I don’t throw the fallen apples away, but run to the greenhouse: I’m telling the trick "From the mother-in-law" (benefits for tomatoes)
Flaming fireworks, fellow summer residents and gardeners!
Every year there is a nuisance - young fruits fall from the apple trees. Even in the best year, a dozen or two, but it will fall. And nothing can be done about this phenomenon. But with apples - you can do it! Let the falls benefit the garden.
A few years ago, my beloved mother-in-law, catching me raking up apple litter, suggested:
- Do not rush to throw them away, but take them to the greenhouse. Your tomatoes are ripening there!
Strange recommendation. Don't you think, comrades? But, looking ahead, I will say: I followed the advice of a woman wise with experience. And I never regretted it. Now every summer I periodically carry a few fallen apples to the greenhouse. When they completely deteriorate, I throw them away and replace them with new ones that have just fallen.
I live in the North-West region of our vast Motherland. Summer is usually cool and cold here, which is why the tomatoes are in no hurry to pour on the vine. Traditionally, I wait for the tomato to gain a decent mass, pluck it and wait for it to ripen on the windowsill.
But how do you want to accelerate the growth of fruits, and just pick an already ripe tomato from the greenhouse?. Cut into salad, add to soup. So that's it. By placing some fallen apples in the corners of the greenhouse, I accelerate the ripening of the tomatoes.
It just works. Apples, starting to ferment in the warmth, release ethanol. And this substance in the microatmosphere of the greenhouse makes the fruits of tomatoes ripen faster. I have already seen advice on the Internet to insert alcoholic drinks into the tomato stem or to put ripe bananas. But... Why reinvent the wheel if an environmentally friendly accelerator of tomato ripening is literally lying under the dacha's feet?
Are you planting tomatoes and was the article helpful to you? Please put "Thumbs up" in response, comrades! I also recommend reading one more interesting material: ⚡ 2-4 weeks before digging, I do 2 important things with onions in the garden. The harvest is a feast for the eyes. It's time to tell