How and why to tie up tomatoes in a polycarbonate greenhouse

Tomato, this familiar fruit of all of South America, is popular for good reason. It is not only full of beneficial micro and macro elements, vitamins and antioxidants, but also "removes" thrombosis, intestinal obstruction and varicose veins, is useful for the cardiovascular system and strengthens the immune system.

But if you are thinking about your own tomato beds, you should remember about their capriciousness. As an effective way of dealing with it, it is worth considering garter and pasynkovanie tomatoes in the greenhouse.

Purpose of the garter

Tomato garter do not use in hot climatic zones. In such conditions, the stem of a tomato is additionally fed from the ground. But in our climate, even in greenhouse conditions, this option will not work.

To get a decent harvest tomatoes will have to tie up in the greenhouse - This will give a number of advantages:

• protect the stems from damage;
• prevention of diseases of tomatoes due to ventilation of their stems and the lack of contact of plants with the ground;
• preservation of fruit from slugs;
• additional space in the greenhouse;
• additional illumination of the culture with sunlight;
• providing ease of processing bushes - it will be easier to collect and spray the fruit, as well as to form the crown.

Greenhouse methods

Below we look at methods of garter tomatoes in a greenhouse made of polycarbonate, and also illustrate them with the help of video.

Pegs

For the garter you can use stakes:

1. Set at a distance of several centimeters near each bush peg. Height is selected at the discretion, the optimum - 1 meter; The count must be 27 cm higher than the bush - it is driven into such depth to such a depth. When using wooden rods, coat them with linseed oil, and then with oil paint - this will save them from damage.
2. Tie a tomato stalk to a bar with a rope or a piece of fabric near the top of a bush, making several turns and tying a bandage into a knot. Use clean garters.For disinfection suitable boiling water or laundry soap.

The main disadvantage of the method is that the “ring” will have to be tied up as the culture grows.

Stretching

No less common linear method:

• at both ends of the beds, put on a thick bar, at least 5 centimeters thick;
• connect their tops with metal wire;
• wind each bush at the base with a string, and then tie it to the wire.

The beauty of the approach is that the plants will not need to be rewound as they grow - they will hang the ropes themselves.

Trellis

The most expensive method is trellis:

1. Place wood or metal trellis along the height of the plants throughout the garden.
2. Stretch between the first string or wire in steps of 30-40 centimeters.
3. Next, you bind growing tomatoes, like wicker, stretched ropes from one side to the other. Heavy brushes can be tied to the trellis or hung on hooks.

The advantage of the technology is in reliability and in that it allows you to increase the yield at the expense of stepsons, which are also passed through the ropes.

What to do before the garter?

Before the garter of tomatoes in a greenhouse made of polycarbonate should be careful stewing tomatoes.

Breaking steps is necessary every ten days, not allowing them to grow by more than 5 cm. To break them, it is enough just to pull them down. By performing the operation correctly, you will get more than 3 kilograms of fruit from each bush.

How to tie up plants

The only true way to tie up plants does not exist - everyone is free to choose what he likes.But they can be divided into classical and garter tapener, which we consider below.

Classic

Both natural and synthetic fabric can be used as collars. Its strip should be wide (centimeter 4) and durable. Reusable material - panty hoses and nylon socks, which are disinfected once a year, as well as various plastic devices, such as clips.

The binder

An alternative to the classical method of winding is a binder (tapener) - a device for garter vines, climbing and creeping plants, including tomatoes. He does everything he needs: he fastens the tomato in the greenhouse and the support with a tape, fixes it with a clip and cuts it. You need to provide yourself with consumables: elastic tape and metal brackets.

Are there different ways to garter in the open field?

If you are wondering if there is a difference between a garter in a greenhouse and in an open field, the answer is no. There is no difference: both the necessary materials and technologies are identical - however, in the greenhouse, tomatoes grow faster, which is an important plus.

We understood how to tie up tomatoes in the greenhouse, and learned Some important lessons:

• it is easier to damage a formed bush, therefore the garter should be carried out at early stages of its development;
• thanks to the stepsons, the bush grows, but the fruits on them ripen rarely. In the meantime, the stepchildren take nutrients from the plant - therefore, it is advisable to seedling the seedlings, which is much easier to do on the tied bushes;
• garter is effective primarily for tall tomatoes, which bend under the weight of the fruit;
• in greenhouses, they cultivate mostly tall varieties - they are more fruitful, which is more economical; therefore, it makes sense to combine these or other methods of gartering tomatoes in order to get the maximum benefit from the minimum areas.

Finally - A few words about contraindications for the use of tomato:

• it is worth temporarily abandoning the use of canned tomatoes in the event that a doctor prescribes a salt-free diet, since they contain a lot of salt;
• Do not eat tomato fruits if you are allergic to dyes in it or vitamin C. You can consider the option of "yellow" varieties, because they contain less (5 mgc) of ascorbic acid;
• Do not eat tomatoes if you have gastritis, pancreatitis, or stomach ulcers.

Do not cook the fruit in an aluminum dish - the acid in them will react with the metal surface.

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