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How to grow tomatoes

If you have a little space on the terrace or on the balcony, do not give up the genuine flavor of the tomatoes grown at home. Better yet if you have a garden, the satisfaction that can give you the lands are always many and growing tomatoes is very simple.

Depending on your ability, you decide whether to grow tomatoes in pots or in the garden of the earthy substrate. If you want to grow tomatoes in pots buy a variety of small tomatoes, made in-store advice on which species is more adapted to your needs and your land. Once you have chosen the kind of tomato to grow, your adventure will be surrounded by agricultural action!

If you bought the seeds, you must first make them sprout and then put them planted when the seedlings are formed; while if you buy direct planting, you will need to start with the planting. I would recommend the purchase of seedlings, they are more expensive but the expense falls in the order of $10 for a full box of seedlings ready for planting.

The tomato plants to buy are small and are usually sold in polystyrene containers. quite different tomato plants have already been developed that are sold in pots, in which case you will not have to stay put but just wait for the first tomatoes to ripen.

For the planting, if you want to grow tomatoes on the terrace or on the balcony, using vessels with a diameter of 30-40 cm, otherwise the plants will be placed directly in the garden, in a sunny and breezy.

During growth, the soil should never be dry, so watering the plants frequently, mainly because the tomato is a plant with high summer temperatures, and the water will tend to evaporate. If the soil is not fertile enough that you use, you can arrange for fertilization at planting, and the second fertilization can only do it after flowering when you are trained the first tomatoes.

What does it take to grow tomatoes?

  • Tomato plants or seeds.
  • 30-40 cm pots or garden.
  • Fertile soil.

What tomato plants grown in pots? Choose quality dwarf or bush and helped to cultivate the support of a mentor or a board where they can lean on the plants during the growing phase.

When and where to grow tomatoes? Start the crop before the summer, so he can collect during the warmer months. For the ripening of tomatoes, you need a warm and sunny.

Which fertilizer to use? Better to use good liquid fertilizer or properly prepare the garden soil.

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