All summer residents want to get an early harvest of any vegetable. Many grow tomatoes, looking forward to their fruits.
- Choose the right variety
- Seed preparation
- Soil for seedlings
- Growing seedlings
- Tomatoes in a greenhouse
The timing of the appearance of such depends largely on the climate, on the characteristics of the soil on the land and on itself. But they can always be reduced.
A few tips will help get the fruits of tomatoes in May.
Choose the right variety
Preference should be given to those that ripen 90-100 days after seed germination.
Suitable early and ultra-early varieties: “Dachnik”, “Boni MM”, “Alpha” and the like.
Seed preparation
To get an early harvest, it will not be enough just to disinfect the seeds by placing them in a solution of potassium permanganate for 15 minutes.
Soaking planting material in aloe juice will help to achieve seedlings faster. It will need to be diluted 1:1 with water.
Soil for seedlings
You can buy one ready made. There is an option to make your own soil mixture from biohumus, rotted compost, soddy soil and sand.
A glass of wood ash must also be added to a bucket of this composition. The resulting soil should be pickled with potassium permanganate.
Growing seedlings
Containers with it should be kept at 23-25 degrees during the first days after planting. After the emergence of sprouts, the containers should be moved to a cool room for 7-10 days.
After this time, you need to again keep the tomatoes at room temperature, illuminate and feed with the addition of complex fertilizer.
Tomatoes in a greenhouse
Plants should be transplanted there when there is no threat of frost. For irrigation, use warm settled water.
A week after the transplant, you should water the tomatoes with Fitosporin-M. At the beginning of the growing season, you need to make preparations of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
