Here’s a summary table of a tomato spraying program from nursery stage up to harvesting.
It
combines fungicides, insecticides, foliar feeds, and preventive sprays in a practical rotation
program:
Tomato Spraying Program (Nursery → Harvesting)
Pests/
Recommended Frequenc
Stage Diseases Notes
Chemicals y
Targeted
- Fungicide:
Copper-based
Start
(Copper
Damping-off, preventive
Nursery (0–4 oxychloride, Every 7–
early blight, sprays early;
weeks) Mancozeb) 10 days
aphids, thrips avoid
- Insecticide:
overwatering.
Imidacloprid
(systemic drench)
- Drench with
Boosts
Carbendazim +
establishment
Transplantin Root stress, soil- Imidacloprid At
and reduces
g (Week 4–5) borne diseases - Add rooting transplant
transplant
stimulant /
shock.
seaweed extract
- Fungicide:
Mancozeb,
Chlorothalonil
Vegetative Early blight, Alternate
- Insecticide: Every 7–
Stage (Week bacterial spots, contact and
Lambda- 10 days
2–5 after aphids, systemic
cyhalothrin / (rotate)
transplant) whiteflies fungicides.
Thiamethoxam
- Foliar feed: NPK
high in Nitrogen
Pre- Late blight, - Fungicide: Every 7 Preventive
Flowering early blight, Metalaxyl + days sprays are
(Week 6–7) mites, thrips Mancozeb critical before
(systemic + flowering.
contact)
Pests/
Recommended Frequenc
Stage Diseases Notes
Chemicals y
Targeted
- Insecticide:
Abamectin /
Spinosad
- Foliar feed: NPK
19:19:19 + Boron
- Fungicide:
Tebuconazole,
Azoxystrobin
Avoid spraying
Botrytis (grey - Insecticide:
Flowering harsh
mould), Spinosad / Every 5–7
Stage (Week chemicals
powdery Imidacloprid (low days
8–9) during peak
mildew, thrips dose)
flowering.
- Foliar feed:
Calcium nitrate +
Boron
- Fungicide: Ridomil
Gold, Copper
fungicides
Blossom end Ensure
Fruit Set - Insecticide:
rot, late blight, calcium supply
(Week 10– Cyantraniliprole, Weekly
whiteflies, Tuta to reduce fruit
12) Abamectin
absoluta cracking/BER.
- Foliar feed:
Calcium +
Potassium nitrate
Fruit Late blight, - Fungicide: Every 7 Maintain strict
Developmen bacterial wilt, Mancozeb + days rotation to
t (Week 13– Tuta absoluta, Systemic rotation prevent
16) mites (Azoxystrobin, resistance.
Difenoconazole)
- Insecticide:
Emamectin
benzoate,
Chlorantraniliprole
- Foliar feed: High K
Pests/
Recommended Frequenc
Stage Diseases Notes
Chemicals y
Targeted
(13:0:46)
- Fungicide:
Copper-based or Use pre-
Harvesting Fruit rots,
biofungicides harvest
Period powdery Every 7–
- Insecticide: Neem interval (PHI)
(Week 17 mildew, 10 days
oil / safer options safe
onwards) whiteflies
- Foliar feed: chemicals.
Potassium, Calcium
✅ General Guidelines
Rotate chemicals to avoid resistance.
Always observe Pre-Harvest Interval (PHI) (7–14 days depending on
chemical).
Integrate cultural practices (staking, pruning, crop rotation, good
irrigation).
Add sticker/spreader for better chemical adherence.
Scout fields regularly and adjust program depending on pest/disease
pressure.