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Protecting tomatoes from late blight: simple and effective methods - a note for gardeners
13.08.2024 06:50
Tomato bushes suffer from various fungal diseases. One of the most common is late blight.
There are a lot of remedies for it in stores, but there is an alternative to these remedies, no less effective. This is a well-known pharmacy drug - furacilin.
Spraying with furacilin
The form of release of this drug is tablets, which are yellow. Furacilin acts against pathogenic microorganisms.
Preparation of furacilin solution
Take 10 furacilin tablets, crush them into dust and dilute in 10 liters of warm water at 30 °C.
The solution keeps well in a cool place, so it can be used again within the next 14 days.
Processing tomatoes
Tomato bushes are treated with a sprayer, they need to be well moistened from all sides. Such work is carried out early in the morning or late in the evening in dry, windless weather.
Tomatoes are processed at least three times.
The first is at the beginning of tomato flowering.
The second one - after the first ovaries, 10 days after the last one.
The third is when the autumn temperatures drop, especially at night.
