Features of cherry tomatoes for a summer resident: how to care to stretch the crop over time, and a bucket that protects against late blight
Do you want to learn the basics of growing miniature tomatoes on your site? Then a fiery salute, comrade vegetable grower! Today on the agenda are the features of growing cherry tomatoes that are significant in practice. Knowing which ones, you will be able to take decent harvests, and not tell others: "No, no, some kind of nonsense!"
Let me not rewrite boring rules a la "Take 1 part of sod land, 2 parts - lunar soil ...". In a global sense, cherry agrotechnology has slightly deviated from the varieties we are accustomed to, and you can easily find something like the sowing date on a bag of seeds.
Cherry: stretched out in time
A feature of cherry tomatoes is fruiting, extended over time. It can, with varying success, last from July right up to the end of September, until the temperature drops to 8 degrees Celsius or the bush is finished off by fungal ailments.
The stretch is genetically inherent. And some copies pay for it... leisurely, starting to bear fruit later than the stated date. Especially if the grower messes up with the conditions and care.
Interesting fact: Few people were interested in Cherries until the second half of the 20th century. And where they appeared is still not clear. Some consider mini-tomatoes to be from South America. Others say: bred either in Israel or Santorini
Comrade! To avoid delays, buy hybrids with good reviews, preferably early maturing or at least mid-maturing. And try to provide adequate care. Otherwise, you will have to wait for the harvest until September. And there will be a good reason to tell friends that "with ours not equal, a long wait, and zero joy. "
Note to a friend: I'd like to mention tall varieties "Black Cherry" and "Honey Drop". From undersized - "Cranberries in sugar". What are your favorites?
Cherry: collect with a whole brush
A well-recognized feature of cherry tomatoes is brush bearing. Plucking a ripe twig with a scattering of berries is both beautiful and simply pleasant.
Just do it: remove the brush when it is fully ripe. You should not be impatient to pick ripe fruits. This will confuse the bush.
Cherry: what to do with stepchildren
Everything is extremely clear with undersized varieties. You don't need to put your hand to their formation, no matter how much you want. And to cut off the stepsons, respectively, too. If you are lazy or do not understand anything - definitely, try undersized (determinant) varieties.
It's a little more complicated with interdeterminate cherry blossoms. The height of such plants is not inferior to the height of the usual tomatoes, and the top of the head often rests against the ceiling of the greenhouse. It is customary to grow interdeterminate cherry trees in 2-4 trunks.
And each stepchild is a potential fruit cluster. Don't get carried away with removing them. It is enough to remove those located close to the ground or creating density: for pouring tomatoes, all ovaries must be well illuminated by the sun.
Don't be greedy, comrade! Leaving each stepson in the hope of fruit, due to their density, they can begin to lose in quality. A dense bush equals poor ventilation and fungal diseases.
Cherry: be sure to feed with micronutrients
They say that it is cherry tomatoes that are more sensitive to micronutrient deficiencies than large gathering of them. If every summer resident brings nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, or at least knows about the need, then what can you say about fertilization with.. fool with her, with copper. Zinc? Or - scary to say - molybdenum?
At least once a season, feed with a complex mineral Withmicroelements.Here's a simple example:
Cherry: Can be put in a metal bucket
An interesting observation: undersized cherry tomatoes planted in a metal bucket are almost never infected with late blight.. And this is used by some gardeners.
Since the small root system of low cherries allows them to grow in a bucket until the end of the season, they are simply dug in when planting in a garden or greenhouse.
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Sincerely yours, without a twinge of conscience, watering tomatoes with flower fertilizer, Fyodor Tyapkin-Sklyankin.