When the sow tomatoes, in what time frame? Tips for beginners
Now a very large selection of tomatoes, and for beginners it is difficult to sort out the proposed range of products. Often buy the colorful package with seeds that attract attention. In February, for many gardeners sow seedlings tomatoes. How to sow tomatoes, in what time frame?
alternately sowing
Beginners think they sow it all at once and in the same time, what can you expect. However, it is wrong. You need to follow poocherednost sowing some tomatoes sown in the first place, others later than the first. Since each class their terms of vegetation - from sowing to ripening of the first fruits. Some tomatoes ripen for 2 months, which for 4 months. From this and depends on the period of sowing tomato seeds.
different varieties
On the site you need to grow different varieties of tomatoes to fruition was stretched, and you enjoy the taste of different fragrant tomatoes for as long as possible. That is, you have to choose the following varieties: early, middle and late. Ultrarannie tomatoes give us vitamins first eco-friendly products. Medium varieties suitable for the production of juices, salads, fresh consumption. It is usually sweet and fleshy large varieties of tomatoes. Late varieties are for storage and preservation.
As a result of such a long period of fruiting in different varieties of tomatoes to get more than that, if you put 1-2 grades. So even novice gardeners will enjoy a rich harvest.
In what terms sow
There are some gardeners are convinced that early tomatoes sown early, and late-late. But experts always recommend starting with the late varieties sown. These are the plants that have a long growing season. If you miss a period with the planting, the tomatoes just do not have time to ripen. As a rule, usually a tall variety, but there are determinate varieties. During the long period of the growing season these plants need to form a huge hive more than 1-2 meters, form a large fruit, acquire technical and then the biological maturity. Sow these tomatoes in the middle lane - March 10-15 for the open ground. If the sow for greenhouses, some 2-3 weeks earlier.
Thus, late-tomato varieties - those tomatoes whose vegetation period is 120 days or more after germination.
Late-ripening tomato varieties for cultivation in greenhouses - Bullish heart (125-132 days from germination), Titan (130 days landing field), Rocket (115-125 days from germination), Grandma's gift (120-125 days, Pink Heart (135 days) etc.
Mid-life tomato varieties are vegetation less than 120 days. This group includes, as a rule, determinatnye varieties, as well as tomatoes, with unlimited growth, but with little vegetation period.
This core group of tomatoes, which is sown from 15 March to 22 April.
The vegetation period of full shoots prior to middle-ripening tomatoes is from 111 to 125 days.
Mid-dwarf varieties of tomatoes - Gina, Scythian Gold, Black Prince, Alpatieva 905, Demidov, from tall - it's heart oxen, Academician Sakharov, Anna Herman, Auriya, Grandma's joy Bohemia.
And the last group - it is early, early maturing, ultra-fast. These varieties are sown after all. They are sown in early April.
At this time early maturing varieties determinant is approximately 90-100 days and Indeterminate - from 95 to 98 days. By superrannim include plants, a crop that matures in 90 - 100 days. There are ultrarannie varieties that ripen and 60 days.
From early ripening undersized tomatoes - it's "Honey Heart", "Wind Rose", "Shady Lady" of the early ripening varieties that are grown in greenhouses, - "Golden mother-in-law", "Pops", "Gulliver", "Scarlet Sails", "doll".
Superrannie tomato varieties - Debut, Katyusha, Sanka, Alpha, Bullfinch, Wonder tape, White filling, Riddle.
From the article it can be concluded that the late varieties of tomatoes to sow before anyone else, then middle-plated, and later all sow early and superrannie tomatoes.
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