Ogorodniki with experience know - in the struggle for harvest in the course is almost any weapon. For example, available in any medicine cabinet, iodine, zelenka and manganese. We will talk about methods of applying potassium permanganate in the vegetable garden today.
How useful is potassium permanganate for plants?
So, what does the treatment of potassium permanganate for plants:
- First of all, a weak solution of potassium permanganate helps protect plant seeds from hibernating pests and fungal spores that winter them. That is why before planting it is accepted to withstand seeds and seed tubers of plants for half an hour in a weak solution of potassium permanganate (0.5 grams of potassium permanganate per 100 milliliters of water).
- Secondly, the manganese itself is a good fertilizer, thanks to the manganese and potassium entering it. If you dissolve a small amount of potassium permanganate and boric acid in a bucket of water, you will get an excellent foliar top dressing for garden strawberries, currants, blueberries, raspberries and gooseberries. It is best to carry out such feeding in the early spring. They respond well to top dressing with potassium permanganate, cherries, cabbage, peas, beans, beets and potatoes.
- Thirdly, a weak solution of potassium permanganate is successfully used as a medicinal preparation when treating plants from various kinds of diseases that are fungal in nature. For example, strawberries can thus be saved from gray rot, and tomatoes from phytophthora.
At the same time, it must be remembered that potassium permanganate belongs to those substances that need to be used with a certain degree of caution. Excessive passion for potassium permanganate in the garden can lead to diseases and degeneration of plants and a decrease in the fertility of the soil due to an overabundance of potassium in it. Use potassium permanganate is possible only in those areas, the soil on which has an alkaline or neutral reaction .