How to grow large tomatoes: tips

So, we can grow tomatoes. Variety. But with envy we look, as the neighbor drags into the house a basket with large fruits. Your questions are silent or jokes. And so I want to know - how to grow large tomatoes?

Now we will understand. Let the neighbor now envy.

Shaping

The first thing that is responsible for large-fruited, is the choice of the appropriate variety. Carefully read the inscriptions on the package. We need a low or medium grade variety that promises gigantic fruits. Tall while we ignore. We will dance around miniatures, much less a neighbor wonders - where did that come from?

We will not tell in detail about crops and growing seedlings. Because there are no differences from ordinary varieties at this stage. But when planting plants in the ground for a permanent place there are differences. First you need to enlist a reliable root system. For this, the stem is buried in the soil by 14-18 cm.At the same time, the earth itself should be loose, but well filled with a large amount of fully matured organic matter. Manure does not make!

Council If there is a good compost or ready humus, we do not regret. From the heart we add to the landing hole.

There comes the most important point - the formation. At first it will be a little pitiful, because you have to tear off the first brush. Yes, it will not give us the desired result, as it immediately begins to slow the growth of the tomato. We wait for the appearance of the stepchildren, and immediately pinch them. As soon as you reach a length of 3 cm, we immediately knock off their heads, leaving a stump. How so? They encroach on large-fruited tomatoes.

And so we do with all the shoots until the very end of fruiting. That is, we carry the plant in one stem. At the same time, the larger the tomato is needed, the less we leave the brushes and the ovaries in them. One brush with three ovaries are equal to huge fruits. Three brushes with four ovaries are equal to just large tomatoes. Be sure to pinch the top of the center stem in mid-August. This will allow the plant to spend all its strength on filling the already growing fruits. Without such a trick, a tomato will throw out new bunches of leaves until the frosts, but do we need them?

Watering

Why so regular? Because the tomato grew in normal conditions. And then the owners decided to water it, once a month. It begins to absorb moisture, fruits are cracking. Well, if the germ does not fall into the crack. The tomato will be large, but ugly. And if some harmful bacterium flies into a fresh wound? Rot, how to drink to give!

Therefore, water constantly. But not too much, otherwise the taste will be watery.

Shine

To grow tomatoes like yeast, they need sunlight. Lot. And warm. But not higher than + 35 ° C. Otherwise, the pollen becomes sterile, the fruit is simply not tied. Therefore, we plant in a well-lit place, without strong winds and drafts. In a strong heat we shade.

Feedings

The third significant role in our play is left to fertilizers.Mineral water opponents can immediately stop reading. Let them sit on their natural fertilizers, then admire the lush tops. We need big tomatoes! Therefore, we choose a complex mineral fertilizer. It should contain phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium. Approximately in equal shares.

And we begin to feed our plants. Not every day! Completely stunned? You do not eat vitamins and minerals every day buckets? Not. Schedule dressing mineral water special:

• Two weeks after germination.
• On the third day after the transfer to the main place.
• At the beginning of flowering.
• After browning the first fruit.

Anything more than the above described cannot be given mineral fertilizers. But in the intervals between dressings you can pamper the plants with green fertilizer, ash solution, extract of mullein or bird droppings. Yes, even than organic and completely natural. Again, without fanaticism. The interval between vitamin doses should be at least 11-13 days. To tomatoes had time to assimilate the entire dose of snacks.

Council Do not apply mineral fertilizers by the dry method, scattering it over the bed. Do not expect tomatoes to receive the entire portion when it rains.It is better to do an aqueous solution and water directly under the root of each bush. So reliable, and consumption is less. So much for the savings.

Diseases

Did you follow the instructions? Well done. You think, now all that remains is to wait for the large tomatoes to grow. Hmm. And who will be the prevention of diseases? All your efforts will go to pieces because of one single cool night.

If you play a play around one or three bushes, then it makes sense to cover the tomatoes with a nonwoven fabric late in the evening. You can put a temporary arc, throw a shelter, and put inside a few plastic bottles of hot water.

If you are courting a decent-sized plantation, then you can try to hide it. Although unlikely. Spreading hot bottles will not do anything - too large an area. What to do? And nothing. Proper prophylaxis will help you calmly survive several cold nights without Corvalol. There is no need to run around the landings, waving covering material like a ghost shroud.

What this concept includes:

• hardening seedlings
• elimination of thickened landings
• soil disinfection three times per season (phytosporin)
• spraying Bordeaux mixture every 18-19 days
• pruning leaves thickening bushes
• timely food and watering tomatoes

Thanks to the performance of all the items on the list, your tomatoes will be healthy, full of energy and hardened. And such bushes are very rarely affected by diseases.

Useful tips

1. Once a week, 2 drops of the most ordinary iodine are added to 10 L warm water. This solution is watered under the root of tomatoes. According to reviews, they grow very large and sweet.
2. Do not forget to promptly tie growing fruits. A brush can simply not sustain the weight and break. Only tie them with a wide ribbon and to a separate support. If you tie it with ordinary twine and even to the stalk, then the stalk may not be able to bear the weight of your “babies”.
3. Fertilizers made by yourself are always diluted with clean water. At home it is difficult to control the concentration, so it is easy to burn the delicate thin feeding roots. Better make it smaller. Do you feed regularly anyway?
4. Do not forget about the Colorado beetles. They love your tomatoes, probably more than you do.And with pleasure they burst not only the leaves, but also the stems, ovaries, fruits. Either we poison them with a suitable insecticide, or we collect them manually twice a day.
5. The soil before planting can not liming! Tomatoes grow stunted and frail. Prepare it in advance, add chalk or dolomite flour at least a year before planting.

How to grow large tomatoes? Make it a snap. A little effort, a little effort, the implementation of the recommendations. And so, in your theater of one actor a full house, and beautiful giant tomatoes ripened on the bushes. Successful to you landings and good harvests!

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