The best recipes for tomato bread dressings and how to use them correctly to increase yields
On horticultural forums, gardeners often share various tricks in caring for their beds. Many people say that they increase the yield of their tomatoes by feeding them bread.
Let's figure out what bread recipes are top dressing for tomatoes, and how to use them correctly.
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About the benefits of bread feeding
Bread dressing is considered one of the most affordable ways to saturate plants with vitamins, nutrients and trace elements. In terms of nutritional value and benefits, it is in no way inferior to synthetic fertilizers. Such feeding can be carried out at any stage of plant development. Suitable for both mature plants and growing seedlings.
Bread in top dressing acts as a leaven (ferments the nutrient solution). And the yeast in its composition serves as a kind of stimulator of plant growth and development. For fertilization, both fresh and dry bread are suitable. Better that it was rye.
What are the benefits of bread feeding:
- increases soil fertility;
- activates the growth and development of plants;
- promotes plant resistance to adverse conditions;
- helps the development of the root system;
- accelerates the process of fruit ripening.
Bread dressing is not suitable for all plants. They love tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, strawberries and carrots. But it is not suitable for onions, garlic and potatoes. Plants begin to grow tops at the expense of fruits.
You can also feed seedlings
Tomato seedlings can also be fed with bread when three weeks have passed after germination. The solution is prepared according to general recipes. No decrease in concentration is required.
Pro tips and proven recipes
You cannot buy natural bread dressing in the store. You can only cook it yourself. With proper use, you can increase the yield of tomatoes by 20-25%. It works both in the greenhouse and in the open field - it is only important to follow the recipes and application schemes.
How to make top dressing out of bread yourself? Let's get acquainted with the tips of experienced tomato growers.
Infusion of iodine and black bread
To prepare bread-iodine infusion for tomatoes, 1 loaf of chopped brown bread (or the corresponding amount of bread crusts) is soaked in 10 liters of warm water for 6-8 hours. Then 10 ml of iodine solution is added to the mixture. Mix well and filter.
How to use it: watered under the root of plants or do foliar dressing. Experienced tomato growers prefer to spray.
It is advisable to make a series of dressings: spray the tomatoes with bread-iodine infusion three times with an interval of 10 days.
Caution! During fermentation, the infusion will smell unpleasant, so it is better to choose a place on the site away from the entrance to the house.
Bread infusion with herbs and jam
The infusion is made in a 10 liter bucket. There are three main components:
- Brown bread crusts (200-300 g).
- Chopped grass. Any garden grass will do, including weeds. It is good if there is nettle on the site - the infusion will be even more useful with it. Tamp the grass into a bucket until about the middle.
- Jam (0.5 l). Any old jam will do.
Attention! The sugar contained in the jam will improve the fermentation process of the infusion.
After mixing all the ingredients, a bucket with grass, jam and crusts is poured with water to the top and left to ferment for 7 days.
Professionals advise using bread and grass solution for root dressing of tomatoes.For feeding, mix 1 liter of infusion for 9 liters of water. Application scheme - a liter of solution per bush. Top dressing is desirable three times. Frequency - once every 10 days.
Important! Root feeding is always carried out after watering tomatoes clean water. So their effectiveness will be much higher.
Other recipes
Some tomato growers fertilize tomatoes with recipes that contain both bread and yeast.
Very good reviews about the bread and yeast infusion. To prepare it, take:
- 100 g croutons;
- 100 g fresh baker's yeast;
- 5 liters of water;
- 50-60 g of sugar;
- 1 glass of wood ash.
All components are fermented for 5-7 days (until bubbles stop forming). 1 liter of the resulting solution is diluted with 10 liters of water and the tomatoes are watered at the root at the rate of 1 liter per bush.
Another tried and tested recipe: Bread infusion with mullein and hay. Hay (1/3 of the volume) is tamped into a bucket with a capacity of 10 liters, 2 kg of mullein and 1 kg of bread crusts are added. Pour in warm water and leave for 10-14 days, then filter.
Application scheme: take 1 liter of infusion, dilute it in 9 liters of water and pour 0.5-1 liters of tomatoes under the root per bush.
It is advisable to carry out top dressing three times with a break of up to 10-14 days.
Read also:
The "Budenovka" tomato, which gives a bountiful harvest of delicious tomatoes.
Reviews
In open sources - for example, on various thematic forums on the Internet - you can always read the reviews of summer residents and gardeners who have already used a similar feed.
Larisa Rybina, Samara:“When I was feeding my tomatoes for the first time, the question arose of what to do with the soaked bread crusts left over from straining. A neighbor advised me to add them to the compost heap. I still do this, I haven't found any other use. "
Darina, Tver: “For tomatoes, I add some ash to the herbal infusion. I water it at the root. They give thanks for good harvests. Those bushes that I fertilized were pleased with larger fruits. "
Vasily Petrovich, Moscow region: “Last year, five times a season I fed tomatoes with bread and yeast tincture. The tomatoes began to grow fat. I came to the conclusion - you shouldn't overdo it. A measure is needed in everything. "
Let's sum up
For bread dressing, both dried and fresh products are suitable. Nutrient solutions are prepared on its basis. There are many recipes for making top dressing out of bread. Ash, iodine, hay and grass are most often used as additional ingredients.
Practice shows: bread infusion is especially effective for tomatoes if it is applied three times. The best results can be achieved if it is used during periods when tomatoes are tied and begin to ripen on the bushes. The break between feeding is about two weeks. By following these simple rules, you will increase the yield of tomatoes!