July is the time when tomatoes begin to ripen. To get a good harvest, you need to take good care of them.
The main things are proper watering, fertilizing, loosening the soil, pinching out the side shoots and treating against pests and diseases.
Moisturizing
In hot weather, moistening is carried out once a week with warm water and it should be poured under the root. One plant requires 5 liters of water. Water should not get on the leaves.
Loosening
The next day after watering, you need to loosen the soil. To retain moisture, the beds need to be mulched.
Pinching out stepsons
The side shoots are removed from the lower part of the stem. Afterwards, the bush is formed; it should have 1 stem or two or three branches. The bush will grow lushly and give few fruits if it is not side shooted.
During fruiting, the lower yellowed leaves are removed.
At the end of July, graft the bush above the last flower on the main shoot. Above the fourth and fifth brush, leave only a couple of leaves. Do not forget to graft the stem so that the flowers begin to bear fruit.
Top dressing
Tomatoes are fed three times every 14 days.
This is done with fertilizers that contain potassium and phosphorus. During fruiting, they are fed with this solution - a couple of tablespoons of superphosphate and a little ash are dissolved in a bucket of water. Superphosphate can be replaced with 2 tablespoons of potassium humate.
If tomatoes lack potassium, the fruits turn black, the tops start to rot, and the leaves look up. Then fill the tomatoes with this solution - dissolve a couple of spoons of calcium nitrate in a bucket of water and fill the bushes.
Fighting diseases
Spray the tomatoes with phytosporin or garlic infusion (twist a couple of heads of garlic and dissolve in 1 liter of water. After 24 hours, add a bucket of water and spray).
Fruit picking rules
They are picked unripe. When picking brown tomatoes, green tomatoes will ripen faster.
