Soilless Culture of Tomato
Tomatoes are one of the common vegetables in our lives. In recent years, their planting area has gradually expanded. However, the traditional soil grown tomatoes have low production, small fruits and poor taste, so the soilless culture technology has been vigorously promoted. Tomatoes grew this way have good taste, large fruits, high production and good economic benefits, which reduce unnecessary economic losses to vegetable farmers. And today we will introduce the new soilless cultivation technology of tomatoes.
1. Variety selection
Select good varieties with certain resistance to pests and diseases, high yield, large fruit, storage tolerance and good taste.
2. Facility conditions
The facilities of soilless cultivation mainly include cultivation tanks, irrigation facilities, etc.
Today, we would like to introduce our latest generation growing medium called Tenlead Hydroponic Growing Cube which has high air porosity can well engineered balance of water and air promotes vigorous root development.
What most important is that it is kind of material biodegradable and environmental friendly, that is why it is more valuable and will prevail the market in future nursery work. Now, it is normally used for greenhouse green leafy vegetables and floral plants, vertical farming due to it is protected from the climate changing effect and interference foam pests and bacteria.
4.Transplant
When tranplanting, 2 rows per trough, plant distance 30 cm, plant 3000 plants per mu, and then water them.
5.Cultivation management
After 20 days of transplanting, topdressing will be started, which will be conducted every 10 days, with 10 to 15 g of special fertilizer for each plant;
After the the tomatoes bear fruit, topdressed every 7 days, with 25g of special fertilizer for each plant;
Water every 5 days after transplanting.
6.Temperature and lighting management
After transplanting, the indoor temperature is 22~25 ℃ in the daytime and 10~15 ℃ at night; then 25~28 ℃ in the daytime and 12 ℃ at night after fruit setting.
7. Flower preservation and fruit thinning
Dip the flowers with 10~15 mg/kg 2.4-D solution at 7-9 o'clock in the morning to improve the fruiting rate, while leaving 3-4 fruits per plant, and the rest of the flowers and fruits should be removed in time.
8. Pest control
Tomato pest control is mainly based on agricultural and biological control, supplemented by chemical control, and low-toxicity and low-residue pesticides are selected to ensure that the products are not contaminated by pesticides.
9. Harvesting
The tomato fruit is harvested when the top begins to turn orange-yellow after the fruit reaches the green ripening period.
Any questions and thoughts will be appreciated!!!
