Greater popularity among farmers recently acquired cherry tomatoes, the cultivation of which has become ubiquitous, despite their thermophilic nature. This happened largely thanks to the restaurant business. These tomato-babies serve as a wonderful delicious decoration of the dish, as well as an independent ingredient in salads. They are good in canning . Consider how you can grow cherry tomatoes.
Cherry tomatoes - cultivation
Planting and caring for cherry tomatoes practically does not differ from the care for ordinary varieties of tomatoes. Cultivate them in seedling. Starting from March until the end of April, we plant tomato seeds in prepared soil. After about 5 days, the first shoots will appear.
At the stage 3-4 of these leaves, tomatoes are dived into individual containers with a volume of 300-400 ml. During the entire period of growth of seedlings it is very important to properly water the plants. They do not tolerate the drying out of the earthy coma. Therefore, monitor the soil moisture in the seedlings, while not allowing the stagnation of water in them.
Cultivation of cherry tomatoes can be carried out both in the open ground and in the greenhouse. If you have it heated, then you can enjoy the taste of tomato-kids all year round. But often they are planted directly in the apartment, using flower pots, or in the warm season on an open balcony.
Caring for cherry tomatoes
Plant cherry tomatoes on a permanent residence from the end of April, if you plant them in a greenhouse, and not later than the second decade of June, if they grow in the open ground. To land in the open ground it is important to wait until the end of all frosts. This is usually the second half of May. About a week before the tomato is planted, we begin to temper them. To do this, we just take out the boxes with seedlings every day on the balcony, at night, taking them back to the apartment.
Regardless of the variety of tomatoes and the size of the bush, it is important to maintain the distance between them when planting. It should be at least 70 cm for low-growing varieties and about 1 m for tall ones. This is necessary to ensure that the access of air and sunlight is uniform for the entire bush.
During the growth of tomatoes, the soil must be loosened regularly and watered. If moisture is not enough, the fruits will crack, which is absolutely undesirable for us.
Regardless of the high bushes of your chosen variety or very miniature, you need to tie them. This is done so that the fruits collected in the brush, as they mature, do not tilt the whole plant and do not touch the ground. Do not tie to the support only ampel varieties, which are grown mainly in hanging baskets.
Now let's see if you need to patronize cherry tomatoes.
Cherry tomato bushes can be as small as they are - up to 30 cm in height, and giant ones - reaching 2 meters. Indeterminate varieties (tall) and semi-determinant (medium) to increase fertility and harvest a rich crop must be patronized. The pamination of cherry tomatoes is done in such a way that the bush is formed into one or two trunks.
Varieties of cherry tomatoes
These baby tomatoes are famous not only for the variety of varieties that are different in height. Breeders brought out species that differ from each other in shape (they can be round, oval, pear-shaped) and coloring fruits (from yellow, red, to almost black). The choice of a variety depends not only on the desired shape and color of the fruit, but also on the place of cultivation.
For cultivation on the balcony suitable for low grades, not requiring pasynkovaniya. Today,
For open soil, varieties of cherry tomatoes should be selected from the following: White currant, Buns, Honey drop and Cherry. The popularity of cherry tomatoes is so great that all varieties can not be counted. The main thing when choosing a variety remember that giants will not feel good in pots for indoor plants. Low-growth varieties are absolutely unpretentious in their territorial preferences. Growing cherry tomatoes, you will not only enjoy their benefits and taste, but also the aesthetic beauty of this plant.