A bountiful harvest with minimal costs is the dream of every gardener.
Fertilization is essential for the healthy development of tomatoes and cucumbers.
Today, many vegetable growers no longer use chemicals and try to choose products that are harmless to health and the environment.
Natural fertilizers, including milk whey, are used for fertilizing. In this article, you will learn how to fertilize cucumbers and tomatoes with whey.
Whey is a useful fertilizer for many garden crops, but it is most often used to fertilize cucumbers and tomatoes.
This fertilizer can be used in open beds and greenhouses.
Whey is suitable for fertilizing young and adult plants.
Why is it useful to fertilize plants with whey?
This product contains the following nutrients:
- lactose;
- protein;
- mineral elements;
- amino acids;
- vitamins.
This product is highly valued for the important amino acids it contains, which, together with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, are involved in plant growth.
Lactose protects against pests, monoacid bacteria inhibits the reproduction of pathogens, the microflora of the product cleans the leaf surface from fungi.
Lactic acid suppresses pathogens, improves the adhesion of the solution to the leaves.
The thin film formed on the plant prevents the penetration of pathogens and pests.
How to prepare fertilizer?
Dilute with water in a ratio of 1:10.
An important condition is that the water must be at room temperature.
The solution is poured on the plant under the root and at a distance of about 50 cm from it.
If you plan to spray your plants, dilute 1:3 with water.
To make the solution stick better, grated or liquid soap is added to it.
The prepared solution cannot be kept for more than 2 days, otherwise the fermented liquid can damage the seedlings.
How to use this fertilizer?
Cucumbers begin to be fertilized 10 days after planting in the garden. This procedure is repeated after two weeks.
Fertilization of tomatoes begins a week after planting.
This procedure is repeated every 14 days.
1 liter of solution is enough to water one bush of cucumbers and tomatoes.
After fertilizing, don’t forget to water the plants with clean water to wash the solution off the leaves.
Stems and leaves are sprayed once every 10 days, in case of strong plants, the number of procedures is reduced to 1 time per month.
Young seedlings can be fertilized weekly.
The last fertilization is done a few weeks before harvesting. This procedure increases fertility.
It is not recommended to fertilize plants during strong wind and precipitation. It is best to do this in the morning or in the evening, when there is no strong sunlight, otherwise you can burn the leaves.
If it rains after fertilizing, the procedure will need to be repeated.
Spraying after rain will also help protect plants from mold.
