Tomato bushes need to be formed. To do this, there is an agronomic reception - pasynkovanie tomatoes. In some varieties prone to pasynkovanyu, you need to remove the side shoots - stepchildren. This must be done in order to enhance the nutrition of the fruits, make them ripen faster. It should also time to pinch the tops of the plant. Some novice gardeners ask: what is the pasynkovanie tomatoes. What is a stepson, where to look for him, what to do with him? About this - below.
In short, the tomato stepson is a small process that grows, as it were, from the joint of the main stem of a tomato, in the place where the side branches branch off from the stem. Over time, these small shoots can grow into a full-sized branch, which will reach the same size as the main stem, absorbing valuable nutrients, moisture, so necessary for growing fruits.
Pazhenkovaniye, removal of stepsons is an agronomical technique that protects the ovaries from shedding, increases the size of fruits, increases productivity.
Tomato bushes can be formed by leaving one stem or two. In the first case, 2-3 brushes are left on the bush, and in the second case, 5 brushes can be left. As soon as you see that the right amount of brushes appear on a tomato bush, pinch the tips of the shoots. From now on, all nutrients will flow to the fruit.
For those tomatoes that grow in the open field, stepchildren pinch off to the first brush, and those stepchildren that grow higher should be left on the stem. After all, if each stepchild gives two brushes, the harvest will be greater. Do not forget to pinch the top of the plant after the formation of 3-4 brushes. In the second half of summer, go back to your section with tomatoes and break down all the new stepchildren.
The tomato staining process has some peculiarities. If you follow them, it will lead to a significant increase in yield. Everything needs to be done in due time. Masking tomatoes too.
Paceni are removed as soon as they can be grabbed with their fingers. Try to hold the pinching at least once a week. Toads should not grow longer than 5-7 centimeters. Try not to break them, but pinch off or cut them off with scissors, so that only 1-2 cm long penechki would remain: then he himself will fall off, but prevent the growth of the new stepson.
If your tomatoes have a strong main stem - that's great - you can leave a few stepsons. The general recommendation is this: leave two or three stepsons to increase yields, but do not allow all those that form on the same plant to grow.
Special approach to tall tomatoes. They do not need pasynkovanie. The top of them, too, do not have to pinch, because this growth in them slows down, the harvest is reduced.
Many gardeners are advised to remove a double flower on the first brush of tall tomatoes, asserting that this first tomato will be ugly, albeit a large one. The way it is. In the photo below you will see a “terry” flower, consisting of several ones fused together, and a tomato, which grew from this flower.
Tomatoes are grown as vrastil, and with the help of stakes and trellis. In the last two options - the plants more fully use the sunlight.
However, if the bushes are strongly exposed, the fruits of tomatoes will fall under the scorching rays of the sun, and this will only harm the plants. That is why, in August, it is better to stop planting the tomatoes, letting the plant develop further on its own.
At the end of August, the upper part of the main shoot is removed, because the fruits that will develop later do not have time to ripen, but take away the nutrients from the already formed fruits.
Currently, gardeners have a large selection of tomato varieties. Among the huge range there are varieties of tomatoes, which are subject to compulsory sticks. But there are varieties that do not require it. As a rule, these are stunted plants with not very large fruits. Which varieties to plant - you choose.
A very interesting video about how to properly pinch tomatoes.
