Growing tomatoes in a greenhouse

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Growing tomatoes in a greenhouseTomatoes are thermophilic plants, therefore, it is possible to grow in central Russia in a greenhouse. To get a harvest, you need to get acquainted with the cultivation technology.

Preparation for a good harvest should start with seeds:

  1. Acquisition of hybrid species (resistance to diseases, vegetation no more than four months).
  2. Selection of large or medium, non-empty seeds.
  3. Disinfection in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate.
  4. Hardening of seeds by the method of alternating temperatures (room and refrigerator) & ndash. changing every 12 hours. Seed germination occurs in two weeks.


Sowing seeds is carried out two months before planting in the greenhouse, thereby preventing them from stretching and overgrowing.

The seeds are placed at a distance of 1 cm, deepening 15 mm into the ground. Place the seed boxes in a cool, bright room. Timely care: loosening, watering. After 11-15 days, the seedlings with the first two true leaves should be transplanted into separate containers (preferably peat pots), deepening the root to 6 cm, use specially prepared mixtures, adapt to new conditions, moderately watering and shading, feed twice (extract from ash, superphosphate, ammonium nitrate).

Before transplanting into the greenhouse, the soil is prepared in the greenhouse: changeability (preferably every year), disinfection with a solution of copper sulfate, loosening, drainage, fertilization in accordance with the type of soil, narrow ridges up to 1 meter, sufficient height of 40 cm.

Planting dates - mid-May, warming up the soil at a depth, stem length 30 cm, up to 10 true leaves, at least two inflorescences, cut off two or three leaves at the root before planting.

Determined by the type of planting: vertical or inclined, the distance between the bushes. The wells are prepared by filling them with complex fertilizers, spilling with a manganese solution.

After planting, it is recommended to water the tomatoes in 12-15 days, the volume of water per square meter will be up to 5 liters. You can immediately tie it up.

Growing tomatoes in a greenhouseAgrotechnical care techniques:

  1. Mulching (will reduce the frequency of watering, loosening, soil overheating, soil erosion).
  2. Reducing the harmful effects of heat by airing and shading.
  3. Regular fertilizing with fertilizers until mid-August (mineral and ordinary infusions of manure, poultry droppings).
  4. Disease prevention (alternate biological products - phytosporin, according to the instructions, with folk methods - serum, garlic infusion, ash decoction).
  5. Leave 8 brushes with flowers.
  6. Artificially pollinate by shaking them.
  7. Spray with the correct formulations, watch out for condensation, not letting the bushes wither, ventilate.
  8. Water after 5 days, preferably in the first half of the day, up to 10-20 liters per 1 sq. m (the option of using plastic bottles installed next to the bushes is possible).
  9. Form into one stem, remove excess shoots & ndash. stepchildren every 10 days.


Use the fruit as it ripens. Ripe, red for consumption within 5 days. Brown and pink can be stored longer, used for pickling and pickling.

Dichenko N.A.


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