Mini tomatoes on the terrace, a pot of tomatoes on the balcony or perhaps a complete tomato home within the backyard. The paradise apple has been the preferred vegetable in Austria for years.
12 suggestions from OÖN natural gardener Karl Ploberger
1. Plant tomatoes deeper: When you have not purchased grafted tomatoes, you must plant the crops a lot deeper. They may then develop many extra roots and develop compactly.
2. Nettle within the planting gap: Along with compost and natural fertilizer, you also needs to add a handful of recent nettles to the planting gap. The rotting crops make many essential vitamins out there.
3. Undoubtedly underneath the roof: With out safety from the rain, our tomatoes not develop. A spacious tomato home, which additionally prevents the crops from getting moist from the aspect, protects towards illnesses and fungal infections.
4. Thinning is a part of itu: There may be loads of dialogue regarding this and following a number of years of making an attempt I’ve determined to begin scaling down once more. Eradicating the aspect shoots brings considerably higher outcomes.
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5. Plant potatoes distant: The largest drawback in recent times is that potatoes have turn into so well-liked. As a detailed relative of tomatoes, potatoes (which develop open air and not using a roof) transmit many illnesses. So at all times plant them distant – not within the path of the primary wind!
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6. Fight late blight and brown rot instantly: Many small crops that you simply purchase are already contaminated with this illness – with out you seeing something. Due to this fact, deal with them proper from the beginning with milk, efficient microorganisms (EM), horsetail extract and rock flour. Take away yellow-brown leaves and later additionally diseased fruits instantly.
7. Velvet stains on account of excessive humidity: This illness happens primarily in small greenhouses, which sadly are sometimes troublesome to ventilate. The yellow spots on the floor and the green-brown spots on the underside are the seen indicators. The fungus overwinters within the greenhouse! Due to this fact, clear the partitions effectively and deal with the soil with microorganisms.
8. Mildew and gray mould: Illnesses are typical in excessive humidity and warmth – as is usually the case this summer time. Due to this fact, at all times water from beneath (as with all fungal illnesses) and guarantee that there’s air circulation. Stagnant air is the largest “fungus producer”. Instantly spray with baking powder (soda): 1 teaspoon to 1 liter of water.
9. Rolled up leaves on account of an excessive amount of fertilizer: If the tomatoes are equipped with loads of vitamins and on the identical time many aspect shoots and the bottom leaves are eliminated, the principally darkish inexperienced leaves will curl up. This isn’t a illness, however an oversupply of vitamins that has no impact on the yield.
10. Whiteflies as an invasion: In case you do not use organic brokers (comparable to neem) proper from the beginning, you’ve little probability. In greenhouses, battle with parasitic wasps and yellow sticky traps.
11. Brown spots on the fruits: On the one hand, it may be late blight or it may be the so-called blossom finish rot. The brown spot is immediately reverse the stem. It’s not a illness, however an indication of stress: too scorching, too chilly, an excessive amount of or too little water. In contrast to the brown rot, these fruits will be eaten.
12. Cracked fruits: This isn’t a illness, however relatively a results of too nice a distinction within the water provide. So water evenly, however not excessively.
