All summer residents try to plant tomatoes on the site. Healthy vegetables are always present on farmers' plots.
But sometimes certain conditions require extraordinary solutions. The problem with time in the spring planting period can be solved with the help of a seedless method of growing tomatoes.
Growing tomatoes without seedlings is easy. In addition, you will get rid of a lot of the usual hassle of the usual tomato seedlings:
- preparation of pots;
- steaming and disinfection of soil mixture;
- daily watering of tomato seedlings;
- compliance with temperature and humidity parameters;
- additional lighting and nutrition of tomato seedlings.
Another factor is that the grown seedling is not always of high quality. Confirmation that tomatoes without seedlings can grow even in the northern regions is the unexpected appearance of a tomato in the garden. This happens in the middle of the other crops, and proper care allows for fruit to be produced. Of course, this can only happen if the tomato variety is early, capable of producing a crop in a short time. To growing tomatoes it was successful without seedlings, you need to know some of the nuances. After all, the short and cold northern summer does not provide enough time for the full maturation of many varieties. But if you have never tried growing tomatoes without seedlings, then the listed advantages of this method will help you make a decision:
- Tomatoes develop better and faster. This is due to the absence of such transient traumatic actions for seedlings as diving and transplanting. The seedlings do not need to take root, they are accustomed to sunlight and ambient temperature.
- The root system is much more powerful and goes deeper into the ground. Watering such bushes is required less often and in smaller quantities. This is a very valuable parameter for summer residents who rarely visit the site.
In any case, choose varieties with good stress tolerance.
What you need to know when growing a tomato without the usual seedlings
First, the correct choice of seeds. It is a good idea to take an early proven tomato cultivar adapted in your area. Then the bed will be the same in shaping and height of the bushes. Use your own seeds, harvested from the best fruits of the past harvest. The second nuance is the preparation of shelters for tomato ridges. Better if it is double. In the first half of the season, non-woven fabric is suitable, later - plastic wrap. Arcs are used to tension the coating. Before their installation, the beds are dug up and compost or humus is added. To insulate the ridge, it is good to make wooden boards along the edges. In the same way, ridges are made in the greenhouse. Here you can insulate the ridges from the inside with a layer of manure.
Before starting preparation land for planting a tomatobe sure to spill hot water over the area. It is good to add potassium permanganate for disinfection.
Further, we must adhere to the timing and scheme of planting a tomato. Sowing is carried out at the end of April (weather permitting) and until mid-May. The nesting method has proven itself well, in which up to 5 seeds are sown in one hole. This makes it possible to leave the strongest seedling in the future. It looks strong, the leaves are dark green in color, the internodes are short, the taproot is deeply buried in the ground. How to grow seedless tomato seedlings without problems? Getting started:
- we thin out the seedlings;
- we mulch the holes with compost;
- pinch the stepsons in two weeks to keep the single-stem shape;
- remove growth points after 3-4 brushes for pouring fruits;
- remove the fruits from the lower hand unripe for ripening;
- remove the lower leaves and skeletons of the brushes with a pruner;
- we remove a good harvest from the upper brushes of the tomato bush.
Growing tomatoes without seedlings, it is practiced both in the open field and in the greenhouse. The second option is very successful during a prolonged cold spring. A tomato grown in a greenhouse is more reliably protected, especially when the owner is not on the site. In addition, it is convenient to grow tomatoes in the greenhouse before warming, and then transplanted under the open sky. A greenhouse tomato should not be tall and sprawling, so it is important to pay attention to the choice of variety. Tomato bushes grown in a greenhouse are planted in open ridges, and at first they are covered with non-woven material. This will speed up the ripening of fruits and save tomatoes from the vagaries of the weather. Growing tomatoes in the open field without seedlings will require preventive measures to combat fungal diseases. To do this, use folk remedies (garlic, needles of needles) or Bordeaux liquid (0.7%). Be sure to feed the bushes during budding, fruit setting. It is optimal to use complex formulations where all nutritional components are balanced. By providing easy care for your tomatoes, you will have a harvest in the middle of summer. These plants are ahead in development of their counterparts grown in seedlings. Do not forget to harvest the entire crop in August. It is better to put tomatoes for ripening than to lose a valuable crop due to bad weather.
Growing tomatoes without seedlings is a rewarding experience and a fun process. Choose "your" varieties, experiment with beds and shelter. Your work will definitely be rewarded.
