Causes and Control methods of Tomato Flower Peel

Tomato is tomato, which is sour and sweet in taste and rich in nutrition. It is a favorite vegetable in people's life, but the phenomenon of flower peel often appears in planting. Flower skin phenomenon is a physiological disease of tomato, which can seriously reduce the yield and income of tomato, so what is the cause of tomato flower skin? Let's take a look at the prevention and control methods.

1. Symptoms

Tomato flower peel, also known as tendon rot or stripe rot, has two symptoms: browning and whitening. The browning type occurs in the young fruit stage, which mainly harms the ear fruit. During the fruit expansion period, the fruit appears locally brown, the fruit surface is uneven, and some necrotic spots appear on the surface of the pericarp. The internal tissue necrosis and core hardening or browning are found. The white transformation is mainly during the color conversion period of the tomato, which often turns into poor coloring, no gloss on the surface, uneven red and green, and the anatomical meeting found that the internal tissue turns brown and necrotic, and the browning part does not turn red, the flesh becomes hard, and the food is tasteless.

2. Reasons

At this time, a physiological disease occurs on tomatoes, and the degree of damage generally depends on the variety. in addition, the short duration and weak light and the low content of elements in the soil will cause tomato peel. The large amount of water in the soil, poor permeability and difficulty in root breathing are conducive to the occurrence of the disease; the amount of fertilizer application is large, especially when the nitrogen fertilizer is too large, but when the potassium fertilizer is insufficient, the disease occurs more seriously. in addition, fertilization is the application of rotten organic fertilizer or farm manure, too much planting density can induce the disease.

3. Prevention and control methods

Select the excellent varieties which are not easy to disease, strengthen the field management, plant in seedling stage or planting reasonably, increase the ventilation and light between plants, so that they have enough light. The regulation and control of humidity should also be strengthened, especially in early spring and late autumn, there is a height to prevent temperature, too high or low temperature will make it appear flower skin phenomenon, the temperature should be controlled between 15-28 degrees, the lowest shall not be less than 10 degrees, and the maximum shall not be higher than 30 degrees. Watering should be carried out according to the soil dry humidity and plant growth status, and should not be irrigated with heavy water, so as to avoid excessive water accumulation in the soil and lead to soil consolidation. During the whole growth period, it is necessary to do a good job in the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, such as virus diseases, aphids and whitefly. Reasonable topdressing, fertilization should be light nitrogen, less phosphorus and heavy potassium to supplement calcium and magnesium, to achieve a uniform mix of various nutrients, in the full fruit period, can be foliar spraying potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution to reduce the production of peel and increase yield.

The above are the reasons and control methods of tomato flower peel. I hope it can help you. If you want to know more about tomato cultivation, please follow us.