How much advice can get a horticulturist from clever books about gardening and sites on the Internet. Ask a simple question: "How do I remove the leaves with tomatoes?" And you will come across on the chemical composition of the leaves, the way is important for plant photosynthesis and so on and so forth.
And once again left alone with your question. Only once I have found on the internet story of a woman about how she breaks the leaves. I used this way, and I want to share with you now.
In the greenhouse, grow tomato varieties of different heights:
- High - Sweet bunch, De Barao pink.
- Average - Gina Newbie pink.
- Bantam - Shuttle, Gnome, Sanka.
How to pick off the leaves of tomatoes
Naturally, during the growing season, I remove stepsons at high and medium plants, and form them into a single trunk. Low-growing plants do not touch, grow yourself cheerful bushes until the end of the season. Large crop of low grades, I do not expect to grow a variety of fruits. The main crop yield average and tall shrubs.
The leaves of tomato is cut short when the tomatoes begin to tie. Regularly check every bush. Once found that the brush is fully fastened -'ll break all the leaves underneath.
Important: No need to wait until the brush will be much fruit, enough to see that the fruit stems throughout the brush appeared green balls, tomatoes are the future.
Above the ensuing brush leaves do not touch, otherwise the ovaries begin to dry. So I do every time, going to the greenhouse. When I pick up a brush, I shake the whole plant, and thus spend artificial pollination, which is also useful. When tying the second brush again'll break all the leaves below it. And so on until the full fruiting plants.
When the plant reaches a height limit, depending on the variety, pinch out the tip. Gradually, the plant gets rid of leaves, only clusters of tomatoes hanging on the trunk.
Important: Complete removal of the leaves helps to get rid of caterpillars, vegetables are warmed by the sun, and do not hide under the leaves. One may consider this method of removing the leaves seem vandalnym, but I use it for several years and it has never let me down.
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