What tricks are usually used in growing tomatoes: to help the novice gardener
Few summer residents can imagine their own plot without tomatoes growing on it.
To collect a decent harvest of the fruits of this popular crop, it would not hurt to use some tricks.
So, tomatoes will be strong if, when planting, you add a handful of ground rye crackers and a teaspoon of wood ash to the hole.
When planting seedlings, or even better, 2-3 days before planting, remove the 2 lower leaves from the plant.
If you want to help the plants get stronger and their root system develop better, you should forget about watering for the first 10 days. Such "hardened" tomatoes will cope with drought better.
Don't forget about removing the side shoots - usually plant growers resort to this procedure when the shoots reach 4 cm in size.
Before flowering, tomato beds must be treated with a solution prepared by dissolving 5 g of boric acid in 10 liters of water.
And you will need an iodine solution if you want to speed up the ripening of tomatoes: 30 drops per 10 liters of water.
