How to feed tomatoes during flowering. Photos, reviews

The seedling period is over. The tomato plant is planted, takes root and begins to grow.

At this moment, a natural question arises: “What to feed tomatoes during the period of flowering and fruit set, how to care for them?” This needs to be sorted out.

Do I need to feed flowering tomatoes?

It is important to remember why tomatoes need nutrients so much during this period.

Experienced vegetable growers say that if the necessary fertilizers are not applied during the flowering period, then too many barren flowers and too few ovaries will form on the tomato bushes. Barren flowers will take a large share of the nutrition “on themselves”, taking it away from the developing ovaries, as a result the tomato yield will be low.
If you do not fertilize during the flowering period, this will negatively affect the seeds that are collected from weakened plants. The germination rate of such seed material will be low, and the grown seedlings will be weak; they will take a long time to take root after transplantation and are unlikely to produce a high yield.
An overly sour taste of ripened fruits and a hard core may also be a consequence of the fact that the bushes of this vegetable crop are not fed during flowering.

When to plant seedlings?

The first flower stalk can be formed already in the greenhouse period. Some gardeners believe that if the first buds appear on a seedling, then it has been overexposed. In the future, tomatoes will not show good productivity.

During the period of adaptation on the ground, seedlings spend a lot of nutrients on the development of the root system. The brush, which has already formed, does not receive proper nutrition. It slows down its development or disappears altogether.

There is a different opinion among plant growers who grow seedlings until a flower stalk appears in a greenhouse. The brush is laid under favorable conditions. She is normally formed. After planting in the ground, it may slow down its development, but in a short time the brush quickly recovers.

Manufacturers urge gardeners to adhere to the recommendations described on the packaging of the seed. Each variety requires an individual approach. Tomato seedlings of ultra-early varieties are grown for no more than 40 days. It is planted in the garden bed until the flower stalk appears.

Tall varieties are kept in a greenhouse for up to 65-70 days. During this time, they can form 9 leaves and the first peduncle emerges. Tomatoes can bloom intensively, but there are no ovaries on the bushes. Gardeners often encounter this pathology. What is the reason for this phenomenon?

How to determine that flowering tomatoes need feeding

There are several signs that flowering tomatoes urgently need fertilizer:

the lower foliage begins to turn yellow ahead of time, gradually the remaining leaves on the bushes become yellow;
the foliage takes on a purple tint;
the leaves become brown in color and quickly fade;
Tomato bushes grow more slowly, so they should be urgently fed with special products.

If vegetable growers do not pay attention to these signs in time, the tomato bushes will weaken, the fruits will ripen more slowly, and as a result, the yield will decrease.

Why don't tomatoes bloom?

The ovaries on tomatoes are formed as a result of flowering, so the yield of the crop directly depends on the number of buds.
After flowers appear on the bushes, the plants begin to form ovaries and prepare to bear fruit. However, this stage does not always go well - sometimes tomatoes refuse to bloom. It is important to understand why this happens in each specific case. It’s even better to take preventive measures against the lack of flowering so as not to encounter a problem at all.

When is the best time to apply fertilizer: during flowering or budding

Usually, tomato bushes are fed when the clusters of inflorescences begin to bloom on them, when the first inflorescences are already blooming profusely, and the next ones are just beginning to bloom.

It turns out that this is no longer the budding stage, since the buds are already opening, but the stage of mass flowering, but the ovaries have not yet appeared.

Features of processing at the stage of budding and flowering

In the process of caring for tomato bushes during budding and flowering, you should regularly water and loosen the soil. It is also important to correctly prepare the working solution from fertilizers and apply it “at the root” or “by the leaf”.

Water the tomatoes

Tomatoes are not watered as actively during this period as during bush growth or fruit ripening - it is enough to water once every 2-3 days, adding 1 liter of water to each bush.

Water for irrigation should be settled and warm. And the watering itself is carried out in the early morning or in the evening hours strictly at the root. In this case, you need to make sure that moisture does not get on the leaf plates and stems of the tomatoes.

Fluff up the beds

The next day after watering or rain, it is necessary to loosen the beds with tomatoes to break up the dry crust that has formed. After this procedure, air and moisture will better flow to the roots.

You need to carefully loosen the soil around the tomato bushes so as not to damage the roots, which are close to the surface of the soil.

Use the solution correctly

It is better to use the prepared fertilizer solution immediately after preparation. Fertilizing is carried out “under the root” or “by the leaf” only in dry, windless weather in the early morning or after sunset.

When applying fertilizer “under the roots,” you need to make sure that drops of the solution do not fall on the foliage - the dosage of such a solution is quite high, so burns may appear on the leaf blades.

Foliar feeding is carried out early in the morning so that the liquid has time to be absorbed into the foliage before the heat of the day.

Let's start in order

The first problem faced when deciding to grow tomatoes at home is seedling diseases. In most cases, the source of these diseases is either insufficiently processed seeds that carry pathogens - usually pathogenic fungi - or contamination of the soil used as a growing substrate.

In the first case, following the rule about mandatory disinfection of seeds before planting helps.

This is ensured by a single treatment in an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate) at a dilution of 1:1000 and subsequent treatment in one of the special preparations that, in addition to the preventive effect, may have the properties of seed growth stimulants. It is worth mentioning such drugs as epin, immunocytophyte, sodium gummanate and agate-25, which have proven themselves very well for the prevention of diseases and stimulation of the growth of a wide variety of vegetable crops.

The second most important condition for the prevention of diseases at an early stage of development is soil disinfection. If you use purchased soil “for vegetable crops,” problems, as a rule, do not arise. Responsible and reputable manufacturers already take care of their disinfection when preparing soil mixtures. Things are more complicated with the land that you bring from your summer cottages. It is literally “stuffed” with a wide variety of pathogenic flora, which can be destructive for your young pets.

Therefore, treat the soil with steam - for 20-30 minutes over a boiling container of water, a 5-7 cm layer of soil placed on a sieve, or with hot water. The first method is preferable, since it does not entail waterlogging of the soil and turning it into liquid mud.

The soil treated by one of the methods must be kept for 2-3 weeks after treatment to restore normal microflora.

Growing pains

Having successfully survived the “infancy” age and acquired several pairs of true leaves, your pets still remain vulnerable to the vicissitudes of life at home.

The most important “enemy” of the light-loving newcomer from South America is the lack of sunlight during the winter months. Even if you have panoramic windows and you live on the thirtieth floor - when short daylight hours and weak solar radiation, reduced to almost nothing by window glass, will certainly do their dirty work and your plants, growing together, can either slow down or completely stop height.

In this case, it is impossible to do without organizing artificial lighting for the entire autumn and winter period.

It is organized from fluorescent lamps, which are selected in such a way as to best match natural sunlight in color temperature (5400 K) and illumination parameters - at least 140-150 Lux per square meter of plants.

Such lighting can be achieved by using a “package” of three fluorescent lamps - two “warm white light” and one “cool daylight”.

When these measures are followed, the likelihood of diseases in your tomatoes will be minimized. We should not forget that tomatoes are very demanding on soil nutrition. You should not rely on fertilizers and nutritional components of a ready-made soil mixture or on humus with which you generously fertilized your own soil. During the growth period, plants constantly need feeding with minerals. If you are against the use of “chemistry”, then you should use organic fertilizers for fertilizing - an infusion of mullein or chicken manure diluted with 1 glass per bucket of water. Feeding with microelements is necessary despite any protests. Otherwise, proper development will be impossible.

Timely watering is of great importance. Tomatoes are quite drought-resistant. But under no circumstances should you abuse this and overdry the soil in pots. Watering must be carried out only with settled and warm (room temperature) water. When watering with tap water, and even cold water, it will inevitably lead to illness.

When you are planning a balcony cultivation option, the seedlings should be picked and transplanted into separate pots, one plant at a time. Transplantation is a crucial moment. The main thing is not to damage the root system. The soil for replanting should be as similar as possible to the one in which the seedlings were grown. You can also replant grown seedlings if grown indoors. In this case, a pot of appropriate size is immediately selected and the plant is no longer replanted.

Flowering and fruiting period

Having safely passed the growth period, your pet will enter the phase of maturity - flowering and fruiting.

Tens and hundreds of lovers are wondering: Why do tomatoes bloom poorly? It would seem that everything was done in accordance with the recommendations, the plant was watered in a timely manner, fed, and lighting was organized. But they don’t bloom...

The most common reason is failure to comply with seed sowing dates. Even taking into account the fact that tomatoes are native to the Southern Hemisphere and the peak of summer for them in their homeland is January. Those that you grow on your windowsill or balcony have long been adapted to growing in the Northern Hemisphere. Changed the annual growth cycle. They prefer to bloom and bear fruit in the warm months of the year. In this case, no amount of your efforts and persuasion will force the tomato bush to please you with bright red fruits for the New Year.

The reason for the falling of flowers and the absence of ovaries is the absence of bees, flies, and butterflies in your house. (Cockroaches don’t count!), which naturally pollinate plants in nature.

Although tomatoes have rather inconspicuous yellow flowers that are little pleasing to the eye, they cannot do without pollinators. Therefore, when flowers appear, shake it periodically so that the pollen evenly envelops the bush and pollinates the female flowers. The method, of course, does not guarantee one hundred percent success, but it gives hope.

The period of fruit ripening is extremely important in terms of increasing watering. Forming fruits require much more water than a young plant. Water the plant abundantly - do not overdo it! Over-wetting the soil can cause fungal diseases.

The fruits of plants grown in indoor or balcony conditions are rarely affected by diseases. This is facilitated by the lack of contact with other crops and insects that carry all kinds of diseases.

Harvesting is necessary as the fruits ripen. You should not leave ripened fruits on the plant for a long time. This prevents the formation and ripening of new tomatoes.

What fertilizers can be applied during root and foliar feeding?

Tomatoes are fed with various types of fertilizers - mineral or organic, and folk remedies are also used. Complex mineral fertilizers are also actively used, which contain all the minerals and other nutrients necessary for tomatoes.

Mineral fertilizers

This type of fertilizer is easy to use; all components included in the composition are easily absorbed by plants. But if used incorrectly and the dosage is not observed, mineral fertilizers can cause harm to tomatoes instead of benefit. In addition, they can accumulate in fruits, so it is recommended to stop feeding tomatoes with such fertilizers about a month before harvesting the fruits.

Nitrogen in the composition

During the flowering period of tomatoes, fertilizers containing nitrogen are used very carefully, because this element provokes the growth of vegetative mass to the detriment of flowering and ovary formation, which negatively affects future fruiting.

Therefore, during this period it is recommended to use such complex mineral fertilizers, which contain much less nitrogen than phosphorus, for example, ammophoska or nitrophoska.

Phosphorus

Phosphorus is responsible for the normal growth and development of tomatoes from roots to top. Therefore, if there is a shortage of it, the foliage may turn yellow, buds will form worse, and the root system will be less powerful and branched.

Tomatoes need this element from the appearance of sprouts until the end of fruiting, so phosphorus fertilizers are applied to tomato beds regularly throughout the season.

The main types of such fertilizers:

superphosphate (simple or in the form of granules), which contains up to 18% of this element;
double superphosphate, in which at least half is phosphorus.

When applied to the beds, double superphosphate is required to be two times less than usual.

It should also be noted that these drugs do not dissolve well in cold water, so the solution is prepared as follows: the required amount of the drug is dissolved in a small amount of hot water and left for a day until completely dissolved. And only then add the rest of the liquid.

Potash

Potassium fertilizers promote better metabolism in plants, protect them from diseases and pest attacks. Thanks to this element, transplantation and further rooting of seedlings in a new place is faster.

Typically, the following preparations containing potassium are used to feed tomatoes:

potassium salts, which contain up to 40% of the element;
potassium chloride, which contains up to 55% potassium;
potassium sulfate, in which about half of the composition is potassium.

Potassium chloride should be applied under mature tomato bushes, since chlorine has a negative effect on their root system, delaying its development.

Organic fertilizers

Many summer residents prefer not to use chemicals to fertilize tomatoes, as they want to grow environmentally friendly products. Therefore, they use organic fertilizers that are effective, but not so harmful to the human body.

Humates

Humates improve the composition of the soil, especially if it is severely depleted. They also increase the resistance of tomatoes to pathogenic microorganisms and attacks by harmful insects, while the roots of the plants are strengthened and fruiting is extended.

Usually, to feed tomatoes during the flowering period, you can add solutions of GUMI Kuznetsov, Gumat + 7, Gumat-Universal, Lignohumate.

Green manure

Green manures are plants that are first planted and then buried in the soil when digging. There they rot, decompose into useful substances and thereby improve the composition of the soil. They are usually planted in spring or autumn.

Yeast

A yeast solution is usually used to feed those tomato bushes that are lagging behind in development. To prepare the working liquid, dilute 200 g of yeast in 2 liters of warm water and leave for several hours. Then the resulting infusion is diluted in 20 liters of water.

Important! Yeast reduces the amount of potassium and calcium in the soil, so at the same time it is recommended to add wood ash to the soil.

To apply at the root of each bush, 500 ml of working solution is required.

Ash

Wood ash, depending on the species of trees being burned, may contain various macro and microelements, including potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, etc.

You can apply this fertilizer in dry form, scattering it under the bushes, prepare an infusion and water the tomatoes, and also treat the tomatoes with this working solution against pest attacks.

Folk remedies

Folk remedies that have been used by vegetable growers for many decades can also be effective.

Iodine and milk

Add 15 drops of iodine to 9 liters of water, mix thoroughly and add 9 liters of liquid. Tomato bushes should be treated with a similar solution for preventative purposes, and tomatoes should also be fed at the root.

Chaga

Chaga has antimicrobial and antiseptic effects, so a solution from this birch mushroom can be used as an effective environmentally friendly remedy against many diseases that affect tomato bushes.

To prepare a working solution, add 50 g of dry crushed chaga, which can be bought at a pharmacy, into 5 liters of hot water and leave for 48 hours. Then the resulting infusion is filtered and mixed with 10 liters of water. The resulting solution can be used to treat tomato leaf plates on both sides against late blight and some other fungal diseases.

Boric acid

A working solution of boric acid added to the soil is a source of boron. If tomato bushes lack this element, then their ovaries may fall off, and the fruits set worse.

When growing tomatoes in greenhouses or in the south, the addition of boric acid helps the plants develop better during the heat period.

Nettle

Nettle infusion is also an effective folk remedy for feeding vegetable crops. To prepare it, you need to fill a large tank at least halfway with nettle leaves, add water to the top and leave to infuse for 5-6 days. Then the infusion is filtered, each liter of this infusion is brought to a volume of 10 liters with water, and the tomato bushes can be watered at the root.

Herbal infusion

The herbal infusion is prepared in the same way as the nettle infusion and is also diluted. The herbal infusion can be used as a fertilizer for tomatoes throughout the summer season with an interval of 1-1.5 weeks.

Ammonia

Ammonia should be applied to tomato bushes only during the period of active growth of vegetative mass, since it contains a large amount of nitrogen. At the stage of budding and flowering, this remedy is no longer used, since the tomatoes will continue to grow green mass to the detriment of flowering and fruiting.

A working solution based on this drug is prepared as follows: 5 ml of the product is dissolved in 5 liters of water, mixed thoroughly, and the fertilizer is ready for use.

Complex preparations for flowering tomatoes

This type of fertilizer is best suited for application under flowering tomato bushes - it contains all the necessary components for feeding a vegetable crop at the flowering stage. Moreover, it is very convenient - the product is simply diluted with water in the dosage specified in the instructions, and you can feed it.

The most popular types of complex fertilizers are:

Kemira Lux. It contains the following components: nitrogen - 15%, phosphorus - 21%, potassium - 26%, as well as B, Mn, Cu. However, it is often necessary to additionally add preparations containing calcium.
Station wagon. This fertilizer contains no compounds containing chlorine, but humic substances are present in large quantities. They improve the composition of the soil and increase the amount of nutrients absorbed by plants. This complex preparation contains N, P, S, humic compounds and a number of other minerals. But when introducing this complex compound into the soil, it is necessary to simultaneously add calcium. This drug is intended only for application “under the root”.
Mortar. This drug is similar in composition to Kemira Lux and is its analogue.
Senor Tomato. This complex fertilizer contains nitrogen (17%), phosphorus (55%), potassium (35%), humic substances and beneficial bacteria. Thanks to this composition, the soil is not only enriched with nutrients, but also its composition improves.

When choosing complex fertilizers, you need to pay attention to their composition. Such preparations should contain potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen, and there should be more phosphorus. The following elements should also be present: S, Ca, Mg, Fe, as well as humates (if possible).

But such fertilizers for tomatoes should not contain chlorine or compounds containing it, and they must be used with great caution, since chlorine negatively affects the growth and development of tomato roots.

Optimal microclimate

Peduncles begin to develop at a certain temperature and humidity. Tomatoes love warmth. The flowering period of tomatoes is in June. At this time, the temperature is 20-25 C during the daytime and 17-19 C at night. If June is cool, then the time of budding shifts.

If the seedlings are located on protected ground, then a comfortable temperature regime can be created for them by using heat-insulating material. The greenhouse or film tunnel is covered. During the daytime, ventilation is carried out to refresh the air.

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With plants in open ground it is more difficult. If the weather is cool and rainy, gardeners risk getting a later harvest.

To grow tomatoes in an open garden, choose varieties that are resistant to low temperatures and can produce flower stalks in any conditions.

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Air humidity for normal flowering and fruit set is 65-70%. Greenhouse plants must be ventilated; a small draft is allowed. For tomatoes in open ground, organize regular watering and loosening of the soil. Watering is always carried out at the root.

To ensure high-quality fertilization in flowers, the bushes are shaken; pollen falls on the pistil. This is especially true for greenhouse plants. Tomatoes that grow outdoors are pollinated by insects. They are attracted to fragrant herbs and flowers.

If the first inflorescences form normally in tomatoes, then in July some difficulties may arise. The tomatoes bloom, but there is no ovary. The flowers fall.

Gardeners often encounter this problem when choosing varietal tomatoes for cultivation. Hybrid tomatoes usually set well even under extreme conditions.

Tomatoes are parthenocarpic plants. One flower contains both the pistil and anthers with pollen. Under favorable conditions, at normal temperature and air humidity, high-quality pollination occurs, which ends with the formation of the ovary.

If the weather is hot and dry, the pollen dries out. Plant growers say pollen loses its ability to fertilize. Pollination disturbance is also observed at high air humidity, if it rains frequently. Pollen falls into the flower cup in a lump.

Flowers in which fertilization does not occur fall off. If pollination occurs poorly, the formation of the fruit is disrupted. Ugly-shaped fruits appear on the bush. What to do:

A greenhouse effect is often created in a greenhouse. To remove excess moisture, carry out ventilation. Strong drafts must be avoided. For this purpose, windows are provided in the upper part of the greenhouse;
seedlings in an open garden bed are protected from rain with film;
to prevent the pollen from drying out, the plants are shaded with a green mosquito net;
when air humidity decreases, tomatoes are irrigated with ordinary water to moisten the pollen;
To avoid trouble, choose tomato varieties that are suitable for greenhouses or open ground.

In addition to organizing an optimal microclimate for tomatoes, it is necessary to monitor the condition of the green mass of plants and pay attention to their growth. To exclude pathologies, fertilizing is introduced.

Schemes for applying fertilizing during flowering

During the flowering of tomatoes, you should feed them with complex mineral fertilizers, or prepare similar fertilizers at home. In this case, you need to adhere to certain dosages. so as not to harm the plants.

First application of fertilizers

The first feeding of tomatoes should be done when a couple of inflorescences appear on the bushes. Prepare a solution for applying to tomato beds as follows: add 20 g of ammonium nitrate, 10 g of potassium chloride, 40 g of superphosphate to a bucket of water.

Second feeding

When the following clusters bloom on the tomato bushes, you need to feed the plants with the following working liquid: 70 g of superphosphate, 30 g of nitrate, 20 g of potassium salt are dissolved in 10 liters of water.

Let's sum it up

Tomatoes need fertilizing to grow a good harvest. A gardener does not have to spend money to buy fertilizers. You can prepare them yourself from available ingredients and do not use chemicals. Wood ash from a fire pit and weeds from the garden will also work. They make the most correct and environmentally friendly fertilizers for tomatoes.

The fertilizers discussed in the article will certainly help saturate the plants with useful substances, improve fruit set, prevent diseases and increase the yield of tomatoes by 20-30%. Tempting, isn't it?

How to fertilize tomatoes, feeding tomatoes

Types of fertilizers for seedlings

To feed tomato seedlings, you can purchase ready-made fertilizers in a specialized store:

Baby. This fertilizer is suitable for feeding seedlings, as well as for plants transplanted to a permanent location. It activates the growth of the root system of seedlings and increases the resistance of seedlings to stressful situations. You can also soak seed material in Malyshka solution so that it germinates faster.
Urea. This product can be used to feed tomato seedlings after they have their first permanent leaves. To prepare the working fluid, dissolve 1 tbsp in a bucket of water. l. a spoonful of the product.
Humate. This fertilizer is universal - it is used for soaking seed material, feeding seedlings, and also for applying under adult tomato bushes.

In total, tomato seedlings can be fed several times: at the stage of the first two leaves, 10-12 days after picking, 12-14 days before transplanting to a permanent place.

How to stimulate more fruit set

For this, it is best to use diluted iodine . It not only helps fruit set, but also increases the number of ovaries and promotes the formation of more juicy fruits.

There is a simple way to prepare it. You just need to dilute 3 drops in 10 liters of water and pour it under the bush.

But there is a more complex method of preparing the solution; it is useful in the fight against late blight and is used for foliar treatment. To create it, you need to dilute 30 drops of iodine in 1 liter of milk, add a spoonful of hydrogen peroxide and dissolve the resulting mixture in a bucket of water.

Features of feeding depending on the place of cultivation

There are no special nuances when growing tomatoes depending on the place of cultivation.

Feeding tomatoes in open ground

In open ground, tomatoes are fed regularly; before applying fertilizers, you need to water abundantly so that the fertilizers do not burn the roots of the plants. You can use mineral fertilizers, alternating them with the addition of organic matter. You can also use folk remedies.

Natural fertilizers for tomatoes in greenhouses

Banana peel infusion

The easiest way to prepare banana infusion is as follows: put the skins of several bananas into a 3-liter jar and add water up to the neck. This mixture must be infused for 5 days. Then the infusion is filtered and diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio. The prepared solution can be used to feed seedlings and adult plants.

Eggshell

The shells of several chicken eggs are dried, crushed and placed in a 1 liter jar, water is added to the top and left to infuse for a week and a half. Then the infusion is filtered, diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio and the tomatoes are watered.

Chicken droppings and mullein

Chicken droppings and mullein can be used to feed tomatoes as follows: 1 kg of droppings or manure is placed in a bucket of water, filled with water (droppings in a ratio of 1:12, manure in a ratio of 1:10) and infused for a week. Then the infusion is filtered and 1 liter of this infusion is added to each bucket of water. After this, you can fertilize the tomatoes.

Feeding tomatoes on the balcony

Tomatoes should be fed on the balcony much more often than in garden beds or greenhouses, since the containers in which they are grown are not too voluminous, so the plants quickly extract all the useful substances from the soil.

Folk remedies

Gardeners often combine natural substances to treat tomatoes during flowering, receiving double benefits - feeding and disease prevention.

Iodine and milk

To ensure a friendly harvest and protect tomatoes from fungal diseases, mix iodine with milk - 15 drops per 1 liter. Add another 4 liters of water and spray the bushes with the solution in the evening. Milk creates a film on the leaves and stems, through which pathogens do not penetrate. Sometimes a processed product is used - whey in the same ratio. Iodine, as a microfertilizer, supports the generative processes of the plant.

Chaga

The birch tinder fungus is known for the presence of biogenic stimulants. 250 g of pharmaceutical powder is poured into 5 liters of water heated to 70-80 ° C and left for 48 hours, filtered. Add the same volume of water for spraying tomatoes to prevent late blight and feed them during the flowering period of the first bunch. The bushes are treated a second time after 35-40 days. Water the bed with the remainder of the solution.

Boric acid

The most popular foliar fertilizer for feeding tomatoes during the flowering period remains boric acid. The trace element is important for the proper metabolism of the plant. The drug is dissolved only in hot water at the rate of 5 g per 10 liters. Spray 1-3 times during the growing season. In dry seasons and heat above 30 °C, when tomatoes bloom but do not form an ovary, 2 g of the product is used to refresh the bushes in the greenhouse.

Nettle

Vitamin greens from nettles and other weeds are excellent raw materials for herbal tea, which is used to feed tomatoes. Organic feeding increases immunity and stress resistance, stimulates bush development and fruiting. Load into a 200 liter container:

5 buckets of lightly chopped greens;
a bucket of mullein or half a bucket of bird droppings;
100 g fresh yeast;
add water and cover.

Instead of organic matter and yeast, add pieces of dry bread, spoiled jam or sugar for fermentation, whey, and add wood ash. The mixture is infused for 10-12 days. A liter of infusion is diluted with a bucket of water and watered on tomatoes and other crops during flowering.

Gardening tricks

The main tricks of vegetable growers when growing tomatoes:

choose only high-quality seed material for planting;
grow only those varieties and hybrids of tomatoes that are zoned for the growing region;
properly prepare seeds for planting and choose a site for further growing seedlings;
follow the basic rules for caring for seedlings and adult plants.

And there is no need to be afraid to grow different varieties of tomatoes on your plot - from low determinate ones to tall ones that require garter and formation.

Seeds

It may sound strange, but caring for tomatoes during flowering begins from the stage of preparing seeds for planting. In many regions of our country, tomatoes may simply not have time to produce a harvest before the cold weather if the seeds are simply planted in the soil. This is why in most cases our tomatoes are planted from seedlings.

Sowing in boxes should begin in early April. With this schedule, by the end of May you will have fairly strong seedlings that can still be transplanted into open soil.

Before sowing, it will be good to soak the seeds in a container with one percent potassium permanganate. It will take from ten to twenty hours. After this, you can begin to plant the seeds in the ground. Even ordinary soil from the garden will do. By adding a little humus to it, you will only make it better.

Common mistakes

The most common mistakes when growing tomatoes are:

the use of fertilizers containing nitrogen at the flowering stage. During this period, tomatoes do not need this element, since it only activates the growth of green mass, but not buds or ovaries;
non-compliance with the dosage of drugs when diluting the working solution. Its increase can lead to burns on the foliage during foliar feeding;
fertilizers are applied too often. We must not forget that an excessive amount of fertilizing in the soil is just as harmful as its lack;
when applying fertilizers during the flowering of tomatoes, they forget about humates, which this vegetable crop needs precisely during this period;
if the growth and development of tomatoes slow down significantly, then instead of folk remedies you need to use complex mineral fertilizers, which in such cases will be more effective.

If you avoid these mistakes, seedlings and adult plants will grow strong and healthy.

Peculiarities of processing at the stage of budding and “in bloom”

It must be borne in mind that excess fertilizer is harmful. It can be much more dangerous than nutritional deficiency . Because of this, the inflorescences die and the ovaries do not have time to form. Therefore, it is very important to fertilize the plants during this period, strictly observing the recommended dosage of the drugs.

It is also very important to know that when tomatoes bloom, they do not need to be fed with fertilizers, which contain nitrogen as the main element. This will cause leaves and shoots to grow profusely and consume too much of the plant's resources.

Flowering will then be weak or the tomatoes will not bloom at all.

Remember - at this moment, in June, the emphasis is on fertilizers, where potassium and phosphorus predominate .

All recommended means and rules for feeding in this phase are valid both for tomatoes growing in open ground and for greenhouse plants.

Caring for tomatoes at home

There are housewives who grow tomatoes on the balcony. There may be the following reason for the non-flowering of tomatoes: lack of ultraviolet radiation. The sun's rays practically do not penetrate through the glass, the plants begin to suffer from a lack of light, and their growth slows down. If measures are not taken in time, then the harvest may not be expected.

You should also remember that tomatoes need space. If the bushes are planted very tightly in a box, all the tomatoes may not have enough nutrients, which will cause the plants to die.

If tomatoes are planted for the winter, you may not expect a harvest either. The plants will bloom only in the spring, because the life cycle of tomatoes and their fruiting period cannot be delayed by early planting.

Stimulation of tomato flowering

To stimulate the flowering of tomatoes, you need to create optimal conditions for their development:

When plants receive enough light, moisture and nutrients, they begin to prepare for fruiting and form buds. Tomatoes are watered as the soil dries, spending 3-5 liters of water per bush. Thin out the bushes if they are too thick; after receiving light, the plants will definitely bloom soon. In the future, remove excess shoots every 2-3 weeks.

The use of fertilizers will help change the situation:

When flowers appear on tomatoes

High yields of tomatoes, as well as other crops, can be obtained if the vegetable grower knows the biological characteristics of not only the crop, but also the variety or hybrid, and promptly provides the plants with the necessary conditions for their uninterrupted growth and development. The life cycle of a plant begins with the formation of the embryo and its growth and development and ends with the death of plants that have already bear fruit. During development, physiological and biochemical processes occur in it during the formation of new organs. Different stages of plant growth require different nutrition. Biologists have established twelve stages of development with their characteristic differences:

THE FIRST STAGE of development lasts from the moment of formation of the embryo, that is, the future plant, which takes place in the seed of the fruit of the mother plant, until the appearance of the seedling.

THE ELEVENTH STAGE lasts 8-15 days (for different varieties). By the end of the stage, seed growth ends and the fruit reaches brown ripeness. After the ripening of such fruits, the seeds isolated from them have class I indicators for sowing qualities. To prevent tomatoes from cracking, we give them POTASSIUM to make them sweet and Magnesium supplements, magnesium protects them from diseases.

How to initiate the development of tomatoes towards vegetative or generative types of development

There is a whole set of agrotechnical techniques that allow you to shift the development of plants in one direction or another, depending on the situations that arise.

1) Using air temperature

A slow increase in temperature after sunrise stimulates vegetative development. Therefore, it is very important in warm sunny weather to open the transoms as early as possible in order to smooth out the sharp rise in temperature in the greenhouse as much as possible.

When the weather sets in with cool night temperatures, closing the transoms early will retain the heat accumulated during the day, allowing for a smooth transition to night temperatures and supporting vegetative development.

A sharp drop in temperature in the evening leads to increased fruit growth due to the outflow of nutrients from cold leaves to warm fruits. It is advisable to use this technique on tomatoes before the fourth cluster blooms, so that there is no further fruit overload. Because some hybrids not only increase the weight of fruits, but also delay their ripening period.

The optimal night temperature for fruit filling is +15-+16°C. Temperature +17+18°C stimulates the ripening of fruits on plants.

The harvest on the plant will begin to ripen when a certain amount of average daily air temperatures for a given variety (hybrid) is reached in the period from the moment of ovary formation to the complete formation of fruits on the first cluster.

2) Using air humidity

The less moisture the plants evaporate, the better the shoots and leaves grow. But here it is necessary to remember that low humidity less than 65%, as well as high humidity, negatively affects the quality of pollination of flowers. Humidity above 80% is dangerous for the development of fungal diseases.

3) By changing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air

You can increase the concentration of CO2 in the greenhouse air by placing containers with fermenting manure or weeds there. This promotes better fruit set and an increase in their number in inflorescences. The average weight of fruits and, accordingly, the fruit load on plants also increases. An increase in CO2 concentration initiates the processes of generative development.

4) By whitening the roof

In hot months, to avoid overheating, you can whitewash the roof of the greenhouse or install protective screens. However, this will lead to reduced lighting and may affect the yield and increase the vegetative growth of plants.

5) Using the number of leaves on plants

Removing leaves from plants stimulates generative development processes. But here you need to know when to stop and not remove leaves unless absolutely necessary. If possible, do not remove the entire sheet; it is enough to remove only part. For example, when planting tomato seedlings with drooping foliage, the lower leaves that lay on the ground can be trimmed with pruning shears to the required size. This will create less stress on the plant than removing several leaves at once.

Why don't tomatoes bloom?

Of course, many factors influence flowering, so the absence of ovaries will not be limited to one reason. There are a number of main factors why tomatoes may not bloom: