Tomatoes are tasty and useful vegetables. They contain many vitamins C, PP, A. and also sugar and mineral substances. Even in the conditions of midland it is possible to receive quite good harvest of tomatoes if to grow up them by rules.
1. For a start it is necessary to seed tomatoes on seedling seeds in March. Seeds sow in the seedling boxes filled with special soil mix and powder with layer of humus 1-1.5 cm. After crops it is necessary to water the earth and from above to cover boxes with polyethylene film. When tomatoes ascend, the film should be opened. After emergence of 2-3 real leaves saplings it is necessary to dive – to seat in separate tanks. Before seedling is planted in soil, she should be fed up 3-4 times special fertilizer.
2. When it becomes warm – it usually occurs at the beginning of June, not earlier than 5-10 numbers, it is necessary to prepare beds under tomatoes. The best soils for tomatoes - sandy or easy loamy, not sour. Beds should be dug over, fertilized mineral fertilizers and manure. If you gather to raise tomatoes in the greenhouse, but not in the open ground, disembarkation can be made earlier – in May.
3. It is necessary to plant seedling at distance of 60 cm between ranks and 30 cm between plants in ranks. It rules for early ripening, undersized varieties. For grades tall distances are necessary others - 70 and 50 cm respectively. Before landing it is necessary to make furrows and to fill in them with water. Seedling needs to be planted in cloudy weather or in the evening. If plants were extended, they should be put obliquely, but not to bury to the soil. After landing, tomatoes should be watered and zamulchirovat humus.
4. Tomatoes should be tied to pegs support. The soil under tomatoes it is necessary to loosen and weed weeds regularly. Also tomatoes should be hilled when they grow up. It is necessary to water tomatoes at least once in week, to pour water at the roots. 4-5 times during season of plant should be pasynkovat: to delete all escapes which have appeared from kidney on leaf bosom on the main stalk. At the fructifying bushes it is necessary to prishchipnut tops over 3-4 brushes.
5. It is necessary to remove tomatoes from branches a bit earlier. When they still green or slightly white. Otherwise they will be struck by phytophthora. Collecting fruits is made at temperature not lower than 8 degrees of heat. Then they are put by houses to ripen at temperature of 20-25 degrees. It is possible to put in box with tomatoes ripe banana, then they will ripen quicker.