How to Increase Tomato Yields with Regular Milk: A Trick from Smart Summer Residents

23.07.2023 15:45

In the collection of folk recipes for fertilizers that can be used when growing tomatoes, you can find many interesting things.

For example, many gardeners are sure that it is possible to influence the fruiting of this crop with the help of ordinary milk.

It is believed that feeding based on this food product can increase the number of ovaries formed on plants.

But that's not all - many farmers who have already used this unusual method of feeding tomatoes claim that thanks to it, the plants receive reliable protection from fungal infections.

So why not try the effect of milk fertilizer in your garden?

Tomatoes
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If you decide to take this step, you need to act as follows.

Fill a bucket with water and add a liter of milk, 10 drops of iodine and half a teaspoon of boric acid.

Use the resulting solution to treat tomato beds. This will have to be done three times: during the budding period, during flowering, and when the ovaries are filling out en masse.

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources