Secrets of competent tomato care: how to feed tomatoes with yeast in a greenhouse and what it will give
Growing tomatoes without the use of chemicals is real! Yeast is a product familiar to many housewives, but it has also found application in the garden. Not only dough, but also plants grow by leaps and bounds. How to feed tomatoes with yeast in a greenhouse, and what to do if the dosage is exceeded and the soil is fermented - you will learn all this from our article.
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Yeast action and effectiveness
Baker's yeast, belonging to the group of unicellular mushrooms, is the best budgetary remedy for feeding nightshades. The product contains proteins, amino acids and vitamins. When released into the soil, active yeast compounds begin to interact with local microorganisms, which allows the release of nutrients. In particular, the soil is enriched with nitrogen and phosphorus. Also, yeast fungi inhibit pathogenic microorganisms.
It is no secret that many problems in the development of nightshades are due to a lack of nutrients. Summer residents learned about the benefits of yeast in the garden back in the 1970s. However, later this tool was discontinued due to the appearance of chemicals on the market. Now many growers are going back to the past to grow the most sustainable product possible.
Benefits of using yeast
The effect of yeast on a plant is similar to the effect of preparations of effective microorganisms:
- fast absorption of nutrients by the plant;
- active development of roots and the ground part of the plant;
- an increase in the number of ovaries and fruits;
- increasing resistance to diseases, pests and temperature extremes;
- quick adaptation after a dive;
- improvement of soil properties - enrichment with phosphorus and nitrogen;
- ease of dilution of the solution and the observance of proportions.
Feature... The preparation is suitable for feeding carrots, cucumbers, peppers, flowers and garden shrubs. However, the agent is not recommended to fertilize garlic, onions and potatoes.
Lack of yeast feeding
Experts agree that the product is good at stimulating root growth and is a good alternative to many expensive EM formulations. However, due to the high activity of bacteria, potassium and calcium are quickly washed out from the soil. For the yeast to work, you need a sufficient content of organic compounds in the soil.
Frequent use of yeast in your garden can cause the soil to become rocky, difficult to cultivate, and organically scarce.
You can solve this problem with the following methods:
- Apply organic fertilizers to the soil before planting.
- Use wood ash to protect against leaching of useful elements. If a pure yeast solution was used, then the next day it is necessary to scatter the ash on the beds.
- Fertilize well-heated soil.
The reaction of tomatoes to yeast
Yeast solution suitable for processing both seedlings and adults plants grown in greenhouses... The rich content of useful elements allows plants to gain strength faster and resist diseases.
Yeast allows you to get a rich harvest. The plant flourishes and bears fruit.Tomatoes grow large, fleshy and juicy.
Top dressing of seedlings
Home-grown seedlings often suffer from a lack of sunlight, which weakens their root system. Feeding with yeast allows you to form strong roots several weeks earlier than untreated nightshades.
Natural fertilizer affects the seedlings so that they begin to grow not upward, but in breadth. It also helps to increase the resistance of the plant, which means that it will more easily transfer planting into the ground.
To process seedlings, make the following solution: 10 g of dry yeast, 2 tbsp. l. Mix sugar and 10 liters of warm water and leave for several hours. The concentrate is diluted with water in a 1: 5 ratio.
A few days after treatment, the seedlings noticeably increase in size, the leaves thicken and acquire a rich color.
Top dressing of tomatoes in the greenhouse
To get a rich harvest in the greenhouse, you need to provide optimal conditions: maintain a balance of humidity, temperature and lighting. Watering is also important, as well as timely fertilization of plants - violation of these rules will slow down the development of plants and deplete the ovaries. Yeast feeding allows tomatoes to develop actively.
The basic rule for growing nightshades in a greenhouse is to prepare the soil before planting seedlings. The best natural supplements are compost and manure, per 1 sq. m. area will require a bucket of fertilizers. Once the plants have been planted, they must be mulched with straw. Then the tomatoes need only yeast feeding, no other fertilizers are needed.
When and how to feed tomatoes
The first feeding with yeast is carried out a week after planting the seedlings, 0.5 liters of solution is enough for one bush. The procedure is repeated after the tomatoes are well rooted and the first two or three leaves have appeared - you will need 1 liter of the mixture per bush. The third time, tomatoes can be processed shortly before the flowering period - 2 liters of solution per plant.
For the treatment of seedlings, the following solution is used: 100 g of wet yeast is mixed with 1 liter of warm water, after a couple of hours the concentrate is diluted with water so that its volume is 10 liters. If there are few bushes, then you can take less ingredients - dilute 10 g of yeast in 100 g of water, the total volume of the solution should be 1 liter.
Important! The prepared solution must be consumed on the same day. You cannot feed seedlings with a fermented mixture!
The solution is carefully poured under the root of the plant. It is better to water the plants in the morning or in the evening in calm weather.
For the second procedure, you can make a solution in which fermented yeast is used. The older the plants, the more time it takes to settle the concentrate. 1 kg of wet yeast is dissolved in 5 liters of warm water. A couple of days after the appearance of the smell of fermentation, the solution is diluted with water at room temperature in a ratio of 1:10. One bush is enough for 0.5 liters of top dressing.
In addition to root application, yeast is used to water plants before flowering. During the procedure, you need to carefully process the stem and leaf on both sides. For this it is better to use a watering can with a diffuser. The procedure should not be carried out in the daytime, as direct sunlight will evaporate moisture.
Yeast starter recipes
The cost of fertilizers based on baker's yeast is much lower than chemical preparations. Both dry and wet products are suitable for the garden. If you have a lot of beds, choose moist yeast, it is more economical in use.
Important! You can not prepare a top dressing for tomatoes from expired yeast.
There are several ways to prepare baker's yeast-based tomato feed.
Sugar yeast
3 liters of warm water, 100 g of wet yeast, 100 g of sugar. All components are mixed, after which the container is covered with a lid and set aside in a warm place. Before feeding, 200 g of concentrate is diluted with 10 liters of water, 1 liter of liquid is required for one bush.
It is good to use wet yeast for fertilization, but if you have a dry analogue at hand, then you can use it from it. 10 g yeast and 2 tbsp. l. sugar is diluted in 10 liters of warm water. After the mixture has settled, it must be diluted with water in a 1: 5 ratio.
Feeding "yeast in milk"
Mix 1 kg of yeast and 5 liters of pasteurized milk and leave for a day. These ingredients are enough for 10 buckets of feeding. Dilute 0.5 l of the mixture with 10 l of pure water. For one bush, 0.5 liters of solution is enough.
Mix 200 g of wet yeast with 1 liter of milk, set aside the mixture for 2 hours in a warm place, then dilute with water in a ratio of 1:10.
Fertilizer based on yeast and wood ash
Such feeding will make up for the potassium deficiency. You will need: 1 kg of wet yeast, 5 liters of warm water, 2 kg of wood ash, 0.5 kg of sugar. Softened yeast, sugar and ash are added to the water. The mixture is thoroughly stirred to prevent the formation of lumps, after which it is insisted for 3 hours. The concentrate is diluted with water 1:10.
Fertilizer with bread additives
This leaven was actively used by the gardeners of the USSR, it allowed them to get rid of uneaten bread and save on yeast. Fill a 10 liter container with bread crusts and warm water, then add a pack of dry yeast, 1 tbsp. ash and sour milk.
You can add a jar of fermented jam to the solution. Place the container in a warm place for a week, stir 2 times a day. The starter culture is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 before use. 1 liter of solution is enough for one bush.
Feeding rules
Simple rules allow the yeast to work effectively in the soil.
- Processing is carried out on warm days, when the soil is sufficiently warmed up.
- Top dressing is applied to wet soil. If there is a drought for a long time, you need to moisten the soil before the procedure.
- Three yeast dressings are sufficient in one season.
- The remains of the solution can be used to treat the stem and leaves of plants from late blight.
Some secrets of use
Recently, there has been a stir among summer residents around black yeast. They are believed to be more suitable for fertilizing the soil. The product increases the survival rate of seedlings and increases plant endurance.
Important! Yeast cannot be considered a panacea for all diseases. In addition, they are unlikely to be able to significantly increase the yield on poorly fertile soil.
Yeast works effectively only in warm soil. The first top dressing can be carried out as soon as the soil temperature rises to + 15C. In greenhouses, this period usually occurs a month earlier.
In polycarbonate greenhouses, plants grow faster due to the more favorable temperature. For the first two dressings, you can use a yeast solution without infusion.
Yeast fungus is not afraid of frost, heat and temperature fluctuations... However, other active microorganisms can inhibit its action, so experienced summer residents do not use yeast in combination with poultry droppings, manure and chopped grass. All these natural fertilizers are best applied before planting seedlings.
Important! If the root solution gets on the leaves of the plant, you need to wash it off with water, otherwise there will be a burn.
Before feeding the yeast, you need to water the soil abundantly with water heated in the sun, and also loosen it so that the nutrients can penetrate deeper.
Foliar yeast feeding
Foliar treatment is designed to protect the plant from diseases and pests... Yeast solution is also suitable for this procedure. Observations have shown that the active compounds of the product protect against late blight.
For spraying tomatoes you will need: 100 g of yeast, 1 liter of warm milk, 30 drops of iodine. The milk and yeast are mixed and then left in a warm place for several hours. The concentrate is diluted with water so that the total volume is 10 l, then iodine is added.
The bushes are thoroughly sprayed with a solution for prevention late blight... Processing is carried out twice a season: before flowering and fruiting.
Read also:
How to feed tomatoes with boric acid, iodine and ash.
Top dressing in the open field
You can fertilize the soil with yeast according to the following scheme:
- Make a small hole in the soil.
- Put some yeast in the hole.
- Cover with earth.
- Drizzle with water.
This technique allows you to directly affect the deeper layers of the soil, enriching them with nitrogen and phosphorus.
What to do if you overdone the dosage
A large amount of organic fertilizers is beneficial to plants, but if the concentration of yeast is exceeded, it can negatively affect the soil after a year.
Lack of potassium and calcium will lead to petrification and soil depletion. If the wrong dosage was used when preparing the solution, the situation can be corrected by adding wood ash to the mixture.
Conclusion
Baker's yeast is an affordable product, the effectiveness of which is not inferior to chemical preparations. Such feeding makes plants more resistant to diseases, temperature changes, strengthens the root system, makes the fruits juicy and large. However, it is important to observe the measure - it is enough to fertilize tomatoes with yeast 3 times per season. Also, the product can be used for spraying as a prophylaxis against late blight.
The solution does not need to be cooked, just mix the required ingredients. Reviews of experienced gardeners show that yeast helps to grow organic vegetables.