Eggplants pick up a lot of nutrients from the soil, and it is important to properly feed them at the right time. We will find out what top dressings the blue ones like, their recipes, when and how to make them.

Features eggplant fertilizer

Eggplant is demanding on soil fertility, and proper fertilizer application is very important for them. In autumn or spring, organics must be added. If in winter you can use fresh manure or droppings, in the spring - only rotted.

Depending on the nutritional value of the soil, the amount of manure applied can range from 250 to 400 kg. Poor soils require large amounts of organic fertilizer. It is permissible to make further root dressings with mineral fertilizers, and there must be at least three of them.

When growing eggplants on poor soils, which did not improve organics on time, fertilizing will be required every 2 weeks. In this case, mineral complexes and organics are used. Feeding from manure and litter during fruiting will be especially important, since it was at this time that the crop was especially active in taking nutrients from the ground.

When feeding, the emphasis is on potassium. For seedlings, and if the bushes grow weakly, then for the increase increase the dose of nitrogen. Quickly and effectively can accelerate growth and stimulate vegetation foliar top dressing.

Important! Soil structure is important for eggplants - it should be easily permeable to air and water, have an acidity of 6.5–7.2 pH. On heavy soils, digestion is difficult.

What top dressing to choose

It is most effective to alternate mineral and organic fertilizers or to apply them together.

Mineral

For top dressing with chemical products, it is best to opt for complex fertilizers.

It is most accessible to feed them with such products:

1. Superphosphate. He perfectly feeds the plants with the main minerals for him - potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen.
2. Nitrophosic (nitroammophosic). It has the same composition as the above fertilizer, but with a different ratio of basic minerals.
3. Potassium nitrate. Consists of potassium and nitrogen.
4. Ammonium sulfate. Contains sulfur and nitrogen, but slightly acidifies the soil.

They also use top dressing with microelements - boron, magnesium, iodine. Most often they are used in foliar top dressing.

Organic

Organics contains a wide range of macro- and microelements necessary for plants. These are natural top dressings that are used in organic farming to grow organic products. Owners of household plots that have livestock and poultry on the farmyard prefer it.

The following organics are most commonly used:

• manure;
• bird droppings;
• humus (compost);
• "Green fertilizer" (infusion of herbs);
• ash.

Important! An excess of organic fertilizers and nitrogen can cause fatliquoring of plants when eggplant bushes stand like burdocks, and flowering is not observed or is very weak.

Feeding Recipes

For the first feeding, it is best to dilute the following mineral fertilizers in a 10-liter bucket:

• 30 g of potassium nitrate and 10 g of superphosphate;
• 1 tea l ammonium nitrate, 3 table. superphosphate and 2 tea potassium sulfate;
• 15 g of superphosphate, 15 g of potassium nitrate, 30 g of foskamide.

For further nutrition, eggplant is best used complex mixtures with an emphasis on potassium and phosphorus, organic or folk recipes:

• 20 g of complex mineral fertilizer per bucket of water ("Kemira-Lux");
• 30 g of potash fertilizer and 70 g of superphosphate per 10 l;
• a solution of organic matter (bird droppings or mullein) - diluted in a ratio of 1:15 and allowed to wander for 3 days;
• “Green fertilizer” - a barrel is filled to a third with a green mass of herbs and weeds and poured into 2/3 of the tank with water, insist until the mass brightens, diluted 1:10;
• Nettle is considered the most useful weed for fertilizers - a 10-liter bucket is filled with chopped grass for a quarter, poured with water and left for a couple of days, and then used for watering;
• in 1 liter of infused mullein add 500 g chopped nettle, 100 g ash, dilute everything in a 10-liter bucket of water and let it brew for about 5 days;
• in 10 liters of water add half a liter of infusion of chicken droppings, 10 g of dried yeast, half a liter of chopped nettle, insist 4 days and diluted 1:10 for distilled water;
• half a kilogram of pressed yeast is dissolved with 10 g of granulated sugar in 1 liter of warm water, 0.5 kg of ash or 100 g of grated egg shells are added, and after a few hours of brewing 1:10 are bred;
• peel the husk from 3 onions and fill it with 1 liter of boiling water, and in the morning use it for watering.

Did you know? The widespread use of nitrogen fertilizers has led to an increase in the human body nitrosamines. They damage cells and lead to diabetes, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's.

Latest recipes apply to sick and weakened plants. A solution of onion husks and yeast is combined with the introduction of essential nutrients. Infusion of litter or manure (mullein) is done like this - diluted with water 1: 3 and allowed to wander for 3 days. Then bred no more than 1 liter in a 10-liter bucket of water.

If necessary, you can use foliar top dressing and spray the bushes with the following compounds:

• 1 g of boric acid and 1 g of magnesium sulfate are diluted in a 10-liter container;
• dissolve in 10 l of 20 g of complex fertilizer ("Kemira" or "Agricola");
• half a liter of ash for 24 hours in a bucket of water, strain and spray the plants;
• 1 drop of iodine per bucket of water will help to resist many diseases.

Basic rules for feeding

Fertilize according to the instructions or recommended standards. Do not be zealous with the introduction of a large number of fertilizers. It is best to alternate their different types - for growth, nutrition during exercise, strengthening immunity.

When choosing top dressing, one must take into account the condition of the plant:

1. Lack of nitrogen gives itself out by pallor of young foliage and yellowing along the edges of old leaves. The plant has small foliage and fruits, grows poorly.
2. Phosphorus deficiency - the foliage turns yellow evenly, and roundish spots of gray tones form on it. Over time, the leaves fall off. Flowering and fruit setting is almost not observed.
3. Potassium deficiency - holes appear in the green leaves. Brownish spots appear on the fruits (if any).
4. Not enough iron - the sheet is painted evenly in yellow.
5. Boron deficiency - poor flowering and lack of ovary.
6. Copper deficiency - the ovary falls, the ends of the leaves turn white.

Root top dressing is applied to the wells under the root after watering, avoiding the ingress of liquid onto the green mass. With foliar top dressing, it should be borne in mind that the top of the blue sheet has a protection that prevents the penetration of nutrients, so when spraying, you need to raise the stems to get on the lower part of the foliage.

Did you know? Blue ones are very popular in Mediterranean countries. In Italy (Palermo), the Eggplant Olympics are held annually during the mass collection of this vegetable. Culinary specialists come to her to demonstrate their skills in preparing these fruits.

Scheme and periods of feeding

To get a good crop, you need to know what top dressing to bring in different periods.

Feeding seedlings

From the moment of planting the seeds and receiving seedlings, depending on the eggplant variety, 60–75 days pass. To obtain good and strong seedlings, fertilizing is necessary. Fertilize for the first time 14-21 days after the appearance of sprouts. To do this, it is recommended to use a solution of a mixture of manure and ash at the rate of 4 liters per 2 m². This mixture well activates the growth and development of the plant.

The second top dressing is done after 14 days. The following solution is used for it - 70 g of superphosphate and 25 g of calcium chloride are taken on a 10-liter bucket. Watering is necessary under the root, based on the norm of 2 liters per 1 m².

The third top dressing is carried out when 1-2 real leaves appear (approximately 30 days after the appearance of the sprouts). Mullein or urea with ash are used for this purpose. 1 glass of manure (or 1 teaspoon of urea) is taken per bucket.

Wood ash is taken at the rate of 1 tea. 3 pots with seedlings. You can also use ready-made fertilizers such as "Ideal" or "Kemira station wagon." A solution for application under the root is easy to prepare - 1 teapot. the drug is diluted in 5 l of liquid. In case of poor development of the root system, you can use the drugs "breadwinner" or "Agricola-forte."

After landing in the ground

When the plants are planted in open ground, they must be fed after 14 days. During this period, the plant is in dire need of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. The following solution is recommended for use - 25 g of nitrophoska and 100 g of urea per 10 liter bucket. Such a solution is applied under the root. “Green fertilizers” from weeds are also suitable.

During the growing period

During fruiting make the last top dressing. Choose fertilizers with phosphorus and potassium. Nitrogen fertilizers must be significantly reduced or eliminated. Boron, iron, manganese will also be needed.

It is useful to use irrigation with ash solution at the rate of 10 liters per 1 m². The following solution is used as mineral fertilizer - 2 tables each. superphosphate and potassium sulfate in a 10 liter bucket of liquid. You can also make liquid organic matter, ash.

Did you know? In Azerbaijan, blue people are sometimes called “demyanki,” since a man named Demyan brought this vegetable to their region for the first time.

During flowering

It is very important to know how to feed the crop during flowering to ensure fruit sets. When the first flowers appear, you should again feed the eggplant bushes. To do this, prepare a solution - 1 teaspoon is diluted in 10 l of liquid. ammonium nitrate, 1.5 tea potassium chloride and 2 tbsp. tablespoons of superphosphate. From organics, it is good to use solutions of manure and “green fertilizers”.

For more rapid flowering, foliar top dressing is suitable. To do this, use a 0.1% solution of boric acid. You can also add magnesium sulfate at the rate of 1 g per 10 l of liquid to enhance the effect. Spraying with such a solution is carried out 2 times with an interval of 10 days.

During this period, when growing in a greenhouse, it is important to provide the plants with pollination - shake the bushes or pollinate by hand. It will be useful to use the preparations “Ovary” or “Bud” for top dressing. Proper and timely feeding of eggplant during their growing season will allow you to get the maximum yield of this crop.