With approach of summer many turn into inveterate summer residents, spending free time in kitchen garden. At each gardener on beds it is possible to meet tomatoes, but not everyone knows how it is correct to look after them how to water tomatoes.
Let's deal with question of watering of tomatoes, we will answer question as it is correctly necessary to water them. Some summer residents have opinion that tomatoes do not need artificial watering. Actually, it not absolutely so. If you live in the area where rain the rare guest, then tomato not to do without artificial watering. Besides, it is regularly necessary to make mulching of beds, stacking mowed grass layer not less than 5-7 centimeters.
How often it is necessary to water tomatoes
First of all, it is necessary to consider the fact that at different stages of life the tomatoes need different volumes of moisture.
- Before making disembarkation rassadyv the open ground, the hole needs to be watered previously. For these purposes pour into hole approximately about one liter of water. After that seedling can be planted in soil. It is important that after disembarkation, seedling does not demand watering within 7-10 days. This results from the fact that seedling takes roots then the active period of growth
- During this period the tomatoes need to be watered not more often than once a week (20 liters of water on one square meter).
- From the beginning of blossoming of tomatoes, the volume of water needs to be reduced. It is enough to water with 1.5-2 liters of water two times a week on one bush, otherwise instead of ovary on tomatoes the foliage will actively grow.
- After emergence zavyaziobjy it is necessary to increase waters by one bush to 3-5 liters if on the street hot, then the required volume of moisture is equal to 10 liters two times a week. At lack of moisture the fruits will be small, and perhaps at all tomatoes will dump ovary.
- And here on the period of maturing of tomatoes, watering needs to be stopped at all, or to considerably reduce water volume.
When it is the best of all to make watering of tomatoes?
If it is about tomatoes in the open ground, then them it is possible without being afraid to water directly from watering can and to wet leaves. It is desirable to carry out watering of tomatoes in the evening, hour for 2 to sunset. Such time of watering is desirable because all moisture will be absorbed to the earth and will not evaporate.
And finally, it is worth remembering the rule of watering of tomatoes – ""water much better, but it is rare, than constantly and little by little"".