Four myths about stepson tomatoes
Let's talk about the varieties of tomatoes, which must be pinch. For example, lead to a single trunk.
Stepson in tomato growing strongly in the sinus between the leaf and stem. If it is not removed, it turns into a branch with leaves, flowers and then fruit.
The first myth - you can not remove stepsons, will have more harvest.
Reality - very few and not all varieties are not normalized by the big bush crop. Only on very fertile soil. Most get weakened bush, ready to pick up on all the sores. Plus the shedding of the ovaries, and so on. D.
Personally, I try to pinch stepchildren every morning, of any size, other than the biggest. These pathetic. Missed, then let them live. The main thing is the stem 2-3, not more. Otherwise it will delay the harvest, crushing the fruit, can be illness from thickening, less tasty.
The second myth
- it is necessary to leave the stumps by stepchildren, so they do not grow again. And with stumps may grow, and no stumps. On the variety, much depends. I most often removed such that there is nothing left, new ones grow very rarely. And the varieties and hybrids I have every year about thirty, on a couple of instances.myth three - it is necessary to remove a certain amount stepchildren. Thus, you torment, and it makes no sense. I remove the children, as soon as I see it. If missed, any, at least 2 cm, at least half a meter. Who come to the country on weekends, of course sees the overgrown with stepchildren, who should be removed. By the way, keep an eye in the land area of root growth often extra shows.
myth four - stepchildren can be removed at any time. You can, you can, but when irrigation is undesirable, the wound will not heal.
All the myths come from the fact that the tomato plant super patient (very plastic, as they say agronomists). Can endure.
So, who have problems with increased anxiety, as it was for me, pinching and boldly break! And who likes to keep all of the rules, can relax a bit :) It's not like a fairy tale: go left, you lose your head, go right horse lose.
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