Growing tomato plants is simple, fun and most gratifying. Once a person has tasted a tomato picked fresh off of the vine from their very own garden, they are going to barely be able to tolerate any one of those plastic tomato plants within most supermarkets!

Tomato plants can be started as seeds or purchased as seedlings and transplanted into the garden. If the gardener wants a join the summer season they might start the seeds in the house, in special containers. They should start the seeds about 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost, then put the baby plants in the garden when all threat of frost is finished. The soil should be rich, simple to work and a little acidic, as tomato plants are acid loving plants. Tomato plants can take from 60 to 88 days to be prepared for harvest.

If you are researching how to grow tomatoes, you will find there are a couple of approaches to put transplants in the garden. A hole may be dug that's deep enough to cover the roots of the plant, or the plant can be place in a trench. When the plant is placed in a trench, the leaves across the stem must be plucked off, leaving only the top leaves. Then, the stem and roots are laid in the trench and covered up. This will allow roots instead of leaves to grow across the stem. Some backyard gardeners throw a dash or two of boric acid into the trench or the hole before the tomato plant is put in to increase the acid content. The boric acid has to be covered up with a layer of soil to make sure that it doesn't burn up the roots. Some people also add some dry eco-friendly fertilizer. Fertilizer also has to be covered up prior to the plant is put in the hole.

The tomato plant should have full sun and warmth, which it's why it's a perfect summer crop. Additionally, it has to be watered deeply and thoroughly, otherwise the fruit can be disfigured. Deep watering will encourage the roots to grow deep and receive more nutritional elements from the soil. With shallow watering the roots will not get far enough underneath the surface of the soil and the plant may well not get what it needs to be healthy and productive.

When the small, starry yellow-colored flowers begin to appear, vegetable growers start to fertilize the plant in earnest. Many follow a routine of every fourteen days until harvest. Liquid or dry fertilizer can be utilized and there are special fertilizers made only for tomatoes. To dissuade insects, plant marigolds at the edges of the plot.

Gardeners differ on perhaps the tomatoes should be staked, caged or permitted to be unsupported. The tomato is really a vine and some will need support once the heavy fruit begins to come in and the branches crack because of their weight. There are some who do well without the help, and some gardeners state these tomatoes would be the most effective. But it's up to the gardener.

Knowing how to grow natural tomatoes is an excellent talent to possess. Nothing on the planet is better than an organic tomato!