Why tomatoes dressing boron. prepare a solution of
Boron fertilizer tomatoes carried out as spraying the entire plant. Treat all parts of tomato leaves, stems, flowers, ovaries.
Let us look at some of the issues, namely about why you need a boron tomatoes and in what periods should be carried out with the feeding element, method of application.
Why boron fertilization
The boric acid is used as a top dressing. It can be purchased at a pharmacy or gardening store. The drug contains trace mineral boron, an element that is needed to plants throughout the growing season.
If the boron in the soil is not enough, then there is an infringement of tomato growth, ovary poorly formed. It may even be massive abscission of flowers, the leaves begin to curl.
Dressing in the form of boric acid increases the productivity of culture and immunity of plants (this is especially important during cold weather in the period return frost) increases the sugar content of fruit, carotene content of vitamin C and also contributes to the rapid formation of ovaries.
Spraying is carried out with a mixture of boric not more than 3 times: during budding, blossoming time of the mass in phase formation of ovaries.
Preparation of solution and method of application
We need to take half a teaspoon of the substance and dissolve in 5 liters of water. The instructions are usually written 5-10 grams of powder per bucket of water. But advance solution should be prepared in a small tank, pouring into it a little hot water (+ 50 + 60 degrees). Because in normal room temperature water, boric acid is poorly soluble.
The procedure is carried out in gloves.Treatment is carried out in the morning, in the evening or in cloudy weather. The sun can burn the plants.
The resulting mixture was dissolved in a bucket of water is poured, stirred and poured into a certain number of sprayer. Further, Tomatoes processed on a sheet of stalks, flowers.
Instead of boric acid may be able to use the "M. Bor" (bormagnievoe fertilizer).
These are nuances exist in the processing of tomatoes boric acid.
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