Tomatoes are hardy plants and easy to care for. But, like any plant, tomatoes need to be fed during growth. They need proper watering, good soil, fertilizers. Only then will the plants flourish, provide you with a good harvest. There are a lot of fertilizers for tomatoes in special stores., but before you start fertilizing the crop, you should do a soil analysis in advance, determine the need for plants in nutrients Oh.

The amount of fertilizer supplements needed by tomatoes increases with their growth. Proper feeding is the main condition for the correct development of tomatoes. They will not be able to give a good harvest if they are not given food in right time.

What fertilizers are required for tomatoes? As already mentioned, in order to grow a crop and obtain a high yield, proper nutrition. Top dressing provides tomatoes with the necessary nutrients that they lack in the soil. by the most the best fertilizers for tomato are:

• The compost at the top of the soil is often used as a natural fertilizer. The nutrients contained in it not only increase yields, but also prevent diseases that affect plant growth.
• Nitrogen is the most important constituent of all nutrients. It is found in most balanced fertilizers. But for tomato, excess nitrogen in the fertilizer should be avoided, as this can lead to an increase in the mass of green foliage and a decrease in the number of fruits on the plant.
• Phosphorus as a top dressing is essential for healthy tomato growth. Also, thanks to phosphorus, fruit ripening occurs faster, and they acquire bright color, grow large, are not subject to disease.
• Potassium is required for good tomato growth and helps it in the process of photosynthesis. Potassium deficiency makes plants weak, small, prone to disease.

Tomatoes: the first dressing after planting (video)

Other nutrients such as iron, copper, zinc, magnesium and manganese are found in small amounts in most fertilizers. Although these substances increase plant growth, they do not need as much nitrogen or potassium.
Another point to keep in mind! Fertilizers, which are gradually used by tomatoes, can only be mixed with the soil when the seeds are planted. After planting, you should pay attention to other top dressing.

Organic fertilizers for vegetables are made by mixing biodegradable compounds, such as compost from cut grass and other organic waste. Such fertilizers are a favorite for those involved in organic farming.

Folk dressing recipes

Consider the most popular of them.

Name of top dressing	Recipe	Mode of application	Result
onion peel	Soak the onion peel in 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 24 hours, strain	The solution is applied under the roots of plants, you can spray the foliage	The tool helps tomatoes cope with diseases, saturates the soil with microelements
Manure	Half a bucket of manure is taken, filled with water, infused for 7 days	0.5 l of infusion is poured under the bush, previously diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 10	Improved tomato growth
blue vitriol	Add 1 tbsp to a bucket of water. l. vitriol	The mixture should be added to spray bottles and sprayed on the foliage.	Phytophthora protection
Eggshell	Grind the shell, pour boiling water, after the water has cooled, you can start feeding	You can feed adult tomatoes and seedlings	It has a general strengthening effect on all nightshade
Milk serum	In 1 bucket of water, dissolve 1 liter of serum, add 20 drops of iodine	Under the bush, 1 liter of infusion	Soil disinfection, protection of tomatoes from late blight, acceleration of fruit ripening
Iodine	Dissolve 4 drops of iodine in 10 liters of water	Pour one and a half liters of funds under the bush	It is used as a prevention of fungus, promotes an increase in the mass of fruits
fermented grass	In a big barrel equal parts dandelion and nettle fall asleep, manure is added (1 bucket), everything is poured with water, left for 2 weeks. After that, remove upper part- everything that has surfaced. Add a pack of "Humate +7"	1 liter of solution is dissolved in a bucket of water, 3 liters of infusion are poured under a tomato bush	Gives a complex effect

The best store-bought fertilizers

Complex purchased fertilizers are also suitable for seedlings and adult plants. They are sold in special stores or via the Internet. Most the best remedies for top dressing, which should be made for tomatoes:

• Kemira Universal-2;
• calcium nitrate;
• Nitroammophos;
• Nitrophoska.

The composition of the presented funds contains useful elements that have already been collected specifically for tomatoes. This means that the substances will act purposefully and give good result.

How and when to fertilize correctly

Whether you are going to use fertilizers in tablets or other forms, they must be timely and well balanced. Also, do not oversaturate the soil. useful substances- it will not benefit the plants.

The first top dressing after planting tomatoes in the soil is to water the crop " green tea"- this is an infusion of grass, ash, mullein. The next top dressing is carried out after 2 weeks. For her, minerals are taken, which are diluted with water. Under each bush of tomatoes, it will be necessary to add about a liter of the mixture

In the process of flowering tomatoes in cups, you can add st. l. sulfate, some mullein and bird droppings. Then one cup is added to 10 liters of water, and this solution is used to feed.

If organic fertilizers are not available, nitrophoska can be used. In this case, it is recommended to add 3 g of potassium permanganate to the liquid top dressing or blue vitriol.

After the formation of the ovary, it is worth fertilizing with a solution consisting of 10 g boric acid and wood ash- for 10 liters of water 2 liters of the substance. To increase fruiting, a mixture of 1 liter of sodium humate, a bucket of water, 2 tbsp. l. superphosphate. And to improve the fertility of the soil, it should be fed with a composition of peat, manure and loam.

How to fertilize tomatoes (video)

Top dressing is an important part in caring for tomatoes. They allow plants to develop better and faster. But in order for the result to be effective, it is necessary to make them in a timely manner and in the prescribed amount.

Top dressing of tomatoes is a matter with which gardeners do not have complete certainty. How often to feed tomatoes? What to feed: organic, mineral or alternate? When to water under the root, and when to spray? There are a lot of questions, and each gardener solves them in his own way: there is no universal scheme or schedule for feeding tomatoes.

The good news is that there are a lot of recipes for nutrient mixtures that you can feed tomatoes with. And you will definitely find the most convenient, most suitable, most profitable option for you. And we will try to help you.

We all know that the need of a plant for a particular substance depends on the stage of its development. And top dressing should be done taking into account this need, otherwise you can only do harm.

Therefore, we divide all options for top dressing for tomatoes into two groups: top dressing immediately after planting in the ground and top dressing during flowering and fruit set.

You can spend only two top dressing per season - one at the beginning of each of the above stages of development. You can feed tomatoes regularly, once every two weeks. The feeding scheme depends on you, on the condition of the soil in your area, on the air temperature outside the window, on the quality of the seedlings, etc. etc. However, we strongly recommend that you follow the “stepping principle” and give your plants exactly what they need in this moment. This means that before flowering, you can feed with any top dressing from both the first and second groups, and with the advent of the first buds, use top dressing recipes exclusively from the second group.

In late May - early June, that is, 2-3 weeks after planting tomato seedlings in the ground, you can carry out the first top dressing of tomatoes. The seedlings have already taken root, started growing - it's time to help the plants gain strength and turn into a full-fledged bush. At this stage, you can use nitrogen fertilizers (in a small amount) in combination with potash and phosphorus.

Option 1. For 10 liters of water, 0.5 liters of liquid mullein, 1 tablespoon of nitrophoska.
Option 2. For 10 liters of water, 0.5 liters of chicken manure, 1 tablespoon of superphosphate, 1 teaspoon of potassium sulfate.
Option 3. For 10 liters of water, 2 liters of nettle or comfrey.
Option 4. For 10 liters of water, 1 tablespoon of nitrophoska.
Option 5. For 10 liters of water, 50 grams of ash, 30 grams of superphosphate, 0.3 grams of boric acid, 0.3 grams of manganese sulfate, 1 liter of mullein.
Option 6. At 200 liter barrel 1 bucket of mullein, 2 shovels of ash, 2 kilograms of yeast, 3 liters of whey, 4-5 buckets of nettles. Infuse for a week.
Option 7. For 10 liters of water 1 tbsp. a spoonful of nitrophoska, 0.5 liters of mullein, 0.5 teaspoons of manganese sulfate, 0.5 teaspoons of boric acid.

Under each bush pour 0.5 liters of finished dressing.

Top dressing of tomatoes during budding, flowering and fruit set

As soon as buds and flowers appear on tomatoes, the “potassium-phosphorus” era begins. Nothing is now so required by our tomatoes as phosphorus and, especially, potassium.

Option 1. For 10 liters of water, a half-liter jar of ash.
Option 2. For 10 liters of water, 1 tablespoon of superphosphate, 1 teaspoon of potassium sulfate.
Option 3. For 10 liters of water, 2 tablespoons of wood ash and 1 tablespoon of superphosphate.
Option 4. For 10 liters of water, 1 tablespoon of nitrophoska, 1 teaspoon of dry potassium humate powder.
Option 5. For 10 liters of water, 10 grams of potassium nitrate, 25 grams of magnesium sulfate.
Option 6. For 10 liters of water, 10-15 grams of potassium monophosphate (KH2PO4).
Option 7. For 10 liters of water, 10 grams of potassium magnesia (potassium-magnesium sulfate K2SO4 + MgSO4).
Option 8. For 2.5 liters warm water 100 grams of pressed yeast diluted in warm water and half a glass of sugar. Mix everything, cover the container with gauze and put in warm place. Shake periodically. When fermentation is over (after about a week), for top dressing, 1 cup of the mixture is diluted in 10 liters of water together with a half-liter jar of ash.

Under each bush, it is necessary to pour 0.5-1 liter of the nutrient mixture.

To attract pollinating insects to flowering tomatoes and better fruit set, you can spray the plants with a mixture of boric acid and sugar. One liter of boiling water will require 100 grams of sugar and 2 grams of boric acid. Mix everything well and cool the solution to room temperature.

If it is hot and because of it the flowers crumble, it is recommended to spray with a solution of boric acid at the rate of 5 grams per 10 liters of water.

And one more thing: from mid-July, all top dressing of tomatoes must be stopped in the same way as abundant watering. During this period, any additional nutrition and moisture contribute to the growth of green mass, and fruit ripening, on the contrary, is delayed.

We wish you success and great harvests!

One of the main pledges good harvest is a quality seedling, however improper care for tomatoes after they have been planted in open ground can negate all previous efforts. Today we will talk about proper feeding tomato when grown outdoors.

On average, when growing tomatoes, 4 basal top dressing. Consider one of the most effective options:

Many summer residents feed tomato plantings with bird droppings. This is a really good balanced fertilizer, containing in its composition a full range of essential nutrients and trace elements needed by tomatoes. To prepare fertilizer, fill a barrel or other container halfway with bird droppings, and fill the rest with water. In the next three days, the solution should be well infused. After that, the concentrate obtained in the barrel is diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 15. Each bush is fertilized with diluted top dressing at the rate of 3 liters per plant.

To avoid the development of such dangerous disease, like late blight and some other fungal, tomatoes can be treated with a Bordeaux mixture. Instead, you can use a solution of ash (2 tablespoons of ash are dissolved in 1 liter of water and infused for 2 days). In addition to protection, the ash solution additionally nourishes the plants. For the prevention of diseases, treatment should be performed 1 time in 2 weeks.

Tomatoes, which are noticeably lagging behind in their development, in addition to root dressings, need to be sprayed with a nutrient liquid: 1 tbsp. l. Ideal fertilizers or the same amount of urea are diluted in a bucket of water and the leaves of slowly developing tomatoes are sprayed with the resulting solution.

1. Approximately 3 weeks after planting tomatoes in open ground, it is necessary to make the first top dressing. 1 st. l. nitrophoska and 1 tbsp. l. Fertilizers "Ideal" are bred in a bucket of water. For each tomato bush, approximately 0.5 liters of the resulting solution should be consumed.
2. As soon as the 2nd flower brush begins to bloom, it is necessary to re-feed with one of the following compositions:
   • 1 st. l. fertilizer "Signor Tomato" is bred in a bucket of water.
   • The following ingredients are added to a bucket of water: 1 tsp. potassium chloride or potassium sulfate, 1 tbsp. l. superphosphate, 1 tbsp. l. "Agricola - Vegeta".
   For each bush, 1 liter of the resulting top dressing should be spent.
3. When the 3rd flower brush blooms on your tomatoes, it's time to make another top dressing. Its composition: 1 tbsp. l. nitrophoska and 1 tbsp. l. "Sodium humate" (liquid form) or 1 tbsp. l. Fertilizers "Ideal" are bred in a bucket of water. Optimal dosage: 5 liters of fertilizer per 1 m2.
4. The final feeding of tomatoes is carried out 2 weeks after the previous one. In a bucket of water, 1 tbsp is diluted. l. superphosphate. For 1 m2 of plantings, 10 liters of the resulting solution should be consumed.

In order to grow delicious tomatoes, you need to properly feed the tomato seedlings after planting in the ground, as this is an important point on the way to getting good and big harvest further. But not everyone knows the rules, types and the need for top dressing itself, and a lack of essential minerals in a plant can result in a loss of crop.

When to feed

Proper feeding of beds for tomato seedlings begins in the fall after harvesting and freeing the land from weeds. When digging, humus or missing soil microelements are introduced (if possible, a soil analysis should be done to add exactly necessary elements fertilizers).

To correct acidic soil (or dense), phosphorus and potassium are suitable as fertilizers, and to reduce acidity - chalk, ash, limestone or dolomite flour. Clay soil or loam will need peat and rotted sawdust.

If fertilizer occurs in the spring, then it is best to fertilize it with rotted manure when digging the soil immediately before planting (in each hole for a seedling).

You should also take into account the condition of the plant itself, for the need for fertilizer.

Pale leaves and slow growth indicate the need to fertilize the soil with nitrogen, and its excess will be indicated by too active growth and splendor of the leaves.

When the leaves darken and their color approaches purple, phosphorus should be added to the soil, with an excess of it, the seedling turns yellow, fades and loses its ovaries.

With a lack of potassium in the soil, the plant dries and may die, and the excess is characterized by dark spots on the leaf surface.

If tomato seedlings "fold their ears", then this indicates the need to introduce potassium and nitrogen into the ground (without phosphorus).

Types of dressings

The greatest effect is given by the alternation of dressings, which differ in 2 types:

Root

Root top dressing is carried out in 3 stages:

• The first top dressing of the seedlings themselves is carried out 12-14 days after planting, and the frequency of the procedures for fertilizing the soil depends on the quality of the soil (if the quality of the soil is very poor, top dressing is needed every couple of weeks) and the appearance of the plant itself.
• The second time to feed the seedlings is necessary during flowering. To prepare an organic fertilizer, dilute potassium sulfate (a tablespoon), bird guano (half a liter) and liquid mullein (half a liter) into 10 liters of water. Each plant should be watered (1 liter of liquid per seedling).
• During the period of abundant fruiting, the third and last feeding of plants is carried out. For such top dressing, you can prepare a fertilizer prepared from a mixture of 10 liters of water and 2 tablespoons of superphosphate and a tablespoon of liquid potassium humate.

Foliar

Such top dressing of plants will be most effective immediately after watering the plants, it will manifest itself in 2-3 hours after application. Such top dressing gives the greatest effect when abundant flowering plants, and is determined by the ability of leaves and stems to absorb only the elements necessary for the plant.

Fertilizer treatment is carried out by spraying the leaves and stems of seedlings. To prepare the necessary solution, you need to fill in 2 liters of water (hot) and stir 2 cups of wood ash and leave for 2 days. Strain and filter the resulting infusion, and then dilute in 10 liters of water and process the plants.

Basic feeding rules

The basic rules for fertilizing the soil include:

• it is most profitable to apply fertilizers in a foliar way after the fruits have poured;
• fertilizer treatment is carried out in the morning, so that by the evening all the necessary elements can be assimilated by the seedlings;
• the temperature of the applied fertilizers should not be less than 22 degrees;
• when using the root method of fertilizing, top dressing must be applied to each well with a plant;
• any top dressing will be more effective after watering;
• try not to overfeed the plant, as too active growth can be fraught with the appearance of ovaries and overall yield.

Types of fertilizers

To obtain a good yield, it must be applied to the soil different types fertilizers, which are selected based on the quality of the soil and the type of plants.

trace elements

There are only 3 main microelements introduced for tomatoes. These include:

Potassium

The trace element potassium is consumed tomato seedlings in fairly large numbers. After all, with the help of it, the formation of the plant itself and its growth occur. Also actively influences the processing carbon dioxide in the plant, and with a lack of this element in the seedling, ammonia accumulates and the plant dies.

Nitrogen

The introduction of such a trace element as nitrogen contributes to the good growth of the plant and in proportion to the correct development of leaves and stems. An overabundance or lack of this element in the soil should not be allowed so as not to lead to the death of the plant.

Phosphorus

The normal capacity of phosphorus in the soil contributes to the proper growth of roots and the formation of ovaries. Oversupply or deficiency should not be allowed, so as not to lose the plant and ensure normal fruit ripening.

organic

Fertilizers of organic origin the best way affect soil fertility. Suitable for fertilizing tomatoes are:

Mullein

Mullein ( cow dung) is the best organic fertilizer, as it contains a high amount of elements useful for plants. Can be used for top dressing in dry, liquid or rotten form. It is recommended to feed the soil for seedlings with mullein since autumn.

Peat

Best of all, peat should be used to improve the quality of the soil, because it contains not so many useful elements in the composition. On the ground with hyperacidity to regulate its level, you can use lowland peat, which contains the largest amount of minerals than other types of it.

bird droppings

The most effective is the use of chicken and pigeon guano, since this product of bird life contains a large number of nitrogen required by plants. Guano must first be mixed in water and insisted for several days. The solution is prepared in the ratio of 1 kilogram of litter per 10 liters of water. After infusion, a liter of finished fertilizer should be dissolved in a bucket of water and poured under the root of the plant.

Yeast

Yeast fertilizer contains proteins, organic iron, amino acids and various trace elements for good development plants. The use of such top dressing helps to increase the endurance, growth and immunity of the plant. For tomato seedlings, such top dressing can be used no earlier than a week after planting.

To prepare such a fertilizer, you need to mix half a liter of a solution of bird droppings and ash, 10 grams of yeast and 5 tablespoons of sugar. Dilute the resulting mixture in 10 liters of water. For fertilizer, the resulting solution is used, diluted with water 1:10 (it is forbidden to use it in its pure form), watering is done around the seedling, trying not to get liquid on the plant and root.

Ash

Wood ash contains a large amount of calcium and potassium. After adding ash to the soil, plant growth is noticeably accelerated, and it also contributes to the development of large and high-quality tomatoes. Ash is first introduced into the soil a couple of weeks before planting seedlings in the calculation of a glass - a hole.

mineral

Fertilizers with mineral fertilizers provide the necessary elements for the plant, but most often this is not a complex of useful substances, but only one of the necessary ones.

Boric acid

Top dressing with boric acid is applied foliarly during the period of active flowering of seedlings. To prepare the treatment liquid, dilute the acid in water, taking into account 1 gram per 1 liter. Spraying is best done in the afternoon or on cloudy days.

Iodine

Top dressing with iodine is used to activate the ripening of tomato fruits. It is considered a harmless fertilizer. Therefore, it can be used if necessary quite often.

There are 2 options for feeding with iodine. For root dressing, you need to stir a drop of iodine into 3 liters of warm water and pour over each well with the plant. For foliar, you need to dilute 3 drops of iodine per 10 liters of warm water and treat the plants taking into account a liter / bush.

Kemira

Universal water-soluble fertilizer, which is used to increase the level of yield and quality of fruits (keeping quality and sugar content). On open ground, watering with fertilizer is applied 2 times a week, in greenhouses it is enough once a week.

station wagon

It is a complex mineral fertilizer. It is applied before digging the soil in the spring, evenly distributing it over the soil. Top dressing after planting is carried out along the aisles, and after that the plants are watered abundantly.

Mortar

Fertilizers of complex composition. It is safe due to the absence of chlorine in the composition. It is used to stimulate growth and improve the quality and yield of fruits. It can be used as root top dressing, and foliar. It is best used on cloudy days or at sunset.

When planting tomatoes in the ground, do not forget that one of the most important procedures for caring for these plants is top dressing. It is necessary for all tomatoes without exception and is a complex process. It includes the stages of diagnosing the needs of the plant, the choice of the necessary substance for feeding and the direct implementation of this procedure. But not everyone knows how to properly perform each of the stages of the process. In this article, all the nuances of the procedure will be considered in detail, which will make it possible to successfully introduce nutrients for tomatoes even to inexperienced summer residents.

Peculiarities

The fertilization procedure is based on several important characteristics. First of all, two types of top dressing can be attributed to them - root and foliar.

The first option involves the introduction of nutrients directly into the soil, closer to the root zone. It is with the help of the roots that the plant absorbs everything it needs from the soil, so it is important not only to ensure the growth of the root system, but also its health.

In order to carry out this type of top dressing correctly, you should find out in advance what elements should be included in the composition of the soil for the favorable development of the plant. And also loosening the soil and its mulching will come to the rescue. These procedures make the earth more homogeneous and allow the root system to be more efficiently saturated with nutrients.

The foliar type of application of the necessary fertilizers is also very popular with summer residents. It is necessary for tomatoes in the same way as the root, therefore ideal option is an sharing two types of feed. The foliar procedure is an effect not through the soil, but directly on the plants by spraying. It has many positive features.

• Reduced consumption of some fertilizers. This is due to the uniform distribution of substances over the leaves and stems of plants.
• If, in the process of fertilizing the root along with water, tomatoes cannot absorb the full dose of nutrients due to the fact that they are washed out with moisture, then when spraying, all the fertilizer falls on the leaves and is absorbed by the plants.
• The undoubted advantage is that external dressing provides quick help to tomatoes. Entering into immediate contact with plants, the necessary components are able to rehabilitate it more quickly than top dressing through the root.
• However, remember that when spraying tomatoes, you need to consider several important nuances.
• Observe the concentration of substances according to the instructions on the packaging. If the liquid is too concentrated, then, if it gets on the leaves, it can leave burns on them.

Do not spray with water containing bleach.

Another feature is the schedule for introducing the necessary substances into the soil or onto plants. In this matter, it is better to avoid extremes. Excessively frequent supply of nutrients is fraught with severe burns from an excess of minerals. With rare fertilization processes, tomatoes can die due to a lack of nutrients.

An important component of top dressing is to determine what substances the plant needs according to its appearance. The lack of specific elements can be judged by some criteria.

• If the growth of tomatoes slows down, the appearance of young leaves is too faded, yellowing of the leaves below, thinning of the roots or small ovaries, then the plant needs nitrogen. It is responsible not only for the process of photosynthesis, but also for the amount of greenery in the aerial part of the plant. If fertilizer is not carried out, then the leaves will curl and then die off.
• Potassium deficiency is evidenced by such signs as stunting, the appearance of a yellow edging on the leaves, and their death in especially advanced cases.

• If the tomatoes need phosphorus, then a blue tone appears in the color of the leaves, an even darker purple hue becomes noticeable on the stems, the leaves begin to curl, the growth process itself usually stops, and the vegetables look rather sluggish. On the roots with a deficiency of the element, a rusty tinge may occur. But in the case of an excessive amount of phosphorus, the leaves quickly turn yellow and fall off.
• Zinc deficiency is indicated by such signs as an abundance yellow spots on the lower leaves. At the same time, new leaves do not grow up to large sizes and also have yellow dots.
• An insufficient amount of magnesium provokes the appearance of yellowness in the central part of the sheets. And also the leaves themselves turn upside down, and the process of their death gradually begins.

All these stages appear first in the lower part of the plant, and then move to the upper parts.

• And the lack of calcium manifests itself, on the contrary, from the top of the bush. Rot may appear on the tops, and the greenery itself is quite dark color. At the same time, old leaves significantly increase in size, and new ones appear with yellowness.
• If the stems of the plant become thin, and red-blue and yellow streaks begin to appear on the leaves, then the tomatoes lack sulfur.
• Sometimes brown spots or dark veins appear on fruits and leaves. And also at the same time, the top of the plant begins to slope downwards, the formation of the ovary worsens. It is in this case that the lack of boric acid should be filled.
• When the plant needs iron, this is evidenced by yellow-white leaves at the top, as well as yellowing of greenery starting from the lower sections. At the same time, the growth of tomatoes is much slower.

It is also worth remembering that for tomatoes are used different types fertilizers, and there is a special algorithm for their application, consisting of several successive stages.

Types of fertilizers

Fertilizers, especially important for tomatoes, can be of various origins. According to the presence of chemical compounds in the composition, they are divided into three types.

organic

This type of fertilizer is natural origin containing nutrients. They are responsible for the favorable composition of the soil and are especially important when the tomatoes have just been transplanted into open ground. The ideal set of components includes manure, compost, humus, peat, chicken manure. Each of them has a certain beneficial effect.

• Manure not only improves soil fertility, but also saturates it with nitrogen. To use as a top dressing, it is usually insisted. For one bucket of water, 2500 grams of cow manure is taken.
• Humus- a substance of plant origin. It enriches the soil for tomatoes with useful substances in the spring season.
• Abundantly saturates the soil with nitrogen compounds also bird droppings. As a rule, to feed tomatoes, it is diluted in water and added to the soil. For one square meter use 0.2 kg of fertilizer.
• Peat contains fewer nutrients, so it is not used as a separate top dressing, but at the same time it is very useful in the implementation of mulching processes.

• sawdust, watered with urea, often used in cases where the gardener is dealing with heavy soil. This component enriches the soil with nitrogen, but in most cases it is incorporated into the soil as early as winter time of the year.
• To stimulate growth and strengthen the condition and increase the size of the root system, you can use such organic matter like yeast. They also contribute to faster processes of formation of new shoots. About 600 grams of yeast is usually diluted in 6 liters of water. After insisting for a day, the composition is mixed and another 6 liters of liquid are poured. Watering itself is carried out in such a way that approximately one liter of fertilizer is used per bush.
• One of the verified folk remedies helping to saturate tomatoes with nutrients is herbal infusion. To create it, nettle and dandelion greens are useful. They are filled with water, infused for 10 days with periodic stirring of the composition. For top dressing, a liter of infusion is poured into a bucket and diluted with water.

Mineral fertilizers

Another type of top dressing for tomatoes are mineral compounds. They are substances that contain a combination of all the elements necessary for the nutrition of tomatoes. The most common are several fertilizers.

• Nitroammophoska, which includes compounds of potassium, nitrogen and phosphorus. It is often used during summer top dressing, as well as in the process of digging plants.
• Ammophos contains two components - phosphorus and nitrogen. It is often used for plants in greenhouse conditions.
• Potassium nitrate combines potassium with nitrogen. It is introduced into the soil during the preparation of future tomato beds.

• The complex composition of all three components is present in nitrophoska. Fertilizer is used for the most part during digging.
• The last type of nutrient fertilizers are complex substances, in which organic material is combined with substances of inorganic origin. The most popular dressings are considered "Baby", which contains, in addition to phosphorus and nitrogen, substances such as sand, peat and dolomite flour. Bio Vita is also popular, which, in addition to mineral components, uses bacteria and humic acids in its fertilizers.

But you can also independently prepare a mixture of organic and inorganic substances. To do this, 25 grams of dry litter should be dissolved in 0.5 liters of water. After that, in the amount of one teaspoon, potassium sulfate and superphosphate are added to the mixture. After mixing, the resulting composition is diluted with 10 liters of water and used.

Feeding schemes

In order to properly feed the tomatoes after planting seedlings in open ground, it must be borne in mind that top dressing is carried out in 4 stages, each of which has a specific time. Consider what the seedling fertilizer scheme looks like.

• At the first stage immediately after transplanting tomatoes into the ground it is necessary to focus on strengthening the immunity of seedlings, as well as stimulate their growth and accelerate adaptation processes. A week after planting, it is recommended to spray young plants with a solution of 9 liters of water, a liter of whey and 10 drops of iodine.
• To feed the roots during the first period you can use Ideal fertilizer (in the amount of 1 tablespoon), the same amount of nitrophoska, while dissolving the components in 10 liters of water. In addition, each plant should be fertilized with no more than 0.5 liters of the substance.

• The second time the tomatoes need to be fed when they begin to bloom, also during this period the second brush should bloom. The introduction of nutrients is necessary for the subsequent formation of healthy and strong ovaries. Top dressing is carried out by adding a solution, which includes one tablespoon of superphosphate and Agricola-Vegeta, 10 liters of water, as well as potassium chloride or potassium sulfate, taken in the amount of one teaspoon. For each bush you will need one liter of fertilizer.
• The third stage occurs as soon as the third flower brush blooms. A special top dressing is created by mixing 1 tbsp. spoons of fertilizer "Ideal" or "Sodium Humate" in a liquid consistency, the same amount of nitrophoska and 10 liters of water. For 1m2 of a garden plot, the amount of fertilizer will be approximately 5 liters.
• The last stage is carried out 21 days after the third procedure. Plants need to be watered with a solution created by diluting a tablespoon of superphosphate in 10 liters of water. At the same time, expect that all 10 liters will go to 1 m2 of area.

If the condition of the tomatoes worsens, an additional fifth top dressing is carried out.