The essence of Dutch tomato cultivation technology

What varieties are suitable

Tomato seeds must first be prepared for planting. And to use this particular cultivation method, you need to choose the right, “right” seeds, which are intended for cultivation in greenhouses. Tomatoes are divided into different types:

• determinant;
• low-growing;
• semi determinant;
• medium-sized bushes;
• indeterminate;
• tall bushes.

Only medium-sized and tall types of plants are ideal for the breeding method described in this article. If you are interested in trying this growing technique, you definitely need to know which varieties are suitable for obtaining results according to the Dutch method. As practice has shown, it is best to choose the following varieties: Camry, President Two, Hanni Moon, Debut and Raisa.

The essence of technology

This method has received worldwide recognition for its effectiveness and productivity. Russian vegetable growers have long understood the essence of the technology and are successfully using it, getting excellent harvests of fruits. Tomatoes are delicious, round and juicy. Dutch technology makes it possible to collect sixty, or even sixty-five kilograms of tomatoes from one square meter.

To root the plant, a special mineral wool base is used. For many reasons, soil is not used at all. The most basic of them is that pests can start in ordinary black soil, which will definitely need to be destroyed using herbicides. Using mineral wool - this question is excluded.

To fully nourish the seedlings, it is enough to use ready-made fertilizer. It contains all the most necessary components.

Seedling planting scheme according to Dutch technology

It will be enough to add it to the containers in which the soil mixture is located. To make the plant photosynthesize better, many people use carbon dioxide. Indeed, with proper gas exchange, there will be a good harvest. The flowers of the plant are pollinated by bees, hornets or bumblebees, which must be launched during the period when the tomato plants are blooming. Before planting the seeds, the substrate must be thoroughly moistened. On the bottom of the container for planting, lay drainage, on top of which - mineral soil. Next, sow tomato seeds and cover them with sand and vermiculite by one centimeter on top. It is important not to allow the soil to dry out. To do this, cover the seedlings with foil and remove them in the shade from the scorching sun. The stems of the plant, as a rule, reach the required level after one and a half to two weeks. Then it will be necessary to transplant the plants into special containers (containers or bags).

In order to get excellent tomato seedlings, it is important to know the time required for growth: in winter - a maximum of nine weeks; in the spring - no more than six; in summer - no more than five weeks. Dutch technology of growing tomatoes - complex cultivation of delicious fruits. The plant must meet some requirements:

1. When the first brush of flowers appears, there will be about ten leaves on it.
2. Correctly, when the pedicel is short with a suitable shape of the flower race.
3. The flower cluster should hang down.
4. The stem of the plant should be of medium thickness.

It is important to keep track of these important points. And then you will get a wonderful harvest of delicious tomatoes. The room in which the seedlings will grow must be ventilated, have good lighting, the air temperature is at least eighteen degrees, and the soil at the time of planting at least sixteen degrees Celsius. If the temperature of the air or soil is lower, it is necessary to heat this room. Transplanting seedlings is a very painstaking business.

When replanting, the roots of the seedlings should not intertwine. First of all, the soil must be made smoother and covered with cellophane wrap. This will better reflect the sun's rays and protect the seedlings from pests. Then each small plant should be watered with salt water. This should be done with a hose or drip method, from below, so as not to burn or damage the leaves.

For one square meter, you need to plant 2-2.5 tomato sprouts. And with very good lighting of the greenhouse, you can 2.6-2.7. A suitable gap between two rows of tomatoes is seventy to ninety centimeters, and between sprouts up to fifty-five centimeters.

Growing tomatoes using Dutch technology in large volumes and of good quality depends on the correct heat balance in the greenhouse where the tomatoes are grown.

This affects:

• the number of flowers;
• shape and color of fruits;
• ripening period of tomatoes and their size.

For tomatoes that are already planted, it is very important to maintain a temperature balance:

1. at night - not less than seventeen degrees;
2. in the daytime - no more than nineteen degrees;
3. soil temperature should be constantly seventeen - eighteen degrees Celsius.

Also arrange for excellent air exchange, maybe even install fans. To obtain a good harvest, the rate of humidity in the room where the plants are grown is sixty-five to seventy-five percent. With a moisture content of less than fifty percent, tomato fruits will turn out to be hard and fibrous.

We put it into practice

After the bushes have been planted, they need to be watered regularly immediately. Proper watering is the right approach when growing tomatoes. The best watering option is to drip irrigate the plant from below. For irrigation of plants along furrows, it is more efficient to use plastic pipes with special perforations, to which you need to connect a hose for irrigation.

This tactic favorably promotes uniform watering of the plant. The frequency with which tomatoes need to be watered depends on the action and activity of solar radiation, the rate of evaporation of moisture, soil moisture, ventilation system and the maintained temperature inside the greenhouse. For watering plants, water is most useful after rains or purified not colder than sixteen degrees. At each stage of plant development, it is imperative to remove dried old leaves.

Be sure to trim your flowers for proper development and balance. In the first two brushes, you need to leave five flowers, and in the rest you can already six. Pollination with the help of bees, bumblebees should be carried out up to three times a week. It is this method that affects more fruits. When the time comes to harvest, the best time for this is early morning, do this procedure about four times a week.

And in winter, pick tomatoes calmly, even if they are not yet bright in color. In spring and autumn, pick only the most ripe tomato fruits .. In order not to damage the harvested fruits, it will be effective to put them in boxes or baskets. We apply this technology in practice and get excellent yields.

Video "How to grow tomatoes using Dutch technology"

The video shows how tomatoes are grown in Holland.