The crop, that’s what it is about. Every gardener always is very pleased with the success of his plants, to which he contributed much. This year you will be able to boast a record crop of tomatoes if you follow several basic rules from the beginning.
Right now is the right time to sow tomatoes if you want to plant them in the garden in great form. How to run everything as we imagine, the plants were healthy and strong, and even grow even faster than in previous years? Experienced gardeners have perfect procedures to follow.
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Cleanliness is more than half health
One of the first, seemingly crazy but important rules, is purity. Perhaps it may seem that the substrate is “dirty” in itself, so why should we clean the containers more thoroughly in which we have grown tomatoes last year? It is still the same material. If we approach the garden like this, we cannot be surprised that a more careful neighbor will reap a better crop. It does not always have to be just a better variety of tomatoes, but simply a responsible approach. We never know what germs, molds, or even invisible pests settled in the remnants of the soil in the pot. It really pays to wash out every such container. This is a few minutes that may decide double the crop.
Wet seeds germinate better
Before you make a pier on the first seed in the pot, spread the seeds of future tomatoes on the desktop and damp them with a sprayer. The seed cover soaked with water before inserting into the substrate will be better germinated and the joy of the first plants peeking on the surface of the substrate will get a little faster. But you must not fill them with a too thick layer, it will be enough to avoid the plants unnecessarily do not sow the world. Of course there is the use of high -quality and healthy substrate, which prevents the infection of young plants by diseases.
Need a larger “home”
We have sown, the tomatoes have successfully germinated, but our work, as we suspect, is just starting. It must come transplanting to more spacious cups (still using those from yoghurts?). Also in this case, the first mentioned rules apply – that is, the perfect cleanliness of the container and a quality substrate.
Beware of mesh in the stem
The first transplant comes soon after the discovery of the first right ticket, the second a few weeks later. In both cases, it is necessary to ensure careful treatment of seedlings, never, but really never, do not take them for a stem that you could squeeze to damage the fine tissues that will supply the plants throughout the season. Flower pots should be placed on the light of a sufficiently stacked place, so that the plants do not “pull”, ie not to get thin but long and quite nanic individuals.
To the outdoor environment must get used to
Sufficiently mature, solid and healthy plants will be able to come to the flower bed on the “frozen”, but even their journey from the room to the garden is not so simple. Tomatoes (and not only she, but also peppers, or other at home pre -grown plants) must first get used to the new location within a few days. Take them out into the lee, you can gradually leave the tomatoes in the cups on the flower bed for them. But the nights should still spend in a safe hiding.
Protect them and look forward to the crop
Once you move tomatoes that are healthy and strong, on the flower bed thanks to the right way of sowing and primary care, another phase of care, consisting of protection against diseases, pests, in corresponding fertilization and watering. It is an activity for the whole summer, but an unprecedented crop that you can expect for your work will certainly be worth it.
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