A tomato tree is the dream of any trucker. If it is grown in a greenhouse, then the branches of the plant fly over the entire ceiling. The harvest from such a tree is gigantic. Who does not own a greenhouse , can produce tomato growing in the open ground. In this case, you can get a crop, which will be up to 10 kg from one bush.
How to grow a tomato tree?
Growing sprouts. First of all, you need to acquire seeds. Since the tomato tree is a hybrid, its seeds can not be grown on their own, they have to be bought for cultivation. Seeds are planted in sprouts in February. The substrate does not differ from that used for obtaining conventional tomatoes. Seeds are placed in the soil at a distance of about 2 cm from each other. The tare is covered with a polyethylene film, kept in a warm room at a temperature of + 28-30 ° C. After the appearance of the first 2-3 leaves, the seedlings are placed in separate containers. It is watered not often, but abundantly.
Landing in the open ground. By the time of the landing, the height of the seedling should be at least 1 m. At the end of May - beginning of July, they land in the open ground. The place is chosen illuminated by the sun and sheltered from the wind. In the pit for planting fall asleep a bucket of humus and add mineral fertilizer. A peg is prepared next to it, which will serve as a support for the bush.
Caring for a tomato tree
After the bushes take root, they put on them a five-liter bottle, cut off from both sides, which is filled with earth. This contributes to the formation of additional roots on the main stem. The more powerful the root system of the plant, the more abundant harvest you will get.
Care of the plant is to timely watering, fertilizing, weeding from weeds. Organic and complex mineral fertilizers are introduced every two weeks, alternating.
Until the end of September you will be able to get a plentiful harvest. After the time has passed for harvesting, you can cut off the tops, leaving a height of about 20 cm, dig a plant with a clod of earth and leave it for storage in the winter. In the spring, you can again apply prepared tomato bushes for cultivation.
Varieties of tomato trees
Different varieties of tomato tree have fruits that differ in taste and color:
- red (syphomandra betacea);
- violet (syphomandra corymbiflora);
- yellow (syphomandra abutiloides);
- orange (syphomandra betacea).
Red and purple fruit to taste like a tomato. Yellow and orange have a sweet taste, they are used in the preparation of fruit salads, desserts and jam.
With some effort, you can grow a tomato tree in the country.