What top dressing do I put in the hole, before planting the Tomato in the open ground. Record Harvest Guaranteed
I have been growing tomatoes in my garden for a long time. Every year I try to plant new varieties and experiment with feeding. The reward for any gardener is a rich harvest, and to get it, the soil must be well fertilized before planting.
Previously, I applied mineral and organic fertilizers to the soil in the fall before digging or in the spring immediately after it. Recently, I have been feeding tomato feed in holes or pits just before planting seedlings in open ground.
If the top dressing is correctly selected, then it will provide nutrition to the tomatoes throughout the season. Fertilizer must be balanced, otherwise the root part of the plant may burn out.
Mineral fertilizers are easy to use and can be purchased at any gardening store. Recently, I have been leaning more towards natural or organic feeding.
Before planting seedlings, I lay in the holes:
· Onion skins;
· Eggshell;
Ash;
· Bird droppings;
Bone meal;
· Siderates.
I began to get the largest harvest using green manure - green parts of plants and their remains. Once in the ground, they gradually decompose, saturating the soil with useful elements.
The advantages of such feeding is its long-term presence in the bark zone. It nourishes the plant and helps to increase the yield of the tomato.
It is especially effective to use green manure when planting seedlings in open ground, since such fertilizer is not washed out by rains.
As siderates, I usually use cereals or legumes: rye, white or yellow mustard, peas, beans, beans, clover, alfalfa, lupine. Before planting tomato seedlings in open ground, it is best to enrich the soil with several means at once.
Last year I got a record harvest of tomatoes following the scheme:
1. I dissolved brewer's yeast in an amount of 10 grams in 10 liters of water and infused the liquid for 24 hours.
2. The resulting solution in an amount of 300 ml was poured into each hole prepared in advance.
3. After the water has gone into each hole, put ½ part of the banana peel.
4. Lightly sprinkled the peel with earth and planted seedlings in the holes.
Brewer's yeast and banana peel are natural herbal remedies without chemical additives, so I'm confident in the quality of my tomatoes.
In addition, this combination allows for an incredible harvest. The stems and leaves of the plant become strong and firm, and my tomatoes are poured right on the root.