Tomato seedlings: why advanced gardeners treat them with a solution of succinic acid
Succinic acid is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. This component is included in many biologically active food supplements as a time-tested and effective antioxidant, adaptogen and metabolism stimulant.
Therefore, you can buy an inexpensive drug with succinic acid in almost any pharmacy. Usually, succinic acid is packaged in tablets (250 mg).
Each tablet contains 100 mg of active substance (succinic acid), 10 mg of ascorbic acid and auxiliary ingredients.
It turns out that such tablets can be used not only as a dietary supplement to strengthen the human body, but also as a universal plant fertilizer in indoor floriculture and gardening.
Succinic acid nutrient solution is an effective adaptogen and growth stimulator for all plant organisms.
According to reviews from experienced gardeners, the systematic use of a solution of succinic acid when growing seedlings of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, cabbage, cucumbers and other vegetables and flowers at home significantly improves the conditions for the development of seedlings and promotes active growth of both the above-ground and underground parts of the seedlings.
How to Properly Use Succinic Acid When Growing Tomato Seedlings
1. The solution is prepared at the rate of 1 tablet of succinic acid (100 mg of active substance, read the composition on the packaging of the drug carefully) per 0.5 l of soft water (without chlorine and impurities).
2. Crush the tablet into powder in a mortar, add it to a glass of hot water (temperature +70-80 °C), stir and leave for 15 minutes until completely dissolved.
3. Bring the volume of the working solution to 500 ml with water at room temperature, pour into the bowl of a hand sprayer and spray the tomato seedlings on the leaves.
4. Use the remaining solution to water the plants at the roots. Moisten the soil lump in planting containers with seedlings or indoor flowers.
5. It is recommended to carry out the procedure during the dormant period of the seedlings (with the phytolamps turned off and in the absence of direct sunlight). The optimal time is early morning or evening, after turning off additional lighting sources.
Succinic acid can be used to irrigate seedling bushes every 2 weeks, starting from the phase of formation of the first true leaf.
Benefits of feeding tomatoes with succinic acid on the leaves:
- strengthening phytoimmunity;
- acceleration of the formation of root shoots;
- improving the conditions for the absorption of nutrients from the substrate by roots;
- stimulation of vegetative mass growth;
- increasing resistance to adverse factors;
- improving the survival rate of seedlings in a new location after picking.
Recently, succinic acid has been sold in gardening stores in the form of a crystalline powder. This product is similar to pharmaceutical preparations and contains the active substance in its pure form. The working solution for spraying tomato seedlings is prepared according to the instructions on the package.
Try feeding tomato seedlings with succinic acid, and you will see for yourself the effectiveness of this inexpensive preparation!
