The balcony is planted with small tomatoes, and the heart is pollinated and beaten to make the brackets, so that the fruit can be fruitful, and one basket at a time
The weather is gradually warming up, many friends on the balcony began to raise flowers, a variety of vegetables, the epidemic gave us some inspiration for life, high-rise buildings in big cities, not as good as the small courtyard in the countryside to raise flowers and vegetables to be more affordable, so the balcony to grow vegetables is also more favored by people. The most popular vegetables to grow on the balcony are some leafy vegetables with short growth periods and small tomatoes. Potted small tomatoes mini and cute, delicious and good-looking can be used as vegetables can also be used as fruits can also be potted, so how to plant on the balcony?
Grow vegetables on the balcony, the focus is on simple organic, small plant type, hanging fruit, we can use the simplest materials, simple tools, simple methods to plant small tomatoes.
Small tomatoes, also known as cherry tomatoes, are annual herbs in a variety of varieties. If you plant on the balcony, you can choose to plant small dwarf tomatoes hanging fruit is particularly numerous, the plant type is not easy to grow tall, good light resistance, more water requirements, as long as the temperature is right all year round can be planted.
First, variety selection
Potted tomatoes can be bought with dwarf tomato seedlings, and if the balcony is larger, you can also plant some tall tomatoes. If you are willing to lose enough fertilizer, tall tomatoes can grow into small trees, and fruit buds can bear hundreds of fruits and pick a small basket.
Second, planting time
If the temperature is around 15 degrees to 30 degrees, it can be planted all year round, but the corresponding seasons are spring planting and autumn planting is the best.
You can choose to plant with seeds or with seedlings. If you want to save time, you can buy a few seedlings. If you want to plant a few more seeds, then choose seeds, soak the seeds in water for a day or so and then sow seeds, it is best to cover a plastic film, maintain temperature and humidity, wait until after budding, and gradually remove the convenient bag.
If it is a tomato seedling, after waiting for the slow seedling, it is gradually changed to a large flower pot, the tomato root system is more developed, and the root system can grow vigorously.
Third, bask in the sun
Potted tomatoes must give it plenty of sun, and planting in the open air is basically full sunshine. The more you bask in the sun, the sweeter the fruit, the faster the red color, and wait until the surface of the potting soil is dry before watering.
Fourth, fertilize
If you want to fertilize the small tomato fruit to be sufficient, you can put a layer of bottom fertilizer at the bottom when planting, and when the seedlings grow to 4 to 6 leaves, you can apply some organic fertilizer, you can use dry chicken manure, dried sheep manure shallow buried on the surface of the pot, you can also sprinkle some of your own bean cake fertilizer, organic fertilizer and so on. When flowering and fruiting, be sure to supplement potassium fertilizer, potassium fertilizer can promote fruit set can also increase the sweetness of the fruit, if not potassium dihydrogen phosphate, water twice a month until the fruit is ripe.
Fifth, trim the top
If you want to make tomatoes more fruity, pruning and topping are essential. When the seedling grows to the right height, it can retain seven or eight fruit branches, then cut off its top bud to limit the growth to the top, let it fully grow the bottom side bud, and remove the leaf bud below the flower in time to ensure the normal development of the plant.
After flowering, it is best to artificially pollinate small tomatoes, if planted outdoors there will be bees and butterflies, if planted indoors, you can gently flick the plant or dip the powder with a cotton swab, so that the fruit is more uniform and the amount of fruit is more.
If you are willing to fertilize and bask in the sun, a small tomato can grow into a small fruit tree, and the fruit can be hundreds, and it is endlessly fun to eat while picking and eating.