Tomato Plantation:

In tomato crops, the plantation framework is set depending on:

• The Plant
• Greenhouse Model
• Growing Cycle
• The Commercial variety, etc.

Standard growing density is usually about 2 plants / m2.

Tomato and Vegetables Pruning:

The strategy regarding pruning is an essential practice for vegetables indeterminate. This work is performed after 15-20 days of transplantation with the appearance of the first side shoots, which will be eliminated, as the older leaves, in order to get a vegetative plant structure increasing production, and further improving the aeration of the neck.

The number of arms (stems) leave per plant were also determined. The pruning to 1 or 2 arms are frequent, although in cherry tomatoes, plants are usually left up to 3 and 4 arms.

Why use this technique for Tomato?

The stems or arms of the tomato plant are not kept upright, so that to keep them vertically and take advantage of radiation, as well as provide growing practices, tutoring technique or trellisings aplies.

What is the staking tomato?

This technique is to hold the plant stem by a wire or cord which is usually raffia (polypropylene or similar), so that a yarn end is located in the heel (bundled, knotted or attached by clips) of ground, and the other end is attached to a horizontal web of wires located within the greenhouse (‘grating’) at a certain height of soil depending on the greenhouse model. (from 2.2 to 5 meters).

The trellising is an essential practice for keeping your plant in a standed position and improving fruit quality and final production, as well as diseases control.