There is no top rot on my Tomatoes, because I pre-do 1 top dressing in July. I share the recipe
Want to harvest a good greenhouse tomato crop without disgusting black tops? Then a fiery salute, fellow tomato growers! Today on the agenda is an effective feeding that allows you to remove healthy fruits.
Acting proactively, it protects our plantings from the dangerous tomato disease - apical rot. Black muck hits on the sly when the fruits, which are about to ripen, suddenly begin to spoil from the top. And the tomato, intended for solemn pickling, is sent to the garbage can.
Fortunately for you, I have a kebab right now and there is no time to rant. Let's get down to business
What is Top Rot
To fix a problem, you need to understand its cause. Vertex rot is one of the few greenhouse diseases, the main culprit of which is not bacteria and fungi. Top rot occurs when a plant has a nutritional imbalance. Namely - there is a lack of calcium. Not to be confused with potassium!
Important: One of the prerequisites for a fatal malnutrition and the consequences in the form of top rot is rare watering. Don't forget to water your tomatoes in time, comrade!
Calcium is an indispensable participant in the "skeleton" of a tomato. Due to its deficiency at the most inopportune moment - during the ripening of the fruit - the tip of the tomato turns black and dies off.
How to prevent top rot: effective feeding
In order not to see the black tops of healthy tomatoes yesterday, be sure to feeding greenhouse inhabitants with calcium nitrate. I do this for prevention as soon as the ovaries begin to increase in volume.
Comrade! Do not rely on the benefits of folk remedies in the form of milk or chalk. Plants will assimilate (if they absorb!) Calcium from them only by the time when it will be necessary to pull the tomato bushes into the compost pit.
To prevent vertex rot in tomatoes, make a solution of calcium nitrate with a strength of 2%. I know all my readers know by heart the formula for calculating the concentration of a solution. But for the convenience of citizens I will write: 20 g per 1 liter of water.
Sprinkle the tomatoes over a leaf so that they are completely wet. At your service are devices such as a garden sprayer, spray bottle or grandma's broom. Watering at the root is easier, but there is less sense: so the life-giving calcium is absorbed much more slowly.
Do you respect "your" tomatoes and was the article helpful? Click, comrade, "Thumbs up"! Sincerely yours, Fyodor Tyapkin-Sklyankin, whose tomatoes are now with a healthy finish.