6 TOMATOES, OUTDOOR – 6.70 - PLANT FACTS and VARIETIES

 

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6 TOMATOES, OUTDOOR – 6.70 - PLANT FACTS and VARIETIES  

 
In many areas the tomatoes crop requires special protection – you can grow the plants in a greenhouse or cultivate dwarf varieties in frames or under cloches. If however, you live in a mild area and there is some shelter from cold winds than you can expect a satisfactory crop in the open garden in most summers.
 
The outdoor crop has its benefits – the flavour of the fruit is generally better and the bush varieties take much of the hard work out of tomatoes growing. There are however several pitfalls for the unwary even if your side is warm and sheltered. First of all, you must choose a variety which is recommended for growing outdoors – don’t buy seedlings without checking that they are suitable. You must also prepare the ground properly – tomatoes need well-drained humus rich soil. Finally, remember to remove the growing point of a cordon variety whilst the plant is still quite small – leaving it to grow to its natural height will prevent the tomatoes from ripening. As you will see there are many varieties which are suitable for outdoor growing. 
 
SOWING AND PLANTING
If you want to rise your own seedlings, one of the techniques described in the greenhouse stories how to do this.
Alternatively, you can buy tomatoes seedlings for planting out. Look ore ones which are dark green, sturdy and about 8 in. tall. These young plants should be pot grown.
 
Plant out into growing bags, pots or the vegetable plot when the flowers of the first truss are beginning to open. Water the pot before planting out and ensure that the top of the soil ball is set just below the soil surface.
You will get a better crop if you spread black polythene sheeting over the soil surface and plant the tomato seedlings through x-shaped slits.
 
CORDON VARIETIES There exist more than 400 varieties, ask your area dealer he know what’s best in your climate…
 
Gardener’s delight, Sweet 100, Marmande, Saint Pierre, Outdoor girl, Hissston Early, Gemini, and so on…
 
BUSH VARIETIES:  The amateur, Red Alert, Alfresco, Pixie , Sigma bush and others..
 
This varieties make outdoor growing much easier. They are  either bushes 1 to 1.1/2 ft. high or creeping plants less than 9 in. tall. They do not require supporting, trimming or stopping and they are excellent for cloche areas. One drawback is, that the fruits tend to be hidden, which makes harvesting more difficult than with cordon varieties. Straw or plastic sheeting must be laid around the plants as many fruits are at ground level.
 
 
 
Text from The Vegetable & Herb Expert D.D.G. Hessayon
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KOZI YA KILIMO HAI KILIMO-UCHUMI
NYANYA 6, NJE – 6.70 - UKWELI NA AINA ZA MIMEA
 
Katika maeneo mengi mazao ya nyanya yanahitaji ulinzi maalum - unaweza kukua mimea katika chafu au kulima aina ndogo katika fremu au chini ya cloches. Ikiwa hata hivyo, unaishi katika eneo lenye utulivu na kuna mahali pa kujikinga kutokana na upepo baridi kuliko unavyoweza kutarajia mazao ya kuridhisha katika bustani ya wazi katika majira mengi ya kiangazi.
 
Mazao ya nje yana faida zake - ladha ya matunda kwa ujumla ni bora na aina za kichaka huchukua kazi kubwa kutoka kwa nyanya kukua. Hata hivyo kuna mitego kadhaa kwa wasiokuwa na tahadhari hata kama upande wako ni joto na hifadhi. Kwanza kabisa, lazima uchague aina ambayo inapendekezwa kwa kukua nje - usinunue miche bila kuangalia ikiwa inafaa. Lazima pia uandae ardhi vizuri - nyanya zinahitaji udongo wenye rutuba ya humus. Hatimaye, kumbuka kuondoa sehemu ya kukua ya aina ya cordon wakati mmea bado ni mdogo sana - kuiacha ikue hadi urefu wake wa asili kutazuia nyanya kuiva. Kama unaweza kuona, kuna aina nyingi ambazo zinafaa kwa kilimo cha nje.
 
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