Topping tomatoes with superphosphate

Solanaceous crops, which include tomatoes, require balanced fertilizing with mineral fertilizers for full growth. Among effective complex fertilizers, superphosphate is isolated. It is used for seedlings and for adult plants. Topping tomatoes with superphosphate will improve their overall growth and fruiting.

Tomato feeding with superphosphate

Properties and types

Universal complex fertilizer is widely used in gardening.The main components:

• phosphorus;
• nitrogen;
• sulfur;
• calcium;
• trace elements.

The percentage of substances in it varies 25-55% phosphorus, 8-17% nitrogen, 5-10% sulfur. These indicators depend on its variety.

There are such types:

• simple;
• granular ;
• double.

Simple

Simple is produced in the form of a gray powder. The amount of phosphorus is 25-30%. Universal application, suitable for autumn application for garden crops. It slowly dissolves in water.

Granules

Granular differs in the form of fractions. Produced in the form of granules by rolling from a moistened powder. By the quantitative composition of the active substances does not differ from simple.It is convenient to use such superphosphate for tomatoes for which top dressing is applied directly to the hole or planting row.

Double

Double more concentrated, freed from the ballast content of CaSO4. Contains 40-55% phosphorus. Used in different phases of plant growth. It is soluble. Most often, tomato seedlings are fed with double-acting superphosphate.

Benefits for tomatoes

Relate to long-acting. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential elements for the nutrition of tomatoes. It is acquired by plants slowly and only in that quantity which is necessary. When using such a substance, it is observed:

• improved germination;
• the development of a healthy root system;
• intensive growth and gain in green mass;
• increase the number of fruits;
• improve the color, size and shape of the fruit.

Using mixtures allows the root system to become more powerful.

Application produce at different stages of soil preparation for planting tomatoes. As well as at different periods of growth.

They fertilize to improve the quality of depleted soil, in cases of low mineralized soil with a deficiency of phosphorus. In plants grown on this soil, growth retardation is observed. Such top dressing is carried out in the fall or in the spring before planting seedlings on the bed.

Fertilizer can be applied to the wells before planting

During the period of active growth, fertilizing superphosphates of growing tomatoes is carried out three times:

1. 14 days after planting seedlings in the ground.
2. At the beginning of flowering.
3. When the fruits begin to be massively tied.

And also in cases of detection of symptoms, which indicate a lack of trace elements, additional nutrition is necessary. In tomatoes with a deficiency of phosphates, it is observed:

• a change in the pigmentation of the leaves, turns dark green with a blue tint;
• the appearance of yellowish-rust spots on the stems;
• the inner part of the leaf changes color, and is close to purple.

Such signs can also appear at the time of a sharp cooling, or during the process of quenching seedlings, but with a sufficient amount of phosphorus with increasing temperature, the color will recover. If, after stabilization of weather conditions, changes in the color of the leaves did not occur, this is a clear symptom of a lack of trace elements. As soon as the lack of phosphorus is confirmed, you need to feed the tomatoes with superphosphate to avoid stunting and development.

Methods of application and dosage

Depending on the time at which it is carried out, different feeding methods are distinguished tomato superphosphate. Technology and dosing also differ.For top dressing of tomatoes, the drug is applied in a dry form, embedded in the soil during autumn or spring digging, and added to the soil for sowing seeds for seedlings. Seedlings and adult bushes are watered in dissolved form, and they are also used for spraying plants.

Dry application in the soil

Autumn fertilizing of the tomato bed is done for general enrichment of the soil macro- and microelements, which will ensure the normal development of culture in the new season. Fertilize during digging the beds. Superphosphate is used as follows: per 1 sq. Km. m. use 50 g of fertilizer, in the case of depleted soil, the dose is doubled. The soil is buried no deeper than the location of the roots of tomatoes in the future, and this is approximately 30-40 cm. In this way, it is enough to fertilize the plants every 5-6 years.

Phosphate fertilizers are used during the growing of seedlings. Add in the preparation of the substrate. 180 g of superphosphate and 80 g of potassium are added to 25 kg of vegetable land. Such an enriched mixture will be the basis for the growth of strong and healthy plants.

Often gardeners begin to fertilize the garden in the spring, before planting grown seedlings. Use the method of continuous dispersion along the beds and incorporation into the soil, as in autumn. The norm for continuous application of 30-40 g per 1 sq. M. And also contribute directly to the hole for planting a bush. For one bush, 5 g will be enough. In the spring, they mainly use granular or double, it dissolves better and the bush can get the necessary substances faster.The use of phosphate fertilizer mixed with ash in a ratio of 2: 1 is well established.

Watering and spraying

Phosphates have poor ability to dissolve with water. To feed tomatoes with superphosphate for the main feeding of seedlings and growing plants or if a deficiency of trace elements is detected, use an extract.

The tomato seedlings are fed 2 weeks after picking and a solution is used. 15 g of fertilizer and 30 g of Foskamide are dissolved in 10 l of hot water, stirred well and allowed to cool. The resulting solution is watered or sprayed with seedlings. This amount is enough to feed 50 plants.

To prepare the hood, the granular preparation (400 g) is poured with hot water (3 l) and left for 24 hours. Sometimes mixed. The finished solution is diluted with pure water in a ratio of 150 ml of extract to one bucket of water.You can enrich the phosphate solution with nitrogen by adding 20 g of ash to it. Tomatoes are poured under the root.

And they also fertilize the tomatoes by spraying them with superphosphate in dissolved form. For such purposes, the hood is prepared at a lower concentration. Dissolve 1 tbsp. l superphosphate in 1 liter of hot water. The concentrate is mixed with 10 liters of water.

Conclusion

Tomatoes, like all vegetable crops, require a balanced complex of nutrients for full growth and development. The proper use of chemical mixtures provides trace elements that tomatoes need. Applied in sufficient amounts of fertilizer on time will ensure a quality crop of delicious tomatoes.