The weather at the end of summer is not very stable and gardeners react most sharply to temperature changes..
At the end of summer, you really want the grown crop to have time to ripen and not die from cold or disease, especially if we are talking about tomatoes..
So that the work of several months is not wasted, you can speed up the ripening of tomatoes with available or even improvised means right on the bushes.
Here is what summer residents are advised to do with tomatoes in August.
Feeding with iodine
Experienced gardeners claim that the most common iodine, which is available in any pharmacy, can help in this matter.
At this time, it acts as a stimulant on plants, causing tomatoes to turn red faster.
How to proceed
To prepare a nutrient mixture, add 30 drops of iodine to 10 liters of water.
Stir the solution, pour it into a sprayer and treat the bushes with it.
In addition to the fact that the solution is a stimulant for the ripening of tomatoes, it will protect seedlings from diseases and pests, strengthening the plant’s immunity.
