How to grow tomatoes on the plot and in the garden?

How to grow tomatoes: tomato is an annual plant, best growing in sunny positions. Tomatoes are suitable for growing in the garden and on the allotment, however, due to their heat-loving nature, tomatoes are best grown from seedlings. There are many varieties of tomato, differing in height, leaf habit, limpness, among other things. Below you will find the most important information about how to grow tomatoes on an allotment or your garden.

How to grow tomatoes: sowing, planting, position

When to sow tomatoes?

From early March to mid-April – later preparation of seedlings may result in a small harvest, since summer in Poland is rather short and cool towards the end of the season.

When to plant tomatoes in the ground?

At the end of May and the beginning of June. After planting the tomatoes, they should be secured by attaching them to a support, such as a wooden stem or balcony railing.

Position, or where is it best to plant tomatoes?

Tomatoes like the sun and grow best in sunny positions. Some varieties can also cope in partial shade, but then they bear less fruit. Tomatoes are not resistant to frost, even the slightest frost can destroy the the crop. For that they cope relatively well with temperature drops, which is all the more important because in our climate nights in summer are not among the warmest.

Tomatoes like the vicinity of some vegetables (for more information see link below), but they should not be grown year after year in the same place, just as they should not be grown after other solanaceous vegetables, such as eggplant and peppers, for example. The earliest you can plant tomatoes in the same place is after 3 years. same place after 3 years.

> See what kind of neighborhood tomatoes like and download a co-crop chart.

In the ground or in a container?

Tomatoes can be grown both in the ground and in containers. A suitable place for tomatoes is: greenhouse, "foil", vegetable garden, sunny balcony (this is where cherry tomatoes do well) or terrace.

How to grow tomatoes: soil for tomatoes

What kind of soil for tomatoes is the best? Very fertile, with slightly alkaline or slightly acidic pH. alkaline or slightly acidic. Such a substrate can be obtained by mixing soil with compost, with which it is worth sprinkling the tomato bushes also in the later period of cultivation. In addition, the tomato feels best on sandy loam soil (due to the fact that it retains moisture).

> Find out what soil pH is best for vegetables.

How to grow tomatoes: fertilizing tomatoes

Tomatoes are very demanding when it comes to fertilization, so they should be Feed them once a week – from the moment of flowering until the end of fruiting (that is, roughly until mid-August).

What to fertilize tomatoes with?

The best qualities when it comes to taste and aroma are tomatoes grown in a natural way – fed with plant and animal fertilizers or supported with fertilizers. naturally – fed with plant and animal fertilizers or supported with soil bacteria. soil bacteria. As for the first two, an example of a natural fertilizer for tomatoes is, for example: manure, chicken droppings or manure from nettles.

As for soil bacteria for growing tomatoes, we recommend once a week apply the bacterial preparation BioGarden, which naturally increases the humus content and increases the concentration of phosphorus in the soil (this is a macronutrient necessary in the rooting and growth phase of vegetables and fruits). It is enough to dilute one capful of the agent in 10 liters of liters of water, and then water the tomato bushes with it.

How to grow tomatoes: watering tomatoes

These plants should be watered abundantly, especially in the fruit setting stage of the tomato, and also during hot weather. Admittedly, tomatoes tolerate fairly well short-lived drought, but it is better to avoid it – if, after drying out, you water them too water them too abundantly, the tomato fruit may crack.

TIP: to prevent rapid drying of the soil, it is worth think about mulching the ground, such as straw.

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