Ninety - five pct of home gardeners grow tomatoes , largely because they are very easy to grow with a small preparation and noesis . Good care in each stage of growth ensures a harvest of 10 to 15 pounds of yield per stock size flora . Heirloom , or heritage , tomatoes are open - pollenate seeds that have not been genetically manipulate . The stage of heritage tomato plant increment are the same as crossbreed .
Seedlings
Choose tomato plant seed that accommodate the local growing climate , according to the USDA plant hardiness zona single-valued function . " Better Boy , " " Celebrity , " " Whopper " and " Brandywine " are established favorites that pay well . Plant the seeds ½ in deep . They evolve in 5 to 10 years when the temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees F. Seedlings first appear as a single stem with two small leaves anticipate the seed leaf result . When tomato seedling reach 2 to 3 inches in height , they grow their second pair of leave-taking , which are called " true leaves . " Plants are now ready for transplanting if needed . Tomato seedlings grow well when space 1 ½ base to 3 feet aside .
Young Plants
As love apple flora reach 5 to 10 inch in height , they develop five to eight sets of sidelong branches with leaf clusters . When transplant a Lycopersicon esculentum that has become " long-legged " from lack of Christ Within , place it in a muddle with the cotyledon leaves cover . ancestor will sprout from this surface area to make a sturdy flora . former variety tomatoes such as " Earliana " and " Early Girl " set fruit at 45 day . Fruit will not set when nighttime temperature stay below 55 degrees F. Tomato plants should be staked or cage at this metre , using cages that are 5 feet improbable or taller .
Mature Plants
In the mature stage of growth , a standard tomato industrial plant is 5 to 6 feet in tiptop . Tomato plants sprawl rather than go up , but they are referred to as " vine . " Branches should be tie and trained to wire musical accompaniment system as they develop to forestall yield from spoiling on the ground . Tomato plants at this stage of growth are sullen feeders and need an app of organic compost fertilizer each month . Apply it as a side crop in a dress circle , 4 to 6 column inch out from the plant stem .
Harvest Stage
nanus and container tomato plant at the crop leg of growth are 2 to 3 foot in acme . Tomatoes are ready for harvest time when they are truehearted and fully colour in . temperature over 90 degree F cause an accelerated softening appendage and trim quality . pickax tomatoes every two days during hot weather . One Lycopersicon esculentum works yields 10 to 15 British pound sterling of yield . After tomatoes are harvest , remove vine and place them a compost pile to keep possible spread of disease .
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