Since the middle of the last century, late blight has become the sworn enemy of vegetable growers who grow tomatoes. Breeders are working on new varieties of tomatoes that are not afraid of phytophthora infestans, a fungus that causes disease.
Summer residents are looking for new ways to combat a dangerous disease against tomatoes. Furacilin against late blight on tomatoes is a success.
What kind of drug is "Furacilin"
"Furacilin" is a broad-spectrum antibacterial drug . It is a yellow tablet with an uneven color. Used to treat diseases caused by microorganisms. It is most often prescribed to people to combat skin and nail fungi.
Practice has shown that, due to its properties, the drug is effective in treating diseases of garden crops, in particular late blight.
Is it possible to treat tomatoes with Furacilin?
"Furacilin" is one of the most used folk remedies against late blight . This drug, like any other medicine, has a number of its strengths and weaknesses.
Advantages:
- low price;
- low hazard class for humans;
- possibility of long-term storage of the finished solution;
- can be combined with other drugs;
- used not only for prevention, but also for the treatment of diseases.
Flaws:
- It is recommended to carry out treatment no more than 3 times per season;
- washes off easily with water.
Compound
1 tablet contains 0.02 g of furatsilin and 0.8 g of sodium chloride.
"Pros and cons"
Information resources are replete with conflicting reviews about the method of treating tomatoes with furatsilin against late blight. From enthusiastic ones, talking about how they managed to defeat such a formidable enemy as late blight, to negative ones with a set of evidence of the weak effectiveness of this method. They all have the right to life.
Among the advantages, gardeners note:
- stable positive results when using furatsilin as a prophylactic agent;
- safety of furatsilin solution for humans and animals;
- the ability to collect ripening fruits a few days after spraying;
- low cost of furatsilin, since for less than 100 rubles you can get an amount of solution that will last for the entire season.
At the same time, the following disadvantages are noted:
- low effectiveness of furatsilin in the fight against late blight with a medium and high degree of spread;
- the need for triple treatment with furatsilin solution during the season.
Late blight is an insidious and dangerous disease that affects nightshade crops. Unfortunately, there is no universal remedy for it. Only comprehensive control measures will help clear the area of pathogenic fungi and preserve the harvest. Among them:
- thorough cleaning of the remains of fruit-bearing plants;
- burning leaves and stems affected by late blight;
- deep digging of the soil;
- washing greenhouses with solutions of antifungal drugs and fumigating them with sulfur bombs;
- maintaining temperature conditions and regular ventilation of greenhouses;
- inspection of tomato bushes in order to infect them with late blight.
In this case, it will be possible not only to grow a rich harvest of tomatoes, but also to preserve it.
How to breed and apply late blight on tomatoes
Preparation of a solution with Furacilin is simple - just dissolve 10 tablets of the drug in a small volume of warm water. For quick dissolution, you can first grind the tablets into powder. It is better to do this in wooden, glass or ceramic dishes. As soon as the drug dissolves, the concentrate is added to a 10 liter bucket of water.
Important! When preparing the solution, you cannot use chlorinated and hard water - it reduces the bactericidal properties of the tablets.
When properly prepared, the finished solution can be stored in proper conditions for several months. It is important that the storage location is not exposed to sunlight or heat. Experienced gardeners prepare a solution for the entire season and use it at the first symptoms of disease.
Solution recipe
This product is very simple to prepare. The process does not take much time and consists of several stages:
- 10 tablets of Furacilin should be crushed to a powder.
- Prepare 10 liters of water. Drinking water that does not contain chlorine should be used.
- Pour the resulting powder into a container of water.
- To stir thoroughly.
Important! To dissolve Furacilin, you must use hot water.
The solution is stored for a long time. One preparation can be enough for the whole season if you follow the storage rules. The solution should be placed in a dark, cool place. In this case, the container with the drug must be airtight and tightly closed.
Consumption rates are not regulated, but gardeners recommend not sparing the solution when spraying tomatoes.
Precautions during operation
precautions must be taken when working with Furacilin :
- Carry out the treatment wearing protective clothing, gloves and a gauze bandage.
- Do not eat or drink while spraying.
- After treating closed beds, you should not stay indoors for a long time.
- After the procedure, you need to wash well with soap and wash your clothes.
- After harvesting, wash the fruits thoroughly.
Important! Neglect of protective equipment can lead to the appearance of dermatitis.
Does furatsilin destroy late blight?
Furacilin will not help against late blight on tomatoes. The drug is powerless against oomycetes; treatment will only kill bacteria.
“Advanced” gardeners can be misled by the fact that furatsilin has anti-adhesive activity against yeast fungi. In fact, they are single-celled organisms that have little in common with the Phytophthora pathogen.
What is the reason for the confidence that furatsilin helps against late blight on tomatoes? Indeed, during the season of disease development, many gardeners rush to treat nightshade crops with a pharmaceutical preparation, and assure that the remedy is effective.
There can be two explanations:
- Initially, the disease was identified incorrectly. It is not always possible for novice gardeners to distinguish between fungal and bacterial infections of tomatoes. Even experts can make mistakes if they undertake to carry out diagnostics using photos.
- Along with late blight, bacteria can “settle” on tomatoes. Mixed infection is not that uncommon. Late blight-fusarium-bacterial rots are considered one of the most common ones.
Expert opinion
Maria Nikolaevna
Experienced vegetable grower, 40 years of experience. Graduated from Michurinsk State Agrarian University (MICHGAU)
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The gardener treats the tomatoes with furatsilin solution, the condition of the plant improves. In fact, only the bacterial infection has gone away or subsided; late blight remains.
How many times and when is it better to process tomatoes?
Furacilin solution is used to treat plants 3 times per season:
- the first treatment is carried out before mass flowering;
- the second - during the formation of ovaries;
- The third procedure is planned at the end of the season, when unripe fruits hang on the bushes.
How to spray tomatoes with Furacilin
Treatment is carried out by spraying plants with a prepared solution. For the procedure, a fine spray is used. Particular attention is paid to the lower branches of the bush, as they are the first to suffer from late blight.
Spraying is carried out on a dry, windless day - in the morning or evening. If it rains after the procedure, re-treatment will be required.
Prevention of late blight
This disease poses the greatest danger to greenhouse seedlings, so to avoid it you need to listen to the following advice:
- Cover the soil in greenhouses;
- When watering, try not to get any drops on the foliage;
- Regularly ventilate the greenhouse to avoid condensation and a high percentage of air humidity;
- Regularly inspect the fruits and leaves, and as soon as black spots appear on them, immediately tear them off and take them out of the greenhouse;
- As soon as the first signs of late blight appear, immediately start treating the plants.
What can be replaced
In addition to Furacilin, gardeners also use other pharmaceutical products against late blight: iodine, brilliant green, Metronidazole and Trichopolum.
difference between Metronidazole and Trichopolum - they are based on the same active ingredient. The treatment solution is prepared as follows: 10 tablets of the drug are ground into powder and dissolved in a small amount of water. Then the concentrate is added to a 10 liter bucket of water. Spraying is carried out once every 2 weeks.
Zelenka can be used to treat damage to bushes, as well as to treat diseases. For 10 liters of water, 40 drops of the drug are enough.
Iodine is also used in the fight against late blight at the first stage of disease development. It strengthens plants and increases productivity. The solution for treatment against late blight is prepared in this way: 40 drops of the drug are diluted in 10 liters of water. To improve the viscosity of the solution, add 1 liter of whey or a bar of grated laundry soap to the plants.
Why is late blight dangerous for tomatoes?
Among vegetable crops, late blight most often affects tomatoes and potatoes. It is caused by pathogenic fungi. Once on the leaves and stems of plants, they begin to multiply quickly. The danger comes from both the disease itself and its consequences. Weakened plants cannot resist viral and bacterial infections.
The first signs of the disease appear in the form of dark spots on the underside of the leaves. If measures are not taken in time, the leaf blades acquire a gray-yellow tint, curl and dry out. The disease also affects plant stems and fruits.
Most often, late blight appears in conditions of high humidity and temperature. Vegetable growers notice the first signs of damage in the second half of summer. In the middle zone, this is facilitated by fogs and a large difference in day and night air temperatures.
In a desperate struggle for the harvest, summer residents use various measures. One of the means of combating late blight is the familiar furatsilin.
