The use of Ridomil for tomatoes
Ridomil for tomatoes is a reliable remedy that protects tomato plantings from diseases. Timely use of Ridomil allows you to prevent infection of a vegetable crop with fungal pathogens and preserve the harvest of vegetables.
The use of Ridomil for tomatoes
Description of the drug
Produced in powder or granular form, Ridomil Gold contains two main active components that have a detrimental effect on fungal infectious pathogens:
- Mefenoxam. This constituent element has a systemic effect, completely penetrating into the tomato plant after spraying. Moving through the tissues, it reaches the root system and the fruits themselves, preventing them from being damaged by fungal infections, thereby creating an internal defense.
- Mancozeb. After spraying with a working fluid, this active ingredient settles on the bush, creating an external protection of the vegetable crop against fungal infection.
Purpose
The fungicidal preparation Ridomil for tomatoes is used for the prevention and treatment of:
- phytophthora,
- peronosporosis,
- alternaria.
The particular effectiveness of the fungicide is noted in the fight against peronospore fungi, but it is not used against powdery mildew pathogens. The fungicide shows a great beneficial effect at the stage of the first shoots until the moment of flowering, when the green mass of tomato bushes is actively gaining growth.
Benefits
Ridomil Gold has a number of advantages, the use of which gives high effective results:
- the fungicide shows a good effect at any stage of the development of an infectious fungal disease,
- the components that make up Ridomil Gold remain active throughout the growing season of growth and development of tomatoes,
- resistant to moisture, the fungicide protects tomatoes from fungal pathogens for a long time, sprayed tomato bushes can be watered without hindrance just 0.5 hours after using Ridomil,
- safe for crops if the dosage prescribed in the instructions is followed.
disadvantages
The drug has no negative effect on insects
- referring to group 2 in terms of harmfulness, it poses an increased danger to fish and mammals, but does not affect insects, including bees,
- incompatible with many other fungicidal agents.
Terms of application
The use of the drug is carried out at different stages of the growing season of growth and development of the tomato culture:
- the initial treatment with a fungicide falls on the prophylactic stage,
- secondary spraying is done to consolidate the result, and it prevents high risks of late blight disease, is carried out 14 days after the first application,
- the third treatment is optional and is carried out if necessary, but not earlier than 2 weeks before the planned date of ripening of the crop.
The total number of Ridomil's use in one gardening season should not exceed three times.
With the usual prophylactic treatment with a fungicidal preparation of tomato bushes, the standard for the consumption of working fluid is 10 liters per each hundred square meters of sown area.
Terms of use
For spraying tomatoes with a working fluid with Ridomil, a concentrated preparation in an amount of 25 g is diluted with a 10-liter volume of water. In order to treat tomato bushes with a high degree of damage to plants by infectious fungal diseases, the concentration of Ridomil is doubled.
The prepared working solution with Ridomil remains effective throughout the day.
Tomato bushes are sprayed in such a way that the working fluid with Ridomil is evenly distributed throughout the plant, preventing excessive accumulation of the drug on the foliage and stems. For this purpose, it is recommended to use sprayers.
The most suitable time for processing is morning hours or evening in dry weather without wind.
After using Ridomil, it is not recommended to use other fungicidal antifungal agents. Most active compounds against fungal infections give an alkaline reaction to Ridomil Gold.