How to grow tomatoes and get a good harvest

The question of how to grow tomatoes on a windowsill can come up in two cases. First, such a desire appears in the absence of a garden, or in the cold season, when you want something fresh, vitamin. Secondly, on the windowsills and balconies grow tomato seedlings in the spring, when planted in the ground it is too early, and the greenhouse, unfortunately, no. In any of these cases, in order to grow tomatoes, you will have to take care of the soil, the seeds, the dishes for seedlings, the feeding and proper watering.

Soil Preparation

How to grow tomatoes and get a good harvest? First of all, you need to take care of the soil in which you are going to grow tomatoes. It is best to prepare it in advance. To do this, in the fall you need to dig up chernozem or just a good fertile soil from the garden, stock up with peat and ash. In the spring just before planting, it is necessary to warm the earth in the oven in order to kill all the pests that could overwinter in the soil. In addition, all the seeds of grass-weeds will perish. Next, you need to mix chernozem and peat in a ratio of 2: 1 and add for every 10 kg of a mixture of about 1 kg of ash. After you have prepared the soil for the seedlings and allowed it to settle for 1-2 days, you can start planting. If you do not have the time or the desire to suffer with the preparation of soil for tomatoes, you can simply buy it at any specialized store. It is called - "primer for tomatoes and other solanaceous plants."

Seed selection

But how to grow tomatoes without having good seeds? Of course, this is impossible. Therefore, it is necessary to take care of seeds in advance. If you are engaged in cultivation of tomatoes not the first year, then you, most likely, have your own seeds, in which you are sure. If this is your first experience, it is best to purchase proven varieties of tomatoes. For the subsequent cultivation of tomatoes in the open ground for the central strip of Russia, such varieties as Bull's Heart, King of Siberia, Budenovka, Pechersky, etc. will suit. If you know how to grow tomatoes on a balcony and a window sill, then for sure you will choose such varieties as Pinocchio, Red Robin, Florida Petite, Minibel, Bonsai, etc. Planting tomato seeds in the soil, do not worry about the distance between the plants, because they still have to repeatedly transplant. Seedlings appear, as a rule, 5-6 days after planting. By the way, most inveterate gardeners and truck farmers check the time of planting tomatoes and other crops with the lunar calendar - the day should be either positive or neutral for landing operations.

1-2 weeks after the emergence of shoots, when tomatoes are a stalk with 2-4 leaves, it is necessary to arrange them in different cups. To do this, dig out the plants from the ground, pinch their root (dive), and then put in an individual cup with the ground. This is done to ensure that each plant has enough moisture, and the nutrients it receives from the earth. Picks are performed in order to strengthen the root system. Thanks to this action, tomatoes become more powerful, their stem thickens and branches better, and the root system grows not only in length, but also in breadth.

As a rule, tomatoes are sown at the end of March. Seedling grows on the windowsill, and then on the balcony until the end of May - early June. After the last frost that occurs in the first days of June, tomatoes can be planted in the open ground.

Planting seedlings in the open ground

How to grow tomatoes outdoors from seedlings? Very simple. Under the tomatoes in the garden you need to make the so-called "holes" - grooves, which are located apart from each other at a distance of 50 centimeters. Thanks to them, tomatoes will be easier to water - water will not spread over the earth, but will absorb at the root. When planting tomatoes in the ground, you can again slightly prick the rootlet, or you can not do it. Then comes the time when you need to "cast" tomatoes. Transplanted seedlings are strongly "sick", especially if the street is too hot; So that tomatoes quickly went into growth, they need to be watered abundantly every day. Under each root it is necessary to pour at least 3 liters of water (1 watering can of water for 3 roots). The first tomatoes can be tried somewhere in a month and a half after landing in the ground. Although they will appear much earlier, but here the blush will not begin until the end of July, when they will get enough sun and nutrients.

Do not forget that for 1-2 months, while tomatoes grow and gain strength, they need to be fed 2 times. It is best to use for these purposes manure or special mineral fertilizers for tomatoes. Do not forget about pasynkovanie, otherwise you will not be able to achieve a good harvest. To do this, it is necessary to break off mercilessly all the lateral shoots that grow on tomatoes, so that the main branches, on which bunches of fruits have already formed, have received enough nutrients and moisture.

Now, having read this article, even a novice gardener knows how to grow tomatoes and collect excellent crops, pleasing themselves and their loved ones with these "golden apples", so generously giving us a unique taste, benefit and maximum vitamins.