Dark potassium permanganate crystals in gardening are one of the effective means for preventive disinfection and treatment of plants, and soil disinfection. Despite the fact that the drug has been included in the list of drugs subject to strict subject-quantitative accounting, today many gardeners recommend it as an effective and reliable antiseptic. Next, we will tell how to potassium and ground with potassium permanganate before planting, as well as analyze plant treatments and preventive measures.
Presowing soaking of seeds (bulbs, tubers)
Often this method is used by all gardeners and flower growers when sowing home grains. The technology is very simple and accessible to everyone: regardless of the size and shape, the entire seed must be soaked for a day in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. The liquid is prepared at the rate of 2 g per bucket of water. If the landing is planned right now, and there is no time for lengthy preparation, it is recommended to use 1 l of water for the same dosage of the preparation. At this concentration, the seeds are soaked for about half an hour. 
Important! So that healthy tubers do not become infected with fungal infections during germination, they are cut with a disinfected instrument, and then each section is treated with a highly concentrated solution of potassium permanganate. Especially often this method is applied to tubers of potatoes, begonias and gladioli bulbs.For special cases when it comes to unsuitable soils and very sensitive to pathogens plants, experts advise using mix from different microelements:
- boric acid (0.1 g);
- potassium permanganate (0.5 g);
- ammonium molybdenum acid (1 g);
- copper sulphate (0.4 g);
- methylene blue (0.3 g);
- zinc sulfate (0.2 g);
- 1 liter of water.
In the process of presowing treatment of bulbs and tubers, the main thing is to ensure that the material is completely covered with liquid. After processing it must be dried.
Soil disinfection
In cases where nematodes or undesired microorganisms and fungal mycelium have appeared on the garden bed or in the flower garden, potassium permanganate will save the day. To disinfect the area, it is sufficient to dissolve 5 g of the preparation in a 10-liter container with hot water. By the way, many vegetable growers use this method when preparing land for seedlings - in boxes, greenhouses and greenhouses.
Did you know? In Ukraine, potassium permanganate is counted among the list of narcotic psychotropic drugs and precursors. That is why in the pharmacy without a prescription of a doctor the drug will not be sold to you.The place planned for sowing is watered before the solution cools. On average, its temperature should be in the range of 60-65 ° C. Planting can be done after the substrate dries out a little.
Handling capacity tanks
In floriculture potassium permanganate is widely used not only for plants, but also for disinfection pots. To this end, before each reuse of planting tanks, they are washed with a highly concentrated solution of potassium permanganate. Moreover, the exact proportion in this case is not necessary to calculate: just dissolve the crystals, to get a burgundy liquid.
Plastic flower pots and seedling boxes just enough to rinse, but it is desirable to soak wooden containers for several hours. The tool is also recommended for spraying single peat containers and tablets.
Such processing is mandatory shown when transplanting flowers that have fallen as well as when rooting new seedlings. 
Important! Potassium permanganate can explode when combined with glycerin, tannins and most other organic substances even at room temperature. Especially dangerous is rubbing of dry crystals with aluminum, sulfur, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.Decontamination of all equipment, work shoes and gloves at the end of the planting and harvesting seasons will not be superfluous. Secateurs, hacksaws and scissors in this way must be disinfected before each pruning. Some owners share the positive experience of washing with potassium permanganate for greenhouses, greenhouses, and shelves in storage.
Plant nutrition
On the use of potassium permanganate in gardening, there are many recipes, most often the drug can be found in complex home-made fertilizers. Often this ingredient is used alone in an aqueous solution.
Organic fertilizers also have a positive effect on soil properties: straw, bone meal, fish meal, whey, potato peelings, eggshell, banana peel, feces, slurry, onion peel, nettle, charcoal and pigeon droppings.
In dressing you need to strictly observe the norm, otherwise the culture can be burned. Experts advise the optimal ratio of 3 g of the drug and 10 liters of water. According to them, vegetable and flower crops watered with such a liquid are less likely to get sick and become more resistant to adverse environmental factors.
You can make a substance and foliar way. But in this case, the foliage will need a more gentle concentration. Add 2 g of the drug to the bucket of water and mix well until smooth.
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Disease prevention
For those vegetable growers who do not want to stuff their garden beds with poisonous agrochemistry, potassium permanganate is simply indispensable. But do not abuse the substance. In such preventive measures especially need plants that live on acidic soils. Substrates with alkaline and neutral acidity are less favorable for the development of bacteria and fungi. Often with potassium permanganate watered young stems of melon crops, strawberries, tomatoes, cabbage. These activities minimize the chances of infection with powdery mildew, mosaic, bacteriosis mucosa and any kind of rot.
Also helpers in the garden will be soap, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, iodine and boric acid.
Agronomists advise not only watering, but also soaking the root system of seedlings. In both cases, the same solution is prepared: 1 g of potassium permanganate is added to a bucket of water. For the purpose of prevention, 3 irrigations with a monthly interval are desirable. 
Disease control
When plants are affected by various diseases, instructions for using potassium permanganate in a vegetable garden depend on the type of pathogens. We will understand in more detail what and how to treat.
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Late blight (phytophthora)
At the first signs of late blight on potatoes and tomatoes, immediately prepare a solution of 1 g of potassium permanganate, a glass of garlic shooters minced through a meat grinder and 10 liters of water. All the ingredients thoroughly stir and pour the diseased plants with liquid. Also generously spray it with the stems, not excluding healthy ones. Consider that such folk remedies are effective only at the beginning of the illness (up to 3 days), and to the extent of its progression, strong fungicides will be needed. 
Mealy dew
A weak solution of 1 bucket of water and 1.5 g of the drug will help to save cucumbers, strawberries and melons from this scourge. As in the previous case, the culture will need to be watered and sprinkled. But for currants, gooseberries and ornamental flowering plants, experts advise to prepare a rescue mixture of half a teaspoon of crystals and 2 buckets of water. 
Gray rot
Plants that were exposed to the attack of gray rot, treated with a means of 3 g of potassium permanganate and 1 liter of warm water. During the week, twice a day this liquid is recommended to spray the buds of plants. In the case when the misfortune happened during the formation of the ovary and the maturation of greenfinches, the amount of the drug is increased by 1-2 grams.
Important! When preparing the working solution, be careful with the dosage and do not overdo it with the crystals. Indeed, in any soil there is a certain supply of potassium permanganate, and if it is added too much, the vegetation can stop the growth and wither.
Blackleg
If garden crops are in a humid environment at elevated temperatures, then soon a black stalk will appear on their shoots. About the vital activity of the pathogens of this disease is not difficult to guess from the highly refined and blackened stems. If nothing is done, the plant will soon wither.
To stop the destructive processes at the tissue level, you will need to remove about 2 cm of contaminated land in the tree trunk, and then treat the substrate, shoots, foliage and buds with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. It is prepared in the ratio of 1 g per 10 l. After the manipulations, place a layer of wood ash or dry river sand around the stalks. 
This is only a small part of the folk methods of using potassium permanganate in the garden and in the garden. But do not forget that they are effective only at the first stages of the development of microorganisms, and with mass foci of infection only potassium permanganate is indispensable. Do not be afraid to use this medication and Do not forget the sense of proportion.
