If you have a greenhouse and want to grow something there, then the first candidate for registration is Signor Tomato. And rightly so! This table vegetable occupies a significant place in the summer, and not only summer, menu; it is easy to prepare, store, contains a sufficient amount of nutrients and, as they say, has no side effects. In order to choose a suitable greenhouse variety, it is necessary to determine the task that must be solved: early harvest, fruit size, plant height ... etc. Fortunately, there are enough tomato varieties for greenhouses to choose for any requirements - create, invent, try. So, in order.
Varieties of early ripe tomatoes for greenhouses
Early ripe varieties are characterized by fruit ripening within 90 - 95 days from the moment seedlings sprouted. Hybrid tomato varieties for greenhouses with medium-sized fruits and yields of up to 8-10 kg per square meter. square meter, the following: Hurricane, Semko-Sinbad, Typhoon, etc. All of them are very similar: over the 6-7th leaf, the first inflorescence is laid. On each sprig of inflorescence, 6-8 round-shaped fruits develop. The average weight of ripened tomato is 70-90 g. For lovers of large tomatoes, Ilyich hybrid is very suitable - it is very resistant to diseases and with good yield. This variety has good taste and reaches a weight of 140-150 g. Very often there is a need to grow varieties with friendly ripening. For these purposes, a friend is usually taken with a friend yield of up to 9 kg. But the best tomatoes for greenhouses, in terms of yield, are Blagovest varieties, with fruits of average "fatness" - up to 120 g, and Kostroma - they give up to 20 kg of tomato per square meter. These varieties have a stem height of up to a meter or more, so they are used for "tall" greenhouses. In this company there is also a hybrid Search - a variety that is famous for its taste.
Transplanting
Ready seedlings are planted in a greenhouse in the first decade of May. There are several mandatory tips for arranging a greenhouse:
- simple and simple crop rotation rules should be observed - tomatoes alternate with cucumbers. Before planting, it is advisable to disinfect the soil from root rot, for which the top soil layer is removed and sprayed with a hot 1% solution of a garden wagon - copper sulfate;
- all varieties of tomatoes for greenhouses love moisture, but do not tolerate high humidity, so the greenhouse should be able to ventilate well, for which, on the opposite walls and in the "roof" they make vents;
- it is necessary to have a greenhouse in a place where there is maximum illumination all day long - any shadow causes damage to the future crop.
The bed is made so that the worker can reach its edge, standing in the aisle - this is a width of not more than 90 cm. The passage between the beds should be at least the width of the garden cart - usually not more than 70 cm. Seedlings are planted directly in individual pots and to a depth equal to its height. Hybrids and tall varieties are planted in the middle of the garden at a distance of 50-70 cm. For low-growing varieties, the distance between the bushes is not more than 40 cm. Planting tomatoes in a greenhouse in compliance with these rules is the key to a good harvest.
Plant care
Care of plants of any kind of tomato for greenhouses before removing the film is to water the seedlings, ventilate the room and make dressing.
The first watering of seedlings is done no later than one and a half weeks after transplanting, and subsequently watered once every 5 days. At the same time, the rate of water consumption before flowering is not more than 4-6 liters per 1 sq. M., And during flowering this amount doubles. Do not overmoisten the soil - this affects the quality of the fruit badly. After watering, airing reduces the humidity in the room. Ventilate during flowering daily. Top dressing during the growing season is carried out for the first time no earlier than three weeks after planting - a spoon of nitrophoska and half a liter of mullein on a bucket of water. Dosage - 1 liter per bush. After another one and a half weeks, the second top dressing - 5-7 g of potassium sulfate is added to ordinary fertilizer . For the last feeding, 5-7 g of superphosphate are taken in a bucket of water and the same amount of potassium nitrate is added . The solution is watered the soil around the plants at the rate of 5-7 liters per square meter. Remove the film from the greenhouse until June 10th.
Further, before harvesting, the care is the same as for the tomatoes of soil planting. Everything worked out? With a crop of you!