INVENTION
Russian Federation Patent RU2206973

METHOD OF GROWING TOMATOES

METHOD OF GROWING TOMATOES

Name of the inventor: Pyndak VI .; Vladimir Lagutin
The name of the patentee: Volgograd State Agricultural Academy
Address for correspondence: 400002, Volgograd, st. Institutskaya 8 VGSKHA, Patent Group
Starting date of the patent: 2002.03.20

The invention relates to agriculture. The method includes watering tomato seedlings after ELECTROACTIVATED aqueous solution - catholyte having a pH of 10-11. The irrigation fluid further comprise activated anolyte in the anolyte and catholyte ratio (75:25) - (80:20)%, wherein said solution glaze alternate with normal irrigation water so that a conventional irrigation watering two activated water solution is necessary. Before mixing with the catholyte anolyte pH of 3.0-4.5. The method allows to increase productivity, reduce energy consumption and improve environmental friendliness of the process.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to agriculture, in particular to the intensive and environmentally friendly technology of cultivation of tomatoes.

A method is known fertilizing vegetation irrigated agricultural crops, comprising preparing a fertilizer solution into irrigation water and periodic irrigation of plants using them sprinkler irrigation in a low-volume in wet mode - Drying (SU 1806517 A1, IPC 5 A 01 C 21/00, 1993).

The disadvantage of the known method: the inability to malokonturnym fields and areas, which are usually cultivated tomatoes, lack of environmental safety due to the presence in the irrigation mineral fertilizer solution that is unacceptable for a health food, what are the tomatoes.

Known and the method of stimulating the growth of plants (for example, Gloria tomato varieties), including their watering after transplanting ELECTROACTIVATED aqueous solution - catholyte having a pH of 10-11 (see article Novobranovoy TI, etc. "Study of the possibility of application of aqueous solutions of electro-stimulation.. plant growth "in the book" The first international Symposium on Electrochemical activation in medicine, agriculture and industry:. Abstracts and short communications "/ VNIIIMT - M., 1997. - S. 102).

The disadvantage of this method: the lack of optimization process is only activated when applying the aqueous solution - catholyte; studies have shown that this solution is not the most efficient in terms of growth parameters of seedlings of tomato, energy consumption and environmental friendliness of the process; to the same experiments were not brought to its logical conclusion - get the fruit.

The technical problem: increase productivity, energy consumption reduction and environmental improvement of the process.

According to the invention the irrigation fluid further comprise activated anolyte in the anolyte and catholyte ratio (75:25) ... (80:20)%, wherein said solution glaze alternate with normal irrigation water so that a watering solution there are two active watering with plain water; before mixing with the catholyte anolyte pH of 3.0-4.5.

The catholyte and anolyte are two functionally dependent components electroactivated aqueous solution. The catholyte - alkaline it is ( "live") water, anolyte - acid ( "dead") water. Despite their fundamental difference, both components have a stimulating effect on certain plants, in particular for tomatoes. The special properties of the mixture has catholyte and anolyte. Over time, this mixture is converted in a conventional clean water. But immediately after mixing the anolyte improves the electrochemical performance of the catholyte, increasing its beneficial effects on the plants, and the anolyte temporarily saves antiseptic properties and is environmentally friendly, "preparation" for the sterilization of seeds and seedlings.

Example.

In the field - on a vegetable plot planted seedlings of tomato varieties Newbie. Watering (irrigation) of seedlings, and then the plant was carried out in the following variants:

1) normal irrigation water (control);

2) irrigation ELECTROACTIVATED aqueous solution - catholyte having a pH of 10-11;

3) Activated irrigation solution - anolyte and catholyte mixture in their average ratio of 50: 50% (the same pH of the catholyte, anolyte pH 3.0-4.5);

4) activated irrigation solution - anolyte and catholyte mixture in a ratio (75: 25) ((80/20)%, conventionally accepted ratio of 80: 20% (the pH of the catholyte and anolyte - the same).

In embodiments 2-4 waterings specified electroactivated aqueous solutions alternated with normal irrigation water so that one, two watering watering with plain water falls activated solution. Cultivation of tomato was carried out in the south of Russia, so until the ripe fruit glaze was performed once a week, except for this rare soil-climatic zones rainy week. Cultivation was carried out on light-brown soils, fertilizers and irrigation rates for all four versions are identical. Mixing catholyte and anolyte were performed just before watering. The main results of cultivation of tomatoes in the table.

Best yields and size of the fruits were in the fourth embodiment, irrigations - at the approximate ratio of anolyte 80 and catholyte 20% and one interlace irrigation this solution with two conventional irrigation water. Compared with the control - only watered with ordinary water - 22% increase in the fourth embodiment, the yield of tomato and fruit size of - 40%. Compared with watering catholyte with the same alternation irrigation activated solution and normal water (the second option), in the proposed variant yields of tomatoes increases 122/112 = 1,089 times (8.9%). It should be emphasized that the only watering catholyte - non-interleaved with normal irrigation water (as in the known method) the effectiveness of watering will be reduced, and the condition of the soil - to deteriorate. Therefore, a comparison of the yield on the second and fourth embodiments of irrigation is not a comparison of the known and proposed methods.

Thus, in the method of cultivation of tomatoes increase yield and fruit size is achieved due to lower power consumption of electro-preparation of aqueous solutions of about 5 times. This is due to: 1) reduction of 3 times activated irrigation solution (one irrigation watering solution there are two ordinary water); 2) use a second aqueous component electroactivated - anolyte (during activation amount obtained anolyte and catholyte can be controlled, but only get catholyte impossible); 3) improved electrochemical performance in the presence of a catholyte anolyte mixture. Along with this improved process ecology by "washing" the soil under normal seedlings water conversion process intensification activated solution in clean water due to the presence in the mixture of anolyte and catholyte

CLAIM

1. A method of cultivation of tomatoes, including seedlings after their glaze aqueous ELECTROACTIVATED - catholyte pH 10-11, characterized in that the irrigation fluid further comprise activated anolyte in the anolyte and catholyte ratio (75:25) - (80:20)% while said solution glaze alternate with normal irrigation water so that a conventional irrigation watering two activated water solution is necessary.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that prior to mixing with the catholyte anolyte pH of 3.0-4.5.

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Publication date 11.03.2007gg