Epin Extra: instructions for use for seedlings, reviews

Content

1 Description and characteristics
2 Instructions for use
3 Application for different crops
4 When and how to spray
5 Reviews about the biostimulator

Rarely do any gardeners have conditions for growing seedlings that meet the standards. Most often, plants lack light and heat. The problem can be solved using various biostimulants. One of them, Epin Extra for seedlings, has long been popular.

Let's figure out what kind of drug this is and what its advantages are. But, the main thing is how to use Epin when processing peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, petunias and other plants.

Description and characteristics

Epin Extra is an artificial drug created by man. The product has an anti-stress effect. It contains special components that can protect plants from negative environmental influences.

The drug has three All-Russian Exhibition Center medals, as well as a diploma from the Russian Scientific and Technical Society of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. When the Chernobyl accident occurred, this plant biostimulant was used to eliminate the consequences.

Seedlings treated with Epin Extra:

protected from temperature changes;
withstands drought or heavy rains;
survives spring or autumn frosts without much loss;
gives a higher yield, which ripens earlier than on untreated plants.

Attention! The biostimulator is used at the entire stage of vegetative development of plants, starting with soaking the seed material both in open and protected ground.

The biostimulator Epin began to be produced more than 10 years ago. But due to mass counterfeits, it was decided to withdraw it from production. Then an improved remedy appeared. Spraying seedlings with Epin Extra, according to gardeners:

promotes the development of the root system;
increases plant resistance;
reduces the amount of nitrates, nitrites and pesticides in finished products.

Epin Extra is produced in small plastic ampoules of 1 ml or in bottles of 50 and 1000 ml. It has a pronounced alcoholic odor and foams during dilution of the solution, since it contains shampoo.

Warning! If there is no foam, then it is a fake. It is impossible to treat tomatoes, peppers, and flowers with this product; instead of benefiting the plants, it will cause harm.

Many gardeners are interested in how to dilute the preparation for seedlings in drops. So 1 ml corresponds to 40 drops.

Instructions for use

Before you start growing Epin Extra, you must read the instructions for use for seedlings of tomatoes, peppers and other garden crops. The plant treatment product must be diluted following the recommendations.

The biostimulator can be used for soaking seeds, as well as spraying vegetables and flowers during different periods of the growing season.

How to dilute a stimulant

When preparing a working solution for watering or spraying plants, you must wear rubber gloves. The drug should be dosed using a syringe:

Pure boiled water is poured into the container, the temperature of which is at least 20 degrees. The amount of water depends on the expected flow.
Using a needle, pierce the ampoule and take the required dose of the product.
Add as many drops to the water as indicated in the instructions for a specific type of work. To ensure that the biostimulator is completely dissolved, add a little citric acid to the water.
Stir the nutrient water using a wooden spoon or stick.

The solution must be used within two days. Remains of the plant treatment product can be stored in a dark room (it is destroyed in the light). If after two days the entire solution has not been used up, it is thrown away, since it no longer provides any benefit.

Dosage

Many gardeners are interested in whether it is possible to water flowers and vegetable seedlings with Epin at the root. The instructions clearly indicate that the drug is used only for spraying, that is, foliar feeding.

The biostimulant is used at any stage of the plant’s growing season, including for treating seeds before sowing. The consumption of the drug for individual crops is indicated in the table below.

Comment! After two weeks, the seedlings can again be watered with Epin on the leaves, since during this time it has time to dissolve in the plants.

Timing and methodology

At different stages of the growing season, spraying plants requires a solution of different concentrations, taking into account the dosage so as not to harm the seedlings:

When 2-4 leaves appear in a liter of water, dilute an ampoule of the drug and spray the seedlings.
About three hours before diving, the seedlings are treated with Epin: 3 drops of the drug are dissolved in 100 ml of water. Watering helps plants survive stress if the roots have been damaged.
Before planting the plants in a permanent place, dilute the entire ampoule in 5 liters of water. Sprayed seedlings acclimatize and take root faster; in addition, resistance to late blight and Alternaria increases.
When buds form and the plants begin to bloom, 1 ml of the product is dissolved in a liter of boiled water. Thanks to this spraying, tomatoes and peppers do not drop their flowers, and all ovaries are preserved.
If there is a threat of frost returning, there is extreme heat, or signs of disease appear, it is necessary to increase the plants’ immunity by treating them with a biostimulant solution several times every two weeks. The ampoule is dissolved in 5 liters of water.

Application for different crops

Tomatoes

To soak the seeds, use a solution of 3-4 drops of Epin per 100 ml of warm water. The seed is kept for 12 hours, then immediately sown without washing.

Now let's figure out how to use Epin for tomato seedlings:

To spray tomato seedlings before picking, use a solution of two drops of the product per glass of water.
According to reviews from gardeners, tomato seedlings can be sprayed the day before planting in the ground or immediately after this procedure. The solution is made more concentrated: add 6 drops of the product to a glass of water. Plants are treated with the same solution before frost.
When buds form on the tomatoes, one ampoule of the biostimulant is dissolved in 5 liters of water to treat the plantings.
The last time Epin, according to gardeners, is used on tomatoes is at the end of August or September, when it is time for cold fogs.

Peppers and eggplants

When growing peppers, a biostimulant is also used. For pepper seedlings, Epin is used according to the instructions. The processing steps and dosage of the drug are identical to tomatoes.

Pumpkin crops

This crop includes cucumbers, zucchini and pumpkin. Peculiarities of cucumber processing:

First, the seed is treated in a pink solution of potassium permanganate, then in a biostimulator for 12-18 hours. The solution consists of 100 ml of warm boiled water and 4 drops of biostimulant.
Cucumbers should be sprayed when 3 true leaves appear, or before transplanting if the plants were grown in a nursery. Epin for cucumber seedlings is diluted as follows: add 6 drops of the product to 200 ml of water.
The same solution is sprayed on cucumbers during the budding phase and the beginning of flowering.
Then the treatments are repeated several more times every 2 weeks.

Strawberries

Before planting seedlings of this crop, they are soaked in a biostimulant solution in a proportion of 0.5 ampoule per 1000 ml of water.
Seven days after planting, strawberry seedlings are sprayed with the following Epin solution: one ampoule is dissolved in five liters of water.
The next treatment is carried out when the strawberries produce buds and begin to bloom, with the same composition.

Strawberry plantings are treated in the spring to save the plants from frost after harvesting last year's leaves by dissolving 1 ampoule of biostimulant in 5 liters of water. In the fall, when the harvest is harvested and the leaves are cut, strawberries are sprayed with a more concentrated composition: 4-6 drops of Epin Extra are dissolved in a glass of water. You can also treat the plantings in October (dissolve an ampoule in 10 liters of water) if a winter with little snow is expected. This will increase the immunity of strawberries.

Biostimulator for flowers

According to gardeners, Epin is also useful for flower seedlings. Dilute the product according to the instructions. 8-10 drops of biostimulant are dissolved in a liter of water.500 ml of the resulting solution is enough to treat 10 square meters. Spray flowers after planting in a permanent place to reduce stress, quickly adapt and take root. You can repeat the treatment after two weeks with the same solution composition.

Attention! For spraying petunia seedlings Epin is diluted in the same way as for any flowers, according to the instructions.

When and how to spray

For work, choose a clear evening without wind. You need to spray with a fine spray. This is an important condition, because droplets of the solution should settle on the leaves and not on the soil.

Treating plants with a biostimulant also helps in the fight against pests, since the hairs become stiff and impossible to bite through. The biostimulant does not kill pests, but helps to increase the vitality of the plant and activates its resistance.

Important! The effect of treating plants with a biostimulant will be obvious if they are provided with nutrition, moisture and light. Remember, Epin is not a fertilizer, but a means to activate the vitality of plants.

Some gardeners use Zircon. They are interested in what is better, Epin or Zircon for seedlings.

It should be noted that both drugs are good and are used to treat seeds, seedlings and adult plants. Only Zircon affects plants more stringent, so when breeding you need to be extremely careful.

What's better:

Attention! Overdose of any drugs is not allowed.

Reviews about the biostimulator

Marina, 46 years old, Yekaterinburg city

I have been using Epin for over 10 years. The first time it was an accidental use. I ordered strawberry seedlings, but they arrived only two weeks after the parcel was sent. I already wanted to throw away the sprouts, as they looked lifeless.But a neighbor advised us to spray them with Epin's solution. The treatments were carried out twice with a break of 9 days. As a result, half of the seedlings withdrew. Since then, I have always had the biostimulator in my service. Plants sprayed with the product are more durable and productive.

Alexander, 34 years old, Kamyshin

Epin is used for watering tomato seedlings, peppers, strawberries, as well as when growing greens. An excellent tool. All seedlings have a well-developed root system. Peppers and tomatoes bloom early, the flowers and ovaries do not fall off. And the harvest is much larger. I say this convincingly, because I tested everything in practice for three years. Some plants were treated with Epin Extra solution, and some were grown without it. The result was clearly in favor of the biostimulator. I advise you to try it.

Dmitry, 29 years old, Blagoveshchensk

I'm a beginner gardener, but I'm trying to keep up with the times. In the spring, after my peppers, tomatoes and cabbage had sprouted, I decided to test the effect of Epin Extra. I didn’t take any risks; I only processed part of the plantings when 2-3 true leaves appeared on the plants. Now I'll watch.