Agricultural technology for growing tomatoes

How sometimes you want to walk along a bed with lush tomato bushes, pick one strong, ripe fruit and, after slightly rubbing it, eat it on the spot.

This is quite realistic for people who own a small piece of land. Agricultural techniques for growing tomatoes will help you achieve a good harvest. Or rather, several of her secrets.

If you decide to grow tomato seedlings yourself, then know that they need to be hardened off before planting in the ground. It's very easy to do. About 15 days before moving the seedlings to their permanent place of residence, after waiting for good sunny weather, begin to take the pots with plants out into the fresh air. This is necessary in order to protect the tender leaves from sunburn, and at the same time adapt the plant to the new temperature regime.

Tomatoes need plenty of watering. However, there is a subtlety here - they need to be watered rarely. But you need to loosen the soil between the rows of tomatoes and hill them up as often as possible.

Agricultural technology for growing tomatoes, however, like most fruit and vegetable crops, cannot do without fertilizing. Fertilize the plant in the morning after abundant watering. As soon as you notice the first true leaf on the seedlings, count 2 weeks and start fertilizing it. Repeat the same procedure before planting seedlings in open ground, but this must be done in advance. As fertilizers, you can use a mixture of potassium sulfate, superphosphate and ammonium nitrate. But it’s better to forget about fresh manure.Otherwise, instead of juicy fruits, you will get no less juicy and fleshy tops.

If you plan to plant tomatoes this year in the same place, then it is better to abandon this idea immediately and wait 2 or 3 years. Tomatoes grow best after cucumbers.