Advantages and description of the method of growing tomatoes in a barrel
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What are the advantages
What are the advantages of growing tomatoes in buckets or in a barrel is not at all a secret or a secret. If you watched a video on this topic or a photo, then you noticed that this method of growing will not take up much space in your garden. The diameter of the occupied area is approximately one meter, the height of the occupied space will be approximately one and a half meters.
For tomato harvests to be fruitful, you need to be well prepared. And it is not at all necessary to view photos or videos with lessons on caring for tomatoes, since all the necessary information can be read in this article and it will be enough just to remember the information and bring it to life.
Growing tomatoes in this way from a plot of the same size as described above, you can get up to thirty kilograms of fruit. Due to the fact that the shell of the barrel is made of metal, the soil in it heats up very well, and this is an excellent stimulator for plant growth.
A prerequisite for a good harvest is timely and good watering of the plants.
Convenience will give watering when using hoses with a metal tip. Lowering it deep into the ground will be most effective.
Method description
To install tomato bombs in your garden, you can use both metal and wooden barrels, or buckets upside down. The description of the method does not represent any special features. You can use various varieties of tomatoes, including early ripening, high yielding, low foliage, which will withstand dense planting, and even those that do not need to be tied, because they grow, as they say, upside down.
Barrel diagram for growing tomatoes upside down
The basis of this method is that an old metal barrel or bucket is taken, placed upside down with holes punched in it or in it in an amount of fifteen to twenty pieces. The approximate diameter of the outside of the barrel is between forty and sixty centimeters. You can also put together such a container from wood. You can take a tub made of wood, its size should be about one meter by one meter and the same height and also set it upside down. Due to the fact that the container will not have a closed bottom, it will be easier for worms to make their way and excess liquid and moisture will not stagnate.
For a good ripening of the plant and a fruitful harvest of tomatoes, which are planted upside down, the earth must be covered with humus in a barrel. You can plant different varieties of tomatoes, but it is advisable to use undersized ones with this method.
How to care
How to care for your plants if you decide to grow tomatoes in buckets or barrels in your garden? Here it is important to adhere to at least the most basic recommendations so that your harvest is no worse than what you expected, or even better than you watched the video.
Plant one tomato sapling in the center of your barrel at the beginning of the last spring month. Its landing depth is sufficient at five centimeters. Cover the top with plastic wrap so that the plant does not die from the cold at night.From all prepared seedlings, select the strongest branch of the seedling. Tear off the bottom leaves from it, after two or three hours, cover it with soil to a height of about ten centimeters. After a certain period of time, the process will grow, and then repeat the previous operation. And do this procedure until your barrel is completely filled with the soil mixture. This will be tentatively at the beginning of summer. Then you don't have to cover the barrel or bucket with the film.
Thanks to this method, the strongest root system of tomatoes will be formed. So she will be able to withstand absolutely any weather conditions, and will also be protected from plant pests and possible diseases.
A few tips:
- From the very beginning of summer, you do not need to pinch. You should get as many brushes of tomatoes as possible.
- The moisture content of the mixture inside the container should be maintained at the level of sixty to seventy percent.
- From mid-summer, once every two to three weeks, you need to feed your plants with nutrients.
Video "How to grow early tomatoes"
The recording shows an unusual way of growing a tomato.