The tomato macerate, here is a natural remedy to counteract the presence of aphids and parasites in the garden, which could ruin the harvest. The use of tomato macerate is indicated as suitable for defending vegetables from the aggression of parasites and phytophagous insects, which feed on their leaves.
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Il tomato macerate, here is a natural remedy, suggested bybiodynamic agriculture, to counteract the presence of aphids and parasites in the garden, which could ruin the harvest. The use of tomato macerate is indicated as suitable for defending vegetables from the aggression of parasites and phytophagous insects, which feed on their leaves.
The tomato macerate it is considered effective especially against aphids and cabbage, but also againstaltica (or ground flea) affecting vegetables such as rocket, leek moth, moth larvae and tipula. It is good to know that tomato leaves are considered as real natural deterrents for parasites. The use of macerate is advantageous and harmless above all because does not hurt useful insects and their habitat, with particular reference to ladybugs and at api.
For the preparation of tomato macerate, the leaves e other parts of plants which have not yet fructified, including the stems and sissies, that is, the lateral shoots that are usually pruned in order to make the plant more productive and to obtain larger tomatoes in greater quantities.
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Macerated tomato feminelle
150 grams of tomato feminelle
10 liters of water
If you have theopportunity to use the tomatoes for the preparation of your macerate, use the quantities indicated for the parts of the plant and the water. Use containers to keep open, such as large buckets, in which to pour the sissies and water. Leave everything to macerate in the open air, without using lids, for 3 days.
Macerated tomato leaves
2,5 kg of tomato leaves
1 liter of water for maceration
10 liters of water to dilute the preparation
A second recipe for the preparation of the tomato macerate it requires the use of only the leaves of the plant. Start the preparation by macerating 1 kilograms of tomato leaves in 2,5 liter of water and let it rest for 2 or 3 days in a open container. Filter the macerate and dilute it with 10 liters of water. The preparation acts against parasites by direct contact. It can be used, for example, when the aphids are already present on plants.
Macerated tomato leaves and plants
2,5-3 kg of tomato plant and leaves
10 liters of water
A third recipe for the preparation of the tomato macerate it requires the use of both the leaves and the pruning waste, including the shanks, and possibly the whole plant, devoid of fruits and roots. The leaves and plants must be left to rest in a bucket for 2 or 3 days, immersed in 10 liters of water. The macerate thus prepared can be filtered and used directly without diluting
Suggestions
In the preparation of macerates, adjust according to the quantities of product you would like to have available. Once ready, the macerates must be filtered iin order to eliminate the parts of the plants to obtain only the liquid that you will use in your garden and for the care of the plants.
It may be useful to keep a part of the macerated moles nebulizers that you will use to apply them on plants. Treat your plants with tomato macerate in the evening. Tomato macerate is suitable both for preventing and for directly facing adversity. Apply it on the plants every 3 or 4 days, always choosing the coolest hours of the day.
During maceration, jumbled up the preparation from time to time in order to allow oxygenation. Store the tomato macerate in the shade in dark glass bottles. It is recommended to use macerates by the end of the season, therefore, their conservation can be a couple of months. For the following season or for the following year you will prepare new macerates.
Marta Albè
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