Will tomatoes come back to life after a frost? Delicious Garden Delicious Garden: What to do if tomatoes are frozen

But the main thing here is that at first you will be properly frightened, and then, having come to your senses, you will find correct solution(most often even by accident), and thereby enrich your gardening experience. So I want to describe one incident that took place in the country.

The children brought me with seedlings and all the accompanying clothes to the site on May 5th. I, of course, barely catching my breath, immediately set to work.

She leveled the ground, put the arcs and found that the non-woven material was left in the apartment (always, when collecting something for the dacha, you will forget it).

I had to cover the greenhouse with cellophane. The weather was warm (13° on the thermometer), quiet, in the greenhouse in three hours it was already under 18°. I put there boxes with seedlings: low, with flowers - between the beds, and high, with tomatoes - right on them. I tucked the film everywhere, fixed it, and the children took me back to the city.

Arrived a couple of days later, happy - finally I'm in my favorite garden. open greenhouse, and my seedlings are all black, lowered the leaves (baby flowers are intact). I'm in a trance. I can’t believe my eyes: well, this can’t be!

After all, there were no frosts, I followed. A neighbor came and said that there was just one frost - just one, just today, but while I was riding the bus, there was no trace of it. Although no, here they are, these traces ...

I rashly took out the boxes in the sun and let's pull the seedlings out of the glasses. What I was looking for or wanted to see, I myself do not know.

By the time I came to my senses, I had already emptied two boxes. I got even worse. She grieved, and then diluted a double dose of the stimulant (60 drops per 3 l), sprayed the remaining seedlings with them twice (after the first treatment she poured water very generously) and brought it into the greenhouse. Covered in the evening nonwoven fabric and left for the city.

In the morning I was already at the cottage again. Again she took the seedlings out into the street, again sprayed with a solution, but now she left it in the sun. I didn’t cut off the black leaves, but on the fifth day I cut them off, leaving stems 1 cm high. I didn’t do anything else with the plants, I didn’t even water them.

Nine days later, "buttons" of greenery appeared on the stems in the axils of the leaves. Oh, and then I came to life!

And then I already wanted to go collect extra seedlings from acquaintances. Mine has grown (feeded it with fermented grass and chicken manure) and almost caught up with the neighbor's (only in fruiting then lagged behind for two weeks). During the season, I sprayed the plants with the same stimulant twice more: before the first ovaries appeared and before the second brushes ripened. I watered it once every two weeks under the root - with fermented grass and just water from a hose.

In general, the growth stimulator saved me. The harvest was no worse than that of the neighbors.

I now use this remedy whenever bad weather lasts for more than four days, so that the ovary of the tomatoes does not fall off.

Dear gardeners, do not flog the fever in case of failures! Use all means, try. Don't give up! And you will have excellent harvests.

Note: utensils for seedlings

I would like to talk about containers for tomato seedlings.

I consider this an important issue. During the winter I collect in large numbers paper liter milk bags. I cut off one edge of them, rinse thoroughly, then cut the boxes along the edges with scissors to the middle: four petals are obtained. I bend them and fix them with an elastic band or thread, I fall asleep inside the earth.

I water it warm water and I sow 2-3 seeds in each bag, sprinkling them on top with a thin layer of soil (no more than 0.5 cm). I put the boxes near the battery, pressing them tightly against each other, cover with a film. Sprouts appeared - I do not remove the shelter. Loops appeared - I remove the film and transfer the boxes to the window sills. When the plants are decorated with 2-3 real leaves, I leave one of the strongest sprouts in bags (I don’t cut the weaklings, but pluck them).

Seedlings have grown to 10-15 cm - I cut off the lower leaves with sharp scissors, exposing the stems. After that, I wait 2-3 hours (so that the wounds are slightly tightened), I remove the fixing elastic bands from the boxes, bend the petals up, seal the slots with tape and fill up the ground to the height of the bare stems. And so I do until the boxes are completely filled with soil.

If during these procedures the seedlings slow down growth, then this is not so scary, it just builds up new roots. But then it will grow strong and healthy.

And now it's time to land my pets in the wild. I water them well with warm water, lightly press on the boxes, turn them over with my left hand, and the plants, together with the ground, “pop out” right into my right hand. It is very convenient to place seedlings in such boxes on the windowsills. They stand there tightly to each other, evenly - the place is saved for other cultures. And it is convenient to transport: put it tightly in carton boxes- and take it!

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Tomatoes in the greenhouse must be subjected to a hardening procedure, and at this time they may fall under frost. As a result of this, the foliage on the bushes will become lethargic and begin to die. But this is not a reason for frustration, because there is a chance to reanimate the seedlings.

How to revive tomatoes

If the tomatoes were damaged during frost, then the first thing to do in the early morning (at 4-5 o'clock) is to moisten the bushes from the sprayer cold water. Please note that after spraying, there should be drops of water on the villi of the bush. Then the plants must be reliably protected from direct sunlight. Remember that the plants should move away slowly, which will allow all the bushes to survive. If the seedlings thaw very quickly, then it will need good feeding. To do this, use a solution of urea (half a bucket of water matchbox means), it is poured under the bushes. This will help plants grow new ones faster. sheet plates.

There is a special tool "Stimulus" intended for plants exposed to frost. This drug is dissolved in water according to the instructions on the package. Then the affected bushes are treated with this solution. After just a day, the first results will be visible, the bushes will come to life and will gradually move away. The drug "Epin" has almost the same effect, it is also popular with gardeners, because it helps well in case of damage to tomatoes by frost.

These drugs have been used for several years by many gardeners and have proven that they are really effective. However, remember that the solution must be made strictly following the instructions, and the treatment should be carried out only in the evening or in the morning.

To stimulate the growth of affected bushes, you can use a solution ammonia(1 tablespoon of funds for 1 liter of tepid water). This solution is used for watering all tomatoes. It contains nitrogen, thanks to which frozen plants can quickly grow green mass, and thanks to water, sap flow in the bushes will improve.

Until the bushes are restored, pruning or pinching cannot be done, because they already have stress. Also, do not throw out or destroy the affected plants. Two days later, frozen tomatoes should be watered abundantly, using Fitosporin solution for this. As the bushes recover, the frostbitten leaf plates will dry out and fly around on their own.

Tomatoes that are still in cups from the substrate, after freezing, will begin to slowly move away, because root system they are warm. Also, seedlings grown in snails are relatively resistant to frost. Landed in open ground heavily frozen plants after they depart, it is necessary to prune. At their top, you need to pinch all the stepchildren except one. As a result, the bush will not spend its strength on damaged stepchildren, but will start to grow. If everything is done correctly, then the affected tomatoes will move away and give a relatively good harvest. Bushes that have been severely damaged by frost need to be fed with mullein and humates.

How to prevent seedlings from freezing

Keeping grown tomato seedlings indoors is highly undesirable. In the absence of a heated nursery, the bushes are planted in open ground, arcs are installed above them, on which a sufficiently dense film is stretched. In this case, the plant will be able to withstand severe frosts.
To heat the tomatoes planted in the greenhouse, an infrared lamp is installed in it. And thanks to the installation of a thermo-relay, you can control the temperature in the greenhouse. And you can also set a special timer, and then you definitely won’t be able to forget about heating the greenhouse.

Stock up on supplies that will help in case of damage to tomatoes by frost. Also, if there is a threat of frost or before transplanting the bushes into open soil, it is recommended to treat the tomatoes with Epin's solution.

I want to warn you right away that tomatoes are very sensitive to cold, so even in a greenhouse they can get cold. Especially if you planted seedlings ahead of schedule. But even those who are in no hurry to plant can face this disaster: spring is always full of surprises, like a sharp cold snap.

Of course, tomatoes have mechanisms to protect themselves from the cold: when the temperature drops, the stems and leaves of the plant are covered with tiny drops of water, which protect it from the cold. But it doesn't last very long.

And the problem is that tomatoes can be damaged even with a slight cold snap to -1 or -2. A temperature of minus 6 and below leads to the death of the bushes.

emergency measures

If you quickly notice that the vegetables are frozen, do not be alarmed. Immediately pour the soil around them with cool water, but so that the condensate mentioned above is not affected. You can also cover them with agrofibre. When the plants warm up a little, you need to spray with Zircon and Cytovit.

To prepare a solution, they need a milliliter per ten liters of water. Such a solution will help the roots regain their strength, and also make it easier for the tomato roots to prey nutrients and water from the earth.

What to do after frost

The greenhouse protects the tomatoes reliably, but no one is immune from temperature changes at night, and in April and even in May. What to do if this happened to your site? First, examine the leaves of tomatoes. If the veins on them are solid, then they have chlorophyll in them and the plants will definitely survive.

• First of all, we remove the shelter from the tomatoes. Next, we heat the water to 30 degrees (maximum 35) and water all the affected seedlings with it.
• We make a solution with Epin-Extra: for half a liter of water you need a couple of ml of this product. The water should be boiled, but if there is none, you can soften the one that is by adding a few crystals. citric acid. After another week, you need to spray Epin-Extra again. A tool such as Energen is also suitable.
• If the weather forecast promises cold weather further, you need to protect the tomatoes by spreading wet newspapers under them and sheltering them from the cold with a double spandbond.
• After a couple of days, visit the victims again in the greenhouse. This time you need to remove the tops of the bushes. Do not forget to disinfect after cutting with potassium permanganate in a low concentration.
• Urea should be added under the roots, and also in a low concentration. For 8 liters of water, we need one tablespoon of it. About 600 ml of such a solution is needed for one affected bush.

Now it remains only to wait until the time when stepchildren appear in the tomatoes.

If you planted seedlings more than seven days ago, they will definitely appear. From them we select two lower shoots and form a plant. Fruiting in affected tomatoes will begin two weeks later than in ordinary ones.

If seedlings are frozen in open ground

If frosts have damaged young seedlings, the sequence of actions will be slightly different. It should be said right away that bountiful harvest you won’t have to wait, but at least you will save the plants in which you have invested so much work.

First of all, we cut off those parts of the stems that have darkened, and to the healthy parts of the bushes. Next, we fertilize the seedlings with urea or any other fertilizer. If the seedlings are too frozen, you can fertilize with mullein (or bird droppings) in combination with humates.

Such a fertilizer will have a good effect even on the affected roots. Be sure to cover the seedlings next week. You can also use a decoction of onion peel for watering: this is a good stimulant.

Prevention

If weather forecasters promise a drop in temperature in the spring, you need to take care of the tomatoes in the greenhouse in advance.

First of all, inspect the greenhouse for gaps and seal them. There may be gaps between the walls of the greenhouse and its foundation, so sealing is your first priority. And even if the gaps are very small, there is a risk of damage to the tomatoes from the cold.

When it reaches plus ten or more, you can open the tomatoes daily for a couple of hours and give them the opportunity to harden. It is very important that the shelter is airtight, so use bricks as well.

Also think about how to heat the greenhouse itself. The best way – heat gun or oil heater. They are not cheap, but constantly buying new seedlings after damage is more expensive. In extreme cases, you can solve the problem with ordinary plastic bottles.

We fill them up to half with boiling water and lay them along the polycarbonates in your greenhouses. During the night, boiling water cools down, giving the plants its heat, and during the day it heats up again. You can also light a paraffin candle in the greenhouse at night.

In addition, the consequences of frost will not be so serious if the beds in the greenhouse are high. So the plants will definitely be warmer. But this option is only good for high greenhouses. In addition, if such a nuisance happened, remember which of the tomatoes survived after it and collect seeds from them. Then plant them exclusively!

Any gardener seeks to plant seedlings early when warm weather is established in order to get a richer harvest. In the spring, quite often, the weather changes dramatically, and low temperatures can destroy any strong seedlings. Is it possible to help, save the plants, if. Of course, you can try to buy new seedlings and plant them again. However, there is no guarantee that the purchased seedlings will give a good harvest.

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frozen seedlings

How can you try to save your seedlings?

Tomatoes have an amazing ability to revive and seedlings can be restored in several ways.

Processing "Epin"

This drug is able to increase the immunity of vegetables, especially when stressful situations. A solution for the treatment of frozen plants is prepared according to the instructions: one ampoule of Epin is diluted in 5 liters of water, thoroughly mixed and the mixture is slightly acidified with several crystals of citric acid. Spraying is carried out early in the morning or late in the evening after sunset on calm days. It's just that the active substance of the biostimulant epibrassinolide quickly disappears under the influence of sunlight. Spraying is carried out not only all parts of the plant, but also the soil under the bush. The drug is absorbed by the plant within 2-3 days.

Re-treatment is carried out after 7-10 days until the culture is completely recovered. ?

Moreover, the treatment with "Epin" is carried out in any cases that cause plant stress: drought, diseases, lack of light. And it applies to everyone vegetable crops. And even healthy plants can be treated with Epin three times a season, which leads to an increase in yield.

pouring water

With frosts down to -6-7 degrees, the stems of tomatoes become icy, and in this case it is almost impossible to restore the seedlings. You can buy seeds of ultra-early tomato, and thus provide yourself with delicious tomatoes.

If the frost was small, and the temperature did not fall below -2-3 degrees, then frozen plants can be saved by dousing. The plant should return the lost moisture in order to normalize sap flow. To do this, they douse with cold water before sunrise so that drops hang on the villi of the tomato. After dousing, do not touch the plants so that the water does not roll off the plant.

It is important to use water with natural sources: rivers, streams, wells, ponds, lakes. tap water, which has been processed can damage the plant due to harmful impurities in its composition.

pruning

If the tomato seedlings are frozen, then you should not immediately destroy it. It is difficult to judge the death of a plant visually and it is worth giving a chance to tomatoes. So sharp knife they cut the bush to the level of the soil, build a micro-greenhouse over this place in an open garden bed, and be sure to fertilize under the root with a solution of manure or urea. Now you need to wait for the appearance of stepchildren, who are quite capable of giving a good harvest, which will be a little later. Of course, this method is used for deep planting of tomatoes and when there are healthy roots.

Shelter from the sun

So only slightly wilted seedlings are saved. Such plants are covered before sunrise with large pieces of cardboard. In addition, it is imperative that the wilted plants be additionally treated with Epin. Seedlings sheltered from the sun will slowly warm up, thawing, and the moisture from the plant will not quickly evaporate.

If part of the shoots has turned black, then they are cut off and fed with urea ( Matchbox to a bucket of water).

Methods for sheltering a tomato from frost

It is better to worry about sheltering seedlings than to nurse them later. Experienced summer residents have many secrets on how to save seedlings from the spring cold.

1. This includes bonfires lit next to plants, the smoke of which protects from low temperatures. Dry grass or manure is used for fuel. Bonfires are usually used for open beds. A fire in a greenhouse can damage it. For greenhouses, you can use special heating tablets. They are also used for heating plants on open field if over the landings stretch a plastic film over the arcs.
2. Many people use cardboard boxes to protect against frost, covering plants with them. And here plastic bottles serve as poor protection, especially if the plant is already large.
3. Hilling seedlings with earth helps, covering the plant as much as possible.
4. Can be covered with agrofibre. In addition, building roofing material keeps heat very well. Caps are rolled up from its pieces and placed over a tomato bush. And it’s easy to store such caps by stacking them on top of each other to use in the next seasons.
5. Mulching plantings with peat or straw helps tomatoes survive frosts.

Do not despair if, try to help her using all the ways. In addition, keep an eye on the weather forecast and try to cover the plants well with all available methods.