Tomatoes are quite demanding for nutrition and care. Without top dressing you cannot always get a good harvest.
Feeding with hydrogen peroxide will play the role of growth stimulants and disease prevention. It improves soil aeration and makes it possible to grow healthy tomatoes.
Read about the pros and cons of using hydrogen peroxide to feed plants. How to properly fertilize and when to do it?
The nuances of dressing peroxide tomato seedlings and adult tomatoes. How does this remedy fight against plant diseases?
Advantages and disadvantages
Hydrogen peroxide (peroxide) is odorless and colorless, has antiseptic properties. Plants in nature feed on rainwater, which has a good effect on development, and peroxide can help. It keeps the roots of the plant healthy and prevents the development of harmful bacteria.
Thanks to peroxide, seeds will germinate faster., and the roots will become stronger and branching. Watering with hydrogen peroxide should not be more than once a week. There are no disadvantages of such fertilizer.
Peroxide can be used as a fertilizer not only tomatoes, but also cucumbers, peppers, cabbage and even flowers.
What is useful?
The properties possessed by ordinary peroxide can be quite useful. Such irrigation fills the root system with oxygen, since peroxide has an additional atom. Peroxide contains rainwater and oxidizes various pollutants in the atmosphere. Thanks to peroxide, seedlings will develop better and faster, because the solution gives oxygen to the leaves in excess. Also, peroxide is able to neutralize nitrates in the soil.
- Disinfects damage sites.
- Increases seed productivity.
- Improves and disinfects the soil.
- Renews iron salts.
Peroxides are characteristic of redox reactions, which play an important role. Once in the soil, it restores the salts of manganese and iron, which are useful for tomatoes.
How and when to process?
Before transferring seedlings to the ground, some gardeners treat the soil with a peroxide solution for disinfection.- The first dressing of tomatoes is carried out in 2-3 weeks after the first sunrises appear.
- After planting in the soil, the plant needs additional feeding, therefore, together with fertilizer application, peroxide treatment is carried out. This solution is watered bush.
Before transferring seedlings to the ground, some gardeners treat the soil with a peroxide solution for disinfection.Peroxide soaked seeds to stimulate their growth. For this purpose, mix a solution of 10 ml of peroxide per 10 liters of water. Soak seeds in it for about 12 hours. After, thoroughly washed with water and dried to a friable state. This processing method ensures seed germination. Also, the peroxide solution is used as irrigation.
Important! The mixture should be prepared immediately before watering.
Using peroxide helps preserve the health of the roots. Top dressing acts as a preventive measure against pests and many diseases. Infected leaves should be watered with hydrogen peroxide and a solution of phosphate fertilizer - 2 tbsp. l peroxide to 1 liter of solution (about what are the types of phosphate fertilizers for tomatoes and how they are used, read here).
In addition, peroxide treated soil before planting. When white spots appear on the ground, we stop using peroxide.
Watering seedlings
When growing tomatoes pay attention to the health of the bush. The seedlings are very weak and need additional stimulation (more about when and how to fertilize tomato seedlings, read here, and you can see the recipes feeding before and after picking tomatoes here). Hydrogen peroxide acts as such a stimulator. Mix 1 tbsp. l peroxide with a liter of water. It is necessary to water with such solution once a week. Watering young plants with such fertilizer ensures good uptake of micro and macro elements by rhizome. Seedlings watered with peroxide, further yields a rich harvest and retains strong immunity.
Watering adult plants
For fertilizing adult tomatoes, a peroxide solution is also used, which is used to water the plant under a shrub. In 10 liters of water dissolve 50 ml of peroxide. Feed is worth every 7-10 days. Watering is necessary in the early morning or in the evening, when the sun sets, because otherwise plants can get burned and die. Do not irrigate the leaves with this preparation.
An adult tomato may need foliar feeding (the best ways of foliar feeding of tomatoes, as well as how to choose such a fertilizer, you can find here). In this case mix a solution of 10 liters of water to 10 tbsp. l peroxide and spray leaves and stalks. Spray only fresh solution in the evening. This method of feeding prevents diseases such as aphid, scythe, mealybug. But it is important to pay attention to the weather. Do not spray the leaves during the scorching sun or rain. For the solution you need to use warm water.
Tomato Disease Control
Since peroxide has antiseptic properties, gardeners widely use it in the treatment of certain diseases in tomatoes. Peroxide shows good results as a means of preventing fungal diseases. Cure a sick bush drug can not, but will be able to prevent infection.
When the root rot seedling loses its immunity, getting little nutrients. In this case, hydrogen peroxide can help. Due to it, malicious disputes gradually die. The infected plant is watered with a 3% solution (20 ml of peroxide per 1 l of water) and fed no more than 2 times during the week.
If the leaves appear light spots, the plant is sick with white spot. This disease develops with increased humidity. Diseased leaves are covered with spots, and then fall off, which can lead to the death of a tomato. For treatment, use a peroxide solution with drugs that have copper in the composition. Spray the leaves with a solution 2 times a week.
Peroxide is used in the fight against late blight. To do this, treat the plant with a solution of peroxide (1 tbsp of peroxide per bucket of water). Spraying should be done until the signs of phyto-blast disappear.
With peroxide, you can disinfect wounds and broken stems. In this case, the fracture site is smeared with peroxide and sealed with latex.
Using peroxide helps grow healthy and fertile plants. without use of chemical fertilizers, harmful to the person. Peroxide brings a positive result when growing tomatoes both in the greenhouse and in the open field (the main subtleties of feeding for tomatoes in the greenhouse, read here, and from this article you will learn how to choose the best fertilizer for greenhouse seedlings).
