed as long as the seedlings grow in the box (up to the second or third true leaf), this is about 30 - 35 days after germination. During this period, the seedlings are watered 2 - 3 times. Such a watering regime in the period of low light (March) does not allow the seedlings to stretch out. The first time they water it a little, when all the seedlings appear, and then after 1 - 2 weeks. Last time watered on the day of the picking of the seedlings, 3 hours before the pick. The water should be at a temperature of 20 ° C.
- Whichever fertilizer you choose, it is worth remembering that for the best effect it is worth using complexes of substances. Those. do not use only organic fertilizers separately, but take them in combination with mineral fertilizers, but calculate the dosage correctly.
- But chicken manure is not very actively used in tomato fertilization, because has a very strong odor and contains helminth eggs and weed seeds that can harm the plant as well as benefit it. But science was able to solve this problem too. Today, gardeners are offered to use chicken manure to fertilize open ground not in raw form, but in dry form. It is dried at very high temperatures, which provides cleansing of unnecessary, but preservation of nutrients and reduction of odor.
- For this, humus or mineral fertilizers are usually used. But if you skipped this stage of soil preparation, you will have to feed the tomatoes during their growth and development if you want to get a rich harvest.
When and what to feed
When growing tomato seedlings at home, the first feeding of plants should be carried out about fourteen days after the pick. The solution for this is prepared as follows: 20 grams of superphosphate, 30 grams of ammonium nitrate and 15 grams are added to 10 liters of water potassium sulfate... Add to this mixture 100 g of a water extract from ash, which must be prepared in advance by taking 1 glass of ash per 1 liter of water. Further feeding should be carried out once every two weeks.
- Feeding nightshades can be another rather interesting tool. I think each of us has some pieces of bread left. As you know, it contains yeast. Therefore, the bread remaining throughout the year, in order to avoid mold, is dried in the oven and stored, and in summer period used as fertilizer. Already dried residues are soaked in warm water and left overnight. The resulting gruel is used while loosening the earth, adding it under the roots. You can also dilute the grain mass in a large amount of water, and use the resulting mixture for irrigation. After such fertilization, the yield increases by 1.5 times, the endurance of plants increases, and root formation is enhanced. This is a so-called growth promoter.
- One of the most common and effective fertilizers is a superphosphate that contributes good growth nightshades. In most cases it is available in powder form.
- Tomatoes are one of the most common vegetable crops... Someone grows tomatoes without any particular difficulties, while someone is fighting for every bush of this plant. The question arises: what does the harvest depend on? This article will discuss how to feed tomato seedlings so that the tomatoes develop well and give a good harvest.
There is a special fertilizer for a tomato and it is called a signor tomato if you do not feed purchased land there is everything you need, but after picking, after 18 days, 1 tbsp nitrafoska for 10 liters of water 1 glass for 2 pots
A few more tips for caring for seedlings in boxes. Boxes or boxes must be turned the other way to the window pane almost every day so that the seedlings do not stretch to one side.
A complex tomato fertilizer solution contains all the beneficial nutrients that will help the plant grow and develop properly. To prepare a good complex fertilizer, you can use stinging nettle and dandelion leaves in any proportion, fill a third of a two-hundred-liter barrel with this mixture, add any manure, add water and leave covered with foil for ten days. After that, remove the film and the upper floating layer. Stir the solution and add the "Humat + 7" fertilizer to it. Ready remedy diluted with water in the ratio of a liter of composition to a bucket of water and watered each bush with 3.5 liters of the resulting solution.Nitrogen can also be extracted from legumes... You just need to make several plantings of leguminous plants in the ground where you plan to plant tomatoes, and you will not need any fertilizers and feeding, because legumes they are excellent soil enrichment agents with nitrogen and also, thanks to their developed root system, become soil loosening agents. 
In this case, the tomato must be fertilized on initial stage development when the plant is in great need of nitrogen. But it is worth remembering that in working with such a demanding plant as a tomato, it is better not to feed than to overfeed. Better yet, just give the plant as many nutrients as they require at different stages of development after planting.
Many inexperienced gardeners are interested in how to feed bad seedlings tomato and can folk remedies be used for this? In order for your seedlings to grow strong and not stretch out, you need to monitor the ratio of the amount of fertilizer. If tomato seedlings are bad, then before picking, you should increase the amount of superphosphate and ash, and
An effective preparation for spraying tomatoes is the most ordinary skim milk. To do this, take half a glass of milk and dilute it in 1 liter of water, and in the morning the prepared solutions are sprayed with plants. Such a seemingly harmless and simple spraying will help get rid of pests that cause leaf curling. This solution is sprayed with varieties of national selection. 
Complex fertilizers. These are mixtures that include potassium and nitrogen.
For normal development and a high yield of vegetables, during the summer they must be fed with mineral and organic fertilizers. There is an opinion that without the use of mineral fertilizers, organic vegetables are obtained. But it is precisely because of the lack of fertilizers that the yield is low. Unfortunately, the soil no longer has a sufficient amount of substances that ensure the normal growth of the plant. Such plants are most often attacked by pests. If feeding is done on time, then you can significantly increase your yield. Fertilize plants on early stage development is advisable when you see any changes.
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There are a great many special preparations for feeding tomato seedlings. This is Agricola No. 3, Effekton O, Athlete, nitrophoska. It is easy to feed all of these drugs by following the instructions on the package. Top dressing is carried out once a decade and depending on the state of the plant - if it feels good, has thick trunks and green leaves, you can refrain from excess fertilization. However, there are also purely folk ways of feeding, without chemistry. This is, for example, fertilizing seedlings with manure. Manure is infused for a day in a proportion of 300 grams per 10 liters of water and then it is necessarily filtered. The resulting composition can also fertilize tomato seedlings every 10 days, 30-50 ml per plant.
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Molybdenum - 0.002
- contains all the necessary macro-and microelements in an optimal ratio:
What fertilizer is better to feed tomato seedlings?
The main thing is not to get carried away with frequent watering, when watering, try not to get water on top of the leaves, it is better to water under the roots. The water must be settled. Remember to spray the plants with skim milk. To do this, take half a glass of skimmed milk, dilute it in 1 liter of water and spray the plants in the morning so that the leaves are moistened. Spraying of seedlings is done after the appearance of two true leaves. Skim milk treatment will help get rid of viral diseases that cause leaf curling.
The popular approach to fertilizing tomatoes is also to use iodine. It accelerates the development of fruits, helps to increase their weight and also disinfects the soil and protects the plant from fungal diseases. The solution is very easy to prepare: for each bucket of water - 4 drops of iodine and water two liters for each plant. Iodine is also used together with milk for feeding, disinfecting and increasing fruiting. To prepare such a remedy, a liter of serum is used, to which iodine is added (about 20 drops). Each bush is watered with a liter of such a solution.
One more popular approach to fertilizer, which many gardeners have been effectively using for quite a long time is the use of green manure, i.e. herbal solutions. They are very easy to prepare and all they need is herb. The most commonly used nettle. It is cut, placed in a barrel, plastic or wooden, and filled with water. 
Then you need to feed the tomato during its flowering. At this time, the plant is in great need of potassium and phosphorus. It is very easy to notice when a plant needs one of these substances - its growth slows down, the leaves curl, and the color of the plant changes.
Here you need to add very little nitrogen. Then the growth of green mass in plants will be delayed, and a powerful and strong root system will form.
There is a way of fertilization that inveterate gardeners are fond of - this is fertilizing the soil with chicken droppings. In addition, poultry manure is considered an organic fertilizer, the composition of which is rich in chemical elements, namely, phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium. Such fertilization will affect your harvest no worse than any other complex mineral fertilizer. Its advantage is that it is practically free.
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Options for feeding tomatoes: folk remedies, mineral and organic fertilizers
In particular, organic fertilizers are used as a top dressing for tomato seedlings.When to feed tomatoes
Every gardener wants to get high yield... To understand what your plants lack and fight the deficiency of nutrients, you need to know the symptoms of a lack of elements: 
Yesterday I watched the program "Garden and Vegetable Garden" on TV, in the programs they said that nettle is an excellent remedy for tomatoes and other vegetable crops, you can plant it next to tomatoes, with cabbage, and when it grows about 30 cm, it must be plucked and prepare infusions, only to pluck not by the roots, but the foliage.
Zinc - 0.01 Nitrogen total - 16.0
In the box, seedlings grow without feeding. It is impossible to put the box directly on the windowsill, it is better on some kind of support, so that air access to the root system is not limited. 
Tomatoes are quite capricious plants, therefore, their feeding should be correct and effective, with any mistake in the use of fertilizers, they can bring not benefit, but harm to the plant and deprive you of the harvest. Therefore, it is worth paying utmost attention to cooking various solutions since if you overdo it with any of the fertilizers, the plants can deteriorate or completely die and strictly adhere to the rules for the consumption of fertilizers for each bush of tomatoes. 
After that, it is left to ferment, stirring the contents daily to release oxygen from the solution. Shortly after the start of fermentation, a not very pleasant smell may appear, but you can easily get rid of it by adding a few drops of valerian to the barrel. After two weeks of fermentation, you can open the barrel and if the solution has cleared, it means that it has fermented and is ready for use. But it is worth remembering that such a mash is unsuitable for direct watering of the plant, it must first be diluted and only then used as a fertilizer. Usually, to dilute the nettle mash, a ratio of 1:10 is used and the plant is watered at the root.
Fertilizers
In general, during the entire period of growth and ripening of a vegetable, feeding should be carried out three or four times. The first time it occurs after two weeks from the time the seedlings are planted in the ground in order to stimulate the growth of the roots and the plant itself. The second feeding occurs after two weeks after the first, and the third, foliar feeding tomato, either during flowering, or already forming the fruit. Finally, the last dressing is usually done while the plants are in the fruiting stage.
Folk remedies in the form of an infusion of mullein or chicken droppings should be used with great care, since an overly concentrated fertilizer can burn the roots of plants. In addition, various infections can be brought on tomatoes with droppings and manure. Therefore, apply these folk fertilizers necessary in the correct proportions.
Organic
If there is a lack of calcium, you can use eggshell infusion. To do this, a three-liter jar is filled with 2/3 eggshells and insisted in a warm place for 3-4 days, then diluted in a ratio of 1: 3 and watered. 
Like any organism, tomatoes need a balanced diet, which includes such macroelements as potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus, and trace elements - iron, copper, manganese.
With a lack of nitrogen, the plant appears yellow leaves that wither and fall over time. In this case, the main thing is not to confuse it with excess moisture. 
Make fertilizer from nettle for watering vegetables.
- stimulates bud formation;
Nitrogen ammon. - 7.9
Depending on the state of the plant and the soil, they feed it, starting from the appearance of a real leaf: vermicompost, humisol.
As mentioned earlier, only the bite space should be watered, but by no means the plant itself, its leaves, flowers, and even more so the fruits.
Mineral
To fertilize tomatoes, mullein is also used, from which the infusion is made. It contains a large amount of nitrogen and phosphorus. Mullein is bred in water at room temperature in the ratio of half a liter to a ten-liter bucket. Such a mash is poured in a liter under each plant.
On this moment there are a huge number of different fertilizers for any stage of plant growth. In the case of tomatoes, you can use both mineral fertilizers and organic fertilizers, they can be in dry form or in the form of solutions.
When growing tomato seedlings, it should be remembered that "overfeeding" plants with fertilizers is as dangerous as their lack. To receive good harvest it is necessary to fertilize plants strictly according to the developed schemes. 
As it turned out, it was not so easy to grow these delicious vegetables in your garden, and not just grow, but get the desired harvest. Therefore, it is necessary to have at least basic knowledge and follow the rules of agricultural technology.
It is recommended to prepare the place for planting vegetables in the fall. However, it is necessary to consider the fact that these colorful vegetables do not like overfeeding. When the period of planting tomatoes from the greenhouse into open ground comes, it is recommended to sprinkle it with a little ash. When making of this substance into the soil, you need to understand that ash is a rather caustic substance and the main thing is not to overdo it. Of course, it will not provide complete fertilization, but it will help if the seedling stems are too thin or slow down a little in growth.
With a lack of phosphorus, the plant may turn slightly purple.
Complex fertilizer recipe
Pour half a bucket of nettle with water and leave for 2 weeks, water the tomatoes with this fertilizer.
- lengthens the flowering period;
Instructions for proper feeding
Nitrogen nitr. - 8.1
If the soil is purchased, then it initially contains all the necessary macro and microelements for the growth of the seedling. After the pick, when the plant begins to grow actively - after about 2 weeks - you can feed it with any complex fertilizer. You should not get carried away with fertilizers at the seedling stage before planting in the exhaust gas - everything should be in moderation.
It is important not to over-fertilize the plants as an overdose of any drug can have a bad effect on internal state fruits.
Mineral fertilizers are an excellent addition to organic fertilizers, and are used at all stages of tomato growth. The most popular mineral fertilizers are phosphorus, potash and nitrogen fertilizers. Phosphate fertilizers are mainly phosphate and superphosphate, which contains a whole complex of substances useful for the plant, such as phosphorus, calcium, sulfur and, of course, nitrogen, which act on the plant from different sides and bring different benefits.
It is worth remembering that feeding tomatoes should take place only in the bite zones, and not on the plant itself, otherwise it may begin to rot and will not bring the expected harvest.
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Fertilizing tomatoes after planting is very an important milestone... If you want to get a rich harvest, especially if this soil has previously been used for other plantings of plants, you need to know how to properly feed tomatoes.
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Lack of magnesium manifests itself in plants in the form of brittle leaves.
Nettle improves fruiting and repels pests.
- increases the color intensity of flowers and leaves;
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Phosphorus - 20.6
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When shoots appear, I spray with Energen solution.
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It is also worth alternating fertilization with watering: first, water the plants, and then introduce nutrients.
Denis
Potash fertilizers are usually used during the ripening of the fruit, which helps them develop flavor and avoid the appearance of green veins inside.
First of all, the feeding of plants occurs with the help of precisely organic fertilizers which represent organic compounds containing plant nutrients necessary for good development and harvest. Manure is a natural organic fertilizer for tomatoes.
Despite all its fertility, after frequent planting of vegetables and other plants, the soil is depleted and no longer brings such an amount of harvest as, for example, in the first few plantings of plants. To help the soil restore its fertility, use different kinds the so-called top dressing, i.e. fertilizers. Not all vegetable crops need a high level of soil fertility, such as pepper, but a tomato requires high level otherwise it will simply not grow and yield.
In late spring, many gardeners flock to the markets to buy tomato seedlings. However, the trunks of some plants are long and thin, while others are strong and thick. Why is this happening?
Fertilizing tomato seedlings with urea has a positive effect on their growth. In order for the roots to take root well during transplantation, you can add one tablespoon of urea with the addition of superphosphate to each hole, and in no case should you forget about good watering.
With a lack of iron, the top of the shoot begins to turn yellow, and the leaf may turn white. In this case, foliar fertilization is carried out. iron vitriol, in a proportion of 5 grams per 10 liters of water. Foliar dressing is recommended when low temperatures soil.
It is not necessary to feed the seedlings themselves before planting in the ground. They already have enough nutrients in the very soil that you took for seedlings.
- promotes fruit formation.
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Thus, if you follow all the rules for growing tomatoes, correctly dose fertilizers and provide the plant with various types of nutrients, then, in the end, you will get big harvest juicy and tasty tomatoes.
One of the most popular remedies for this type of minerals is ash, it contains potassium carbonate, which dissolves well in water, is absorbed into the soil and is very convenient to use.
Of course, before using this product, you should pass it through compost and in no case use it raw. This popular method of feeding is very effective, because manure from hay-fed cattle has an enormous amount of nutrients.
After all, every gardener knows that a tomato can be demanding and during its ripening it draws out a huge amount of nutrients from the soil, which are formed into a powerful vegetative mass, which, after ripening, is harvested as a crop.
Of course, seedlings different varieties tomato looks different. However, very important point in the cultivation of seedlings is their feeding. Let's find out how to feed tomato seedlings in order to grow better, and its trunks are plump and do not stretch out.
It is best to carry out the first feeding of tomato seedlings 10-14 days after picking.
Calorie starvation appears as wrinkled leaves. Pour with sodium chloride solution.
After planting on a row, you need to wait another 7 - 10 days until the tomatoes take root and begin to grow. That's when you need to do top dressing, if you did not put humus or other fertilizers into the hole during planting.
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In this video, you will see how to fertilize tomatoes and what you need to do to get a rich, generous harvest.
In addition, ash, as a mineral agent for plant fertilization, is a highly effective substance. However, it is worth paying attention to what the ash was made of, because it may contain different amounts of potassium depending on source material... So, the largest number potassium contains pine and birch - almost 40 percent.
Another option for feeding tomatoes is poultry manure, which is a very powerful fertilizer that contains a lot of nitrogen.
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People with their own household plots, annually grow vegetables (especially tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers) on their own. Planting seedlings in the ground and watering regularly is not enough to get a good harvest. Plants need to be fed with different means to kill pests, fight diseases, get tasty, fleshy, large fruits... There are several folk ways providing seedlings with the necessary nutrients healthy, vitamin-rich vegetables are easy to grow.
What is seedling feeding
This is the process of making under root system tomato seedlings, pepper nutrient solution, fertilizer that strengthens the immune system of the plant, helps to withstand stressful conditions under the influence external environment... To do everything right, you need to be able to recognize what exactly the pepper or tomato needs, how and when to add the solution, how to knead it, etc.
Answers to these many other questions will help novice gardeners get a full harvest of vegetable crops. The benefits of using nutritious folk remedies are obvious - they help seedlings grow healthy, strong, resistant to various diseases and pests. Top dressing is carried out in two main ways: root, foliar.
How to feed seedlings
Before proceeding with feeding, you need to familiarize yourself with the types into which any fertilizer for seedlings of tomatoes and peppers is divided:
- Organic. This includes all folk remedies: a solution of mullein, wood ash, chicken droppings, yeast mixture. Such fertilizers are made independently, do not require a lot of time, effort and finance, and have a large percentage of assimilation.
- Organomineral. Includes saline solutions and organic components.
- Mineral. Contains the full range of nutrients necessary for the normal full growth of seedlings.
The number of dressings, their composition depends on the quality of the soil mixture. Primary feeding is carried out no earlier than 15 days after sowing and the appearance of full shoots. Before diving into open ground, peppers and tomatoes do not need early feeding, and after the procedure, you need to wait at least a week. A very good result is given by the alternation of mineral mixtures with organomineral ones. This top dressing is applied every 7-10 days. It is worth noting that an overabundance or lack of mineral nutrition has a bad effect on seedlings:
Name | Oversupply symptoms | Deficiency symptoms | ||
Intensive growth of stems, leaves, the appearance of a rich green color, a decrease in disease resistance | Stop fertilizing with nitrogen, feeding with phosphorus-potassium agents | Decreased root development, stem growth | Add liquid nitrogen agent |
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The appearance of chlorosis, a decrease in the absorption of iron | Feed with potassium or dolomite flour | Decreased stem growth, chlorosis, yellowing, leaf fall | Water 1-2 times a week with calcium nitrate (7-9 g per 3 liters of water) |
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Growth retardation, lightening of leaves, appearance of spots and foliage falling | Feed with potash | The appearance of blueness on the leaves, spots, a brown tint around the edges, loss of immunity | Water with 1% nitrate once a week |
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Rapid aging of plants, wilting of fruits, the appearance of chlorosis | Feed with phosphorus fertilizer | Weak plant growth, the appearance of red veins on the leaves | Insulate the windowsill, pour with azophoska solution (5g per 3l) |
Folk remedies
There is fertilizer for seedlings of peppers and tomatoes, which are prepared from natural ingredients at home. Experienced gardeners prefer such folk remedies to purchased preparations, since they are not only an excellent alternative to chemicals, but also absolutely safe for future fruits. Most of the means of folk production for feeding seedlings are made on the basis of:
- bird droppings;
- ash;
- eggshell;
- honey;
- banana peel;
- thick from coffee;
- Sahara;
- iodine;
- ammonia;
- potassium permanganate;
- potato broth;
- boric acid;
- yeast;
- aloe juice, etc.
The main micronutrients that tomatoes and peppers need are:
- Potassium. The element is necessary for the development of the root system; if it is deficient, the plants will die.
- Phosphorus. Supports seedlings during flowering, fruiting. If there is not enough phosphorus, the ovary withers and falls off, and you should not expect a full harvest.
- Nitrogen. It is an active participant in the process of photosynthesis, helps young seedlings to actively build up a strong green mass.
The main disadvantage of processing, feeding tomato and pepper seedlings with folk remedies is the inability to calculate the exact amount of trace elements in the mixture. Given this fact, it is better to reduce the dosage of the applied fertilizer than to exceed it. In addition, it is better to carry out top dressing in the morning, in moist soil and maintain the temperature of the mixture from 220 to 250. To disinfect the soil and fertilize any varieties of tomatoes, use an infusion of a handful onion peel(purification) and 3-5 liters of water.
Ash
The most popular fertilizer among gardeners is wood ash, which contains phosphorus and potassium, which is necessary for nourishing the seedlings. The substance protects plants from pests, diseases and nourishes them. Before diving seedlings into the ground, 2 tbsp is poured into each hole. l. ash mixture, and on top - a layer of earth to avoid damage to the roots. At the end of the second week after planting, the first feeding with liquid ash is carried out; to obtain a mixture, 100 g of ash powder must be diluted in 1 liter of water. Such a solution must be poured under the base of the stem, 1 liter each.
You can also carry out foliar feeding by diluting 10 liters of water with 300 g of ash and half a piece laundry soap... Then the mass is boiled for about half an hour, filtered, cooled. It is not necessary to add the last component, but it promotes better adhesion of the mixture to the seedling leaf. The resulting ash solution of the plant must be sprayed from above.
Banana skins
Banana peels are rich in potassium, which is essential for seedlings during flowering. The fruit skin must be dried in any way, and then crushed to a powdery state. The resulting mixture is poured when planting seedlings. It is best to dry the crusts on fresh air where the sun's rays and breeze will help. The product must be strung on a string, covered with gauze. Thus, the maximum preservation of nutrients is ensured and the disposal of harmful impurities with which fruits were processed.
You can also use a liquid banana fertilizer obtained by infusing the peel of 2-3 fruits in a three-liter jar of water for at least 3 days. Next, strain the liquid and pour 50 ml under each bush. Another easy way to get a nutritious banana mixture is to grind 1 skin of the fruit with a glass of water in a blender and add 1 tablespoon of soft gruel. l. under each seedling once a month. The organic elements found in bananas not only nourish the plants by promoting abundant flowering, but still effectively fight aphids.
There is another way of feeding - spraying the seedlings with a spray of banana peel (4 pcs.), Eggshell powder (2 tsp), magnesium sulfate (20 g), 1 liter of water. The first component must be dried, chopped, mixed with the rest of the ingredients. Spraying is carried out no more than once in 7 days, the mixture is stored in the refrigerator, and before use it is warmed up to 20 °. A few finely chopped skins filled with Baikal EM1 will make excellent compost. It takes a month to infuse the mixture.
Infusion of bird droppings
Such feeding is very popular among gardeners and is one of the first. The mixture is necessary to stimulate the growth of seedlings and if there are no signs of nitrogen starvation, then there is no need to fertilize. The mass is prepared simply - poultry droppings are poured with water 1: 2, covered with a lid, and left to ferment for 3 days. Then the solution is diluted 1:10 and used for root feeding. This method- the most effective, since it eliminates the "nitrogen starvation" of seedlings by 100%.
Sugar
Plants, like people, extract pure energy from sugar, so the "sweet" fertilizer will be useful for pepper and tomato seedlings. It is necessary to sprinkle with sugar the surface of the earth around the stem, or dilute 2 tsp. sweet substance with a glass of water, pour the plant solution. You can even use ordinary glucose tablets (sold at the pharmacy), dissolve 1 pc. in a glass of water and apply the liquid for watering the seedlings. This type of feeding should be done no more than once a month.
Iodine
Top dressing of tomato and pepper seedlings with folk remedies can also be carried out with the help of iodine. The trace element protects plants from pests and diseases. To obtain a solution, dilute 10 g of iodine with a bucket of water (10 L), you can add another 10 g of phosphorus and 20 g of potassium. Fertilizer is suitable for root feeding 1-2 times a week, it can be added to settled water used for watering seedlings. The main advantage of this method is the availability and low cost of iodine.
One of effective means, which are used for feeding vegetable seedlings, is eggshell. Experienced summer residents, gardeners collect it all winter to scatter it in the beds in the spring. Crushed shells help to loosen the soil, evenly distribute moisture, and reduce the amount of water required for irrigation. The product is 90% rich in calcium carbonate and nutrients necessary for the growth of seedlings.
Root feeding is carried out with a liquid solution prepared in this way: the shell of 3-4 eggs is placed in a three-liter jar, filled with water, infused for 3 days in a dark place at room temperature. Do not close the lid tightly. The main signs of readiness folk remedy- its clouding, appearance unpleasant odor, which will subsequently scare off various pests. Eggshells are still great for improving mineral composition soil. Infused liquid is introduced every 12-14 days under the root.
Yeast
Fertilization of seedlings of pepper and tomato seedlings with yeast is very effective, since it ensures rapid growth of seedlings, strengthening of the root system, and improving the yield of these vegetable crops. You can prepare the solution as follows: combine 10 g of yeast, 4 tbsp. l. sugar, 10 l warm water, stir, let stand for a while. The finished mixture turns out to be very concentrated, so it must be diluted in a ratio of 1:10.
A folk remedy is introduced by the root method with the addition of ash, so that calcium does not wash out from the soil. Yeast loves warmth, so watering with a solution should be carried out in sunny days... Such feeding affects the seedlings as follows:
- increases endurance when transplanting, drought, sharp drops temperature;
- strengthens the roots;
- is a growth stimulant during the growing season;
- increases the percentage of rooting.
There are other recipes for making a folk remedy from yeast for fertilizing seedlings of pepper seedlings, tomatoes:
- Pour 5 liters of water into 1 tbsp. l. dry yeast, 2 tbsp. l. sugar and 2 g ascorbic acid... Insist day, dilute 1:10, water at the root.
- Dissolve 100 g of live yeast in 10 l of water, leave for 24 hours.
- Dilute 200 g of live yeast in 10 liters of warm water, leave for several hours, and then dilute with water 1:10.
Potassium permanganate
A folk remedy in the form of a solution of sulfur manganese is obtained by mixing 2 g of a substance with 10 liters of water, foliar feeding of pepper and tomato seedlings is carried out with a liquid. Manganese not only helps to get rid of pests, prevent disease, but also fights brown spot, which often causes a decrease in the size of vegetable fruits.