Growing up tomatoes on seedling, it is important to provide them good care, timely watering and fertilizing that plants fully developed. It is guarantee of good productivity of tomatoes.
Care for seedling in the room
That tomatoes developed normally, it is necessary to support soil dampness within 80-85%. It is simple to check it: at such humidity the earth compressed in fist at first is condensed in lump, and then easily breaks up. It is better to water plants in the mornings, the number of waterings directly depends on external factors: at sunny hot weather it is necessary to water more often; at cool cloudy weather outside the window – is more rare. Anyway waterings have to be abundant, the surplus of moisture will flow down in pallet through drainage holes.
Optimum watering: one or two times a week, but are abundant. And it is necessary to watch closely to filling in plant. It is the best of all to use the clear filtered or otstoyanny, snow or rain water of room temperature for watering. Frequent, but superficial waterings are harmful to plants – in this case the root system is oppressed, at disembarkation to the open ground seedling will be weakened, in this case it is possible not to wait for good harvest. After the sword-play of plant it is necessary it is abundant to water and put in the place protected from direct sunshine for 2-3 days, after that it is possible to return them on solar windowsill.
If it is necessary to leave the house for several days, it is possible to put pots with seedling in the general pallet and to pour in it water. Through drainage holes moisture will directly arrive to roots. However it is regularly not necessary to do so – better nevertheless to water plants from above, and this method can be used in case of emergency.
Watering of plants in the greenhouse
In 1-2 days prior to planting of seedling in soil it is necessary to water it that at change the earth lump was not dried up and it was not scattered. It is important that roots have not been damaged and injured at this moment. After disembarkation to the open ground or the greenhouse seedling it is necessary it is abundant to water and cover from the scorching sun that plants have acclimatized. During infructescence the soil has to keep high humidity. When on bushes tomatoes begin to be tied, watering should be reduced, otherwise fruits will be excessively watery and sourish on taste. High air humidity in the greenhouse provokes solar burns of leaves and fruits and also stimulates development of phytophthora therefore it is necessary to water plants at the roots, avoiding hit of moisture on leaves. It is the best of all to do it till the sunrise that moisture has managed to evaporate. It is possible to make between ranks of tomatoes of furrow and to make watering in them. It is important also that the water jet was not too strong – it is capable to wash away the earth, roots will be bared, it can adversely affect condition of bushes. If so nevertheless has occurred, then it is necessary to pour the earth to roots and to zamulchirovat the soil peat, compost or special material for mulching which can be got in shop.