quarta-feira, 9 de maio de 2012

Grow your tomatoes!

1) Start with the seedlings, produced from seeds placed in fertilized compost, it may be in a crate or plastic cup with holes. Put in 2-3 seeds in each pit. Cover with sieved soil. Daily irrigations, without excess water. The seedlings appear in about 15 days.

2) When the seedlings have four or five leaves they are ready for transplanting.

3) Leave
50 cm space between plants . 1m between the grooves . Have the plants on a sunny spot. Support the plant with a stick.

One tip is to combine the crop with herbs like salvia or mint.

Manually remove all pests and weeds that appear. You can juice from toxic plants as pesticide.

Soil: well drained, deep, sandy-clay soil, pH between 5.5 and 6.5;

Fertilizer: bone meal and manure. Add manure to soil and compos 10 days before planting;

Climate: mild, between 15 ° and 24 ° C;

Harvest: 90 to 110 days from transplanting.

Can be planted in pots or gardens.


Um comentário:

  1. Tomatoes looking great and tasty! We would have to have some greenhouse to get them grow to this size here in Sweden, but a simple plastic cover does the job pretty good. Old discarded windows leaned against the wall are sometimes used to help protecting tomatoes from the harsh weather up here and to grow a bit more! We have a few pre-cultivated plants in our kitchen at the moment, waiting to be planted in the garden soon. Hope to be able to show them to you in August!

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