Bushes of tomatoes will yield excellent harvest if it is correct to look after them. There is not enough only waterings, fertilizing, rykhleniye. It is necessary to delete periodically stepsons. It is necessary to do it in a certain way.
It is required to you
- - water;
- - margantsovokisly potassium;
- - scissors.
Instruction
1. Tomatoes put at first on seedling. If you have made it early – at the end of January - the beginning of February, then in April at seedlings stepsons can begin to be formed. These are shoots which appear from bosoms of leaves. When they have length of 1-2 centimeters, pinch off this part of bush fingers. Do it carefully accidentally not to crack plant.
2. When you plant seedling on kitchen garden, stepsons will not cease grow. If not to delete them, then in month the plant will be not to learn. It will turn into weak bush with set of excess shoots which take away nutrients. It will have an adverse effect on productivity.
3. Delete stepsons in process of their growth – time in 2-3 weeks. Do it in the morning, then they are easily broken off. Approach bush, attentively examine it. If from bosoms of leaves shoots make the way, then break off them. Hold part of the stepson about stalk with one hand, and fingers another break off it, having left small stump (1 cm).
4. From the middle of July there is danger of phytophthora. Not to allow spread of this disease, at this time apply other technology of removal of stepsons.
5. Pour into small bucket 2-3 liters of water, add several crystals of potassium permanganate, stir. At you solution of saturated-red color has to turn out. It is necessary for disinfection of scissors.
6. Approach extreme bush, begin to cut off stepsons. Having removed 2-3 pieces, dip scissors into the disinfecting solution. They have to be opened that all working surface has undergone disinfection.
7. By August 1 it is necessary to remove not only stepsons, but also all lower leaves of stalk to the first flower brush, to prishchipnut top. Such reception promotes the fastest ripening of fruits, and removal of stepsons and leaves – to good airing of bush that reduces risk of its infection with fungal diseases.
8. Continue to process the first bush, cutting off not only stepsons, but also the lower leaves. Periodically dip scissors into solution. Deleting stepsons, leave penechka of 1 cm. Soon they will dry up and will disappear. If not to leave penechek, then it is possible to damage accidentally stalk, having cut off the stepson too close to it.
9. Having processed the first, you pass to the following bush. After remove stepsons from five plants, pour out old solution, wash out capacity and prepare new.