Big tomatoes in May
It's time to take stock, did my tomatoes succeed in May, the same ones with the tops cut off? And your? Share a photo! At the same time I will share some valuable observations. I will highlight them in font.
The plan was such
I did it, however, with great deviations. And the result pleases me more than what I imagined. And I imagined a little ripe tomatoes on a plate at the end of May. In order.
I had 8 experimental bushes. If everything was smooth, I would have left a minimum of stems and fruits on a couple of them. Then it would be possible to get the first harvest now. But…
March 24 all my sleek tomatoes frozen
Left one of them. He gave two root stepsons, which today look like this:
In the photo there are two stems far apart, both with small tomatoes and blooming.
And below it are two comrades who were sown on the same day, January 4th. Their story here
Leader:
Its fruits:
There is also a little less than a third brush.
When I saw that I was growing powerful bushes, my hand did not go up to remove the stepsons. This is a variety of limited growth, each stepson immediately with flowers, the bushes are clearly ready to hatch a lot of fruits. All flowers are tied.
I am in no hurry to harvest the leaves, they are needed for powerful development. If I were chasing the May harvest, this bush would look very transparent: 2 branches with fruits.
- I would clean all the stepsons
- And finally the leaves
- The last to pinch the top
I couldn't go for it! Too good! And I have only two such centenarians.
The second tomato lags behind. There are about the same number of fruits, only they are mostly small, have not yet grown, because before being transplanted into the bag on April 5, the bush grew in a liter container. Three-month bush! Another reminder that you can not restrict the root system of tomatoes.
Reply to critics
They told me that I shouldn't have sowed so early, I shouldn't have cut the tops of my heads, that the tomatoes planted later would catch up and overtake my pioneers. Have you caught up? See:
I have four of them. They almost caught up in growth, but not in development and fruit:
These four tomatoes are in my bags too:
They are very good, they just did not catch up with the January ones (3 weeks behind those that were frozen). Even the one that grew in a cramped container and slowed down development, did not catch up.
The soil is the same in the bags. Let me remind you that this is 50% of purchased soil and 50% of biohumus.
Notice no fat, everything blooms and all flowers are tied. And they said, they will fatten, "you'll see" :) Tomatoes will not fatten from a balanced diet.
I once again fed with mineral fertilizers on the leaf and at the root. The fact that the plants develop slowly is a very good sign, they are confident in the future, they have enough of everything. They are young!
And how are you?
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