Tomato disease greatly upsets not only beginners, but also experienced gardeners. In order to get rid of late blight, you need to buy special drugs, in no case can you rely only on folk remedies. One of these drugs is Fitosporin for tomatoes, which will be discussed in the article.

A little about culture

There is no such person who does not like tomatoes. They are eaten fresh, pickled, prepared pasta and sauce, added during cooking in various dishes. Just at one glance at this vegetable, many people immediately have an appetite. But these are not all the valuable qualities that this plant possesses.

Tomatoes

Important! Dried or sun-dried tomatoes provide more health benefits than fresh vegetables.

Ripe tomatoes give off a very pleasant aroma; green ones contain solanine, which is toxic. Such tomatoes should not be eaten. They are used for pickling.

Tomatoes contain a large amount of nutrients that are necessary for the human body. Primarily, tomatoes contain lycopene. This substance is very important for the human body. Its qualities include:

  • Prevention of the appearance of tumors;
  • Prevents the formation of atherosclerosis;
  • Has a beneficial effect on the work of the vascular-cardiac system;
  • Slows down the aging process;
  • Protects the skin from sun exposure.

In addition, the vegetable contains a large amount of vitamins and minerals, which also have a positive effect on the human body:

  • Thanks to vitamin A, visual acuity improves;
  • B vitamins have a beneficial effect on the nervous system and counteract the occurrence of stressful situations;
  • With the help of vitamin C, the vascular system is strengthened;
  • The skin and hair will always be healthy thanks to vitamin E;
  • With the help of vitamin K, bones and joints will not hurt.

Tomatoes have many health benefits.

Interesting. Men can use them to prevent cancer.

They help women prevent the development of osteoporosis. Plus, culture is a great weight loss tool. There are practically no calories in it, so nutritionists include tomatoes in the diet of people who have decided to lose weight. In addition, tomatoes contain a hormone of happiness, with the help of which a person's mood rises.

So how to grow a good crop of tomatoes and prevent bush diseases? What are the best treatment and prevention measures to use?

What is Fitosporin for?

Fitosporin is a drug that helps to cure tomato seedlings from fungi and pests. Having studied the instructions for use, even a novice gardener can process the plants.

This drug involves chemical methods of affecting plant diseases. At the same time, it is completely harmless, especially if used correctly.

Fact. Fitosporin is not only a medicine, but also a fertilizer that has a beneficial effect on the plant and stimulates its growth and development.

With the help of the drug, it is possible to save not only tomatoes, but also plants that grow in the neighborhood from diseases and pests. It should be borne in mind that diseases and pests can kill a plant in just two days.Knowing this, the gardener must react quickly and take rescue measures.

The diluted drug can be used to treat:

  • seeds,
  • rhizomes,
  • seedlings,
  • seedlings.

For the treatment of ailments of different types of tomato, the solution is used in different concentrations. It contains bacteria that help strengthen the plant's immune system. They are able to saturate the culture with additives, with the help of which plants have the ability to independently resist diseases. The solution can be used both for seed and for plants that have an ovary.

Fitosporin for tomatoes

Bacteria, which make up the bulk of the drug, are capable of completely destroying harmful microorganisms that are on the stem of the plant and on its root system. By processing the seed, the gardener strengthens the future plant. The dose of the drug depends on the weather conditions under which the plant will be processed.

How does the active substance work?

It doesn't take a lot of the preparation to spray the plant. If the solution is made, adhering to all the recommendations of the instructions, then the drug can be treated with tomato bushes two, or even three times a year.

Active bacteria act as follows:

  1. Once in the soil, the agent begins to kill all harmful microbes, disinfecting it. It completely destroys fungi and microorganisms.
  2. A thin film forms on the treated plant, which protects it from diseases.
  3. The film that has formed on the stem and leaves of the plant is able to saturate it with moisture.

Reference. For crops that grow nearby, Fitosporin solution will not harm at all, so they can also be treated with the same drug, if there is little left.

In what form is Fitosporin sold

Since the drug has a wide range of applications, it has several forms of release. For the treatment of seeds and seedlings, you should buy a product in the form of:

  • Powder;
  • Pastes.

This form of release is very convenient for the gardener. The concentration of beneficial bacteria of the drug depends on the form of release. The detailed instructions indicate all the details that you need to know for the correct preparation of the solution and how to use Fitosporin for tomatoes. Here's how to dilute the paste and powder. The amount of liquid must be indicated, as well as all kinds of additives.

Many gardeners are interested in the question: how to use Fitosporin for a tomato? This solution is used primarily for very weak plants. Then - all the rest of the seedlings, while the spores of the bacteria are distributed evenly throughout the plants.

Thanks to the drug, regardless of the form of release, you can strengthen the culture by applying it at any time of the year. It is recommended to buy the drug well in advance of using it.

Important! Plants can be sprayed only if the powder or paste has been completely dissolved.

How to properly dilute the drug

Spray the area with tomatoes without any complications is possible only when the product is diluted, strictly following all the recommendations. Applying Fitospirin, gardeners can be completely calm about the future harvest. To treat seedlings, it is recommended to use a powder, as it dissolves very easily in liquid.

Regardless of the form in which the drug is produced, you need to adhere to the correct ratio to safely spray the plant. The substance is diluted as follows: four hundred milligrams of water should be used for two hundred grams of a concentrated product.

Important! To breed Fitosporin for tomato seedlings, you should always take twice as much liquid as the dry product.

In unfavorable weather conditions, it is not recommended to spray the plants, since the rain will wash away the preparation, which has not yet had time to form a film on the stems and leaves.

Under what conditions to dilute the drug

Fitosporin M instructions for use for tomatoes must be strictly followed. Before proceeding with the dilution of the drug, the following conditions must be taken into account:

  1. The air temperature should not exceed thirty-five degrees. At high temperatures, bacterial spores will die, at low temperatures, when it drops below fifteen degrees, other active substances cease to act.
  2. Do not use the product immediately after it has been prepared. The working solution should settle for several hours.
  3. To dilute the drug, you need to take a clean container in which other drugs with a chemical composition have not been diluted.

If all actions are performed correctly, adhering to the rules, then the safety of the plants is guaranteed. Water the plants or spray them in several stages. The gardener will have to carefully process each area with plants growing on it, as well as those areas that are in the neighborhood.

Important! Do not treat areas where dead, affected plants have not been removed, from which other tomato bushes can be infected.

Use of Fitosporin for cultivation

Fitosporin can be used when planting tomatoes. In the process of preparing the soil for planting a tomato, it is necessary to sprinkle it with dry Phytospirin powder. For the drug to start acting faster, it is recommended to dilute it in water. It should be borne in mind that spraying has a greater effect on the plant, you can still use dry powder.

Fitosporin can be used when planting tomatoes

The seed can be soaked in the prepared solution for three hours before sowing. Thus, the plant receives immunity directly in the embryo. Having processed the seeds, the gardener can forget about diseases such as late blight and "black leg" for a long time. For the solution in which the seeds should be soaked, you need to take a glass of water and dissolve only four or five drops of the drug in it. For seeds, such a solution will also be a growth stimulator.

Before planting seedlings in open soil, the roots must be dipped in a liquid working solution of Fitosporin for tomato seedlings. To water the bushes of the plant, you must use a spray bottle. It can be processed at any stage of plant growth.

Treatment of tomatoes with Phytosporin is also possible in a greenhouse, since it will not be able to protect plants from late blight. Plants such as cucumber and pepper can also be poured with this drug.

Diseases and pests

Diseases of tomatoes are divided into four groups:

  • Fungal;
  • Bacterial;
  • Infectious;
  • Non-infectious.

Fungal diseases include:

  1. Late blight this disease is spread from plant to plant:
  • By air;
  • Through the soil;
  • Water;
  • Sowing materials;
  • Gardening tools;
  • The remaining stems of last year's plants.

The symptoms of the disease are dark spots on the leaves, stem and fruits. Areas that are affected by the disease on the back have a grayish coating.

On a note. Disease spreads very quickly and most of the crop is lost.

  1. The blackleg will attack the plant if the planting is too dense and the seedlings do not receive enough light. The disease manifests itself in the dried and darkened stems of the plant. They quickly lean and fall.
  2. Septoria is another fungal disease that affects tomatoes. The plant becomes infected through the soil, gray spots begin to appear on the lower leaves with black dots formed on them. The leaves begin to darken and dry.
  3. Brown spot is caused by bacteria. The disease manifests itself in the appearance of brown spots on the leaves, which subsequently begin to grow and merge together. Most often, the disease occurs with high humidity or soil.
  4. Mosaic is a viral disease that leaves the gardener completely without a crop. The virus survives in high temperatures and severe frosts. The disease is transmitted with the help of garden tools, through the soil and through weeds. Most often, the disease is carried by aphids.

Among the dangerous pests of tomatoes, the whitefly should be noted. This very small insect can do a lot of damage to the plant. It lays eggs on the back of the leaves. The larvae, having hatched, bite through the surface and stick to them.

In order to grow tomatoes, the gardener has to put in a lot of effort. Thanks to Fitosporin, the plant will grow strong and healthy, the summer resident will receive a high yield.