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    A neighbor forms her tall tomatoes so that the fruits grow lower, and they plant them in special holes prepared in the fall. What for? First things first ...
    Seeds of tomato seedlings are sown early, for example, this year - January 31. Such a supply is necessary for seedlings to take root after a special pick, which delays their growth by two weeks. First, it sows the seeds in jars of sour cream, then dives seedlings in plastic boxes from under the cake with ready-made universal soil (puts the lid on the lid: the bottom plays the role of a pallet), and in the phase of 3 real leaves (somewhere on February 28 ) seedlings ... pruning.
    When choosing varieties, the landlady pays attention to the fact that on the sachet with seeds there was a note "more than 6 kg from the bush". This is a variety of De Ba-rao. Easter egg. Thick cheeks, Elisha, Black Moor. Female happiness, Wonder of the World.
    Having cut the seedling under the leaves, I remove one leaf and immediately plant the sprout in a similar box according to the scheme of at least 4 × 4 cm in shallow wells, into which 1 tsp is poured. Kornevin’s solution (1 tsp. per 1 liter of water), - says the gardener. - I tightly close the box with the film, remove it after 5 days (during this time, thanks to Kornevin, sprouts start roots) and begin to water once a week.
    I do all this so that in the future fruiting on the bush does not begin after the fifth leaf, but below: my tomato fruits form almost at the very ground. By the way, in one of the seasons we had an experiment with a friend: the tomatoes dived in the usual way and the way I did - with pruning.
    In the second case, the harvest was 1,5 times higher!
    After picking up tomato stems, the hostess does not use sprouts later on. But her friend, Lyubov Prokofievna, does differently: the seedlings cut the leaves in half in 7 and, after picking up the tops, continues to take care of the roots, which again release the leaves, thus increasing the number of plants.
    In March, the owner of the seedlings dosveschivaet 5 hours per day, and before landing in the afternoon hardens for 2 hours on the balcony. - Due to the fact that we have a bear, the seedlings are adapted to be planted in five-liter PET bottles with cut-off bottom and top. It is checked - the bear can not overcome such protection! Bury them in the greenhouse as early as autumn: at such a depth that only 10 cm of the cylinder remains on the surface. Capacities I fill with humus in each I add on 2. crushed egg shell, a handful of ash, litter of birch leaves and onion husks. And one more matchbox of complex fertilizer I divide into six bottles. In the winter, since I do not open the greenhouse, I pour one 5-liter snow bucket on each bottle (melt water is very useful). In the spring (6-
    11 April) in each well for warming pour out on 0,5 l of warm water and, not deepening, planted seedlings of tomatoes. I sprinkle with fresh soil (I collect it in a bucket in the fall and keep it in the cold). First time I cover a bed under pegs with a spunbond.
    Olga Knysh
    Experts comments
    Of course, the cropped top of the tomato easily forms new roots, but this does not mean that during the picking, the entire root system must be removed. To create powerful roots, it is sufficient to pinch off unnecessary rootlets when picking and to cut the plant down to the cotyledons.
    No pruning of roots will turn a tall (non-determinant) variety into a short shrub. Under all conditions, all tall varieties need support. If you want to get a higher yield from one bush, form it in two stems, and if you have a larger crop from the area of ​​the greenhouse - in one stem. To produce fruits closer to the ground, you can plant the seedlings deeper.

    Valery MATVEEV, Doctor of Science

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