Use aspirin to mimic a tomato hormone that will boost your tomatoes defenses against disease. You basically trick your tomato into disease response mode and …
Question by Desperate!: How much salt can tomato plants tolerate?
I’m doing a research project, experimenting on the salt concentration tomato plants can tolerate. Like, how much salt can tomato plants tolerate without dying?
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Answer by Robert
They do not like salt at all. A little bit may not kill them but they will not thrive. A lot will definitely kill them.
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Some say yes it works on other plants but I havent tried it to the point I can say it makes a difference. The newer research says other plants have the similar mechanism but I cant find more than that.
Hi Gary,
can I use the same aspirin method with other plants to make their immune system stronger?
Lady Bugs are very good to have in your plants. They will eat the ones that try to hurt your plants.
Lady bugs eat bugs. Soap works on soft bodied insects.. not snails though. So it depends what is eating them. Sometimes a stronger remedy is needed. You can buy green organic solutions if you go to your local store. If you need stronger non organic solution I use Sevin dust on leaves with holes. A very light sprinkle. When they come back to the leaves they eat the dust gets on them.
If you can find the bug it makes it easier though yours might be coming at night.
Wow this is smart. Gary,I go out in the morning and there are little holes in the bottom leafs of my green bean plant. I pinch them off. I looked for bugs but nothing. My question is, does spraying dish soap and water on them help? I read this. Also do ladybugs hurt the plant? I saw a few of those. Thanks.
There is not set way. But Every 2 weeks. 1 325mg tablet per gallon. You just want to wet the leaves. IF you have extra you can use the same batch later. Its not the quantity on the leaves its just get the aspirin on them that matters.
Can you be more specific with application rates? Spray one plant 2 to 3 times per month? Also are we making a new batch of the 1 gal solution 2 to 3 times a month or apply the 1 gal over the span of a month 2-3 times?
Some what. mainly what it gets is those little white flies. I wash them with soap and water and for a few weeks it’s ok. I planning to try this
Actually our own studies would be great. If you search salicylic acid and tomatoes on the net… there are real studies. Scientific, not any sales promotion. It is very interesting.
Thanks Gary.
We can crush the tablets to make them dissolve quickly!
Have you managed to get rid of those pests?
Great tip! Thx. I would try and see if it works for me.
It is very convenient (and makes us look cool and clever) to be cynical about everything other people say. What is suggested in this video is not something expensive or seriously harmful! We all could quite easily (and safely, as long as no one in the house is allergic to aspirin) conduct our own studies in our backyards to see if it works!
search salicylic acid and tomatoes. Lots of real research studies. Thats how I found it. In depth mechanics of how it works.
Are there any [peer-reviewed] studies to back up the supposed effect of the aspirin? I am always wary of snake oil concoctions.
great video!
I don’t know at this point. As I read more… they are saying more vegetables can benefit. I just don’t have proof yet.
could this also work with peppers?
I dont know. I have been reading more that it can help a lot of vegetables. Potatoes are in the same family as tomatoes too. I just dont have any proof. It cant hurt.
Would this work for peppers or potatoes too?
Thanks a lot! Looks like I’m doing everything right… so far))
Best to water from the ground and try not to splash soil onto the tomato. I spray aspirin like every 2 weeks and stop in mid August. Im not great with schedules but close to that. Watering varies. Every 2 or 3 days to start. When the plant is well established 2x a week. But once the high heat of summer gets here I base it on rain. If there is no rain every other day when it is in the 90’s. So…. it varies. Just do a deep watering and plants should be fine.
As long as it is aspirin. Its good.
May I know if Amy product of aspirin will do the job? Thanks!
I live at the beach in florida and salt water spray hits my tomatoes all day long and they grow so big they get out of control.
Generally if you look at a map of where tomatoes grow, most of them are beach regions and heavy concentrations in Mediterranean areas.
Tomatoes can tolerate a lot of salt