How to grow tomatoes using pot planting media can be learned easily. As long as you want to study seriously, you can do tomato cultivation independently. Tomatoes are categorized as vegetables, although physically they have a fruiting structure. Tomatoes can grow well in the highlands and lowlands ranging from 0 - 1500 meters above sea level. The most important thing is that tomato plants are planted on loose land that has a pH of about 5.5-7.
In the wild, tomatoes have a shrub shape, the height of this plant can reach 3 meters. But after being cultivated tomato plants only have a height of not more than 2 meters. In order not to collapse, tomato stems must be supported by a wooden or bamboo plate.
How to grow tomatoes in polybags
Tomato cultivation, in general, can be done on large land such as plantations by making beds. But not a few also plant these plants around the house using pots or polybags. There are also those who cultivate tomatoes by hydroponics, namely growing plants without using soil media. But this article will only discuss how to grow tomatoes in a polybag. If you want to know how to develop tomatoes on a large scale, you can read articles about technical guidelines for tomato cultivation.
Choosing Tomato Types
In general, tomatoes can be distinguished from the shape of the fruit. There are 4 types of tomatoes that are widely circulated in the Indonesian market, namely granola tomatoes or fruit tomatoes that have a round shape with a flat base. The second type of tomato is oval tomatoes with an oval shape, usually used as raw material for making sauces. Vegetable tomatoes, have a hard texture and taste a little sour. The last type of tomato is cherry tomatoes, the shape is small and has a sour taste.
How to grow tomatoes in polybags is quite easy to do, the first step is to choose the type of tomatoes that will be cultivated and then choose a place of cultivation according to the type of tomatoes to be planted, especially for climatic conditions and altitude.
For maximum cultivation results, use high-quality seeds. You can get it at other farmers or buy selected seeds in agricultural shops that provide various varieties of tomato seeds. For information and properties of tomatoes can be read on the back of the seed packaging.
Sowing Tomato Seeds
How to plant tomatoes in a polybag should be seeded first. The new seeds in the form of seeds must be planted into plant seeds, then moved to a polybag planting medium. This step is very important because the treatment of new seeds grows very different from plants that have grown up.
Prepare a place and media for seeding tomato seeds. Use a nursery that is protected from rain and direct sunlight. For seeding media, you can use polybags or make beds.
If the seedling medium uses a bed, make a run on the bed with a depth of 1 cm and the distance between the 5 cm intervals. Then plant tomato seeds on each run by giving the seedlings a distance of about 3 cm, cover the surface and then flush with water.
For seeding using a polybag, fill polybags with nursery media. If there are no polybags, you can use seedlings from leaves. Immerse tomato seeds into the seedling media. Cover the surface then shingle with enough water. For one polybag it is only filled with one tomato seed.
After the seeds are planted in the semi a field, do regular watering every 2 times a day with a smooth flow of water. Be careful when watering, do not damage the surface of the seedlings because it will result in the growth of the buds from tomato seeds.
Additional fertilization can be done about 2 weeks after the seedlings are planted using organic liquid fertilizer or compost fertilizer. During the seeding, weeding is needed to remove weeds that grow on the seedling media. Tomato seeds can be transferred to the planting area when they are 30 days old or at least the tomato seeds already have 5 leaves.
Move Tomato Seeds
In moving tomato seeds there are 2 ways that can be used. The first method is to move the seedlings in a revoked way. How, flush seedbed media so that the soil becomes loose, then pull the tomato seeds carefully, do not let the plant roots break or damage. Then input the plant seeds into the planting medium. The position of the plant must be perpendicular to the planting hole in the polybag. The position of the root must also be straight and should not be bent or folded. Adjust the depth of the planting hole with the length of the tomato root.
The second way to move the seedlings is by rotating. How tomato plants are removed along with the media around them. For seedlings that are sown in the shade, pry the plants as deep as 10 meters using a scoop or hand. Then cut and transfer the seeds along with the soil.
For seeds that are sown in a polybag, take or tear a polybag and then push the seedlings together with the seeds and transfer them to a larger polybag. Polybag seedlings can be used repeatedly as long as the conditions are still good.
Maintenance and Maintenance of Tomato Cultivation
Maintenance and care of tomatoes in polybags is relatively easier when compared to other planting media. By using planting media polybag, plant health is more controlled, because it avoids transmission of disease through the roots. The thing to do is to maintain the condition of the planting medium so that it is not too dry. Flush at least 2 times a day, do not get too wet to avoid root rot.
Weed weeds in growing media regularly. If there are seeds that die or die, immediately dispose of and replace with new plants. Other treatments can be done by trimming the buds and giving the train so that the plants do not easily collapse.
Pests and diseases that interfere with tomato plants are quite a lot. If the pest that attacks can be seen by the eye, it can be cleaned manually. Take pests that attack and then dispose of, remove damaged leaves and stems so as not to spread to other plants. The use of chemical pesticides should be avoided, use more natural organic pesticides to be safer for consumption.
Tomato Cultivation Harvesting
Tomato plants in a polybag can already be harvested when they are 3 months after planting. This is also influenced by varieties of tomatoes planted. Criteria for tomatoes that can be harvested usually have a yellowish green color or the edges of the leaves have begun to use. Put on the ripe fruit only.
Tomato fruit does not ripen simultaneously. Do picking every 2-3 days, not too often so that the plants are not easily damaged. The right time to harvest tomatoes is morning or evening because at that time the sun does not shine too hot.
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