Detailed Explanation of Key Techniques for Growing Tomatoes in Greenhouses

Tomatoes are a fruit and vegetable rich in vitamins, and eating more of them can beautify the skin and nourish the complexion. So what are the techniques for growing tomatoes in greenhouses?

1. Techniques for Growing Tomatoes in Greenhouses

1. Pre-treatment: Select healthy, high-yielding, strongly resistant quality seeds for planting, soak the seeds and promote sprouting before sowing, and deep-plow the soil and apply base fertilizer;

2. Transplanting: Once tomato seedlings are successfully raised, they can be transplanted, with a row spacing of about 50 cm between plants;

3. Field management: Control the temperature, light, and humidity inside the greenhouse, and water and fertilize according to the growth of the tomatoes.

Transplanting is generally carried out in the morning, selecting disease-free strong seedlings for transplanting. During transplanting, large and small seedlings should be transplanted separately. Spindly, overgrown seedlings can be rejuvenated by laying them shallowly or by hilling soil in stages.

Three to five days after transplanting, water to help the seedlings recover. After the first truss of fruit has set firmly, apply a topdressing together with watering. During the swelling period of the second and third trusses of fruit, attention should also be paid to topdressing, generally requiring three applications.

Greenhouse tomatoes have a relatively long growth period and relatively high yields, so the application of base fertilizer becomes very important. Apply 3,000 kg of decomposed organic fertilizer and 60 kg of compound fertilizer per mu, then carry out deep plowing.

2. The Value of Tomatoes

1. Economic value: Tomato fruit is rich in nutrients and has a distinctive flavor. It can be eaten raw, cooked, processed into tomato sauce or juice, or canned as whole fruit, bringing certain economic income;

2. Edible value: Tomatoes are rich in carotene, vitamin C, and B vitamins. Eating more of them can beautify the skin and nourish the complexion, and is also good for the body;

3. Medicinal value: Tomatoes have functions such as promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, strengthening the stomach and promoting digestion, clearing heat and relieving summer heat, and tonifying the kidneys and promoting urination. They can treat conditions such as thirst due to fluid damage from febrile disease, poor appetite, and internal excess of summer heat.