Indoor nightshade - decorative tomatoes on your window

Growing and caring at home.

Like any other indoor plant, nightshade needs proper care, and for this it is necessary to determine the appropriate temperature regime, optimal watering and options for its reproduction.

The nightshade, or as it is also called - winter cherry, adds about 900 representatives of the species Solanaceae, including the well-known potatoes. It blooms in the summer, and by the fall, beautiful, cherry-like berries appear, which, as they ripen, change color from green to bright orange-red and stay on the plant all winter, until early spring.

We transplant tomatoes into pots

If you grow tomatoes in winter, you should understand that this culture is warm and light-loving, so it is still worth for them, albeit artificially, to extend the length of daylight hours. This is achieved by setting the light bulbs 25-30 cm from the plant (not from the pot). Lamps should also be turned on if it is cloudy outside, not only at sunrise, but also after sunset.

When the seedlings are 3 weeks old, you should fertilize them with products intended for seedlings, strictly adhering to the instructions. As a prophylaxis for various diseases and fungus, it is better to spray seedlings by diluting 50 g of milk in 500 ml of water.

Growing a tomato on the balcony

After the third leaf appears, you should start diving. First of all, they should be planted in small containers, the diameter of which is 5 cm. If you transplant all the seedlings into a large container, the roots will develop much worse.

After a month, tomatoes from small containers should be transplanted into larger containers - from 3 to 5 liters. An alternative are boxes with light soil, into which plants can be transplanted at a distance of 25 cm.

Hanging tomatoes is a great solution. Hanging pots are used for such purposes. After a while, the leaves and fruits will fall down, as a result of which you will have an original balcony fruitful decor.

Soil selection

Particular attention should be paid to the substrate for growing tomatoes on the windowsill. It should be loose, nutritious and neutral in acidity. The easiest way is to contact the same store where the seeds were bought and purchase ready-made special soil mixtures for tomato seedlings. This will be especially important during winter sowing, in addition, the store land already contains all the necessary nutrients, and there is no need to add additional components.

If there is a desire and opportunity, you can prepare the soil for growing a tomato on a windowsill yourself by choosing one of the proposed mixture options, namely:

• 1 share of sand and 2 shares of garden land;
• humus, peat and sod land in equal shares;
• 1 share of vermiculite, as well as 4 shares of sod land and compost.

The soil from the garden or vegetable garden must be disinfected before use by pouring it with boiling water or igniting it in the oven.

Growing tomatoes

In winter, tomatoes grown on a balcony or loggia should not be watered often, as in summer. Better when the ground dries well.

Since tomatoes are a thermophilic crop, they should ideally be placed on the south and east side.It happens that long internodes appear between the elongated bushes. This comes from hot and dry weather. Therefore, it is necessary to adhere to the optimal air temperature in the balcony area. The main thing is that it should not be more than +30.

To prevent overheating indoors, it is better to use blinds, curtains, blinds on the windows.

As for pollination, it is impossible to achieve it in apartment conditions, so you will have to do pollination yourself. When the plants bloom, shake their brushes every morning. At this stage, you can also use the Ovary sprayer, which promotes the ripening of the fruits.

Cherry tomatoes in plastic bottles on the balcony

If stepchildren begin to form in the variety, they should be cut off, leaving hemp 5 mm. Also, during the flowering process and after 2 weeks, it is necessary to use fertilizing with mineral fertilizers and ash, diluting 1 tbsp. l. in 500 ml of water.

In the process of fruit ripening, it is necessary to collect the ripe ones, leaving others to ripen. If the tomatoes taste sour, this is the result of insufficient light during the growth process. Therefore, try putting the crop on a windowsill on a sunny side for a few days, and the taste of the fruit will become noticeably better. Actually, this is the whole principle of how to grow tomatoes on the balcony correctly, so that you get unspeakable pleasure from the whole process and the harvested crop.

Seed sowing time

The timing of when to start sowing tomato seeds for window sill cultivation does not have such restrictions as in the case of obtaining seedlings for open ground. It all depends on the period for which fruiting is planned: whether it will be year-round "exploitation", or whether the crop will ripen in the winter.

In order to have fresh vegetables throughout the year, regardless of the weather, seeds can be planted in 4 passes: autumn sowing in October and November will provide a winter harvest, and planting in February and March will guarantee fruit in the summer.

Cherry tomatoes

The most common varieties of cherry tomatoes for balcony cultivation are: Bonsai, Thumbelina, Baby, Minibel, Pygmy, Date F1, Businka F1.

Cherry tomatoes growing on the windowsill

If your choice is cherry tomatoes on the balcony, growing will not be too difficult and hassle-free. This requires:

1. Prepare cylindrical plant pots. It is cylindrical, since rectangular or square containers will be worse filled with roots. Well, the land must be selected fertile.
2. The plants are light-loving, so put them on the sunny sides - south, east, west.
3. If the lighting is insufficient, or the windows face the north side, additional light sources should be installed. You should know that if there is not enough light, then the buds may fall off.
4. The seeds are placed in pallets, covered with polyethylene, and placed in dark places where the temperature is not lower than 25 degrees. And so to keep them until the first shoots. When shoots appear, the film is removed. After that, it is necessary to wait for a while for the small plants to get stronger, and then transplant to a permanent place.
5. After planting the seedlings in a permanent place, it will be necessary to take care of it: water it every day, pinch it, fertilize it, tie it to the supports, and also fight pests, diseases and prevent fungus.
6. Also, many people practice growing tomatoes on the balcony in hydroponics.

Growing tomatoes on an open balcony

You shouldn't forget that the humidity level should be moderate to prevent rotting or drying out, as well as the appearance of stepchildren. In cloudy and winter periods, it is worth limiting frequent watering.Moreover, cherry tomatoes are self-pollinating, so you should not shake them every morning. If the humidity of the earth is increased and the temperature is more than +30 degrees, the ovaries slow down the formation.

Stepsons take root quickly enough - in a week. To do this, it is better to add a little flower fertilizer to the water with the stepsons.

Most experienced gardeners use metal buckets for planting cherry tomatoes, which does not negatively affect the plants. Late blight is not terrible for them.

We grow tomatoes on the balcony

Many people want to grow cherry tomatoes on the balcony, but not everyone knows about all the nuances of this procedure. It turns out that it is quite possible to have tomatoes all year round. How to grow them and care for cherry tomatoes will be discussed further.

When to harvest indoor cherry blossoms

Harvesting begins after the fruits are fully ripe, then they will reveal their taste and aroma to the fullest. Unripe fruits can have an unpleasant aftertaste.

With the right approach and phased planting of cherry tomatoes on the balcony from October to February, a competent gardener can enjoy homemade fruits almost all year round.

Harvest balcony cherry tomatoes

To do this, you should carefully prepare a place for growing your favorite fruit and carefully monitor it throughout the entire period of its life.

Preparing the place

Cherry is a small fruit variety that can be grown on the balcony all year round. The garden variety has a very sweet taste. Cherry tomatoes on the balcony grow in large clusters. You can grow a cherry variety on any land - in a greenhouse, on an open garden ground, on a loggia and at home on a windowsill.

Since sunlight allows tomatoes to enjoy trace minerals, the tomato grows healthier, stronger, and tastier accordingly. If this is not possible, then the greenhouse and windowsill can also be used. What is the sequence of work for growing such tomatoes at home? The first thing to do is to prepare the containers. Cylinder pots work best. Square containers are poorly filled with the root system. Fertile soil will be the best place to plant tomatoes.

Preparing a site involves clearing it for more sunlight and illumination. The best place for a tomato can be a windowsill or balcony located on the west side of the building.

The lack of light must be compensated for with artificial lighting. If such lighting is not provided, then sluggish buds can be obtained as a result, or they can be allowed to fall off.

Features of indoor tomatoes

The group of tomato varieties suitable for growing on a windowsill, balcony or terrace includes several types:

• dwarf tomatoes;
• tall tomatoes;
• ampelous types (hanging);
• ornamental varieties of potted tomatoes, which nonetheless produce some yield of delicious sweet fruit.

In size, the fruits are quite large - with an apple, but the most popular indoor tomatoes are cherry and cocktail varieties.

By color, varieties of dwarf tomatoes are red, pink, yellow, white, chocolate and black, green and multicolored.

All varieties of tomatoes for the windowsill meet the following requirements:

• be self-pollinated (there are no pollinating insects in the house);
• standard, that is, do not require pinching and shaping bushes;
• adapted to the conditions of a short day, especially in winter;
• bushes are small in size;
• with an early return of the harvest, but extended in time.
• resistant to dry air, fungal diseases.

Landing

The cultivation of a cherry variety is not much different in comparison with any other tomato varieties. However, there are some conditions that provide for a certain period of planting seeds in the ground.In many regions, the amount of sun sufficient for gardening appears at the end of May. It may be too late to plant seeds at this time. Therefore, it is better to think over everything in advance, and plant them in late March or early April.

The planting technology is divided into several stages. First, the soil is prepared. The process consists in warming up and processing the EM with a preparation. This will make it possible to remove and dispose of the harmful inhabitants of the ground cover. Before that, grooves are made in the soil, in which the planting material is planted in a strip. Watering should be abundant, and the water for irrigation should be warm. The most optimal conditions for sowing and germination of planted seeds are 10 or 12 hour daylight hours, the temperature should not be less than or exceed the threshold of 25-28 degrees Celsius.

The first sunrises appear in 5-10 days, the temperature after their appearance should drop no more than 25-28 degrees. 3-4 leaves can be a reason to start diving. You can take tomatoes to the balcony if the temperature on it is 16 degrees or higher.

A week before planting, the seedlings are hardened, taken out to the balcony or street. The seeds are placed in a pallet. The pallets are covered and left in a dark place, the temperature of which must be at least 25 degrees Celsius. So they stand until the first shoots appear. Then the plastic film is removed, after the first shoots have grown stronger, and planted in a place, and these are rectangular containers where the plant will develop the rest of the time.

Preparation of planting material

Potted tomatoes are grown in the same way as garden crops - through seedlings. You can use your own seeds, collected with your own hands from homemade tomatoes, or you can buy them in the store. However, regardless of origin, all seeds must first be prepared for sowing. For this:

To accelerate the germination of seeds, they can be put in a cloth bag, well moistened and left on a platter for several days so that the seeds swell.

Care

The fruits are stored for a very long time, and they can even be dried, and they are also well suited for fermentation. Growing cherry on the balcony, you can get a harvest all year round, this variety is ideal for fighting the shade. In the garden, such bushes with a lush offspring are able to please any mistress. Sometimes the fruits can even be of different colors. Although growing is very similar to the procedure for growing conventional varieties, cherry care is slightly different.

Here is a small list of such rules and features:

Tomatoes do not like dry soil very much. Therefore, it is best to water them every day.

Quite a lot of space should be left between the bushes, this will allow the sun and fresh air to be evenly distributed, nourishing the plants.

A garter is required for all cherry varieties, regardless of bushiness and height.

Mulching the soil will help avoid overheating and contaminating the fruit.

The most delicious tomatoes are only fully ripe. Therefore, it is not recommended to collect them earlier.

Seedlings require care, watering and pinching, but not always.

Fertilizers are desirable, as are tying, which is mandatory for the variety.

These varieties bear fruit before frost, and are the earliest. Such tomatoes are knitted even in difficult weather conditions - in hot or cold weather. Also, the properties of tomatoes are very resistant to various types of diseases, and are decorative in appearance. Creeping on the ground, you can grow such a tomato variety without supports and without pinching.

The planting scheme implies a distance of 40-70 cm between the bushes. The greenhouse must be ventilated, this will prevent phytophthora from getting into the plants. Drying out of the soil should not be allowed, this has a very negative effect on the growth of the tomato. The surface can be loosened and illuminated with special lamps. It is very important to tie up the plants, and do this, regardless of the variety - tall or short.You can freely grow cherry on the windowsill - however, it is better to choose undersized varieties for this. Their root system is less developed, and this is just at hand for growing in such conditions. Seedling is done in the same way as for open ground. After strengthening, the seedlings are transplanted into pots, and further care techniques are the same as in other cases.

Preparing for landing

The process consists of several stages: selection of a variety, selection of capacity, selection of a location.

Variety selection

Varieties that meet the following criteria can be grown in pots:

Bush size - height, span of the crown. If the cultivation of tomatoes in pots is planned on the street - a summer cottage, these sizes do not have a significant effect, it will only be important to correctly choose the volume of the container. For home growing, this is the determining factor, because the plant needs space.

Important! You cannot put 5-6 pots in a row on the windowsill - leaves pressed against each other reduce the likelihood of harvesting and create additional risks of an outbreak of diseases.

The height of the plant also matters - there is no point in growing the 4-meter De Barao on the windowsill, but it would be quite appropriate to place containers with it around the gazebo in the country house or on the open loggia of a city apartment.

Fruit size. It is tempting to plant a giant tomato weighing over half a kilogram in a pot. But only one will mature, for a larger bush, whose root system is rigidly limited by the walls of the container, will not be able to. It is optimal to choose such plants whose fruit weight does not exceed 40-50 g. It is not particularly important whether the variety is specially designed for container cultivation or not, especially if the container will stand on the balcony or on the summer cottage lawn.

If we are talking about the windowsill of a city apartment, preference should be given to container varieties of the cherry group. They form compact bushes with medium-sized fruits weighing up to 30 g.

Illumination. If there is not enough light at the intended place of placement, the choice should be stopped on cherry blossoms that ripen successfully even with a lack of lighting. Although all tomatoes belong to plants with a short daylight hours, this does not mean at all that it is permissible to put them in a corner where the sun is 15 minutes a day.

Important! Tomatoes need at least 12 hours of daylight hours, especially for young seedlings, so it is necessary to immediately provide for the possibility of additional lighting.

Maturation time. For the southern regions, the choice is wide - from early (for indoor, balconies) to late (for outdoor cultivation). In temperate climates, the choice is limited to varieties that ripen in the early and middle periods (up to 100 days). The same applies to indoor tomatoes grown in winter.

The best varieties of homemade tomatoes:

• Pearl Red;
• The pearl is yellow;
• Room surprise;
• Bonsai;
• Balcony miracle;
• Japanese dwarf;
• Mini Gold;
• Thumbelina;
• Leopold;
• Baby;
• Pygmy;
• Bonsai Micro.

The list is far from complete, the number of cherry varieties that can be grown on the windowsill has long exceeded a hundred.

Small-fruited varieties intended for open ground, for example, Snegiryok, Button, are also grown as a balcony culture.

On a note! Compact indoor cherry trees can be planted in several bushes in one low pot of large volume, creating a picturesque composition of multi-colored tomatoes of red, pink, yellow, orange and green flowers.

Which pot to choose

First of all, the capacity must be stable. Sleek pots with a narrow bottom and wide top are not suitable for solid tomatoes.

How much pot volume is needed for tomatoes is determined by the height of the bush (indicated on the seed bags). The roughest estimate is 1 liter of soil for every 10 cm of height.The rule is true for cherry, if the fruits are larger, add another 1 to 5 liters.

Planting in ceramics

The material of the pot can be anything - plastic, ceramics, wooden tub. However, due to changes in daylight hours, containers often have to be moved to another location. It is rather difficult to rearrange a 20-liter outdoor clay pot or a 50-liter wooden barrel, it is better to choose plastic. And for home cherry you can take ceramics.

Seat selection

Definitely, the more sun the tomatoes get, the better they will taste. Therefore, for growing tomatoes in pots at their summer cottage, southern directions are chosen. Window sills and balconies of east, south or west orientation are suitable for tomatoes in the apartment.

Planting tomatoes in pots

First of all, seedlings are grown. The process goes on as usual.

For sowing, it is preferable to use peat tablets. Several specimens are usually grown in pots, and this will not hit the pocket hard. You can plant each seed in a separate small cup, or use the traditional method of waiting for the seedlings to appear in the seedling boxes. The whole procedure is similar to growing seedlings for greenhouses and open ground.

On a note! Sowing dates for potted tomatoes outdoors and on balconies are the same as for open field.

Room terms are determined less strictly. Most often, indoor tomatoes are sown in two periods - from mid-July to mid-August to diversify the New Year's table with fresh tomatoes, and from mid-November to mid-December to replenish the vitamin deficiency in early spring.

Care of seedlings, their picking, hardening also proceed in the standard mode.

On a note! Small-fruited tomatoes are immediately transplanted into permanent pots.

At the stage of 5-6 leaves, or better with the appearance of the first flowers, the seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place - in containers intended for it.

The soil is taken universal, adding sand, vermiculite or peat to it (1:10 to the bulk of the soil). In order to further avoid diseases in the tomato mini-kingdom, the soil is first spilled with boiling water or a manganese solution. Fertilizers are often added, but it is better not to do this: the crumbs actively begin to grow, gain powerful tops, forgetting about the formation of flower brushes.

Home growing options

How to grow cherry tomatoes at home? They can be either in the open field. Tall specimens that are attached to trellises look very impressive. Such bushes reach 2.5 m in height. More compact bushes with a height of 1-1.5 m are often placed in tubs or pots. Such tomatoes grow successfully on verandas, loggias, balconies. Some growers use tin buckets as a container for tomatoes. It is noted that tomatoes planted in such unusual vessels are practically do not get sick with late blight, develop well and give a bountiful harvest.

At home, cherry tomatoes are placed in tall pots. The ideal place for growing is a sunny window sill, a glazed loggia or a balcony.

You can clearly see cherry tomatoes at home in the photo below:

Detailed instructions for growing tomatoes on a windowsill in winter and summer

Who among us does not dream of fresh vegetables that can be eaten not only in season? Why go to the supermarket in winter for imported tomatoes that don't even smell like them when you can grow natural tomatoes on the windowsill ?! By moving indoor flowers and freeing up space for several pots, fragrant and tasty tomatoes are easy to get even at home. How to do it correctly, in order to pamper your loved ones with vitamins all year round, will be prompted by a small selection of practical tips and recommendations, which we propose to familiarize yourself with today.

How to plant seedlings yourself?

To properly plant and grow cherry tomatoes at home, you need to know a few simple tips, which we will talk about below. Miniature tomatoes can grow by seeds

, sowing them on seedlings, and also
rooting stepsons
... Beginners should try both methods and then settle on the one that seems most suitable. Usually, sowing seeds begins in March, in which case the tomato fruiting period will last until December. First you need to sort out the seeds, discarding the empty and ugly ones.
soaked in a growth stimulator for 12 hours
, then washed with clean water and wrapped in damp gauze to swell.

For growing ready-made soil mixtures are not suitable

, they are very poor in composition and will not provide the normal development of seedlings.

The ideal soil consists of a mixture of garden soil, rotted humus, peat and washed sand. Disinfect

the soil will be helped by calcining or spilling an aqueous solution of copper sulfate. For greater nutritional value, ash or complex mineral fertilizers are added to the soil. It is worth adding chopped charcoal. The soil mixture is thoroughly mixed and loosened.

The prepared seeds are sown in containers and covered with a layer of soil 8-10 mm thick. The surface of the soil is sprayed with water from a spray bottle, you can spill it with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. The containers are closed with foil or glass and exhibited in a warm and dark place.

After emergence, containers are exposed to light.

After the appearance of the second leaf, the seedlings dive. When diving, it is recommended to gently pinch the root tip to stimulate the development of the root system. Then the soil surface is poured with a warm solution of potassium permanganate and sprinkled with calcined sand.

Seedlings need to be hardened

, periodically removing the film from the surface of the container. The room temperature should not drop below 22 degrees during the day and 18 at night. The ideal daylight hours for tomatoes lasts up to 16 hours,
with the onset of dusk, the landing will have to be illuminated with lamps.
You can grow seedlings without picking. For this, the swollen seeds are planted in cups filled with soil, 2 pieces in one container. After germination and formation of 3 true leaves the weaker sprout is removed

... Soil is poured into the cups as the seedling grows and develops.

It is much easier to propagate tomatoes by stepchildren. Shoots, separated from an adult bush, take root in a container of water. Already after a week, the seedlings can be moved to pots

... Thus, it is convenient to propagate plants of the variety you like, as well as quickly replace old bushes.

Reproduction methods

There are two commonly used methods of propagating nightshade, the first by seed and the second by cuttings.

Seed propagation

For planting seeds, you need to prepare a container and suitable sifted soil, and then the seeds are laid out on the surface of the soil. Further, the surface is crushed with sand, slightly moistened and covered with a film. The container with seeds and cover is hidden in a warm place (+ 22 - + 23). Seedlings should appear within 2-3 weeks, which, as they grow, will need to be dived 2 times, and only after that the plant is ready for planting in the soil.

Propagation by cuttings

Another breeding option is stem cuttings. After spring pruning, the cut branches are not thrown away, but planted in a mixture of earth and peat, and after rooting, they can be transplanted into a separate pot. In the container for the transplant, the bottom layer must be drainage.

Caring for tomatoes at home

Young plants are planted in tall cylindrical containers volume not less than 5 l

... In cramped and small pots, you will not be able to achieve a good harvest.A drainage layer is laid out on the bottom.

Tomatoes poorly tolerate stagnant water in the soil

, with constant flooding, they can stop growing.

The containers are placed on pallets and placed in a well-lit area. The ideal option is windows or loggias facing south, southeast or southwest.

Small-fruited ampelous varieties are planted in deep hanging baskets,

the bottom of which is also filled with a drainage layer. A portion of the hydrogel placed in each container will help to reduce the frequency of watering and maintain soil moisture.

Important

to the selected basket
had no sharp edges
... Stems overhanging the edge can break. Ampel tomatoes are hung in a well-lit place, protected from gusts of wind.

And what should you do to grow cherry at home on a windowsill in winter?

In the cold season over a tomato plantation will have to equip the backlight

... With a lack of lighting, the stems turn pale and elongate, flowering and the formation of ovaries stop.

The temperature in the room should not exceed 28 degrees and fall below 18. If the plants live on an open balcony or veranda, with the onset of the first night frosts, they must be transferred to the room. Tomatoes placed on the windowsill like frequent airing and occasional spraying with warm water

... In the heat, it is better to keep the windows open.

Tomatoes love moderate humidity without flooding and drying out the soil. For irrigation, soft water at room temperature is used. Watering the plant at the root is not recommended; it is advisable to use a watering can to moisten the soil. Watering regime depends on the weather. In dry and sunny weather, it is worth watering the bushes twice a week; in cloudy weather, the watering intensity is halved.

Miniature tomatoes very sensitive to soil nutrition

... It is not recommended to overfeed the bushes with nitrogen-containing fertilizers. They stimulate the growth of green mass to the detriment of the ovaries. Ideal fertilizers for tomatoes -
superphosphate, ash and rotted humus
.

During flowering and fruiting, feeding is carried out every 2 weeks simultaneously with watering. In greenhouse conditions, cherry tomatoes can be fertilized with diluted mullein or chicken droppings.

So we found out: is it possible to grow cherry tomatoes on the windowsill and how to do it? With these simple tips, you can enjoy real homemade cherry tomatoes.

How to grow at home or on the balcony?

When grown at home or on the balcony cherry tomatoes can be affected by pests

... Periodic spraying and frequent ventilation of the room will save you from aphids and spider mites. In severe cases, the bushes can be sprayed with insecticides suitable for fruiting plants, but
you shouldn't abuse chemicals
... Copper preparations help against late blight.

The grown bushes need support. Heavy branches are tied to strong metal or plastic pegs, ampelous species can be attached to trellises or left to subside freely.

An important point is the formation of a bush. Garden tomatoes of large-fruited varieties have lateral stepson shoots are usually removed

so that the plant does not waste energy on the formation of additional green mass. At home, some of the stepsons should be left.

They give the bush a beautiful shape, moreover, ovaries are also formed on the lateral processes and fruits are formed. It is worth remembering that beautiful rounded bushes are slightly less productive, but they look more decorative.

The summer season is coming to an end, the harvest has already been harvested, and a long, boring winter is ahead. And who told you that cherry tomatoes grow worse on the windowsill than on the garden bed? Funny bushes, hung with bright fruits, will delight you all winter, decorate the interior and add a pleasant variety to the menu. Such simple gardening will delight you and your loved ones, will add variety to the gray everyday life.And how wonderful it is to serve the New Year's table with bright red tomatoes, which can be plucked directly from the bush. Today we will talk about all the features and subtleties of home gardening.

Small and fragrant cherry tomatoes that conquered gardeners all over the world

Growing cherry tomatoes

For sterilization, we need a tall saucepan, in which we need to put a towel or a clean cloth. Put jars of cherry tomatoes on this rag, and pour water, bring to a boil and boil over low heat for half an hour.Right now tomatoes are the juiciest and most fragrant, and at a more or less interesting price you can buy domestic cherry tomatoes. And you can also use not only red, but also yellow cherry tomatoes, which will further decorate your jars for the winter. I didn't have yellow ones in the store, so the colors didn't work ... Well, maybe next time, because the season is not over yet.The Chocolate Pearl variety can bear fruit until frost, but is a rare species. Tomatoes are dense and have a pleasant taste.

• It is necessary to plant cherry tomatoes using a sufficient amount of water, compacting the earth near the stem, and pouring another glass of water on top.
• Sowing seeds can begin in March in small grooves. In one container, you can sow grains of different varieties of cherry tomatoes, which, so as not to get confused, sign in advance.
• It should be noted that all Cherry tomatoes, varieties of which are intended for cultivation at home, usually bear fruit 2-4 months after planting. At the same time, ripening occurs quite quickly, and with good fertilizers and abundant watering, the bush can bear fruit for 5-6 months. It is important to know that Cherry tomatoes are not pinned, and for a good harvest, the main leaves of the bushes cannot be cut off. During the period of ovaries, you do not need to feed, since this should be done at the very beginning of planting, when the shoots are stretching and the development of the ground part, and also after the fruits have set and turned into small green berries.
• Here's what you need to take into account when growing this tomato variety:
• Minibel;
• Cherry tomatoes varieties that can be grown on the balcony:
• Of course you can, if conditions allow, you can grow minippeers
• Before sowing, tomato seeds are soaked for 15-20 minutes in a warm solution of potassium permanganate (1 g per 0.5 glass of water). After that, germinate until roots are formed on them. Seedlings are grown in a small box at a temperature of 22-25 C. When seedlings appear, the temperature is reduced to 12-15 C, and after 6-7 days it is again increased to 22-25 C.
• After the end of sterilization, leave the jars of cherry tomatoes to cool in a saucepan. Then, when they are already cool enough, take them out of the water, roll them up, turn them over and hold them upside down for several hours.
• In the first case, we will preserve them.
• The Sangella hybrid is world famous, therefore it is available, like any other tomato variety. These tomatoes ripen early, have tall bushes that can be planted both in greenhouses and outdoors.
• Depending on the size of the bush, the distance between them should be up to 1 m, since both tall and undersized bushes need enough space. In the meantime, there is no need to worry about it. ”
• The soil is sprinkled to a thickness of no more than 4 mm and poured abundantly with water, warm to the touch.
• The choice of suitable pots should be taken very carefully, since the good condition of the plant directly depends on the condition of the root system. In principle, the containers should not be very deep, since pots 10-15 cm deep, but up to 20 cm wide are suitable here. The main factors that affect good fruiting are also the degree of illumination and the optimal temperature.The most suitable place for growing a crop is a wide window sill, but if there is an insulated loggia, then it is also perfect for these purposes.

Land for planting is usually taken in a ratio of sand and black soil 1: 4 or 1: 3

Cherry tomato varieties

Mio;

Pearl;You can! At home you can make your own mini - vegetable garden!After the formation of 2-3 true leaves, the seedlings are transplanted into pots with a diameter of 8-12 cm, watered with warm water and placed in a darkened place for several days. Then the pots are transferred to a well-lit place where the temperature is 20 C during the day and 10-12 C at night.

Store in a cool and dry place.We can say that the simplest pickled cherry tomatoes are made according to this recipe. If you have a desire to cook more, then just proportionally increase the amount of ingredients.

But here

As soon as the plants rise to a height of 30 cm, place a support next to them in the form of wooden sticks or twigs.

In order for the seeds to germinate quickly, they need to create an optimal temperature - from 25 to 28 degrees, and daylight hours for at least 10 hours.Tasty and healthy Cherry tomatoes, the cultivation of which is available to everyone today, are grown today by many of our compatriots, and many of them willingly share tips and little secrets of a good harvest. Thanks to the long harvesting cycle, a person can always serve fresh and tasty tomatoes to the table, which have a pleasant aroma and delicious taste. In this case, it is best to remove the brown fruits, which at the same time allows you to accelerate the ripening of other fruits. If the weather is cloudy for a long time, then many home gardeners recommend turning on a table lamp to better illuminate the plant, which contributes to good plant growth.Cherry tomato seeds are not soaked before planting, but are immediately placed in boxes, cups or other containers prepared for planting, embedding them in the ground not very deep. It is recommended to cover the ground with transparent cling film.

Features of varieties of cherry tomatoes

Teenie Tim;

Rowan miracle;

You can grow bananas and watermelons at home!

Homemade tomato is fed several times, soil is poured into the pots.

Before using, such harvesting of cherry tomatoes for the winter should, if not wait for winter, then at least 15 days to stand to “marinate”.

100 g coarse rock salt

Black Cherries are among the best fruitful varieties, as they are excellent in taste and yield.

How is it on the windowsill?

The first thing you will need is to prepare special containers, buy good seeds and potting soil. To grow fruit plants in winter, in conditions of a lack of sun and nutrients (the pot is very limited in its resources), you will need specialized fertilizers and feeding. Cherry tomatoes grow on the windowsill as well as in the open field, especially if you choose a place with sufficient lighting. It is desirable that these are windows facing west or south. The air temperature must be above 20 degrees, otherwise the yield will decrease.

Ampel varieties

Bushes with hanging clusters of small fruits are very beautiful, especially in hanging vases and will decorate the interior and balcony.

The most productive among the ampel varieties is Pinocchio. The length of the lashes is up to 30 cm, at the same time it ripens up to 1.5 kg of red, sized tomatoes weighing about 20 g.

Pygmy is another amazing variety that does not require much maintenance, with a guaranteed yield of up to 2 kg of red fruits weighing 25 g. The bush looks like a green ball covered with red peas.

Another ampelous variety is a dwarf form of the amazing variety Honey bunch. It differs in very large clusters of 20-30 yellow-orange plum-shaped tomatoes. This is the most delicious variety of all indoor varieties.They also grow it in the beds.

The cascade variety Tumbler is preferably grown in hanging flowerpots or balcony boxes. Yields up to 2 kg of red, very tasty fruits. Demanding on lighting.

These were the best varieties of dwarf and ampel tomatoes for home growing. From them you can collect your seeds for the next stage of cultivation.

There are even more hybrids - Citizen F1, Cherry Fingers F1, Red Abundance F1, Slastena F1, Arctic Cherry F1 and others. Their seeds for the next year do not retain their original qualities. But pinching allows you to save the variety. At the end of fruiting, you need to take the healthiest, non-fruiting stepson, root it in water and grow it like a full-fledged new bush.

Choosing a pot

Windowsill cherry tomatoes will grow in whatever pots you choose for them. But in order for them to actively bear fruit, there must be at least 5 liters for one bush. It is advisable to choose containers that are not too deep and wide. Pay attention to the drainage holes to drain excess moisture, without them the roots will suffocate without oxygen.

For every 2 pots, or 10 liters of soil, you need to add a matchbox of urea and potassium sulfate, a handful of wood ash. In such conditions, your tomatoes will feel just fine.

Protecting tomatoes from disease

Another point worth paying attention to is the protection of tomatoes in pots from diseases, because even indoor conditions cannot guarantee their complete absence. One of the main enemies of nightshade is late blight. In order to prevent its manifestation, it is important not to fill the bushes and drain the water from the sump. The fungus also does not tolerate fresh air, so it is necessary to ventilate the room more often.

As a preventive measure, you can spray the plants with a home remedy prepared from the following components:

• 3 liters of water;
• 100 g garlic (minced);
• 1 g of dry crystals of potassium permanganate.

The best varieties for home growing

Not all cherry tomatoes are undersized. Varieties are represented today in such an abundance that you should take the time to study their features, so as not to accidentally buy a garden giant. There are varieties of Russian selection that grow successfully both in the open field and on the balcony. There are tomatoes that bear scarlet fruits, these are the already famous Winter Cherry, Andryushka and Businka. They are successfully grown on balconies and loggias, as well as simply on window sills. Today this company has been supplemented with red cherry tomatoes. These are varieties such as Sparrow, Queen Margot. In order to diversify the winter table or prepare a beautiful assortment of vegetables, you can plant varieties of cherry yellow and orange. These are Lemon, Golden Bead and Noon. From cocktail tomatoes of domestic selection, we can recommend the varieties Marishka and Rosita.

Overview of tomato varieties for growing in an apartment

Tomatoes appeared in the diet of Europeans not so long ago - 400 years ago. And before that, for almost a hundred years, plants were considered purely decorative, and the fruits were poisonous. Tomatoes were brought by the Spaniards who conquered South America.

Obviously, someone tasted unripe tomatoes and got poisoned. Indeed, green tomatoes cannot be eaten raw because of the high content of solanine poison. This led to the fact that tomato bushes were grown in gardens for beauty.

To date, more than 4,000 officially registered varieties have been bred, about 5,000 more are of amateur selection, and the number of hybrids has already exceeded 20 thousand. Conventionally, all varieties can be divided into three groups - for open ground, for growing in greenhouses and indoor tomatoes. We will tell you about the latter in detail.

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Hybrid Ampelny

Growing cherry tomatoes on the balcony, I want the bush to take up as little space as possible, but at the same time give a lot of fruits. The Ampelny hybrid is perfect for these criteria. It will grow beautifully in a pot, old barrel or hanging planter. A distinctive feature is the formation of a bush. Instead of stepchildren, it forms brushes, so the bush resembles a Christmas tree, which is all hung with bright red toys. Like all of the above small-fruited hybrids, it forms fruits weighing up to 50 g, has a high yield and excellent taste of tomatoes. They are delicious, dense and very beautiful.

Why cherry

Cherry tomatoes entered the diet quite recently and everyone immediately fell in love with them. Experts say that the content of nutrients in mini tomatoes is almost twice as much, besides, among large tomatoes there are no varieties with such a rich and sweet taste.

The main advantage of cherry is its simplicity to breeding conditions, they can be easily grown at home.

They also quickly found use in cooking. In addition to traditional salads, canning and vegetable cuts, small tomatoes are used for decorating dishes, drying and drying.

Cherry tomatoes to decorate dishes

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the obvious advantages of cherry:

• fast growth even on the balcony;
• ripening of fruits in a short time;
• good yield.

Up to 20 fruits can form on one small bush. You can collect them until late autumn or even winter, only then the plant becomes dormant. Cherries are stored longer than large tomatoes, while they do not lose their taste.

Balcony cherry tomatoes

However, these varieties have disadvantages. Tomatoes of even the smallest species require a lot of attention - you need to form the growth of bushes and, if necessary, strengthen or tie them up. In addition, cherry peels are thin, which means that they are more prone to cracking than other tomatoes.

Growing seedlings

Cherry tomatoes on the balcony are grown in the most common, seedling way. So you have the opportunity to observe the growth of seedlings and select only the strongest, strongest and healthiest for picking. The picking itself contributes to the development of additional roots and the correct formation of the bush. For growing seedlings, you will need any wide containers with a depth of 8-10 cm. Fill them with earth, water them well and place them near the battery. Before sowing, seeds must be soaked in a growth stimulator in order to achieve more friendly shoots.

After sowing the seeds into the soil, cover the sowing container with plastic wrap. Until the first shoots appear, the pot will be warm, near the battery. After the sprouts appear, the film must be removed and the box with the seedlings must be transferred to the windowsill. It is desirable that it be lighter here and a little cooler so that the seedlings do not stretch out. This period lasts about 20-25 days, and it will end with the formation of two true tomato leaves. You now have real cherry tomatoes growing. The seedlings are ready for the first pick. Since we are preparing seedlings for growing on the balcony, there will be several transplants.

Plant transplant

The nightshade plant should be replanted every year; the transplant is best combined with pruning. The optimal period for this is February, the transplant is performed in a substrate with high water-holding and air-permeable properties. Transplanting nightshade promotes strong and healthy growth of this plant. At the end of winter, the stems are cut to half the height for beautiful crown formation.

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Seedling picks

Transplanting tomatoes is almost painless, but you need to be careful not to damage the fragile stalk. The first pick is performed in pots with a diameter of 8-10 cm. The tip of the root is pinched at the same time so that the root system develops better.The pots should be placed on a light windowsill, the air temperature should be around 23-25 ​​degrees. Now it is necessary to constantly look after the seedlings, water, loosen the soil and apply a complex mineral fertilizer to the soil every ten days.

During this period, a disease called black leg is especially detrimental to plants. For prevention, it is necessary to periodically water the soil with a solution of potassium permanganate. The second danger is the lack of sunlight. In winter, it is short, so you should organize the lighting of tomatoes, otherwise the seedlings will stretch out and die.

At home, cherry tomatoes are transplanted a second time when the plants form 6-8 true leaves. Now you need to allocate an individual pot for each seedling with a volume of at least 5 liters. When transplanting, tomatoes should be buried 10-12 cm in order to form a strong root system.

Is it possible to grow cherry tomatoes in the apartment?

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For better germination of seeds, immediately after planting them in the soil, the ground is watered with warm water

Regardless of the characteristics of each of the varieties, all fruits have a pronounced taste, while having the same mineral and vitamin composition.

Golden bunch;

Definitely you can. Last year we have harvested not a bad "balcony" harvest. This year the truth was not planted,

By the beginning of flowering, the air temperature should be 20-22 C during the day, 14-16 C at night, during the fruiting period the temperature is increased to 26 C during the day and up to 20 C at night.

I would say that this is a more "English" version of canning. They love such "pickles" - I know firsthand. This is the first time I am doing such a preparation and will write about the result later. I am very interested in what the result will be. Then I will unsubscribe.

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Hot climates are the most suitable conditions for such small tomatoes. But today breeders can delight us with many varieties adapted to different conditions. In many areas, they can be freely grown outdoors. Hybrids are marked on the F1 packaging, so you should be careful when picking grains, as such tomatoes in the next season will not have such stable characteristics in comparison with this.

Variety

It is necessary to dive seedlings in cups as soon as the first few leaves appear. Cups should also be placed in a bright and warm place.

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After the sprouts have grown by 5-6 cm, thinning is done, however, if the seeds have not sprouted all, it is possible that thinning is not required.

Despite the fact that cherry tomatoes are high in sugars, small tomatoes are low in calories and therefore do not contribute to weight gain. At the same time, it is undesirable for people who suffer from peptic ulcer disease to eat them.

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To increase humidity, use a glass of water, which is placed next to the plants. When airing, the plants must be removed from the windowsill.

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Growing tomatoes at home.

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To begin with, as expected, cherry tomatoes must be washed and allowed to dry. Then put them in sterilized jars. I think you know how to do this. Put the sterilized jars on a clean towel so that the glass of the formed water and the jars dry out. The specified amount of tomatoes is enough for 2 jars of 350 ml each or one half-liter (this will also depend on the size of your cherry).

Sima

Depending on the height of the bush, you can find cherry tomatoes of determinant varieties, as well as semi-determinant and indeterminate. The former are distinguished by a limited stem height, that is, these are low-growing cherry tomatoes that are convenient to grow at home.The latter are of medium size. Still others are not limited to the height of the stem, which can grow up to 2 m - it is convenient to grow in a large greenhouse or in the open field.

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Red Pearl is distinguished by its oblong pear shape and is resistant to many weather conditions.

Further care

Now the plants have transferred the final potting, where they will grow throughout the growing season. Cherry tomatoes at home need regular watering as the soil dries up. To prevent the formation of a crust on the surface, the soil must be loosened regularly. 10 days after transplanting, you need to add complex mineral fertilizer to the soil. Each plant will require approximately 250-300 ml of solution. The concentration is indicated on the individual packaging. It is necessary to repeat feeding every two weeks to provide conditions for normal fruiting.

Low-growing varieties of tomatoes

On windows in a warm house and on balconies from May to September, when the ambient temperature reaches +15 degrees at night, you can also grow undersized (standard) varieties intended for open ground. There are no special differences in agricultural technology between dwarf and standard tomatoes.

For growing on the window, homemade tomatoes are suitable, which grow no more than 60 cm in height, and on the balconies you can use varieties with bushes up to 1.5 m.

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The best standard varieties with a guaranteed yield

• Sanka (Aelita) - early, first ripening 65-75 days after sowing, tomato height up to 50 cm, red fruits 100-130 g, yield up to 2 kg per bush.
• Tomato Russian vegetable garden. Height up to 35 cm, red fruits up to 60 g, yield up to 1.5 kg. Extra early variety - 60 days after the first shoots.
• Golden (SeDeK) - bright lemon round tomatoes 150-200 g, ripening is extended, begins after 90 days. A hypoallergenic dietary variety with a high beta-corotin content.
• Firewood - a bush up to 30 cm, fruits are long - 12-15 cm, red, sweet, weighing up to 180 g. It grows even in containers of 1.5-2 liters.
• Mongolian Dwarf - the height of the bush is 20-30 cm.And on such a baby there are 8-12 red tomatoes weighing 150 g.
• Moscow dawns. It grows up to 50 cm, the yield is 3-3.5 kg of crane tomatoes weighing up to 120 g.
• Beta is a standard variety of cherry types, fruits up to 50 g, the bush grows up to 50 cm.
• Severin is one of the most unpretentious tomatoes for home and balcony, height 50 cm, red tomatoes weighing 80-100 g. Yields up to 4 kg of extended ripening.
• A high-yielding variety of low-growing tomatoes Apparently-Invisibly yields up to 5 kg of tomatoes weighing 60-100 g per bush. Requires a garter, as branches can break under the weight of the fruit!
• Bushman - with a height of about 45 cm, the weight of tomatoes reaches 300 g. Very juicy, dense, red-raspberry color.

Stepping

Almost all varieties form stepchildren during growth - these are lateral shoots that develop in the leaf axils. Low-growing houseplants form in two or three stems. To do this, leave the top of the central stem and one or two stepsons. The rest are removed. Ideally, a low-growing plant will have a central stem and two stepsons at different levels. In addition to the stepsons, diseased and yellow leaves, as well as the foliage covering the fruits of the lower brushes, need to be removed. By the way, the number of brushes also needs to be limited. On each stem, you can leave four bunches of ovaries, and then pinch the crown.

Growing homemade tomatoes

To get a full harvest in winter, it is important to choose the right sowing time, otherwise dwarf plants will suffer from a lack of light.

1. If you are not going to light up your "home beds", then the first sowing should be done in August (no later than the 20th). Then you will get the main harvest for the New Year and fruiting will last until mid-February.
2. The second sowing is mid-January, fruiting in April-May.

With additional lighting of the bushes, you can sow in November or early December. Plants will begin to yield crops in March-April, at the right time.

1. Harvesting high-quality soil mixtures in the fall, or buying ready-made soil.
2. Sowing 2-3 seeds in separate cups, after the appearance of the first true leaf - remove weak shoots. It is important to know that picking seedlings delays the beginning of fruiting by 7-10 days!
3. Timely watering (you cannot overfill - the fungus will go), fertilizing every 2 weeks with liquid fertilizers.
4. Transfer to a permanent pot with a 5-6 cm deepening of the stem. The minimum size of the container is 2 liters, the optimal size is 4-5 liters.
5. Protection from disease. You cannot use chemistry in the house! Spray regularly with this composition: take 50 ml of natural (from the market) milk and 5 drops of pharmacy iodine for 1 liter of warm water. Sometimes it can be treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, as well as decoctions of dry herbs. Before flowering - treatment with a diluted solution of live yeast.
6. During the flowering period, shake the bushes several times a day or rub something soft over them. So pollination will be more complete.
7. For varieties with a height of 35 cm and more and fruits over 100 g, it is advisable to install supports.

This simple maintenance will provide you with some tasty and healthy homemade tomatoes.

Pollination

Tomatoes are self-pollinating plants, however, you can increase the yield by hand pollination. To do this, during flowering, it is recommended to open the balcony so that a fresh breeze walks in the room, or just shake the flowering twigs. When most of the brushes are formed, the tops and flowering branches are removed so that the fruits can fully develop. To accelerate the growth and development of fruits, use another technique. The plant is taken by the base of the stem and pulled upward, as if trying to pull it to the surface. This is necessary to break off small roots. Then the plant is spud and watered. responds with the powerful development of additional roots, and this has a positive effect on the growth and ripening of fruits. Don't forget about the benefits of fertilizers. With a lack of nutrients, it will be difficult to wait for a good harvest, because the pot is a closed and limited ecosystem.

CHERRY TOMATOES ON THE WINDOWSILL. In indoor conditions, you can grow quite a lot of varieties and hybrids of tomatoes. But early ripening tomatoes with a low compact bush, amicable ripening of fruits and the most unpretentious of tomatoes for lighting conditions are more suitable for growing at home. According to these criteria, the best choice would be cherry tomatoes. They are very decorative, they will perfectly decorate the interior of any room, they have delicious sweet fruits of tomatoes of various shapes and colors: red, pink, yellow, orange, green. I will list the most popular cherry tomatoes: Low-growing, perfect for a garden on a windowsill: Bonsai, Pygmy (agro); Cherry Lisa F1 (aggro); Greenfinch F1 (aggro); Minibel. Tall, for growing in greenhouses, open ground, on balconies and loggias: Red cherry, Yellow cherry; Cherry cocktail (agro); Cherry Maxik F1, Cherry Likopa F1, Cherry Ira F1, Cherry Mio F1, Cherry Kira F1, Cherry Rosa F1, Cherry Cherricollo F1 (aggro); F1 bead, F1 Marishka, F1 Gold bead (aggro); Baby, Golden Queen, Baby (amateur selection). The tomato in home culture is quite unpretentious if you provide it with sufficient illumination and optimal temperature. It is better to start growing tomatoes in March, when daylight hours increase significantly. Light southern windows are ideal for placing tomato plants. For information on creating optimal conditions on the windowsill for plants, see here. We will grow tomatoes in seedlings. It is better to prepare the soil mixture yourself, for this we take in equal parts: humus, turf soil, peat.Be sure to add a complex mineral fertilizer to the soil mixture (holes are usually indicated on the package) and a glass of crushed charcoal for 10 liters of soil mixture. For growing tomato seedlings, any small containers with a depth of 8 - 10 cm are suitable. Before seedlings, we place the sowing containers near the heating batteries, covering them with plastic wrap, and then transfer them to the windowsill, but to a cooler place so that the tomato plants do not stretch out and take root better. This period of plant development lasts 18 - 25 days until the seedling has 1 - 2 true tomato leaves. Then we dive the tomato seedlings into pots with a diameter of 8 - 10 cm, pinching the tip of the root, for better development of the root system. Water well after planting. Transplanting tomatoes is almost painless, just keep in mind that the seedlings are very fragile and do not break the plant when transplanting. We place the pots on the windowsill and maintain the temperature within - 23 - 25 degrees. Care during this period consists in regular watering (watering should be carried out correctly), loosening the soil, ventilating the room and feeding every 10 days with complex mineral fertilizer (azofoska, nitrophoska and others) or humate. To combat the black leg, it is good to spill the tomatoes with a pink solution of potassium permanganate. If there are cloudy days and the duration of daylight hours is short so that the plants do not stretch out, arrange the lighting of the tomatoes. When the plants form 6 - 8 true leaves, we finally transplant the tomatoes in containers with a volume of at least 4 liters. When transplanting, we deepen the tomato plant by 10 - 12 cm, depending on the size of the container, so that additional roots are formed and the nutrition of the grown tomatoes is improved. 10 days after transplanting, we feed the tomatoes with full mineral fertilizer (250 - 300 ml of solution per plant) and repeat the feeding every two weeks. We provide regular watering, especially during flowering and fruiting, we loosen the soil, we ventilate the room. If necessary, we form a plant, carry out pinching of a tomato, tie it to a support, add fresh soil. Harvesting is carried out in a timely manner as the fruits ripen. To increase yields, remove brown tomatoes, which will speed up the ripening of other fruits.

Sowing seeds and creating conditions for seedlings

For growing tomato seedlings, you can use both a common container and individual cassettes, cups or peat tablets. In the first case, fill a shallow container with nutritious soil and moisten it well. Seeds should be laid out at some distance from each other (1-2 cm), deepening by no more than 2 cm, otherwise they will germinate for a long time. Then sprinkle with a thin layer of soil and tamp lightly.
Seeds should germinate in a greenhouse, that is, the container must be covered with a lid or film and placed on a bright window. Periodically ventilate the greenhouse or make several small holes in the film to avoid the accumulation of condensate. Optimal temperature conditions for seedlings at this stage of growth are from 22 to 24 degrees Celsius during the day and below 20 degrees at night.

Caring for seedlings of indoor tomatoes consists in the following activities:

• airing;
• removing the cover after seed germination;
• regular watering;
• thinning out too dense crops;
• additional lighting with special lamps on cloudy days and shading from direct rays on sunny days (the length of daylight hours should be at least 13 hours);
• feeding with a weak solution of the mineral complex after the formation of 2 leaves (about 20 days after sowing).

Strong grown seedlings can be dived into pots, having previously laid a drainage layer on the bottom. The choice of containers depends on the specific variety:

Lighting tomatoes

When growing tomatoes on a windowsill in winter, the optimal daylight hours are 12 hours, and the best option is 14 hours.At this time of year, this can only be achieved by installing additional lighting over the plants.

The most economical and convenient option is to illuminate tomatoes with LED or fluorescent lamps. How to adapt them - everyone decides individually, the main thing is that it is convenient.

Harvesting

In indoor conditions, picking tomatoes is necessary at the stage of full maturity. Unripe fruits are tasteless and practically odorless.

It is imperative to pick ripe tomatoes, because it stimulates the ripening of new fruits and the formation of the ovary. Fresh cherry tomatoes are consumed, some housewives canned fruits. Growing a special variety adapted for planting at home will not cause difficulties. Plants, in response to the work of the vegetable grower, will reward them with an excellent harvest.

A few tricks

There are several tricks in growing cherry tomatoes:

1. So, you can plant newly rooted shoots in June for the second time, and they will actively bear fruit until mid-autumn.
2. German gardeners know one trick that allows them to exclude the pulling out of seedlings if they do not have enough light. And this is very easy to do. You will need a soft brush that you need to gently brush over the leaves and tops of the shoots from time to time. As a result, the hairs are slightly damaged. located on their surface, due to which the seedlings begin to grow much slower and bush.
3. Some gardeners also grow cherry tomatoes in buckets made of iron. Such plants are not planted in open ground. The fact is that thanks to such an unusual capacity, tomatoes are not infected with late blight. And this is because iron can significantly inhibit the growth and development of this fungus.

Hybrids and varieties for the windowsill, as well as the loggia

• Cherry Lisa F1;
• F1 bead;
• Baby;
• Minibel;
• Date F1;
• Craiova;
• Bonsai;
• Thumbelina;
• Pygmy;
• Greenfinch F1;
• Cherry Likopa.

How to grow tomatoes on the window

In the middle of winter, every housewife has a desire to enjoy delicious, fresh tomatoes grown without the use of chemicals and a large amount of fertilizers. Carefully following the recommendations of experienced vegetable growers, you can grow a mini-garden in an apartment and a private house.

Soil preparation

The future harvest depends on the composition of the soil, the following mixture is poured into the container for planting:

• 1 part of sod land;
• 1 part of humus;
• 1 part peat;
• some sand and wood ash.

Everything mixes well and is laid in planting containers, watered with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. A drainage layer is laid at the bottom.

Pot selection

The container in which the tomato is grown is also important. The pot should be round and deep. Ordinary flower pots will do. If the variety is ampelous, it requires deep containers with a volume of 5 liters. Hanging and without sharp edges are desirable.

Growing seedlings

Tomato seeds are sown in a common container and covered with polyethylene. Put away in a warm, dark place. After emergence, they are placed on the windowsill. At first, the plants that appear are sprayed from a spray bottle. Then poured with water. After 14 days, they are fed with complex fertilizer. After watering, the ground is gently loosened.

Seedling picking

After the appearance of 2 true leaves, the seedlings are recommended to be planted in separate containers. This will allow the tomatoes to form a strong root system and a strong, healthy plant. Separate pots are filled with nutritious soil and watered. They should be planted with 1 bush. After that, take care of the same as for the seedlings, water, loosen and feed. Tie to a support if necessary.

Balcony wonders

As a home greenhouse, you can perfectly use your own loggia. If you have them insulated, you can successfully grow tomatoes on the balcony from early cool spring to gloomy late autumn.

• On insulated balconies / loggias, it is best to sow tomatoes in early March, if your balcony is open, postpone the event to the end of April.

The most ideal loggias and balconies for tomatoes are southern or southeastern. On the northern windowsills, and on the balconies, tomatoes can freeze, and on the southwestern ones it will be too hot in the summer heat (if you grow tomatoes in such places, shade your plantings on hot days and ventilate them).

A balcony or loggia gives the plants more room to grow. Therefore, in such conditions, you can engage in breeding and tall small-fruited cherry (cherry) and cocktail varieties of tomatoes:

• Minibell, Tiny Tim, De Barao, Carlson, Angelica, Zhemchuzhinka, Butterfly, Ballerinka, Romantic, Verlioka, Red Banana, Gina, Max, Cascade Red and many other varieties.

Germinating seeds and replanting tomatoes for permanent residence should be the same as when growing tomatoes on a windowsill. Since you can grow taller tomatoes on the balcony, we will form them into two stems:

• To do this, we will leave one stepson under the very first inflorescence. We tie the stepson to an additional peg or on a trellis. Shorter varieties can be formed into 2-3 stems (in addition to the first stepson, we also leave the second one).

Stepsons tomato on the windowsill, and also on the balcony, it is better not to cut it off, but gently break it off with your fingers. Break off carefully, trying not to touch the leaves and the central shoot.

Extra stems should be removed as soon as you can grasp them with your fingers.

At the same time, leave a 2-3 cm column from the stepson. It is best to hold such an event in the morning.

Tomatoes have long stems and can break off easily. To prevent this, as the tomato seedlings grow, we will tie them to a trellis or pegs.

In the future, tomatoes are tied to the stakes two more times, and when using the trellis, it is necessary to twist the tops of the tomatoes every week around the twine tied to the trellis.

Do not forget to ventilate your pets after each watering by opening the balcony doors. If suddenly your tomatoes begin to curl the leaves during the day - do not worry. This is quite normal for tomato plants.

But if the leaves rush straight up, being located at an acute angle, while not twisting at all, this should alert you.

• The reason for this behavior of tomatoes may be too dry soil, insufficient ventilation or poor lighting.

You should not be zealous with watering and feeding (especially with fertilizers containing nitrogen and organic matter).

At the same time, the tomatoes begin to "fatten" - to start up powerful, thick stems, to grow strong stepchildren.

But at the same time, weak flower brushes are formed.

To fix the situation, use the following techniques:

1. Do not water your pets for a week and a half.
2. To delay growth, carry out foliar feeding of tomatoes with superphosphates (for 10 liters of water, 3 tbsp. L). Tomatoes are processed at the rate of a liter of mixture for each plant.
3. Increase the ambient temperature to + 27-28 ° C.
4. Flowers of these plants should be manually pollinated using a soft brush.

Otherwise, the care and maintenance of balcony tomatoes does not differ from our actions when growing a tomato on a windowsill.

Of course, not all vegetables can be grown at home, but still there are quite a few of those that feel great when visiting us.

These are all kinds of greens (dill, parsley, cilantro), and citrus fruits (lemon, tangerine), and vegetables (peppers, cucumbers, etc.). The cultivation of cucumbers at home will be discussed in the next article of the cycle "Garden on the windowsill"

See you soon, dear readers!

Reviews about growing indoor tomatoes

Reviews about growing different varieties of tomatoes:

• Alena: I tried to raise Pinocchio. Germination is good, almost 100%, but some frail bushes.It seems that they tried the tomatoes, but I was constantly worried that they would disappear. By the way, she pollinated herself with a brush.

• Olga: I planted a room surprise. I did not even expect such a stormy return of the harvest. It is not only delicious, but also looks insanely beautiful.
• Mila: And my Talisman for some reason disappeared ... It's a shame, because it seems that I followed all the recommendations. But I'm not discouraged, I'll just try something different, maybe I'll switch to indoor cucumbers.

It is quite possible to get a decent harvest from the windowsill, you just have to follow the rules for planting and growing tomatoes. You can share your experience in organizing a garden bed on a windowsill in the comments.

Preparing the soil for planting tomato seeds

Of course, you can purchase a ready-made mixture, but in order to be one hundred percent sure of the quality of the soil, we will prepare it ourselves.

To compile the soil mixture, we need:

• sand;
• compost;
• disinfected garden soil;
• peat;
• sod land.

Before sowing, we enrich the substrate with charcoal, due to which the amount of microelements important for the germination of tomatoes increases in its composition. Using complex supplements, we make a choice in favor of those that contain less nitrogen.

Tomatoes in a seed pot

Propagation of tomatoes by cuttings

Tomatoes are considered perennials. In order for the bush to produce a crop for several years, you need to do the following:

• add fresh vermicompost about once every two months;
• transplant the plant into a larger pot;
• every year in the spring, do a small pruning of the stems. This is done in order to rejuvenate the bush.

After a few years, the plant loses its appearance. During this period, you can cut off a stalk (branch) from it and put it in water for 14–21 days. During this time, the cutting will develop normally developed roots and can be transplanted into a container with fresh soil mixture. A new bush will bloom in an average of 14 days.

How to grow tomatoes on a windowsill. Photo

When is the best time to start the process?

The apartment has stable conditions all year round, therefore, tomato cultivation is possible at any time. The nuances will determine the level of illumination, which decreases in winter. It is recommended to use additional lighting in winter to facilitate the cultivation of the vegetable..

It is customary to distinguish two periods of growing a tomato:

• Summer-autumn - the plants are planted in July, and the fruits are harvested in November-December. If you want to grow tomatoes without using additional lighting, then they should be planted in March.
• Winter-spring - seedlings are planted in November-December, and the harvest is taken off in March-April.

We sow seeds for seedlings

Consider growing cherry seedlings step by step from seeds for a balcony. Planting seeds is not a difficult process, you can have a great time, take a break from the bustle of the city.

The first step is the pre-sowing preparation of tomato seeds. First, the seeds must be inspected visually, all whole, without damage, must be selected. Put them in a glass, add water (0.5 cups). Discard the floating seeds, place the remaining seeds for 15 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, dry.

The second step is to prepare a container for planting. For this we take a cleanly washed plastic container. A deep container is not needed, the optimal height of the sides is 6 cm. We fill the container with purchased soil, pour the soil with settled water.

The third step is to sow tomato seeds. We lay them out with a step of 3 cm, fill them with the same soil or clean humus. The thickness of the layer is 1 - 1.5 cm. It is not necessary to water the soil from above, the seeds have enough moisture in the lower layer of the soil. Cover the container with foil or glass.

The seeds have been sown, with good germination they will sprout in 5 - 6 days. Place the container closer to the heater. Seedlings will sprout faster if the ambient temperature is 25 - 28 ° C.

We are waiting for the harvest

During flowering, our tomatoes can occasionally be shaken slightly and carried over the flowers with a gentle feather - this will improve the pollination process.

Once the fruit is ovary, the top of the stem and inflorescence should be removed to help the fruit form more quickly.

• To protect young tomatoes from late blight (this fungal disease threatens tomatoes even in winter), the leaves and stems of the tomato should be periodically treated with an infusion of manganese and garlic (for 3 liters of water, ½ g of potassium permanganate and half a garlic head).

Experienced gardeners use another technique for faster formation of tomato fruits on the windowsill.

It is called "tearing the roots": take a tomato by the lower region of the stalk and very carefully pull it up, as if you want to pull the plant out of the ground.

During this movement, small roots break off. After the procedure, the plant should be watered and spud.

• During the flowering of tomatoes, experienced gardeners advise additional spraying of the second and third brush of plants so that the fruits are better formed and tied. Tomatoes are sprayed with a solution of boric acid (dilute a gram of substance in a liter of water).

When our tomatoes are already ripe, the branches of the plant should be tied to sticks-pegs. Otherwise, the stems may break under the weight of the fruit.

It is advisable not to wait for the full ripening of tomatoes on the bushes, but to harvest them brown.

Under indoor conditions, tomatoes will ripen quickly, and the next crop will ripen better and faster on the bushes.

Adult plant care

The main thing in care is attention. Controlling soil moisture, tracking signs of diseases and pests are activities that need to be carried out regularly. There should always be a watering can with room temperature water ready. Prolonged drying out of the soil can lead to shedding of flowers, ovaries, therefore, it is necessary to water the soil in pots at the first signs of drying out.

Attach the grown tomatoes to the support. The top layer of the soil is periodically shallowly loosened. Loosening promotes better oxygen access to the roots, prevents crust formation. Do not forget about additional lighting of tomato bushes. During the period of active growth, the optimal illumination is 150 lux / m². The better the lighting, the faster the tomato bush develops.

How to care for domestic cherry blossoms

Growing tomatoes at home is practically no different from the greenhouse or garden method. There are some nuances, since the plants are planted in winter, it is required to make up for the lack of sunlight. Watering plants is often undesirable, stagnant water leads to the fact that tomatoes die. If the tomatoes begin to crack, moisturize more often. If the fruit tastes watery, watering should be reduced.

Periodically, the bushes are sprayed with water from a spray bottle, this will help create the necessary humidity in the room and wash away unwanted neighbors, aphids and other insects.

Top dressing for indoor tomatoes

Do not overdo it. It is best to use organic matter, chicken or cow dung. Dilute in a ratio of 1:15 (chicken) or 1:10 (cow). To achieve the best result, organic fertilizers are alternated with mineral fertilizers. It is recommended to feed with superphosphate or nitrogen.

There is no need to overuse nitrogen. Plants that have an excess of this mineral will grow green mass. Fruiting will decrease, the fruits will become smaller. Complex fertilizers are used, which are purchased in special stores. The frequency of feeding should not exceed 2 times a month. In this case, the fruits will be safe for humans.

Stepping

Mandatory process for some varieties of cherry tomatoes. When buying a species, you should pay attention to the description from the manufacturer. They necessarily indicate whether you need to pinch the plants or not.Tall varieties must be limited in height by removing the growth point. Some species are recommended to grow in 1, 2, 3 stems. Depends on the structural features of the bushes. There are species that do not require any pruning. They don't even need support.

Since there is no one in the apartment to do pollination, you need to carry out the process yourself. Vegetable growers have at their disposal several methods of manual pollination:

• From time to time, after the appearance of flowers, the plants are slightly shaken. Thus, pollen from one flower falls on another, and pollination occurs.
• They take a brush and carefully, trying not to damage the flowers, collect pollen from them and transfer them to another flower. This process is longer, but highly effective.

Now breeders are breeding varieties that do not need pollination.

To ensure the supply of oxygen to the roots, it is advisable to loosen the soil after each watering. Then the moisture lingers longer and the plant does not dry out.

Shaping and trimming

Without formation, cherry tomato bushes give a small harvest, the fruits become smaller. It is imperative to cut off stepsons. In addition, they are used for reproduction. The trimmed parts of the plant are placed in water with stimulants, after rooting, they are planted in separate containers.

Variety selection and planting rules

So, to get a high-quality harvest of grown tomatoes on the windowsill, first of all, you need to choose the right variety. The fact is that most varieties intended for growing in a greenhouse or open field are completely unsuitable for a balcony or window sill. Low- and medium-sized varieties of cherry tomatoes are best suited for growing on a windowsill, since in this case the fruits will ripen faster and the lack of light in winter will not affect the harvest. Currently, a number of varieties have been developed that are optimal for growing in an apartment.

The following are the best varieties for planting on the windowsill:

1. Pearl.
2. Balcony miracle.
3. Ranetochka.
4. Hummingbird.
5. The pearl is yellow.
6. Pinocchio.
7. Polar explorer.
8. Aladdin's lamp.
9. Carlos.
10. Angelica.
11. Glasha.
12. Alpatieva 905 A.
13. Moskvich.

If you want to get a harvest of tomatoes in winter, you should sow seeds for seedlings in early August. Timely planting of seeds to obtain seedlings is the most important moment, therefore it is very important to prepare all the necessary equipment by this time.

For growing seedlings, ordinary plastic cups with holes made at the bottom are quite suitable. In the future, the seedlings will need to be transplanted into containers, the volume of which should be about 7-10 liters.

It is best to germinate the seeds before planting, as otherwise the seedlings can be waited for a very long time.... For germination, the purchased tomato seeds of the selected variety must be laid out on a piece of wet gauze and covered with another one. After the seeds hatch, you can start planting them in cups. It is best to soak peat tablets specially designed for growing seedlings in cups in advance. Next, it is necessary to sow 1 seed per cup on the peat substrate. Sprinkle the seeds on top with about 1 cm of the substrate layer.

Seedlings usually appear about a week after planting. Water the seedlings with clean water. Fresh tap water is not suitable as it contains chlorine, which is harmful to tomatoes. Such water must be defended for at least 1 week. You can also use a filter to purify the water. Watering tomato seedlings growing on the windowsill is necessary once every 5 days. Do not spray tomato seedlings, as this can harm the plants. Plants can be transplanted to their permanent place of growth when they have 4-5 formed leaves.

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Large tomato planting pots are best filled with fertile black soil mixed with peat in a 3: 1 ratio. If you wish, you can purchase a ready-made soil mixture, which has already been filled with all the necessary fertilizers. After planting tomato seedlings, it is necessary to organize proper care for it. The pots should be placed immediately on the most well-lit window, as tomatoes are still warm and light-loving plants.

General characteristics

The description of each variety has its own characteristics of a particular tomato. However, a number of characteristics for indoor tomatoes have common features:

1. very tasty, contain a lot of sugar and vitamins;
2. fruits are small in size from 15 to 130 g., often tightly stick to the bush, and per year they can bring up to 2 kg of tomatoes (from the bush);
3. These tomatoes are perennial, after harvesting, leaves appear on the stems after a while, the lifespan of such tomatoes is five years, all this time they can bear fruit, but the largest harvests are harvested in the first two years.

Indoor tomatoes perfectly adapt to the home environment, and the listed characteristics indicate that there will always be juicy, nutritious fruits on the table throughout the year.

Creation of optimal conditions for the further growth of cherry tomatoes

To properly grow cherry tomatoes and get an excellent harvest, you must ensure:

• watering as the earthen coma dries;
• sufficient volume of air and light;
• optimal air temperature;
• garter of plants;
• loosening the soil and weeding;
• protection of tomatoes from pests and diseases;
• timely harvesting of fruits.

In the course of further caring for young cherry tomatoes, it is necessary to properly distribute moisture. Its excess is destructive for them, as well as its lack. When planting, it is necessary to maintain a distance of 50-70 cm between plants to ensure a good distribution of air and light between them.

Mandatory garter of cherry tomatoes is required so that their branches do not break under the weight of the fruit.

Such care for them will help to avoid certain diseases, such as late blight. In the treatment of plants and for prophylactic purposes, you can use drugs: Aktofit, Mikosan, Fitosporin, etc.

When harvesting, it is necessary to focus on the ripe state of the fruit. Only fully ripe tomatoes will benefit and taste great. It should be borne in mind that tomatoes are afraid of fog: after them they immediately deteriorate - they become black and unsuitable for food. To preserve the harvest in this case, you need to collect the green fruits and put them in cardboard boxes for ripening.

Thus, knowing simple agricultural techniques and the peculiarities of proper care for cherry tomatoes, the cultivation of which is available to everyone, you can achieve enviable success in obtaining a tasty and healthy harvest.

Window sill equipment for cherry tomatoes

It is possible that you have already tried to grow seedlings or some vegetables at home in the winter and your venture was not successful. In most cases, among inexperienced growers, tomato bushes do not bear fruit, wither in winter due to improper arrangement of pots with seedlings.

The first thing to do in order to grow cherry tomatoes at home is to equip the place where our plants will grow.

To grow cherry tomatoes at home you will need:

• The sill of a window facing south or east - this should be a well-lit area. Cherries are quite demanding on light, with a lack of it, the buds immediately fall off.
• Artificial lighting is a mandatory requirement if a mini garden is created in winter. In very rare cases, natural light is sufficient, but in the vast majority of cases, winter daylight hours are too short, so artificial light sources will be required.
• The pallets in which we will plant tomato seeds.They should be covered with plastic wrap and a dark and warm place should be found for them. Instead of special trays, you can use 100-gram plastic cups, you just need to remember to make holes in them.
• Flower pots, because after the appearance of two real cherry leaves on the windowsill, they are planted in permanent containers. Cylindrical pots are preferable to square or rectangular pots, they fill better with the root system. The minimum volume is a 2-liter pot for 2 seedlings. Homemade cherry tomatoes grow well in iron buckets - now you can pick up small buckets, beautifully painted.

Note! Even if good windows are installed in your home, in winter the glass will radiate cold and you will not be able to quickly grow cherry tomatoes on the windowsill if you do not insulate the area on which the pots with tomato seedlings will stand. Pieces of foam rubber, boards or other insulating building material will do.

Step by step care instructions

Tomatoes need good lighting, proper watering and tying... Caring for them is not difficult, but requires some knowledge.

Lighting and temperature

Growing tomatoes depends on good lighting. Without this, the processes of photosynthesis simply cannot take place. In winter, it will not be possible to do without additional lighting, which can be organized using fluorescent lamps or specialized phytolamps.

To do without additional lighting, seedlings need to be planted in March - early April and the pots should be placed on the southeast and south windows, where more light gets in.

From time to time, it is necessary to rotate the plants so that they are evenly lit and grow evenly. To protect tomatoes from burns, you can tint the windows.

Germination of seedlings occurs better in warmth (+ 25 + 30 degrees). The rest of the time, it is recommended to create a temperature regime for the tomato of + 22 + 25 degrees during the day and + 15 + 17 degrees at night.

Watering

In general, tomatoes do not like excessively moist soil.... However, they should be watered differently in different periods of growth. In the first month of life, you need to water it daily, but in moderation, avoiding excessive moisture. In the future, you can water twice a week, but more abundantly. It is important not to allow the soil to dry out while the fruit is being set. On hot summer days, spray can be applied to humidify dry air.

It is advisable to water the tomatoes in the evening, but if it is necessary to moisten the soil on a sunny day, then you should not allow drops of water to get on the trunk and leaves - they focus the sun's rays and can cause burns in plants. Favorable water temperature for irrigation is + 20 + 25 degrees.

Hydroponics

Hydroponics is a method of growing plants without using soil... Tomatoes can also be grown this way. As a soil, you can use:

• slag;
• crushed stone;
• gravel;
• moss;
• expanded clay;
• coarse sand;
• coke shavings;
• mineral wool.

This substrate is filled into pots, which are then placed in a container with a special hydroponic solution.

Top dressing

You should start feeding tomatoes when 5-6 leaves appear on the plants, and always at the beginning of flowering and during fruit setting.

• Organic fertilizers such as manure or ash are ideal for feeding domestic tomatoes. Manure should be diluted in water at a concentration of 2 tablespoons per liter and water the plants with this solution. Ash can be sprinkled on the ground around the stem, or you can prepare a solution - 1 teaspoon per liter of water. The use of manure promotes plant growth and the formation of flowers, and ash promotes the formation of ovaries, growth and ripening of fruits. It should be fed once every two weeks.

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  Another option is 1 gram of potassium and urea sulfate and 5 grams of superphosphate per liter of water. Water once every 7-10 days.

• You can use fertilizers for indoor flowers or specialized concentrates.

Better to limit the use of chemical fertilizers, since they are absorbed by plants in unlimited quantities and the fruits can become unfit for food from the abundance of nitrates.

In order for all the nutrients to go to the development of fruits, it is necessary to carry out pinching, that is, to remove the processes from the axils of the leaves - stepsons. It is better to break them off, rather than cut them off, in order to protect the plant from infection.

Tying

Grown tomato plants should be tied up, as the trunk may break under the weight of the fruit. Varieties of medium height are tied to pegs 50-60 cm long. They are dug in during planting so as not to damage the roots later. Long strips of fabric are suitable as ropes..

Tie the tomatoes up carefully so as not to damage the stem and leaves. Dwarf varieties do not need to be tied up.

Pollination

Tomatoes do not need to be specially pollinated. You can only occasionally (about once a week), tapping on the trunk, shake the flowers to improve fruit setting.

When the majority of the fruit is formed, the excess flowers and the top of the plant can be removed in order to direct all the vitality to the ripening of the fruit.

In this way, getting a crop of tomatoes in an apartment is quite real... The principles of caring for tomatoes indoors are not too different from those used outdoors. It is important to create favorable conditions for plants, and bright red fruits will delight you with their taste and appearance all year round.

Seeds or rooted stepchildren?

The most common way is to grow cherry from seed. Low-growing self-pollinating varieties are suitable for the windowsill. About 90-100 days after planting the seeds, you will receive the first fruits. Each tomato branch that grows from the stem can produce up to 20-25 small tomatoes that will ripen at the same time.

Varieties of cherry tomatoes for the windowsill:

Buy only those seeds, the packaging of which says - indoor. Also popular is a series of varieties indicating "balcony" (Balcony Gold, Balcony Red) and some others.

Meanwhile, growing small tomatoes by rooting stepsons also has its advantages:

• no seed costs;
• cherry tomatoes will grow on the windowsill much earlier than when grown from seeds;
• you are confident that you will get the right kind of plant - a healthy plant, the fertility of which you have no complaints about.

How to grow cherry on a windowsill in winter with the help of stepchildren? To root the stepchildren, place them in a glass of water and do not forget to add fertilizers for indoor flowers according to the instructions. Within a week, in a maximum of two, the stepsons will be ready for transplanting into the soil.

Pot and soil selection

A standard pot for growing tomatoes should be 40x40 cm. Choose pots that do not heat up too quickly, such as wood or ceramic. Plastic white pots can be used, which do not attract as much sun as colored containers. Tomatoes usually need sun, but overheated cuttings can stop the entire plant from growing.

To reduce the evaporation rate, fragments of clay pots or expanded clay are placed on the bottom of the containers. Thanks to the drainage material, water will not be trapped around the plant roots. To drain the water, special holes are made, hollowed out at the bottom of the pot. Pour special soil for growing tomatoes or your own compost-peat mixture on the drainage layer to reduce the evaporation rate. You don't need to fill the pots up to the top with earth, because you need to leave room for mulch. Remove the lower leaves from the cuttings and cover the roots of the stem with earth. Then cover the container with, for example, bark or moss, so that the soil will be constantly moist.

Prevention of diseases and pests

Cherry tomatoes are recommended to be treated against diseases and pests. From insects, as a preventive treatment, the premises are ventilated and the bushes are sprayed with solutions. They use folk methods or chemicals. It is necessary to use chemistry before flowering, so that particles of toxic substances do not get on the ovary and do not remain in the fruits.

Cherry tomato varieties are chosen that are resistant to diseases. Then, fulfilling the requirements of agricultural technology, processing can be omitted.

How to care for indoor cherry blossoms?

Look at the photo - all the tomato bushes on the windowsill are small. To prevent small seedlings from stretching excessively, they need light. Even with insufficient lighting, the stretch can be reduced.

Interesting to know! It is necessary periodically with a brush to gently stroke the top of the shoots and leaves. What happens when you do this? The hairs are damaged and the plant begins to actively bush.

Care Tips

• Cherry is self-pollinating, but under some conditions the ovaries are difficult to form, and it is better to help the formation of ovaries by walking over the flowers with a brush. Conditions under which the ability to form ovaries is reduced include high humidity or high temperatures, more than 30 ° C.
• When diving, we pinch the tip of the root so that the root system is better formed.
• We avoid high humidity, in cloudy weather we cut watering by half. With high humidity, stepchildren grow.

It is advisable to immediately decide what you plan to do with the stepsons. They can be left, and then the bush will be lush and beautiful - this is important, because on the windowsill we grow not only food, but also a plant that looks pleasant. On the stepchildren, as well as on the main branches, ovaries and fruits appear.

It should be remembered that resources - water, nutrients - are spent on feeding the stepsons. If the plant pot is small, the soil will deplete quickly enough.

Therefore, if you plan to leave your stepchildren, you need to take care of a more capacious container for growing in advance and much more often you need to feed such plants.

Otherwise, growing cherry tomatoes in general and growing cherry tomatoes on a windowsill in particular is no different from growing standard tomatoes: the same watering, loosening the soil and feeding.

If you follow these simple recommendations, cherry tomatoes grown with your own hands on the windowsill will delight you with juicy greens and delicious fruits. Good luck!

How to plant seeds

First you need to take care of the backlight. It may be required not only in winter or early spring. It all depends on the amount of light that gets to the plants grown on the windowsill. In some houses, it is necessary to install lamps even in summer, otherwise indoor tomatoes will stretch out, become ugly, and simply will not give a harvest.

It is better to plant tomato seeds for growing on a windowsill immediately in an individual container. You can use special pallets, plastic or peat cups.

The process of planting and growing before moving to permanent containers step by step:

1. If there are no lower holes in the container for the outflow of water, they are made first. It is convenient to use a hot nail.
2. Plastic glasses or pallets are poured with a wet substrate. The cups are about 1/3 full. Slightly compact the substrate.
3. 2-3 seeds are planted in each container to a depth of 5-10 mm.
4. Moistened with a household spray bottle.
5. Cover with glass or transparent cellophane.
6. They are kept at a temperature of about 25 ° C.
7. Air the container daily, remove condensate, check the humidity.
8. When shoots appear, they are moved for a week to a bright place with a temperature of about 16 ° C. Tomatoes from seeds grown on a windowsill should not stretch out. And this cannot be avoided even with dwarf varieties without lowering the temperature at the initial stage of development, and good lighting.
9. Further, the seedlings are kept on the windowsills at a temperature of about 20 ° C. They are illuminated up to 12 hours a day.
10. When 2 true leaves appear, 1 strongest sprout is selected. The rest are sheared or plucked. It is impossible to leave 2 plants or more in the container - the food area is already limited.
11. Tomatoes planted in deep glasses are sprinkled with a moist substrate on cotyledon leaves about once every 10 days.
12. When 3-4 true leaves appear, give the first feeding. It is better to use a special fertilizer for tomatoes. There, all the elements necessary for culture are given in the right proportions. A few extra rubles spent on specialized feeding will save you from many problems in the future and facilitate care. The concentration of the working solution should be the same as indicated in the instructions for the seedlings.
13. Every 10 days, it is recommended to treat the leaf with a humate solution + alternately with epin and zircon. A complex of chelates or a half dose of a mineral fertilizer that is highly soluble in water can be added to the spray mixture.
14. After 2 months, the tomatoes are transferred to large pots. They are carefully removed from the intermediate containers, being careful not to destroy the earthen lump.

It is recommended to plant indoor tomatoes in plastic containers with a capacity of 3 liters. Unfired clay pots are also good. If they look unsightly or do not go well with the interior, they use beautiful pots for camouflage.

Features of growing and care

In order for your cherry tomatoes to grow without causing any particular problems and bring a good harvest, several nuances should be taken into account:

1. First you need choose the right pot for this plant. They should be cylindrical in order to better fill with the root system. It is not advisable to use pots, the shape of which resembles a rectangle or square. And after the containers are selected, they must be filled with nutrient soil.
2. A southern or eastern window sill is perfect for placement, since the plant loves light very much.
3. Also tomatoes will need supplementary lighting, as otherwise they begin to throw off the buds. For this, it is desirable to use a blue-red shortwave source.
4. Seeds are sown in pallets, after which they are covered with polyethylene film (glass). They are kept in a place where it is dark and rather warm, ranging from 25 to 30 degrees. When the first shoots appear, the film is removed, and after 2 real leaves grow, the plants must be dived into the pots, where they will grow.
5. Once the tomatoes are transplanted to a permanent location, they must be properly cared for, which is very similar to that of simple outdoor tomatoes. Plants need timely watering, pinching, prevention and treatment of diseases, fertilization, garter to the support.
6. If you have the desire and experience, then these plants can be grown hydroponically.

Optimum humidity

Cherry tomatoes, of course, love moisture, but it should be borne in mind that an excess of it can lead to a rapid build-up of stepsons and green mass in the plant. When the weather is cloudy, these plants need to be watered 2 times less than usual. In tomatoes of this type, the pistils are spliced ​​with stamens (because of this, they are self-pollinated), however, if the soil moisture is very high and the air temperature is kept at 30 degrees, then the ovaries are extremely poorly formed. You can improve the situation with a brush. She just needs to walk over the flowers, which will significantly increase the number of ovaries.

Breeding features

The stems and cuttings of this plant root very simply and easily. Therefore, it is not necessary to grow cherry tomatoes from seeds. You can easily move them out of your garden. You can also root shoots or stepchildren.

In order for the stepsons to take root, as quickly as possible, very little fertilizer for the flowers must be added to the water poured into the glass. And if they are provided with good indoor conditions, then their rooting will occur after only 7 days. So, just an excellent seedling in the spring is obtained from plants that you rooted in the fall. And these seedlings can be obtained in just half a month. Plus, this type of seedling begins to bear fruit after just a month, and that's all, because they are part of an adult, well-developed plant.

Also, another advantage of this type of plant reproduction and planting them in open ground is that they have time to give a crop long before late blight begins to actively spread.

The choice of soil mixture and feeding features

Surely a large number of people who decide to grow cherry tomatoes on their windowsill find it very difficult to resist the bright packages of fertilizers that are available in literally every store. After all, it seems to them that without them the plant simply cannot grow normally and bring a good harvest. But here it is worth considering that abundant feeding of plants can do them very great harm.

And you should also know that the substances contained in fertilizers can accumulate in the fruits, as a result of which they become poisonous. And in order for cherry tomatoes to grow well, it will be enough to choose the right planting soil and feed them with any WMD once every 2 weeks, or use simple plant tinctures for these purposes.

The soil mixture is prepared simply. To do this, you need to mix sand, compost, peat, garden and turf soil. It is also recommended to add a little charcoal.

According to many experts, conventional mechanical mixing of the soil is less effective than that which is carried out with spraying of layers. Due to this, the soil is restructured, and as a result, when watering, the liquid will be more evenly distributed over the substrate.

Using the above tips, you will certainly be able to grow strong and healthy cherry tomatoes that will delight you with their harvest for a long time.

Photo

The photo shows tomatoes suitable for growing in an apartment.

Top dressing

Crop plants that produce crops quickly deplete the soil. If you do not regularly apply top dressing, then the plants quickly die. It is recommended to apply fertilizers once every 14–21 days. To do this, put one teaspoon in the upper part of the soil. agrolife or water the plant Growth (one cap of the mixture is diluted with two liters of water).

Recommendations: in order for the bush to grow lush and thick, you can pinch the top of it. It should be borne in mind that there will be a pause in the flowering and ripening of tomatoes for 7-14 days.

Conditions for correct sowing

Capacity

The selection of containers is made taking into account the powerful root system of tomatoes. Growing plants at home will be successful in pots, flowerpots, plastic bottles with a volume of at least 5 liters. If you plan to get a large harvest at home on the windowsill, it is better to take larger containers. For ampels, they take hanging pots, pots, baskets, with a volume slightly less than the minimum - 4 liters are quite suitable for these varieties. They provide for the use of supports and their fastening in advance: heavy bunches easily break in the last stages of the growing season.

Priming

For planting, a substrate is prepared from garden soil, rotted manure (leafy pergola), peat, sand (1: 2: 1: 1). Add 1 teaspoon of ash to 1 liter of soil. Growing healthy plants only takes place in loose soil.

Sowing

The seeds are treated for 15-20 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection. Seeds germinate at home well, as they become physiologically mature even in green fruits and remain viable for up to 8 years.

They are planted in moderately moist soil, sprinkled by 1-2 cm.Growing seedlings involves pinching the root during transplantation, for better development of the root system. You can plant seeds directly into prepared containers. They germinate in 3-4 days.

We transplant seedlings

By April, Cherry seedlings are growing, the glass will no longer be enough. We need to prepare for the transplant. Wash purchased pots, buckets or other containers with any disinfectant, pour a layer of expanded clay on the bottom, fill the containers with soil mixture.

Using the transshipment method, transplant Cherry seedlings to a permanent place, water and take them to the balcony (loggia). At the time of transplanting, install a support for the bush. At first, it is not needed, but during the period of fruit formation it will certainly come in handy. There are many nice bamboo and plastic supports on sale that are not only functional, but also decorative.

Mr. Dachnik recommends: the use of hydroponics when growing tomatoes at home

If the roots of a plant are surrounded with a nutrient solution, thereby creating an artificial environment, then it will successfully grow without soil. The method is applicable to tomatoes, as they have a superficial root system. A hydroponic solution is easy enough to purchase in a store, or you can make it yourself from various kinds of fertilizers. Then they need to fill a large container and put a small one in it. Pre-prepare a mass of the following components:

• Crushed stone;
• Gravel;
• Sand;
• Expanded clay;
• Moss;
• Mineral wool;
• Coconut flakes.

Disinfect and fill the inner container with the mixture, plant the plant in it.