Let tomatoes watering will be abundant, rare and accurate

Dry head and wet feet. The question is: who will survive such torture? Only one whose fruits are nine-tenths of water. That's it, Signor Tomato. Do what you want, and provide the necessary amount of moisture, no more and no less, he will provide.

Sufficiently demanding for soil and lighting, watering tomatoes require all the rules of agrotechnical science. And if their requirements are fully satisfied, they honestly respond to this by a significant increase in yield.

"Dry head" means that the humidity should not exceed 50%. A "wet feet" - that the soil moisture should not fall below 85%, but not over-scale for 90%. On either side of this interval, tomatoes are in trouble. Overmoistening of the soil will make the fruit watery, and the plant is vulnerable to fungal diseases. From drying it will also fall ill, drop buds and ovaries.

Hence the answer to the question of how often it is necessary to water tomatoes. Exactly following the popular phrase "rarely, but aptly".

"Rarely" is not more than one or two times a week. At the same time, it is abundant enough, at the same time not filling them. Signor Tomadore does not like to live "on the swamp", because the excess watering is an increased relative humidity of the air, obviously not a "dry head". The growth and development of the plant will be significantly inhibited. The same will happen with frequent watering in small portions.

Exceptions are two periods: when the plant immediately after planting is still in the seedling stage, and when the fruit is massaged. At this time, watering tomatoes like abundant, supporting the soil in a state of high humidity. The rest of the time it can be quite moderate. And to keep the humidity at the proper level, do not forget about mulching.

Now about "aptly". Water, intended for irrigation of a site with tomatoes, should go under a root of plants (but not with force, washing out a ground and exposing root system) or on furrows. At the same time, the soil is moistened without changing the humidity of the air. On the leaves, stems and fruits of tomatoes should not remain a drop of water. Each of them in a bright sun turns into a lens that leaves a burn after it, the wounds weaken the plant, and there until the late blight is near ... Therefore, sprinkling in this case is not recommended. As you can see, it is not enough to determine how much water is needed, we also need to know how to properly water tomatoes.

By the way, they will tell you if something goes wrong. If the plant does not get enough moisture, the leaves will darken. In hot weather, they generally wither. In general, it should be said that the tomatoes are watering, depending on the age of the plants, their growth, the planting scheme, the moisture capacity of the soil, the presence or absence of a layer of mulch, and the climatic conditions, require a different one. Therefore, the volume of water will have to be determined experimentally.

Another important condition for success in tomato beds is the water temperature. The ideal option is + 24-25 degrees. And it's good if it's rain, because it's soft. If this is not available, you can soften the available natural resources: compost or manure. For those who do not like to mess around with unpleasant smells, it's enough to load the results of the last weeding into the water set for standing up. Weeds.

To grow normally, tomatoes bloomed and ripened, watering should ensure that water is absorbed into the soil before it evaporates. If the weather is overcast, you can water the plants at any time. A clear sunny day is expected - it will have to be done in the early morning or transferred to the evening, two hours before the sun goes down.

All of the above recommendations are given by gardeners, who receive good yields of tomatoes from their beds year after year. Why do not you join them?