What to water with seedling of tomatoes that grew better? This question is relevant for many gardeners. One of important components of good growth of culture is the correct and regular watering of seedling of tomatoes.
Disinfection and stimulation of planting stock
Care for seedling begins with the correct preparation of seed material. Before crops it is possible to stimulate seeds for the subsequent vegetirovaniye. It can be done by means of one of growth factors: Epin-Ekstra, Agate-25K or Immunotsitofit. But it is better to carry out the procedure natural stimulator: aloe.
Make aloe juice of leaves which lay previously in the fridge several days. Sustain in it seeds 4 hours then put them in plastic bag and place in the warm place for day. Then put sack with the processed seeds on the lower shelf of the fridge and take one more day. After similar stratification seedling will be a little subject to diseases, and tomatoes will be able well to grow even without frequent watering.
How it is correct to water tomatoes?
Some consider that tomatoes need abundant and regular watering. Others believe that it is enough to humidify the soil once, to zamulchirovat it and to grow up tomatoes, without watering. But all gardeners agree that water is necessary for growth of tomatoes.
When seeds have sprouted, but plants have not got stronger yet, see off having watered tomato very carefully, by means of the sprayer if the top layer of soil has dried up. Watering of seedling tomato is required moderate, but regular. If you begin to water seedling tomato much, then it will be extended and can ache with black leg. Water seedlings moderately. Do it on sunny days in the morning.
How to water seedling after it grows up? As soon as seedlings enough grow up and will get stronger (approximately in 7-10 days after emergence of cotyledons), they need to be watered with special medicine that they were not subject to diseases and that seedling grew better. Well the medicine Energen copes with it. On 1 l of water use 5-6 drops of Energen, stir solution, water with it the soil in box and spray seedling.
Watering of seedling after the sword-play
Sword-play - important stage in cultivation of tomatoes. It is necessary to dive seedling of tomatoes in order that each plant has received the sufficient volume of air and substrate for further development. Water the replaced plants with warm water that seedling has well taken roots and has gone to growth.
It is necessary to water seedling tomato in the mornings on sunny days. In cloudy weather of it you should not do, otherwise the plant will be extended too. Watering has to be moderate as the excess amount of moisture will lead to excessive vegetative growth, and seedling will turn out very brittle. In the excessive dryness is a high time too tomato has an adverse effect further on quality of seedling and productivity.
Combination of watering and fertilizing of seedling
After the sword-play of tomatoes the correct watering and fertilizing is important. If seedling strong, not extended, and leaves of bright green color, then nutrients in it is enough. In this case it is possible to water seedling with small amount of fertilizers 2 times. The first time - 2 weeks later after the sword-play, and the second - in 2-3 weeks after the first. In this case use complex fertilizer for seedling of tomatoes.
If at seedling the sickly turned yellow leaves, then plant suffers from lack of nitrogen. It is necessary to water seedling with solution of ammonium nitrate or to add a little urea. Do solution in the half dose specified on packing. It is also possible to strew fertilizer pinch on soil and to water it with warm water.
If seedling has got violet shade, then plants suffer from lack of phosphorus. In that case it is necessary to water seedling tomato in combination with superphosphate (this most available phosphoric fertilizer). Having watered tomato, lagging behind in development, in combination with fertilizing you spend each 10 days. Tomatoes besides very much praise on extra root fertilizing (after watering spray seedlings with solution with fertilizers).
Watering before planting of seedling to the open ground
It is correct to water tomatoes in the open ground very important for growth and infructescence. Tomatoes are rather drought-resistant plants, however the need for water at tomatoes in the open ground is rather big. Plants are less sensitive to moisture, than, for example, cabbage or cucumbers. Tomatoes to sufficient moisture content of soil are most exacting during germination of seeds and during filling fruits. In other stages of vegetation (during cultivation of seedling, blossoming and infructescence) the need for watering at tomatoes is not so high. During these periods of plant have to even have some deficiency of moisture that will constrain the excess growth of escapes and leaves after disembarkation.
However it is not necessary to allow also full drying of the soil after disembarkation as flowers and young ovaries can be showered. At lack of moisture of the soil the photosynthesis and growth processes in plant weakens. At the same time fertilizers not only are acquired by plants worse, but can do harm to tomatoes as in the dry soil the concentration of substances increases and introduction of fertilizing can lead to burn of vegetables.
Watering of seedling is completely stopped one week prior to its disembarkation to the open ground. In day of landing earth lump it is abundant water. Then humidify the earth in holes, plant in them seedling and again water plants. The soil is mulched straw or mowed grass and leave landings without watering approximately for week. There will be enough moisture received by plants when landing for rooting therefore it is not necessary to water tomatoes some time.
There is way of the famous expert Alexey Kazarin according to which tomatoes without watering grow. The author waters them only during cultivation of seedling and when there is its landing to the open ground or to the greenhouse. Poe opinion of Kazarin, tomatoes without watering grow strong with the strong root system capable to feed plants. Care for tomatoes consists in mulching and removal of stepsons.
To water tomatoes for good harvest or not, to solve to you. Kazarin's system has both pluses, and shortcomings. But nevertheless most of gardeners considers that it is just necessary to water plants after disembarkation. It is recommended to do it in the morning in the greenhouse, and on open bed the good result is yielded by way of evening watering. In sunny weather of landing water 1-2 times a week, and in cloudy additional watering tomato is not required.