A major role in the cultivation of any garden crops is played by the time of planting seeds, as well as the movement of seedlings in open ground. When growing any kind of tomato, it is important to know, first of all, the varieties of your region, as well as the climatic characteristics of the area where you live. In addition, much attention should be paid to the proper balance of nutrients that are contained in the earth, since the productivity of not only tomatoes, but also any other vegetables that our summer residents gladly grow in their dachas and gardens directly depends on this.
To obtain the best result in the crop, it is important to determine the optimal time for planting tomatoes for seedlings, as well as determine the most suitable varieties for these purposes. If there is not enough rain in your zone, and water for irrigation is not always possible, then it will be more appropriate to purchase drought - resistant varieties of tomatoes, which include Volchiy Peach and Golden Apple. In the southern regions of Russia, varieties such as Sanka and Agata are often grown, which have established themselves as proven and resistant to dry periods. As for mid-early varieties, here we can include Agolsky, Mexican, Yellow Charm, Pepper-like and Yablonka of Russia.
Each gardener chooses the time to plant a tomato for seedlings independently, since practical experience and intuition also play a big role here, in addition to knowledge. Usually in the northern regions of our country, sowing seeds in pots is carried out in mid-April, and most often they are placed on the windowsill. You should know that tomatoes are heat-loving plants, as a result of which, before planting seeds, you should make sure that the conditions for future seedlings are prepared as carefully and reliably as possible. The list of measures recommended before sowing seeds includes their disinfection, germination and hardening. All this significantly strengthens not only the immune system of future plants, but also provides an additional incentive for the rapid and successful growth of future tomatoes.
In villages and in private houses of the suburbs, the owners often arrange small greenhouses and hotbeds, in which the seeds of early crops are sown, where the latter feel quite comfortable. In the southern regions and outskirts of the Russian Federation, the time for planting tomatoes for seedlings usually takes the period from late March to early April, which also depends on the climate characteristics of a particular region of the country. For all novice gardeners who decide to try to grow tomato seedlings on their own, we can recommend sowing seeds in special cups, which are most conveniently placed on the windowsill in an apartment or in a private house. Thus, you will provide reliable protection to your plants from possible return frosts, and you will also be able to grow strong and strong seedlings.
Such a plant as a tomato, the planting time of which has a significant impact on its further development, with competent agricultural cultivation techniques will be able to please its owner with a good harvest, provided, of course, that the agricultural regulations for growing this crop are observed. Most often, most gardeners plant tomato seedlings at the end of March, when the time of return frost has passed. In addition, it must be borne in mind that a correctly selected time for planting tomatoes on seedlings allows you to increase the vegetative period of plants and collect the maximum yield from each planted bush. In many northern regions of our country, tomatoes simply do not have time to ripen, as a result of which they have to be harvested green and wait for them to gradually reach and turn red. Of course, in this case, the trouble of growing tomatoes will be quite a lot, however, you can’t deceive nature, and if you want to grow a southern heat-loving culture in the middle and northern stripes of Russia, you have to adapt.
Thus, the time of planting tomatoes for seedlings should be determined based on the characteristics of the region of residence, as well as on the variety of plants grown. In general, in addition to the planting dates, a lot of attention should also be paid to the composition of the soil, since a lot depends on the amount of nutrients and their correct proportion, including the resistance of plants to diseases, as well as the quality and quantity of the future crop. For our capital, the best time for planting seedlings is mid-April, which should be considered by everyone who is going to grow a good crop.