Many gardeners and garden lovers like to plant tomatoes. This culture is interesting and requires different methods of care. Tomatoes have always been valued for their beneficial properties among the people. This vegetable can be found in the daily diet of people from all over the world, in recipes in cafes and restaurants. With the development of vegetable growing, new varieties and methods of growing these delicious vegetables appear.

Tomatoes prefer indoor ground, nevertheless, they are successfully grown outdoors.

In the open field, planting and caring for tomatoes in our territorial latitudes is proceeding with great success, since the growth of tomatoes occurs at certain temperatures in which they are comfortable. On average, this is 20 degrees.

Rules for successful planting and growing tomatoes in the open field

In order to get a good harvest of tomatoes, several rules of growing and care should be followed:

• choosing the right place for planting tomatoes;
• selection of soil;
• correct disembarkation and timing of the process;
• proper watering and other care.

Subject to all the nuances on these points, care will contribute to a large and high-quality harvest. Let's consider each of these points in more detail.

Choosing the right place for planting tomatoes in open ground

Each novice or experienced gardener will help to grow the right number of bushes of this plant without loss by choosing the right place for planting. This should be done, taking into account some of the nuances. First – the location of future bushes in the perimeter of good lighting, that is, for tomatoes you need to allocate a place where direct sunlight is unhindered. This factor is one of the most important for growing ripe fruit.

You should also take into account the fact of the previous plant that grew in that place. It is not recommended to choose a place for planting tomatoes in open ground, where corn, potatoes and other representatives of the nightshade were previously located. There is no need to plant tomatoes in places where manure has recently been fertilized. This is the whole list of the main nuances for planting tomatoes. If their early predecessors are spinach, legumes, root crops, then this can only be beneficial for the growth of tomato bushes.

What should be the soil for tomatoes?

The growth of tomatoes and the yield from bushes that were planted in the open field will directly depend on the soil. Experienced gardeners are advised to deal with this issue since the fall, after the foliage has fallen from the trees. Dig up this place, making a mixture of leaves and earth. Over time, the soil will be saturated with all the nutrients from natural humus and will be ready for use.

Open ground means constant changes in weather conditions

For tomatoes that are planted in open ground, the acidity of the soil must be taken into account. The peculiar properties for its definition are oxalis, horsetail and sorrel. Their good growth will mean that the place is more acidic. To reduce the indicators, pieces of chalk or charcoal are placed in the soil. Fertilization should be done in the fall.

Correct planting of bushes and timing

Growing tomatoes in the open field should be done taking into account the correct planting. You can do this with both seeds and seedlings. The former can be used for landing in warm regions. When using such material, the following problems may arise:

• low speed of germination and growth;
• too fast germination;
• long time of growth and ripening of fruits.

The last point depends directly on the climatic conditions in which tomatoes are grown. Insufficient heat and sunlight can slow down the growth and vegetation process.

Because of such a large number of risks, growing tomatoes in the open field is best done with seedlings. The seedlings will be ready to plant when the first leaves appear. On average, at that time, its size should be from 20 cm. It is not recommended to use long seedlings. This can lead to breakages and other problems.

Landing dates

Landing dates directly depend on weather conditions. The drier and warmer the spring, the better for vegetables. Usually, in our territories, planting is carried out from the end of April to the beginning of June.

The landing itself should be carried out by making small holes in advance. Special solutions are poured into them or charcoal is added. Most often, fungicidal and potassium permanganate solutions are suitable for such tomato bushes. Sometimes onion tincture is made. Chop onion and garlic, mix with water, let it brew.

You need to mix fertilizers in the holes and fill well with water

This fertilization, combined with droppings, is an excellent start for the growth of a strong and tall tomato bush. The soil must be moistened before this, since the seedlings should not be watered for several days after planting. The seedlings themselves are placed in the resulting holes at a distance of up to 70 cm from each other. Some gardeners advise placing the seedlings in a checkerboard pattern and at different angles.

Tomatoes pollinate themselves. They have pollen, which contains a large amount of useful and nutritious substances, which is able to serve the neighboring bushes. Sometimes help from humans or insects is required. The best way is to attract bees. This can be done easily. Plant honey plants (basil, mustard, rapeseed, etc.) between rows or bushes. These plants can even change the taste of tomatoes, adding spice and sweetness to them.

Self-pollination can be slowed down if weather conditions are disturbed (more often it is a sharp drop in temperature at night or an increase in the daytime) due to the peculiarities of the structure of the pistil. If its size is large, then pollen will not fall on the stamens. But even these problems can be dealt with: you need to tilt the buds down and shake them. The best time for artificial pollination is from 10 to 14 hours at a temperature favorable for tomato growth: 27 C.

Pollination is one of the main conditions for obtaining a good harvest

Immediately after the pollination process is over, you should immediately water the seedlings. Experienced gardeners recommend sprinkling the buds. This should be done in order to strengthen the displaced pollen on the plant. Otherwise, it will crumble, and efforts on this matter will be in vain.

Top dressing of young bushes

Sometimes, to get a good harvest and ensure good growth of the bushes, gardeners do top dressing. More often for these events, nettle is used, which has already begun fermentation and ash. Sometimes special tablets are used to feed the plant. Usually, it is advised to do it several times in one season.

Banana is a popular form of top dressing. It is very nutritious and beneficial for the growth of tomatoes. Banana blend is rich in calcium and phosphorus. It is made from ordinary peel by baking in an oven and then grinding. After cooking, the resulting flour is packaged in bags and used as intended. This fertilizer should be sprinkled on the soil at the roots no more than 2 times a month. These activities, in combination with pollination, make it possible for a large and high-quality crop to appear.

Some tomato lovers use recipes of folk origin as fertilizer.

Proper watering of tomatoes

For several days, it is advisable not to give the seedlings to the volumetric effect of moisture, watering. This should be done only in cases when the weather is hot during the first days after planting. If you neglect this advice and forcefully water the tomatoes, then there will be a risk of infection of the bushes with diseases of a fungal nature.

After the tomatoes have taken up and settled down, it is necessary to water them carefully so that water does not fall on the leaves, and during flowering periods - on the flowers, since they can be easily knocked down, and subsequently the harvest will suffer. To strengthen the inflorescences, you can add special mineral fertilizers to the water. The resulting liquid itself should not be lower than 20 degrees.

It will be correct to water tomatoes in the morning.

Tomato care

Care for these seedlings should be carried out regularly, until the crop is completely ejected. These activities consist of:

• correct hilling and mulching;
• correct removal of leaves;
• garters of grown bushes.

Let's consider each of the points in more detail. Let's start with hilling.

Hilling

To grow a large and healthy tomato, hilling must be done. Hilling makes it possible to strengthen and increase the root system of the bush, increases the ingress of minerals from the soil to the plant. Mulching is aimed at long-term conservation of water in the earth. Tomatoes will be grateful for this event on especially hot days and will reward them with a high-quality harvest in the future.

Stepping

Leaves and stepchildren are removed so that the tomato does not grow in the leaf axils. This problem occurs more often on large plants. Stepsons should be removed when they reach an average length of 4 cm or more. This event allows you to correctly form a bush so that over time there are no problems with overloads and the amount of harvest. It is better to do it in the morning, leaving a process a couple of millimeters long.

Tying

This method is required. Designed not only to protect the bush from damage, but also for good growth and development of the fruit. Since in an upright position, more light falls on the tomatoes. A variety of supports, nets or trellises are used for tying. Each of the methods is suitable for specific varieties and sizes. The net is used for lower bushes.

Tapestry garter method

This method works best for medium-sized plants. Among the people, its application has found many fans due to its simplicity and convenience. The main advantage of this method: facilitating the care of tomatoes, harvesting and extending the period of fruiting. When using trellises, bushes are much less likely to get sick with infections.

The trellis method of growing tomatoes has become one of the mandatory agricultural practices, which allows you to consistently receive a harvest.

To use this maintenance method, it is necessary to place a large number of posts more than a meter high on the site. It is advisable to dig them in close to each other. This will give the structure more rigidity and reliability. On these supports, the places for the nails should be marked, to which the horizontal parts of the structure are nailed.

You can use the trellis method for its intended purpose in a few weeks, when the seedlings will stretch up. At this moment, the ends of the plants are tied with a thread or fishing line to the horizontal slats. Subsequent actions won't be a hassle. It is enough just to follow the emergence of new stepsons and the growth of the plant and tie them up in a timely manner. This method is used when growing tomatoes in greenhouse conditions.

Not all tomatoes are tied. Low-growing or dwarf varieties have been bred and are popular. The structure of the trunks allows them to grow without support.

Ripening outdoor tomatoes

This method is carried out when the crop is harvested before the fruit is fully ripe. Tomatoes are placed in a well-ventilated area and laid out in no more than 4 layers. This method is called more correct and high quality. For quick ripening, weather conditions are used. Tomatoes are laid out in one layer and left to lie in the sun, in bright light. The main thing is that the air temperature does not exceed 26 degrees. To slow down ripening, the crop is placed in a dark and cool room. Some gardeners use the bush ripening method.

Planting tomatoes in open ground is not possible in all regions. After all, climatic and weather conditions are not always suitable for this. Of course, the yield in the open field will not be as high as in greenhouse conditions. But it is possible to get a good harvest if proper care is taken.

Growing tomatoes outdoors

Landing patterns

It is recommended to plant tomatoes according to certain schemes. Each scheme is designed for a specific variety, plant height and irrigation system that is used on the site. With any planting method, one condition must be met: the bushes must be planted over a short distance. This is enough for the plant to receive the required amount of oxygen and sunlight.

• Square-socket scheme. In this case, the plants form a square or nest. The distance between the bushes should be 50 cm, and between the squares 80 cm. With this method of planting, it is very good to process the soil, water and harvest. All plants are visible, and there is a free approach to each bush. Best used for tall grades.
• Ribbon-nesting scheme. A straight trench is made and seedlings are planted on both sides of it. The distance between the bushes is 20 by 30 cm. The next trench is made in one and a half meters. Recommended for compact bushes.
• Tape scheme. A trench is also dug, but the seedlings are planted directly into it. The distance between the plants is 30-40 cm. The next trench is made in 70-80 cm.
• Chess scheme. A trench is made again, but the seedlings should be planted in a checkerboard pattern on both sides. The next trench is done in one and a half meters.

Preparing the land for planting

A week before planting seedlings in open ground, the soil should be properly processed. To do this, copper sulfate is introduced into the ground, the necessary fertilizers and fertilizing, which will depend on which vegetable crop previously grew here.

Also, before planting seedlings, you should dig up the soil. This allows the soil to be saturated with the right amount of oxygen and sunlight. When digging into the soil, you can add 1 glass of wood ash per 1 m 2. After that, the earth is disinfected with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, which is spilled in abundance in the beds.

After that, holes are dug out, depending on the chosen planting method. Data pits are watered with lukewarm water... For the hole, the depth is made depending on the height of the bush.

You should also prepare pegs in advance for tying tomatoes, which will be used in the future with the growth of the plant.

In general, tomatoes should be planted in the soil, which they begin to prepare in the fall. In the autumn, the beds intended for tomatoes must be completely dug up together with fertilizer. As a top dressing, you can take manure, compost or vermicompost. 1m 2 requires 1 bucket of fertilizer.

To improve the quality of the crop, you can use another type of feeding. In the spring, it is recommended to add rotten sawdust to the soil. 1 m 2 will require 2 kg of product.

Transplant to open ground

Planting tomatoes in open ground is a little more difficult than in greenhouse conditions. Seedlings are slowly removed from the vessels so as not to harm the root system. For easier extraction of seedlings from the container, water it abundantly. This will allow the soil to become softer and the roots will not be badly damaged.

Transplanting tomatoes should be carried out only in non-sunny weather. You can do this process in the evening or on a cloudy day. Such weather conditions are required in order for the seedlings to take root better.

Medium-sized varieties require a distance between holes of 30 cm, and early maturing varieties need 50 cm.

When transplanting seedlings occurs, fertilizer is poured into each pit. You can use urea or chicken manure as it. These organic dressings are good for the plants to take root better, grow more actively and do not suffer from diseases.

The plant needs constant feeding before the first ovaries appear. After that, it is not recommended to fertilize this vegetable crop. This can cause the fruit to grow slowly and uncertainly.

Tomato care

In the open field, tomatoes need a timely approach. Watering and constant loosening after planting are especially very important so that they take root well.

With poor or untimely watering, apical rot may develop.

Caring for tomatoes includes regular feeding. The first fertilization is applied in a week if the plant is weakened and begins to wither. For this top dressing, 10 liters of water, 40 g of superphosphate and 60 g of a garden mixture or 10 g of ammonium nitrate are mixed.

With slow formation of ovaries, fertilizers containing nitrogen should not be used.

Good plant maintenance requires daily watering. If this is not possible, then it is worthwhile to properly organize an automatic irrigation system.

It is a mistake to believe that the more complex brushes with flowers are formed, the richer the yield will be. Everything actually happens the other way around. In this case, there is usually not enough pollen, and the flowers begin to fall off. Caring for such flowers is artificial pollination. For this, the stems of the plants must be shaken early in the morning after one day.

If the care does not include regular pinching, then the bush will appear many branches and the plant will not be productive.

In order for the plant to be strong and bear fruit well, it is enough to leave the main stem and only one stepchild shoot, which appeared first. Plants need to be checked weekly and, if necessary, cut off unnecessary stepchildren.

After the appearance of brushes with flowers, the top of the plant should be removed. This procedure allows you to get the harvest much earlier.

Monthly maintenance includes composting the soil. It is laid out between the rows.

Harvesting

Tomatoes turn red badly during hot weather. This is because the heat has a depressing effect on the red pigment they contain.

If you collect unripe fruits, then such a crop will be stored longer. True, such vegetables will have poorer flavor characteristics. Unripe tomatoes contain few vitamins, sugar, trace elements and amino acids. No artificial ripening is capable of replenishing nutrients at a high level.

Harvesting should take place in the fall. The main thing is not to miss the right moment. If the temperature drops more than -8 degrees, the tomatoes will deteriorate.

Harvesting ripe tomatoes

Not all tomatoes will have time to ripen before the onset of cold weather. In this case, they are collected and placed next to the red fruits. Ripe tomatoes are capable of releasing ethylene, which allows the rest of the crop to ripen.

For ripening, the fruits can be put in one box and covered with newspaper or sawdust on top. In the room where the crop will be stored, the air humidity should not exceed 80%, and the temperature should be kept from 12 to 15 degrees. If the wrong care of the fruits is done, they will rot. It is recommended to close the box so that the tomatoes are in complete darkness.

Tomatoes can also ripen with the bush. To do this, the plant is dug up along with the root and all the earth is carefully removed so as not to damage the root system. Such bushes are suspended by the roots in a dry and warm room.

Before planting tomatoes in open ground, it should be understood that such planting requires more time and patience than when planting in greenhouse conditions. After all, this growing process brings a lot of stress to the plants. The gardener will have to put in a lot of effort and take proper care to cope with such a capricious vegetable. But the result will delight him with its rich harvest.

Senor Tomato is a positive hero of culinary creations, in contrast to the character of the famous cartoon. To enjoy the taste of a homemade vegetable, it is enough to know the peculiarities of the crop variety and a few rules for growing tomatoes.

Tomatoes are vegetables that are most often found in the beds and gardens of domestic farmers (and not only). They are grown outdoors in Ukraine, Belarus, Belarus), in the Krasnodar Territory and even in Siberia. It is possible to grow this unpretentious culture almost everywhere, even in a region with sharp temperature changes (like in the Krasnodar Territory). In this article, we will show you how to care for tomatoes outdoors.

Necessary conditions for growing

So, growing tomatoes in the open field requires certain conditions. In order for tomatoes to grow well in your beds, you must take into account certain characteristics of this vegetable crop.

Tomatoes are thermophilic plants, so they do not tolerate low temperatures or freezing very well. If you live in an area where even summers can be cold, take care to cover them properly.

In addition to heat, they also need a lot of light. Growing tomatoes outdoors is not effective if they are in the shade all the time. In this case, they simply stop blooming and bearing fruit, so there can be no question of any rich harvest.
They require a lot of nutrients, so growing and caring for tomatoes outdoors will require frequent feeding and fertilization.

An excellent quality of these vegetables is their drought tolerance, so caring for tomato seedlings does not require frequent watering from you, because they perfectly tolerate a prolonged lack of moisture. If it rains frequently in your area, hide the vegetables under plastic wrap.

To protect vegetables from disease, follow the crop rotation - so the risk of disease will be much lower.

Watering mode

Growing tomatoes in the open field requires a special watering regime for vegetables. As mentioned earlier, this crop is drought tolerant, so you don't have to worry about tomatoes withering if they grow for a long time without water. It is also worth remembering that they do not tolerate moisture well, so when starting to care for tomatoes after planting, you should not water them using the sprinkling method - just pour the water at the root. With frequent precipitation in your area, a film will come to the rescue, with which you can cover the seedlings. Under the film, your tomatoes will be reliably protected from excess moisture.

Tomatoes are watered immediately after planting in the ground, until they properly take root after transplanting (on average, 2 waterings are obtained with an interval of a week). And then - from the moment of rooting in the open ground and until the period of fruiting, they are not watered. The next time tomatoes in the open field are watered only when the fruits begin to form. Otherwise, the ovaries will begin to fall off rapidly, and the fruits themselves will crack. Water them in the morning or evening (after sunset), using up to 5 liters of warm, settled water per bush.

Green operations

Agricultural technology for growing tomatoes in the open field also involves several so-called green operations: pinching, tying, pinching and pinching off leaves. Let's consider each operation separately in order to properly care for tomatoes after planting:

• Stepping out. We grow tomatoes, periodically breaking out their lateral shoots, which are also called stepchildren (hence the name of the procedure). Usually, those shoots are removed, the length of which has reached 5 or more centimeters. It is necessary to carry out the procedure in the morning or in the evening, but in no case do it during the day. As a rule, such an operation is performed for the first time in early July, and then every week.

Important! Grazing is required only for tall varieties, if you have undersized varieties growing in your beds, you do not need to carry out such an operation.

• Tying. This, again, is true for tall varieties that grow in your beds. They must be tied to supports. To do this, you can simply stick a wooden stake up to a meter in height (from the north side) into the ground next to the bush, and make garters under the tomatoes (fruits). If you don't want to drive in stakes, you can build a trellis, another common option.
• Topping. About a month before the crop is harvested, you need to pinch the top of the tomato, leaving only three leaves above the top inflorescence. So the energy of the plant will be directed towards a richer harvest.
• Pinching off leaves. Outdoor tomato care also involves pinching off the leaves. Only those leaves are removed that grow below the very first shoots. Together with them, young sprouts and a small part of flower brushes are subject to removal. This is done in order to grow larger fruits.

Loosening and mulching

Answering the question of how to properly grow tomatoes in the open field, let's not forget about loosening the soil and mulching. It is necessary to loosen the soil constantly - the first time such a procedure is carried out immediately after you have finished replanting the seedlings. The second time it is necessary to loosen the soil under the transplanted tomatoes after 2-3 weeks, and then every 10 days. Mulching is also a necessary procedure to increase the yield of vegetables in your beds.

Fertilizer

Although tomatoes are not a very demanding crop, planting and further care in the open field requires timely feeding. The vegetable is fed for the first time 10–12 days after planting. For this, a solution of mullein (10 l) and 20 g of superphosphate for 10 bushes is used. After that, every two weeks, two more dressings are added. These are mineral fertilizers (superphosphate, ammonium nitrate and potassium salt), which are scattered near the bushes, and then moisten the soil.

Also watch out for tomatoes - sometimes they lack some element, and it needs to be replenished immediately. So, the main symptoms are:

• yellowed leaves - lack of sulfur;
• brown spots on fruits and blackening of the stem at the point of growth - lack of boron;
• yellow and curled leaves - lack of molybdenum.

Sometimes it can be a disease, but more often - you just need to make up for the lack of any element by making appropriate supplements. Follow these guidelines and any tomato grown in your garden will be delicious.

We have already figured out how to grow tomatoes. Now let's talk about how to protect tomatoes from diseases and insects. What to do if, when growing tomatoes, you are faced with some kind of dangerous disease, or pests appear in a seemingly protected garden? How to save the harvest?

The most common ailments that affect this culture are late blight, spotting, rot, mosaic and bacterial cancer. Only fungal diseases can be cured by treating them with special preparations (fungicides). But if your plants are struck by a bacterial disease (for example, bacterial cancer), there is nothing you can do about it. The most you can do is remove the infected areas and hope the disease doesn't spread further.

But when fighting a variety of insects (flies, thrips, slugs, bears and wireworms), you can use both folk remedies and a variety of fungicides and acaricides. It is noteworthy that folk methods are quite effective, so many farmers choose them, fearing harm to tomatoes.

To take care of your tomatoes in the open field as efficiently as possible, do not forget about preventive measures. The basic rules of prevention involve the observance of correct agricultural technology, the choice of resistant varieties and treatment with a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid immediately after planting.

Terms and features of the collection

The timing, of course, depends on the variety chosen. The earliest varieties begin to bear fruit already in the second half of June, but from the latest fruits can be harvested until September. The highest yield is obtained by late varieties (up to 6 kg), and the smallest - by early varieties (only 1-2 kg).

The fruits must be picked when they are ripe. Usually, such fruits are collected every 3-5 days, and these tomatoes can be immediately processed or eaten. They can be stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 weeks.

If there is a threat of frost or the entire crop can be destroyed by a fungal disease, unripe fruits can be harvested. In this case, they are left to ripen in a warm room. It is believed that they will ripen faster if they lie next to ripe red fruits. Green tomatoes are stored in the refrigerator for no more than a month.

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Many varieties of tomatoes are very actively grown outdoors in Ukraine and Russia, so the question of how to plant tomatoes in open ground does not lose its relevance. Planting tomatoes is a responsible task, it is necessary to prepare the soil and decide on the method of planting. In this article we will tell you how to properly plant tomatoes in open ground.

Planting dates for tomatoes

When to plant tomatoes? Planting tomatoes is a responsible occupation, so you need to know exactly when you can plant these plants in the ground. Many people ask the question whether it is possible to carry out these works in the spring. Of course, planting tomatoes in the spring is the best option, only this should be done in the month of May.

If in warm regions tomatoes are planted in the ground in May, in cold regions, planting of various varieties can be carried out even in June (so that the daytime temperature fluctuates between 22-25 degrees). The night temperature should be at least 15 degrees, otherwise your seedlings simply will not take root at the planting site.

Site selection and soil preparation

In order for the planting of tomatoes in open ground to be successful, due attention must be paid to the choice of the place where your seedlings will be. The first point that must be taken into account is good lighting. Tomatoes are light-loving and heat-loving plants, so do not plant tomatoes in open ground in a place where they will not receive enough light. Also, the soil should not be waterlogged, as this negatively affects the condition of the plants.

When you have decided on the choice of location, you need to prepare the soil before planting tomatoes in the ground. The first rule to follow is not to plant tomatoes in the same place for several years in a row. Also, it is not recommended to plant potatoes, peppers or eggplant in the ground before tomatoes, moreover, they cannot even be planted nearby (this is fraught with the occurrence of fungal diseases).

But some crops, on the contrary, can be planted in front of tomatoes. For example, you can plant mustard, which will help tomatoes adapt faster and get a richer harvest. You can also plant onions or cabbage in front of the tomatoes.

In the fall, you should prepare a site for the spring planting of tomatoes in open ground. To do this, you need to dig it up and add the appropriate dressing: organic matter (7 kg), superphosphates (40 g) and lime (0.7 kg). With the arrival of spring, the site is dug up again, superphosphates and potash fertilizers (20 g / m2) are applied. But shortly before planting seedlings, do not forget to add nitrogen-containing fertilizing. Also, about a week before planting, it is strongly recommended to treat the ground with a solution of copper sulfate in order to reduce the risk of fungal diseases in your seedlings to a minimum.

Seedling preparation

By the time of planting in the ground, the seedlings should grow enough, and be small bushes. Sometimes it happens that when the planting time comes, the seedlings are too stretched and outgrowth. In this case, you need to cut off a couple of leaves from the bottom. The adventitious roots that form at the bottom of the stem will help provide additional nutrition.

Before planting, the seedlings are recommended to be treated with copper oxychloride to protect them from a variety of fungi. Also, if you wish, you can pour it with a warm solution of potassium permanganate, for better survival. However, if you don't do this, it won't get any worse.

Landing patterns

Before planting tomatoes, it is necessary to determine the planting method or scheme. There are four main schemes, but in any case, it is worth remembering some general rules:

• Tomatoes should be at a sufficient distance from each other (so as not to shade each other).
• The optimal distance is 50 cm between rows and 40 cm between holes.
• One tomato accounts for about 0.3 square meters, so calculate how much you can plant based on this.

Now let's look at how to plant tomatoes correctly, according to each of the schemes.

Square-nested

This arrangement is ideal for tall tomato varieties, when the process of processing row spacings becomes especially important. Also, it is extremely convenient if you need to constantly keep the soil in a loose state and get rid of weeds as they appear.

In accordance with this scheme, tomatoes must be planted in the corners of the square so that there are not too many plants in the row. To compensate for this effect, 2-3 plants are usually planted next to each other. Thus, the scheme helps to significantly save time for processing rows and spend energy on something no less important. In addition, due to timely processing, the amount of the crop that you can harvest from the garden also increases. This is what makes this planting method so popular among domestic farmers.

Tape

To plant tomatoes in this way, you need to dig a shallow (about 30 cm) trench and make holes in it. The distance between them should be about 40 cm, and the distance between the trenches should be 80 cm.

What are the advantages of this planting method? First of all, it saves the area on which your tomatoes will grow. In addition, such trenches are very convenient to water - much less effort and energy is spent on this than with the usual method of watering. Therefore, for small areas, this landing pattern will be very useful.

Ribbon-nesting

And this scheme allows you to save space and plant more bushes than a square-nesting scheme. Therefore, it is suitable for small areas where the bushes must be compact. It is also noteworthy that in this way it is very convenient to grow low-growing varieties of tomatoes.

The soil is divided into irrigation furrows every 140 cm, and the plants themselves are planted on both sides of such furrows. Thanks to this scheme, as well as with a square-nest planting, time is significantly saved for processing bushes, loosening the soil and controlling weeds. And since this also reduces the area on which tomatoes are planted, the method is also very profitable.

Chess

This scheme has a lot in common with the tape-nesting scheme. Trenches are also dug, but this time it is necessary to place the bushes in a checkerboard pattern on both sides of the trench. This saves even more space. At the same time, the distance between the bushes remains optimal, so that they do not interfere with each other's growth. Between the trenches, as in the previous case, the distance should be at least 140 cm.

As you can see, this scheme is aimed at saving space so that you can plant as many bushes as possible, even if you have a not too large area. Therefore, it is so very convenient to plant undersized tomato varieties.

Step-by-step instruction

So, how to plant tomatoes in the ground correctly? The first thing to remember is that the best time to plant tomatoes is in the afternoon, when the heat has subsided. In order to remove the seedlings from the pots and not damage them at the same time, it is recommended to pre-moisten them with a small amount of water to make it easier to get them. And remember - as soon as you removed the plant from the pot - you need to immediately plant it in the hole. The longer it is outside the pot, the faster it fades.

Planting tomatoes in open ground requires properly prepared holes. They should be small - about the size of the pot in which the seedlings were kept. Humus, wood ash and other fertilizers are introduced into the dug hole so that the plants that will be planted adapt faster.

Seedlings must be planted very carefully so as not to damage the root system. To grow good healthy tomatoes, you cannot plant them 2 per hole. Some people think that this way you can save space on your site, but this opinion is erroneous, and does not lead to anything good. So plant two seedlings in two different holes.

After your seedlings have been placed in the hole, their roots are straightened and directed down, and then carefully covered with earth. Water the tomatoes with plenty of water immediately after planting to help them recover from the stress of transplanting. After you finish watering the plant, you can tie it to a peg to prevent the stem from breaking from the wind.

So we figured out the question of how to plant tomatoes, and finally, let's say a few words about further actions. Absolutely all tomatoes will need regular watering, after which it is necessary to thoroughly loosen the soil, giving the roots access to oxygen. Ten days after planting, you can apply a portion of fertilizers containing nitrogen and phosphorus. And two weeks after planting, it is worth carrying out the procedure for hilling bushes by about 12 cm.

After reading this article, any farmer will be able to say: "I plant and grow tomatoes correctly!"

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