Yeast fertilizer for tomatoes

Anyone who has ever grown tomatoes on their own plot has certainly been faced with the task of finding the optimal fertilizer for their tomatoes. After all, to get a rich harvest of tasty fruits, it is not enough just to plant the plants in the ground. Yeast fertilizer for tomatoes can serve as an excellent alternative to chemical fertilizers.

Composition and mechanism of action of yeast

Indeed, back in the 70s of the last 20th century, yeast was widely used to feed tomatoes. In those days, it was difficult to find an alternative to them, since the production of chemical fertilizers had not yet been established on a large scale. Times have changed, and now in stores you can find fertilizer of any composition and for every taste.

But over time, many began to think about the usefulness of tomatoes, which are saturated with synthetically created chemical fertilizers. And in search of ecological and affordable nutrition, we again returned to slightly forgotten recipes in which yeast was used.

Almost everyone knows about the use of yeast in cooking. Many are surprised to realize their use in medicines and cosmetics. But yeast has a very rich and varied composition, due to which the scope of its application is very extensive. In their composition you can find a variety of amino acids and proteins, organic iron, vitamins B, C, K, PP, many macro- and microelements (potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium, auxin, thiamine, cytokinin).

Of course, all these elements allow tomatoes to fill nutritional gaps, and yeast to be used as fertilizer. But the point is not only in the rich composition of the yeast supplement. Yeast is nothing more than single-celled fungi. Once in the soil, they activate the activity of beneficial microorganisms, which begin to process organic matter.

This work, in turn, leads to a restructuring of the soil composition. By intensifying their activity, the soil around tomatoes is not only saturated with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, but also suppresses the activity of harmful pathogenic microorganisms that lead to various diseases.

But this also implies the main limitation in the use of yeast for feeding tomatoes. In order for a yeast solution for feeding tomatoes to work as effectively as possible, it is necessary that a sufficient amount of organic matter be present in the soil. Therefore, if the soil contains little organic matter, then before planting tomato seedlings, it is advisable to add a bucket of humus or compost to each square meter of land. Or at least mulch the bushes after planting tomatoes with straw, wood chips or sawdust.

The principles of feeding tomatoes with yeast are described in detail in the following video:

Why I decided to feed tomatoes with yeast in the greenhouse

Yeasts are living organisms, single-celled fungi. If they are added to the substrate under certain favorable conditions, the yeast will begin to interact with soil microorganisms. Mushrooms stimulate the latter to more actively process the nutritional components contained in the soil.

As a result of this activity, useful elements, turning into bacterial waste, simultaneously appear in an easily digestible form for the plant root system. Nitrogen and phosphorus are especially actively released - substances necessary for tomatoes.

This effect of yeast on the humus (fertile) layer of soil is reminiscent of the effect of the now popular EM preparations. But compared to these means, the cost of yeast is symbolic.

To make the use of this completely natural and environmentally friendly fertilizer more effective, I pay attention to the following:

Yeast has a beneficial effect on the development of greenhouse tomatoes if there are already beneficial microorganisms in the soil. The latter appear only with sufficient application of organic fertilizers - humus, compost, manure. Therefore, first, in the fall, I add at least 1 bucket of organic matter per 1 m2 of greenhouse soil. And in the spring, after planting the seedlings, I cover the ground with natural mulch - straw, wood chips, sawdust, pine needles. After such measures, periodic yeast feeding will be sufficient for tomatoes to fully develop.
Mushrooms need potassium and calcium to thrive. Therefore, they actively pull these elements out of the substrate. It’s easy to level out this: before applying yeast fertilizer, sprinkle the greenhouse soil with ash (a source of potassium) and crushed eggshells (a source of calcium).
Yeast is a stimulator of root mass growth. Dissolved in water, these fungi release substances that can accelerate the appearance of new root shoots several times.

From all of the above, it is clear why I do not forget to use my grandmother’s recipes for yeast fertilizers:

Stimulates the development of both green and root mass of tomatoes.
Improving the fertile qualities of the soil.
Strengthening tomato seedlings - recovers faster after picking or transplanting.
Increasing the number of ovaries, reducing the ripening time of tomatoes.
Formation of stable immunity in plants to adverse weather conditions, pests and infections (including late blight).
Yeast does not contain chemical or artificial additives. Using them as fertilizers is the key to an environmentally friendly harvest.
At a price this product is available to every gardener and gardener.

Now it’s a small matter - I’ll tell you how to properly prepare the fertilizer, when, and how to apply it.

The benefits of yeast feeding

The benefits of feeding tomatoes with yeast can hardly be overestimated and, judging by the reviews of gardeners, many actively use it on their plots. The use of yeast promotes:

improving soil composition;
good growth and endurance of seedlings, growing even in conditions of lack of light;
good survival rate of seedlings, both after picking and after planting in the ground;
friendly growth of deciduous mass and the formation of a strong and voluminous root system;
a significant increase in the number of ovaries formed, and therefore fruits;
increasing immunity, resistance to difficult weather conditions;
increasing resistance to diseases;
improving the taste of the tomatoes themselves.

Dosage and stages of fertilizing in open ground

Feeding tomatoes with yeast
You need to water tomatoes with yeast fertilizer at the rate of 1 liter per plant. For large bushes you can increase the volume to 2 liters. It is very important to maintain proportions when preparing the solution.

There should be 3 yeast dressings in total.

First stage

10-15 days after planting tomatoes in the ground. At this time, we help the tomatoes take root better in their new location and stimulate the growth of stems and leaf development.

Second phase

15-20 days after the first feeding. The tomatoes have already grown, and we stimulate flowering and fruit set with yeast feeding.

Third stage

When the first ovaries appear on plants. The purpose of this feeding is to give the tomatoes additional energy for fruit formation. In addition, yeast has a positive effect on the taste of tomatoes.

Pros and cons of yeast feeding

In addition to the above beneficial properties of yeast fertilizers, they are environmentally friendly fertilizers. Tomatoes grown in this way should not cause any particular allergic reactions. In addition, the cost of using yeast as a fertilizer for tomatoes is affordable for almost anyone.

This fertilizer has virtually no contraindications. You just shouldn’t use it more than three times during the entire growing season.

On the other hand, since yeast is to some extent a source of microorganisms that improve the growth and development of any plants, they can be used to feed not only tomatoes, but also peppers, cucumbers, cabbage and other garden crops.

When to feed tomatoes with yeast in a greenhouse

I “prescribe” yeast supplements for tomatoes throughout the entire development period. In total, during the season, my tomatoes receive no more than 3 such “dinners”. I stick to a simple schedule:

The first feeding is when the first true leaves appear on the tomatoes. If you have missed this point or are using purchased seedlings, transfer the fertilizer 2-3 days after moving the plants to the greenhouse. I add 500 ml of the composition per sprout.
The second feeding is a few days after moving to the greenhouse. I turn to fertilizer only after the seedlings rise, come to life, and take root. One liter per bush.
Before flowering. No more than 2 liters of fertilizer per adult seedling.

Plants respond to yeast fertilizer by enlarging the stem and developing juicy and large tops. If this does not happen, do not rush to increase the dosage - perhaps the plantings need different nutrition or treatment.

How to prepare yeast fertilizer for tomatoes

Tomato fertilizer can be prepared from any type of yeast. Both dry yeast in powder and raw yeast in briquettes are suitable.

Moreover, in the absence of commercially produced yeast, you can even make it yourself, using stale bread, crackers or plant ingredients such as hops.

Whatever recipe is used to prepare yeast nutrition, you must try to take into account the following points:

Any yeast works well only in warm conditions. Therefore, this fertilizer is not used in early spring or late autumn. For its effective effect you need: sunny weather, warm water and well-warmed soil. Attention! To properly dilute yeast for feeding tomatoes, you need to use only warm water (+ 28-35 ° C), neither hot nor cold.
Mostly freshly prepared solution is used - after some time it loses many of its properties.
Some gardeners advise adding wood ash to the soil together with yeast fertilizer. It replenishes a possible lack of potassium and calcium, which can be intensively absorbed during the activity of microorganisms.
At the time of yeast fertilization, the soil under the tomatoes should not be too dry. If such a picture is observed, then it is necessary to moderately water the tomatoes in advance.

The easiest recipe for yeast feeding

For this recipe for feeding tomatoes you don't need anything other than pressed raw yeast and warm water.

1 liter of water is heated to a temperature of + 28-30 °C.
Dilute 200 g of raw yeast (previously defrosted and softened) in heated water.
Leave covered in a warm place for 3 to 12 hours.
0.5 liters of the resulting yeast concentrate is diluted in 10 liters of warm water and fed to the tomatoes.

Tomato food with yeast and sugar

It is also easy to prepare a tomato fertilizer from dry yeast and sugar according to the following recipe.

10 g of dry yeast powder is dissolved in 10 liters of warm water.
Add 2-3 tbsp. l. Sahara.
Stir well and for better interaction of all components leave in the sun for several hours.
To use this yeast mixture to feed tomatoes, dilute it 5 times and water the tomato bushes.

Advice! To increase the usefulness of the fertilizer, add 2 g of ascorbic acid to the same amount of ingredients and leave to infuse for a day.

Fertilizer for tomatoes with yeast and ash

One of the classic recipes for yeast nutrition for tomatoes includes wood ash. Tomatoes respond excellently to this component by increasing the size of the fruit and improving their taste.

To 10 liters of warm water add 10 g of dry yeast, a half-liter container with wood ash and 3 tbsp. l. Sahara.
Mix everything thoroughly, and the concentrate is kept in a warm place for 0.5 to 3 hours.
1 liter of this infusion is diluted in 10 liters of warm water and used to feed tomatoes.

Yeast supplement with nettle and hops

A variety of herbs growing on the site perfectly complement the yeast feeding. Nettles and hops contain especially many microelements suitable for tomatoes. Making this recipe for yeast-based tomato fertilizer will require some extra time and patience, but it's hard to imagine a better fertilizer for tomatoes.

You will need:

50-liter barrel with warm water;
1 bucket of fresh nettles and hops;
500 g fresh pressed yeast;
half a glass of sugar or half a liter of old fermented jam.

Manufacturing:

Chopped fresh grass is poured into the barrel.
Yeast and jam (sugar) are added.
Fill everything with warm water to the top and, after mixing, leave for at least 3 days. You can let the infusion ferment for up to 2 weeks.
The resulting infusion is diluted 10 times and poured over the tomatoes.

There is a recipe with hops, even without adding yeast, which can be used as a fertilizer for tomatoes.

1 cup of hop cones is poured into 1 liter of water and boiled over low heat for about an hour.
Add 2 tbsp to the cooled broth. l. sugar and 4 tbsp. l. flour.
Stir and leave to ferment in a warm place under a lid for 2-3 days.
Add two finely grated potatoes to the infusion and wait another day.
To feed tomatoes, dilute the resulting mixture 10 times.

Attention! In the absence of hops, to make sourdough, you can use sprouted and crushed wheat grains or even crushed black crackers in the same proportions with other ingredients.

Yeast feeding with milk

It is very easy to prepare a yeast solution for feeding tomatoes with the addition of milk. The result is a product slightly reminiscent of dough dough.

200 g of fresh yeast are mixed with 1 liter of warm milk.
Leave for about 2-3 hours (up to 24 hours is possible).
Dilute 1 part of milk-yeast infusion in 10 parts of water and use it to feed tomatoes.

Comment! Using the same proportions, you can make a tomato fertilizer with whey and yeast.

Yeast dressing with chicken manure

Yeast dressing made according to the following recipe is very effective. You just need to remember that due to the presence of chicken droppings in it, it must be used carefully. Water the tomato bushes so that the fertilizer does not get on the green parts of the plants. It is better to distribute the yeast solution around the bush along the groove, 10-15 cm away from the central stem of the tomato.

First you need to prepare an extract from chicken manure. To do this, fill a 1-liter container with chicken manure with 10 liters of water and leave it in a warm, sunny place for several days. After this period, the liquid is filtered - the extract can be considered ready.

You will need:

0.5 liters of freshly prepared infusion from chicken manure;
10 g dry yeast;
5 tbsp. l. Sahara;
0.5 liters of wood ash;
10 liters of warm water.

All ingredients are thoroughly mixed together and left for several hours. Then add 1 liter of the resulting fertilizer to a 10 liter watering can and dilute with 9 liters of water. To feed adult tomato bushes, use 2 liters of yeast fertilizer per plant.

Methods for applying yeast nutrition

Yeast feeding can be used both for watering tomatoes at the root and for spraying bushes (foliar application on the leaf).

Root

Most often, yeast fertilizing is used to water the bushes at the root. At the same time, try not to touch the leaf part of the tomatoes. Adult plants use 2 to 3 liters of the prepared solution. For seedlings, depending on their age, from 100 to 500 ml per bush is required.

Foliar

Spraying tomatoes with yeast fertilizer on the leaf can be done if the plants urgently need feeding. Since the nutrients in this case penetrate very quickly through the leaf blades and have an almost instantaneous effect.

You just need to remember the following precautions to avoid burning the tender leaves:

for foliar feeding, the prepared solution is additionally diluted 2 times;
Spraying is carried out only in cloudy weather, or before sunrise and after sunset.

Attention! In greenhouses, foliar feeding is best done in the morning, so that the leaves have time to dry completely during the day.

How to properly feed tomatoes

It is better to pour the yeast fertilizer with sugar under the root; if you are going to spray the leaves, prepare a mixture of only yeast and water. The dosage must be observed. Despite the fact that yeast has a natural composition, its concentration should not be exceeded. The rules for applying fertilizers in a greenhouse and open ground have some differences.

In the open ground

Experienced gardeners equate the effect of yeast feeding with the effect of using mineral fertilizers. It has been noticed that after watering with yeast solution, vegetables become sweeter and have a more intense aroma. In open ground, such fertilizing is used only during warm weather, when the ground is well warmed up.

It makes no sense to introduce yeast into cold soil; there will be no effect, so they begin to use yeast on the site no earlier than the end of May. It is better to fertilize early in the morning or in the evening; the soil must be pre-moistened or the solution must be used after rain.

How to water tomatoes in open ground

In the greenhouse

In closed ground conditions, tomatoes especially need feeding, and yeast here can be a good help for gardeners, helping to grow a bountiful and high-quality harvest. More than one generation of our ancestors has been convinced of the beneficial effects of yeast on vegetables.

Yeast will work better if the soil in the greenhouse was previously fertilized with organic matter. Organic fertilizers should be applied even before seedlings are planted in the greenhouse. Use a bucket of compost or humus per square meter of area. Natural mulch in the form of straw or sawdust, gradually decomposing, will also serve as an organic fertilizer for tomatoes in the greenhouse.

It has been noticed that tomatoes fed with yeast are more resistant to late blight. In greenhouses, you can begin to carry out such fertilizing soon after planting seedlings, when the soil temperature reaches +15 ° C. Since the air in a polycarbonate greenhouse warms up much faster, all processes associated with the life of plants are accelerated.

In greenhouses, the yeast solution can be used fresh without infusion.

You shouldn’t get too carried away with yeast feeding. 3 procedures per season are enough. In order not to provoke the development of a fungal infection, fertilizing is carried out in the morning, not in the evening.

How to feed tomatoes in a greenhouse