The use of trichopolum for the treatment of tomatoes and other garden crops

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Surely many of you have thought about how you can save on expensive means of combating plant diseases and get rid of the problem. This is where medications that have a detrimental effect on pathogens come to the rescue.

One of these remedies is Trichopolum. Its use on plants has yielded positive results for decades. Trichopolum (metronidazole) is a drug that is used to treat diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms.

But, despite the fact that the instructions do not say anything about the use of the product in gardening, it is used to combat a number of plant diseases. Experienced gardeners advise using Trichopolum as a disease prevention.

After all, after visible signs of fungal damage to plants have already appeared, it will be much more difficult to defeat the infection. The first treatment is recommended to be carried out at the stage of sowing seeds. They are either soaked in a solution of water and Trichopolum tablets, or watered on the ground before planting.

The plants are treated the second time during the seedling picking period, and the third time - during transplantation into the greenhouse or into the beds. The bitter taste of the medicine repels garden pests. For example, slugs, aphids and caterpillars will not touch plants treated with metronidazole.

Composition of the drug

Trichopolum is a fairly well-known drug , widely used in medicine due to the presence of such an active substance as metronidazole. Auxiliary components include potato starch, gelatin, starch syrup and magnesium stearate.

Along with some other medicines, trichopolum, or Trichopol, is quite actively used in home gardening and vegetable gardening , making it possible to effectively protect plants from pathogenic microflora. The main condition for effective use is compliance with the timing and scheme of treating plants with this product.

"Metronidazole" and "Trichopol" - what is the difference?

The medicinal substance "Metronidazole" is an antimicrobial drug. Trichopolum is also used as an antimicrobial drug and is an analogue of Metronidazole. The active component in the drug "Trichopol" is metronidazole. The difference between these two medicines lies in the auxiliary components in Trichopolum.



Comparison of composition

Medicines "Trichopol" and "Metronidazole" have the following components.

The drugs are analogues and can replace each other if necessary.

Instructions for use

The medicinal substance is used by gardeners and gardeners to treat bacterial and fungal diseases. The drug in tablet form is dissolved in water and sprayed on the crop. The solution must be prepared 20-25 minutes before the start of the procedure. To obtain a visible result, each bush is processed. During the period of application, the gardener must comply with personal protection methods.

Choosing the best remedy

The drugs have the same effect on the crop, so the type of medicinal substance is chosen by the gardener.

Application of trichopolum for tomatoes

Treatment of tomatoes with Trichopolum is currently one of the most effective and environmentally safe ways to protect this popular garden crop in our country from late blight. Phytophthora, or brown rot, of tomatoes can infect almost all above-ground parts of a garden crop in a relatively short period of time , and therefore quite often causes the loss of more than 50% of the crop. The rapid spread of the disease can be facilitated by sharp temperature fluctuations, as well as cold dew in the autumn and too thick plantings of tomato bushes.

You can treat tomato bushes with Trichopol at almost any growing season, observing the following rules:

• ten tablets of the drug must be dissolved in 5-6 liters of warm water;
• a good result is obtained by adding ten drops of ordinary pharmaceutical brilliant green to the solution;
• The resulting solution is sprayed on tomato bushes in cloudy but not rainy weather;
• It is best to spray plants in the early morning or after sunset;
• the frequency of treating tomato bushes with a solution based on trichopol is about three times a month;
• it is possible to replace trichopolum with a more budget-friendly analogue called “Metranidazole”, or Metronidazole, which has the same antibacterial effect.

Late blight

This is another unpleasant garden phenomenon that can completely destroy the harvest of nightshade crops. Plant leaves are affected first. Characteristic brown spots appear on them. And then, as the infection spreads, the pathological process spreads to the fruits.

The fungus multiplies very quickly. Its spores are carried by wind or rainwater throughout the garden. As a result, you can completely lose your harvest. To combat late blight in the country, use a solution of 15 metronidazole tablets, 25 ml. brilliant green and 10 l. water.

Mix everything and spray tomatoes and other vegetables related to nightshade crops. For example, potatoes, bell peppers and eggplants. The spraying procedure for late blight is no different from the treatment of powdery mildew.

Trichopolum solution can not only be sprayed on plants, but also watered. To do this, it is enough to take only 5 tablets per 10 liters. water. Pour the solution under a bush or tree once every ten days.

How to save tomatoes from late blight (video)

Generics of Trichopolum are also presented:

• "Bacimex";
• "Klion";
• "Merinal-B";
• "Metridom";
• "Metrovit";
• "Trichosept";
• "Efloran".

In what cases are drugs used?

The use of the active substance "Metronidazole" allows you to eliminate a large number of diseases of various origins on cucumbers.

Fungal diseases

Gardeners treat cucumbers using medication for the following fungal infections:

• peronosporosis;
• powdery mildew;
• sclerotinia.

Crops grown in greenhouse conditions are often susceptible to fungal diseases. This is primarily due to the accumulation of moisture and poor ventilation of the premises. The use of Trichopolum against fungal infections allows you to quickly cope with the disease and obtain visible results in a short time.

Bacterial diseases

Infection of cucumbers with bacterial types of diseases is difficult to respond to any methods of influence. The following types of cucumber diseases are treated with the help of Trichopolum:

• root rot;
• wet rot;
• bacteriosis;
• spotting.

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The use of Metronidazole reduces the likelihood of further development of the disease on healthy plants; damaged cucumber bushes must be removed, since most often the bacterial type of the disease cannot be treated and leads to the death of the crop.

Application for the treatment of other crops

Pharmaceutical products for the protection of garden crops are used by domestic summer residents more and more often, which is due to the availability of such drugs and their relative harmlessness to both the environment and the human body.

As a rule, all solutions based on Trichopolum are used to prevent late blight, and to obtain a working composition, you should focus on a concentration of one Trichopol or Metronidazole tablet for each liter of water.

We should not forget that Trichopolum is one of the fairly strong antibiotics and has a large number of contraindications , therefore it is not recommended to treat garden crops with it at the stage of fruit ripening.

Reviews

Antonina: “I don’t support gardeners who spray cucumbers with Trichopolum. It is impossible to guess how eating cucumbers treated with a strong antibiotic will affect human health. For me, ash is the most reliable remedy for all diseases.”

Tatyana: “I treated the cucumbers with Metronidazole against bacteriosis. There was an effect. One bush was sick, so I prepared a little solution, dissolving 2 tablets in 1 liter of water. I treated the diseased bush and 2 neighboring plants. This is necessary so that the infection does not spread to them. The bush survived, bore fruit, and the disease did not spread throughout the greenhouse.”

Ekaterina: “Last summer I was tired of fighting powdery mildew on cucumbers. In winter, I read reviews about treating cucumbers with Metronidazole. In the spring I decided to test the effect of the medicine in my garden beds. When sowing cucumbers, I added 1 tablet of medicine to each hole. The bushes were sprayed with water with Trichopolum throughout June. The cucumbers didn’t get sick all summer.”

How to replace with more gentle means

Currently, environmentally friendly, natural vegetable and berry products are in great demand, so vegetable growers and gardeners are increasingly thinking about replacing strong chemicals with harmless products. In addition to Trichopolum, you can fight late blight in your home or garden plot in other quite effective and affordable ways.

Baking soda against fungi and weevils

Our usual baking soda, as it turns out, is a helper not only in the kitchen, but also in the garden. Two tablespoons of soda are dissolved in a bucket of water. Add 50-70 g of “green soap” as an adhesive and to increase efficiency. Or a quarter glass of laundry soap shavings. This solution can be used to treat cucumbers, roses, black currants against powdery mildew and fungal diseases. In addition, weevils will not like this treatment at all.

Tips and tricks

It should be remembered that treating tomatoes and other garden crops with the same product over a long period of time can cause habituation of pathogenic microorganisms and a decrease in the protective effect. It is for this reason that experienced gardeners recommend combining treatment with Trichopol with a single use of chemicals or alternating spraying with a solution based on Trichopol with other, no less effective means against late blight.

It is necessary to observe basic measures aimed at preventing damage to gardening plantings by pathogenic microflora:

• use the most resistant varieties and hybrid forms in home gardening and horticulture;
• carry out competent treatment of seed and planting material with the most effective fungicides;
• comply with crop rotation requirements;
• use the method of spatial isolation between plantings of garden crops affected by late blight;
• do not overfeed plants with fertilizers;
• plan plantings so that there is no thickening of plants.

If preventive treatment with Trichopolum has not shown adequate effectiveness, then it is recommended to spray with chemical fungicides, including Bordeaux mixture, as well as the well-proven preparations “Ridomil”, “Hom” or “Copper sulfate”.

"Trichopol" for the treatment of cucumbers

Growing cucumbers also requires a lot of attention and care.
It is necessary to constantly inspect the plantings and, when the first signals are detected, begin the fight against diseases. And in this case, trichopolum will also help us. When pale spots begin to appear on the leaves, which then take on a brown tint, your vegetables are affected by peronosporosis. This disease develops if:

• there was high humidity;
• sufficient ventilation was not provided;
• the plants were planted too densely;
• Watering the cucumbers was done with cold water.

It is necessary to begin resistance to this disease as soon as possible, since the plant can die very quickly. The green parts dry out, the formation of cucumbers is delayed, and already ripe fruits become faded and tasteless. Plants can dry out and die very quickly.

If you identify signs of damage to the plant, immediately stop watering and any fertilization. To overcome and completely get rid of this disease of cucumbers, you need to use the following spraying agents:

• Bodro liquid (100 grams of slaked lime and copper sulfate per ten liters of warm water);
• Warm solution of polycarbacin or copper oxychloride;
• Trichopolum (ten-liter bucket of water for 20 tablets).

For treatment with a drug such as Trichopolum to be most effective, it is necessary to maintain the temperature in the greenhouse at least +25°C, and if cucumbers are grown in open ground, then the beds must be covered.
After processing, cucumbers can be used for food within a week. To avoid the occurrence of such a disease and carry out useful prevention, you can periodically use whey for treatment, heated to +25°C and diluted in 10 liters of water.

Every gardener wants his plantings to always be healthy and the fruiting period to last as long as possible. Therefore, you need to be able to recognize and identify vegetable diseases in the early stages. Then the treatment will be most effective and preserve the harvest.

Processing methods and rules

The drug is used to prepare solutions based on it, so it can be used for spraying the entire plant and for watering the soil.

Important! It is recommended to use Trichopolum no more than once every 10 days.

In the fight against tomato diseases, most often, they use not just one remedy, but alternate them. So it is in the case of Trichopolum - it should be used along with other folk methods. This is also necessary to ensure that resistance to the active substance does not arise and the effectiveness does not decrease.

To achieve the desired effect, treatment is carried out following the rules:

• the best time is before noon or evening (after sunset);
• the weather should be without precipitation and wind;
• pay special attention to the lower part of the bush due to its proximity to the soil;
• Follow the recommended dosage to avoid burning the plant.