Big, delicious tomatoes are a symbol of summer. Some people leave their crops to gardeners and go to the store to pick them up. Others take matters into their own hands and happily start planting tomatoes. Unfortunately, often all our efforts go to waste, because at some point – it may even be just before harvest – it turns out that our plants have been attacked by a disease.
Human-like tomato
Tomatoes most often “suffer” from three diseases. The most common is potato blight. It is manifested by gray spots on the leaves, as well as tomato shoots and fruits. Over time, the spots darken. Another is powdery mildew. The name refers to the flour, because this disease is characterized by a white coating on the leaves. It moves from the bottom up, and also to the sides, because unfortunately it can also infect other plants that are in the area. The third most common tomato disease is gray mold. This appears in the form of gray spots with a white coating, usually in places of damage to the stem, e.g. where we have torn off the leaves. It then spreads throughout the plant, causing it to die from above.
How to fix it? It is difficult to predict the future, so it is worth taking care of your tomatoes in advance. First of all, just like the human body, if the tomato is properly hydrated and nourished, it will not be as susceptible to disease. So remember to water and fertilize regularly. Homemade fertilizers from products that we have in the kitchen are perfect:
Disease spray
To prevent tomato diseases, it is good to spray them from time to time. But not just any, vegetables are to end up on our plate, so we can’t spray them with artificial mixtures without thinking. It is worth preparing an ecological spray from what we find in our own fridge. Just mix water and plain milk in a 5:1 ratio. Preferably with as little fat as possible. You can add a little dishwashing liquid or potassium soap to it, which will make the spray adhere better to the leaves. We spray the tomato leaves with this spray once a week.
Source: Gazeta
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