Planting tomatoes for the winter? Yes! Early germination and harvest
Good day, dear readers! Now you will learn how to plant winter tomatoes. Yes, yes, that's not a typo and not a joke. Not wheat, not rye, namely tomatoes.
I already wrote about the vegetables that can be sown in the winter. In addition to traditional - garlic and onions have more carrots, cabbage and other (link will give at the end of the article). But who puts the tomatoes in winter? I found the information about winter tomatoes on websites and forums after reader wrote in the comments: on its site rose bush tomato self-seeding! And, as it turned out, many experienced growers are experimenting in the fall!
What are the problems of the traditional cultivation of sprouts?
We are all accustomed to the fact that in the spring you need to plant the seedlings. This process gives gardeners a lot of trouble:
- It is necessary to provide additional lighting, as a light day in the early spring is very short.
- Seedlings need somewhere to put, and the places in houses and apartments, as a rule, not very much.
- Traditional habitat seedlings - sills. So you need to do something with it standing room flowers. Again there is a problem.
Suppose seedlings grown and it's time to plant it in the ground. But still need to take her to the garden. Well, if the distance is short, or have your own car. And in other cases, be like? Ride a few kilometers on the train or bus, carrying boxes of seedlings, not a lot of fun.
In general, as you remember about all these troubles, and no tomatoes do not want to. And yet there is a way out! Now you know about it.
Advantages of this method
Benefits landing seeds in winter obvious. First, do not need any additional hassle associated with the search boxes for planting, bulbs for additional lighting. There is no need to wrestle with how to release the window sills for seedlings and where to rearrange the pots with plants. And to carry the seedlings will not need: dug and planted on the adjacent beds.
Those who regularly engaged in planting tomatoes in such an unusual way to notice that winter tomatoes less sick, They are almost no pests. Plants show resistance to cold, as tempered naturally. In addition, tomatoes are a rich harvest, and the fruits are large, beautiful, no pests, phytophthora and other diseases.
Planting tomato seedlings in the winter
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It turns out that the tomatoes can be planted in the fall, right on the bed. Yes, there is such a method. And, what's more, many of them are successfully and have long appreciated all the benefits. And it is simple to ugliness:
- Once the first frosts begin and take shovel digging pits with a depth of about 20 cm.
- We place them on a tomato. You can plant seeds and immediately. The last roll in straight pinch, as some of them still do not ascend. But only grow very strong and healthy.
- Receive earth pits and rammed her.
- Top cover with dry leaves and put them on the boxes so as not scattered by the wind. Instead of leaves you can use spruce branches or peat.
- When you see the first snow need to sketch it on the bed.
- In the spring when the weather warms and the earth warms up, leaves from the beds need to rake and clean.
Soon beds turn green. Each planted tomatoes in the ground, you get an impressive bundle of seedlings.
Attention! No need to prick too early, before frost. Otherwise, it will sprout and freeze.
Care of seedlings
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Caring for such an unusual seedlings is not difficult. We need only time to water it and watch to not froze during frost. On cold days and at night the beds with seedlings harbor materials. When the seedlings to grow and get stronger will only dig it and put in a designated area.
In general, it is better to see once than to hear many times. Try it and see for yourself how much time you can save and get a great harvest. Put a "Thumbs up", if the idea is to show you interesting. Thanks! More on the topic: What vegetables can be sown the seeds for the winter