Growing cherry tomatoes in the garden and at home

Recently, small-fruited cherry tomatoes have become very popular. Recipes for new dishes using cherry tomatoes have appeared, and it is convenient to decorate already known and familiar dishes with them. Like everything unusual, children love them. These tomatoes are convenient for canning in small jars and creating all kinds of vegetable assortments for the winter. Cherries are tasty and healthy, because they contain more sugars, vitamins and antioxidants compared to regular tomatoes.

Growing cherry tomatoes is not much different from growing large tomatoes. Varieties and hybrids of cherry tomatoes can be determinate, semi-determinate, or indeterminate. All types can be grown both in a greenhouse and in open ground. Seedlings are sown in March-April, picked at the stage of appearance of two true leaves. Plants are planted in a greenhouse or soil when the time for spring frosts has passed. Tall indeterminate varieties form a single stem. All varieties should be tied up, even low-growing determinate ones, otherwise the fruits will come into contact with the soil and become contaminated.

To prevent cherry tomatoes from cracking, you should maintain constant soil moisture, avoiding drying out and waterlogging. They begin to harvest cherry tomatoes from the moment the first fruits ripen, periodically. If you pick unripe fruits, they will not be sweet enough, and if you delay harvesting, the tomatoes may fall off.

Growing cherry tomatoes is possible both on the balcony and in the apartment.You just need to buy varieties specially adapted for small areas and poor lighting, for example, Japanese dwarf or Craiova. True, they have to be pollinated manually in the apartment.