More and more often, sellers working in stores selling gardening products are asked about the availability of seeds of so-called gnome tomatoes.
If you are not familiar with them yet, you will probably be interested in the story of the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh about low-growing varieties of tomatoes.
Perhaps the main thing you should know is that gnomes mainly tie only the lower brushes well - there are many times fewer fruits on the upper ones.
Among the varieties of low-growing tomatoes, you can find for yourself “specimens” that have an interesting fruity taste, as well as those that have a regular tomato taste, and even those that are very sour technical varieties.
A few words about the formation of gnome tomatoes. During this "procedure" the gardener is required to leave 3-4 of the strongest lower stepsons. However, such formation can lead to thickening of plantings and the emergence of diseases.
In the south, dense plantings are beneficial for gnomes because they protect them from too much sunlight.
However, in the middle zone and in the case of a damp and cold summer, you will need to carry out preventive treatments using biological preparations or chemically synthesized fungicides, such as "Ordan" and "Quadris".
Dwarves also require mandatory side-children and garters. We will not hide that removing side-children requires a lot of time and effort, but if you do not do this, as a result you may not wait for the ripening of the fruits or get small and sour fruits.
Finally, we will share with you the varieties of gnome tomatoes that are especially popular among knowledgeable gardeners. These are "Purple Heart", "Sweet Firebird", "Raspberry-Red Dwarf", "Urulsu Ochre", etc.
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Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
