Giving up your own tomatoes is unthinkable for most garden owners.Also when the previous years were marked by failures caused by spore attacks of a dangerous potato blight.It is not even certain to grow many varieties on a balcony, in a plastic tunnel or in a greenhouse, because fungi have become very active in recent years and there is no escape from them.
New strains are the salvation.They are distinguished by very high resistance to plague attacks, although mushrooms do not give up.However, they usually only attack older leaves. The fruit remains he althy and tasty, and the plants develop unhindered.Half-wild, little changed in breeding varieties, such as 'Golden Currant' or 'Rote Murmel', retained their natural high resistance to disease, but bear very small fruit the size of glass balls for playing. Many valuable and long-valued varieties, such as 'Coeur de Boef' ('Buffalo Heart'), cannot effectively defend themselves against potato blight.
We will help the plants by putting up a foil roof over them, protecting them against spore-carrying rain. Organic tomatoes, such as 'Primabella' and 'Primavera', grow well both in the field and in the flower bed, as they have been successfully tested for many years on a variety of sites. Even very viable varieties should not be planted in the open air until mid-May.We start growing from seeds at the earliest in March.Young plants need a lot of light, in a place with less light the shoots get too long. When planting young plants in the bed, the first inflorescences should be pinched off.
Fruit ripening can be accelerated a little if the lower leaves are removed from the main shoot down to the lowest branch with fruitsTomato bushes should not be topped, which is still practiced.At the end of summer, cut the tip inflorescences, because the set fruit will not mature until the end of the season. We water and fertilize tomatoes with sensitivity. If we overdo it, the plants will release more leaves than flower shoots and will bear less palatable fruit. The needs of tomatoes depend on the type of soil. The clay soil stores moisture and nutrients. In sandy soil, quickly seeping water washes away nutrients.
Resistant varieties of tomatoes
Tomatoes grown in gardens are often attacked by potato blight, a dangerous fungal disease. Its spores are carried by wind and rain.The disease is constantly changing, producing new, more and more aggressive strains. The best way to avoid losses is to grow new varieties that are more resistant to fungal infections. Every year, breeders prepare new varieties for sale, not only more resistant to diseases, but also characterized by high vitality in unfavorable conditions and abundantly fruiting.
