Agrotechnics of tomatoes: what is right and wrong?

Tomatoes - the favorite culture of many Russian truck farmers, without the fresh fleshy fruits of this vegetable of the Solanaceae family, it is impossible to imagine a summer and autumn table, they are irreplaceable for workpieces. Depending on the climatic zone, the growing method is chosen - in greenhouses and greenhouses or in the open ground. Naturally, with each method the agrotechnics of tomatoes will differ. If you decide to grow tomatoes, the first thing to do is to choose the right varieties from a huge number of them, represented in the market of seeds and seedlings. The choice is usually guided by three criteria:

• Personal preferences in the form, size and desired use of tomatoes (fresh, marinating, juices);
• Resistance to diseases;
• Regionalization (selected specifically for this or that climatic zone).

Beginners should not try to get seedlings on their own, but buy it from farmers and gardeners with a lot of experience, they also can find out what agrotechnology is growing tomatoes of a particular variety.

Several common mistakes, or the wrong agricultural techniques of tomatoes:

• Growing tomatoes without tying to trellis or other support significantly reduces yield and promotes massive damage to fruits with dangerous diseases: blight and various rot;
• Agricultural technology of tomatoes, regardless of the place of cultivation, involves the removal of stepsons - unnecessary axillary shoots. Many books on the cultivation of tomatoes are recommended to leave after the break the stepson length of the stump 3-4 cm long, which is absolutely not true, as it contributes to infection of the plant. Unnecessary escape should be removed completely, plucking it at the very bottom. Pasynkovanie spend in dry weather in the first half of the day, due to which the wound quickly dries up;
• Another common mistake is wrong irrigation. Tomatoes form a powerful root system, and if they are watered often, they are massively affected by phytophthora, switch to nutrition through rooted roots and become dependent on weather conditions. To prevent this from happening, the correct agrotechnics of tomatoes recommends a relatively rare (once a week) and abundant watering. For convenience, tomatoes are planted not on high beds, but in furrows, which are then conveniently filled with water 2-3 times with watering. From above these plants can not be watered, only in the soil. To preserve the moisture, the beds are mulched (straw, torn weeds, bark) after the tomatoes are planted in the ground or the soil is loosened on the next day after watering, and it is also possible to sow tomatoes for oats (requires cutting).

Another feature: hybrid and varietal tomatoes are ripened differently during maturation. In varietal tomatoes at normal irrigation frequency, the fruits crack, so they are trimmed and produced no more often than once every 1.5 weeks. On the contrary, hybrids like constant moisture, without which yield poor yields.

• Very often truck farmers regret removing unnecessary shoots (not stepchildren) and leaves. Meanwhile, the growth of excessive green mass significantly reduces the yield of tomatoes: the fruit becomes small and they grow smaller. Also, the thickening is harmful, since the plant is poorly ventilated, and further viral and fungal diseases develop. Therefore, after placing the fourth brush and two leaves after it, one should pinch the stem, leaving no growth point (stem node), and also dying out the dying and thickening foliage in time. A total of 3-4 cuttings will be required in a season;
• The correct agrotechnics of tomatoes should include a set of preventive and current treatments against various diseases. Therefore, if you want to grow and harvest a healthy crop that is not infected with phytophthora and rot, stock up with systemic poisons (Ridomil, Ordan, Oxihom, Acrobat), since one Bordeaux liquid is now impossible to do. Spraying is carried out every two weeks and is stopped no less than 20 days before the removal of the fruit.

A rich harvest!