How to tie tomatoes in a greenhouse?

Tying tomatoes significantly helps in caring for plants in the process of growing them and contributes to obtaining higher yields. Therefore, for many gardeners, the actual question is: how to tie tomatoes in a greenhouse ?

Do I need to tie tomatoes in the greenhouse?

Many are interested in the question of the necessity of tying tomatoes in a greenhouse. The implementation of this process has many advantages, namely:

• allows plants to avoid pest attacks;
• facilitates the process of growing a tomato . When a certain height is reached, it becomes difficult for plants to sustain their weight. Garter largely helps to avoid such a situation.

How can you tie tomatoes in a greenhouse?

As materials for the process of garter use twine, strong cord or cord. The device that you choose should be wide enough. This is due to the need to withstand heavy loads. In the case of using a thin rope, there is a great risk of damage to the stem or its cutting.

There are several ways how to tie tomatoes in a greenhouse with twine, which include:

1. Garter with linear trellis . This method consists of the following. Next to the plants put pegs or pipes, having a height of about 2 m. Between them pull a wire or strong twine. To her, in turn, twine the twine, which should be your own for every tomato bush. As the plant grows, it will twine around the twine. Its lower end is tied to the stalk of the tomato, so that the node is located quite freely. It is necessary that the stem can grow and thicken. If the size of the knot does not give the plant the freedom to grow, it will make it more difficult for nutrients to enter its roots, stitch the stem and kill the tomato eventually. The upper end of the twine is thrown through the wire, and then tied. It can not be strongly tightened, as this can lead to stretching and tearing plants from the soil. When the bushes begin to grow, it will be necessary to follow that the stem is evenly wrapped around the rope.
2. Garter using a trellis trellis. To implement this method, the stakes are set at a distance of 35-40 cm from each other. Between them, a wire or string is pulled in several rows. The stems of plants will be fastened to the twine.

How to tie tall tomatoes in a greenhouse?

The best way to tie tall tomatoes is the use of support pegs. For their manufacture, you can use wooden sticks or metal rods. They are buried in the ground for 20-30 cm at a distance that corresponds to the distance between the seedlings. In this case, the stakes should be placed 5-10 cm from the plants.

The length of the pegs depends on the expected height of the tomato, as a rule, it is 1.2-1.5 m. If metal rods are used, they should be covered with linseed oil and treated with oil paint. Plant stems are attached

to pegs with the help of a strong twine. With growth, tomatoes are tied in 2-3 places.

The advantage of this method is its simplicity and ease of use. The downside is that the plants are shaded and blown worse.

If desired, you can combine two methods of garter: the lower part of the stem tie to the peg, and the top - to attach to the trellis with twine.

Garter a tomato can contribute to increasing the yield several times.