Learn 10 tips for growing tomatoes Vegetables

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Enjoy a salad with fresh vegetables or a dessert with exotic fruits. A particular pleasure combined with the knowledge of doing good for your health. But then, when these commodities come from crops managed by his hand and according to his scheme. The pleasure is exponentially amplified. Discover ten steps to carry out the cultivation of tasty tomatoes, from the seed to the picking of the fruit. We will take you step by step to grow the plant in good conditions and respect natural processes. So that the fruit is purely natural and organic. You will then have the pleasure of crunching the fruits of your labor and your patience. With the intensity of the taste of passion.

To get started in the business of growing tomatoes, it is necessary to keep in mind that to respect the biological cycle of the fruit, it is required to produce it in a specific interval of the year. Starting in mid-February and, at the latest, the end of April. To start sowing before or after this range is not to respect the biological cycle of the plant and risk not having any significant yield. It is therefore essential to appreciate the season.

To successfully cultivate your first tomato plants

The first step is the careful preparation of the substrate. A good quality soil specific to sowing will provide the seeds with good conditions for development. Do not hesitate to invest and select a soil rich in nutrients, guaranteed without unwanted germs. If you can’t get this premium product, mix regular potting soil with vermiculite. Or even simple earth and potting soil. 

The critical point of the second step is the careful choice of the container in which the seeds will hatch to generate the first shoots. Equip yourself with special trays designed to allow the passage of the early stages of seed development. You can also opt for expanded polystyrene bins collected from the local fishmonger. Remember to drill the base to ensure water drainage. You will have obtained at a lower cost and excellent seed brooder.

Spread your substrate until you reach a thickness of 5 cm and in such a way that the dispersion is homogeneous.

Arrange the seeds in the arranged trays so that they are spaced from each other by 1 cm on average. At this point, you need to be patient before the first signs of life appear.

Once the seeds are in place, cover them with a thin layer of the substrate.

If you are growing several varieties simultaneously, it is strongly recommended that you compartmentalize your containers and label them so that you can navigate them later.

Do not hesitate to mark on the labels as much information on the variety as possible. For example the date of sowing. This data will help you later on to optimize your crop management.

As long as the first shoots have not pointed the tip of their nose, watering must be a daily reflex. Here, the correct dosage of the quantity of water supplied is essential. It is about maintaining the balance between drowning or drought.

The role of exposure to lighting is like the other parameters determining the extraordinary growth of the tomato plants that you cherish. Be sure to expose your germination boxes to sunlight. The seeds should never end up in an environment with a temperature below 16 ° C, as this may considerably slow down the germination of the plants. As of course, they cannot withstand excessively high temperatures. Be sure to balance the light exposure to ensure symmetrical development.

Symmetrical development

When they first grow, have developed until they have two distinguishable leaves, they go through a stage called repotting. During this step, you must transfer each shoot to an individual pot to continue to grow there. The repotting location, which is intermediate between sowing and final transplanting, and essential.

The repotting step should include individual 8 cm pots. They exist in garden centres, and you can recover them. After filling the cup with a mixture of soil and potting soil, make a hole with your finger. So as not to damage the root of the young shoot. Take it with a teaspoon, digging deep under the node. Then place it in the bucket, burying the seed deeply to allow its consolidation.

Continue to water the tomato plants regularly, guaranteeing them access to natural light and a gentle and constant temperature. Once the risk of roaming frost has passed the winter, the shoots had already started a severe development of their buckets, which can be transplanted into the ground.