To grow tomatoes in your summer cottage, it is not necessary to spend a lot of time on it. For high-quality seedlings, it is enough to buy seeds, and with proper care, as a result, you will get a rich harvest. Let's see how the solution of boron is used for plants. Undoubtedly, spraying the flower will protect the fruit from various diseases.
Boric acid: description
Boric acid is a colorless and odorless crystalline substance that dissolves easily in warm water. The chemical is widely used for various fertilizers, as it improves the nutrition of the seedlings, thereby increasing the yield of vegetables and increasing the influx of sugar to the generative organs. Fruits and vegetables tend to absorb much more boron than cereals.
Boric acid is also used to feed other plants: strawberries, cucumbers, beets, grapes, potatoes, apples and pears.
Spraying tomatoes with boric acid stimulates the growth of the root and stems, understating the likelihood of plant disease. At present, with an abundance of various fertilizers, we forget about simple and effective recipes. Boron normalizes the synthesis of plant substances, stimulates the metabolic process and increases the ratio of chlorophyll. Thus, the planted bush is more resistant to adverse conditions.
Did you know? PAfter World War II, young mothers often bought boron powder, because at that time the treatment of the mucous and skin of the child, as well as the mother's nipples, was considered a high culture in everyday life.
Useful properties of boric acid when growing tomatoes
Experienced gardeners know that tomatoes are vegetables that do not need additional nutrition if they are sown correctly from the very beginning. Nevertheless, even with fertilizers it is not always possible to check the presence of boron in the soil. Boron for tomatoes is an important component in the development of bushes, precisely because of the lack of this component seriously affects the development of plantations.
Bor first boosts floweringand also does not allow fruits to rot at high rates of humidity. When using this drug, the yield will increase by 20%, and the taste of tomatoes will also increase.
Boric acid spraying of tomatoes promotes better absorption of mineral and organic substances. By the way, this moment is very important if you grow tomatoes on your home balcony. House shrub is sensitive, therefore, requires more power.
When processing tomatoes with boric acid, the risk of infection with late blight is reduced. Tomatoes need to be processed only when the leaves begin to curl or fall off. Many professional gardeners soak the seeds before sowing. 
Did you know? Boron belongs to the lowest class of danger. That is, the substance falling on the skin of a person does not cause burns. However, the acid gradually accumulates in the body, since it is naturally excreted very slowly.There are several indicators that tomatoes not enough boron: deformation and paleness of the leaves, the death of the upper shoots, weak flowering.
How to cook feeding using boric acid do it yourself
Top dressing with negative external influences saves the number of ovaries, forming new plant points for the stems. So, boron does not allow the plant to die, strengthens resistance to dry conditions and frost.
For the rapid growth of the crop, it is recommended to slightly soak the seeds in acid. For harvesting, you need a liter of warm water at 0.2 grams of acid. The mixture is infused day, and that the seeds are not resurfaced, they are put in a specially prepared bag of gauze.
How to prepare boron for foliar application and spraying? The answer is simple: mix 10 g of the substance with 10 liters of water. Note that the substance does not dissolve in cold water. The solution is sprayed on the soil itself, but the process occurs once every 3 years. Top dressing is rarely carried out, mainly for plant flowers. Fertilizer can burn the roots, because the bush is pre-watered.
Important! Processing boric acid shrub, be sure to measure the proportions. After all, even a small mistake can harm both the plant and you.
Tomato processing time
Boric matter is used in different ways. For example, there is a method of processing tomatoes, used long before planting seeds. Processing takes place in two stages: the seeds are soaked for a day in the substance, following the proportions indicated in the instructions; On the eve of planting, the process is repeated, and the acid is additionally placed in the seedling hole.
The foliar method is used for a plant with fruits of tomatoes. In order to protect vegetables from phytophthora, you need to start processing in early summer. Boric acid for tomatoes develops a plant, and direct spraying, in turn, takes place in three stages: the bushes are treated with a weak mixture of manganese; seven days later, boron is used in proportions of 1 teaspoon per 10 liters of warm water; seven days later, the bush is treated with iodine. So the plant is protected for the whole summer.
Boric acid for tomatoes: how to process
As is known, boron deficiency affects crop yields, as some fruits die due to the lack of substance. It is important to understand when and how to splash tomatoes boric acid. Processing is carried out in the early stages of the development of bushes and before the flowering begins (and during) does not repeat.
Boric acid is widely used in the fight against hornets, ants in the garden and in the greenhouse.
Top dressing is carried out with the appearance of ovaries on the plant. The finished fertilizer is purchased in specialized stores or prepared independently. Consider how to process boric acid tomatoes. To do this, it is recommended to take 1 g of the substance, mixing it in 1 liter of hot water. Then the plant is sprayed from a spray bottle.
The same solution is used for watering the plant at the root, but spraying the leaves will be more effective. In addition, root dressing causes burns of the root system, which means that you need to water the plant with simple water before fertilizing.
Tips for using boric acid to fertilize tomatoes
During tomato processing with a substance, it is necessary to adhere to certain rules:
- Do not spray plants with a cold solution. Take it as a rule: the temperature of the water should be the same as the temperature of the soil.
- For foliar dressing, the optimum air temperature is 20-25 degrees at high humidity. If the degree increases and the humidity decreases, the solution dries out and does not give the desired result.
Important! Before the treatment process, you should try the solution on a single plant, and after a while begin spraying the entire plantation.
- Properly dose the drugs, as disregard of the rules can lead to the burn of the plant and its death.
