How and when to fertilize yeast tomatoes

In the tomato growing season, special attention is paid to fertilizers. Many gardeners still prefer to use folk remedies instead of chemical additives. Folk fertilizers include yeast top dressing.

It provides rapid growth and development of seedlings, increases the yield indicator, and tomatoes are sung on the bushes ahead of normal time.

Description and properties

Yeast - microscopic fungal organisms that cause fermentation and develop beneficial microflora. Once in the soil, microorganisms process organic matter. As a result, two of the most important trace elements for tomatoes are formed - nitrogen and potassium. Nitrogen is responsible for the formation of leaves, stems, and potassium affects the flesh and fruit ripening period. In addition to these elements, the yeast contains proteins, amino acids, iron and magnesium compounds. Substances improve the fertility of the earth and have a beneficial effect on seedlings.

Yeast top dressing has a number of advantages. It:

1. Stimulation of tomato growth, the effect is noticeable immediately from the first application.
2. Activation of the development of the root system.
3. Increased stamina of tomatoes to frost, disease and pests.
4. The stalk does not extend in height.
5. Availability of use and low cost.

Application methods

The supplement is very convenient to breed, recipes are easy to use, but require a proportion. Yeast can be used both in raw form and in dry powder. The effect is almost the same. The best fertilizer time for tomatoes comes after a transplant. After 2 weeks, when the tomatoes are already a little stronger in a new place, the first top dressing is introduced. Watering is mainly used, foliar top dressing is rarely used and will not produce such a result. For the growing season, 3 top dressings are enough, no more. An excess of yeast in the soil leads to its organic depletion, the amount of minerals in the soil also decreases.

Easy way

This recipe will be especially useful if seedlings have been planted recently and are growing slowly. For 10 grams of dry yeast, take 10 liters of pure warm water and mix well. Add a tablespoon of sugar and clean the mixture in a warm place for a couple of hours. During this time, the fermentation process should begin actively, a cap of foam forms on the surface. This indicates the effectiveness of the tool. Stir the mixture again and pour the tomatoes under the bush. For each bush should be no more than half a liter of the resulting solution. After watering, the ground is mulched with sawdust or straw with the addition of peat. Repeat the procedure after 14-20 days.

Herbal dressing

Another good way to saturate young plants with the necessary trace elements is to feed the seedlings with a combined infusion. Yeast can be paired with other organic or mineral fertilizers, while the strength of the additive increases several times. Any young grass is placed tightly in a bucket, and then poured with warm water and put under a press. After 4-5 days, when the mixture is infused, add half a liter of diluted liquid mullein and a teaspoon of yeast to it. To the mixture began to ferment, make a tablespoon of sugar and insist another 2 hours. The resulting solution is diluted 2 times before use and the seedlings are watered in the morning or evening.

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Powerful recipe

For the recipe you will need ash and diluted chicken droppings. Organic fertilizers have an instant effect, which will be noticeable after the first use. In addition, the risk of infection of tomatoes with late blight is reduced, since ash has an antifungal effect. A pack of dry yeast (10 grams) is diluted in 10 liters of water and mixed in a glass of ash and liquid chicken. Sugar is added to the resulting mixture, it is insisted for an hour and tomato seedlings are watered.

Bread crusts

Since the composition of bread also includes yeast, it is used for feeding. Take a bucket and fill it half with bread crusts, fill it with warm water and insist 4-5 days. Bread should be well acidified, so the bucket should be put in a warm place. On the fifth day, a pack of yeast is poured into a bucket and insisted for another day. Then the resulting mixture was filtered through gauze and diluted with a solution of water in a ratio of 1:10. Pour tomato bushes with bread infusion.

For beds and compost

Yeast can be used not only in the process of growing tomatoes, but also before planting, when forming beds or compost. Pressed yeast in an amount of 500 grams is stirred in 5 liters of warm water until dissolved. The mixture is insisted all day at room temperature, and then diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10. Fill with fertilizer a bed or compost a few days before planting tomatoes.

Application Tips

When using top dressing, you should remember some points:

• fertilizer is used only on moist soil, the soil should not be overdried;
• the first top dressing is carried out not earlier than 2 weeks after planting seedlings;
• A yeast supplement can be used if the plants have recently been transplanted and grow poorly. For healthy, perfectly growing tomato bushes, yeast is not used;
• watering is done only under the roots of the bushes, try not to get on the ground part of the tomatoes;
• frequency of use is not more than 1 time in 2 weeks;
• during fruiting, feeding is stopped.

The most common mistake of many beginning gardeners is the too frequent use of fertilizer. This will lead to the fact that the tomatoes begin to eat fat - the green mass grows intensively and prevents fruiting. After a yeast supplement, it is recommended to sprinkle the aisles with ash powder or ground egg shells to replenish the mineral balance in the soil.

Yeast top dressing helps to grow a tasty and healthy crop, and the tomatoes themselves will be of high quality and large size. However, the thoughtless use of the supplement can cause harm to plants, so the above recommendations and dilution proportions must be observed.