What are the precautions for intercropping tomatoes? Keep these latest planting tips
Tomatoes are very common in our daily lives. Tomatoes taste sweet and sour and are rich in nutritional value, which is why they are so popular with many people. When growing tomatoes, in order to improve seed efficiency, many people choose to intercrop them with other vegetables. And tomatoes are indeed a vegetable suited to intercropping. So what should we pay attention to when intercropping tomatoes? Below, the editor brings you the precautions for intercropping tomatoes. Let's take a look!
1. Intercropping time
When intercropping tomatoes, the first thing we should pay attention to is the intercropping time for tomatoes. The intercropping time must not be too early, because the previous crop of tomatoes can provide shade and block light for the next crop of tomatoes. This is especially true for winter intercropping, because the natural light hours in winter are very short. For the next crop of tomatoes, their photosynthetic capacity will be greatly affected. This leads to a reduction in carbohydrates in the tomato plants, overly thin and weak stems, and a tendency toward excessive vegetative growth, which is very unfavorable for forming strong tomato seedlings.
2. Disease prevention for the previous vegetable crop
When many people intercrop tomatoes, they feel that once the vegetables in the greenhouse reach the late stage of growth, their commercial value is no longer very high. So they gradually relax management, leading to severe disease outbreaks in the greenhouse. After tomatoes are intercropped, the tomato plants are then highly susceptible to infection by these diseases, thus affecting tomato growth and greatly impacting both tomato yield and quality. Therefore, when intercropping tomatoes, whether it is the tomatoes or the previous crop of vegetables, disease prevention and control work is something we need to focus on. We should regularly do a good job of spraying to prevent diseases.
3. Dipping seedling roots to replenish bacteria
When intercropping tomatoes, if the soil has not been deeply plowed, prepared, and disinfected properly, then various soil-borne diseases can easily occur. A large number of pathogens and insect eggs exist in the soil, causing various diseases after the seedlings are planted. So when transplanting tomato seedlings, we should pay attention to irrigating the seedling roots with microbial bacteria to avoid root diseases and enhance root growth capacity. However, there are very many types of diseases, so the control methods also differ. You can also apply bacterial fertilizer in the planting holes at transplanting time, combined with an appropriate amount of complete nutrient fertilizer, to enhance the plant's stress resistance.
4. Thoroughly clean the garden
When planting, if you have already decided to completely abandon some old and weak plants, then you must promptly pull them out and carry them away, and do a good job of cleaning the garden. When cleaning the garden, make sure it is thorough. Not only should the stems and leaves be removed, but the plant roots must also be completely cleared out. When pulling out the plants, you can water first to improve soil looseness. Then when pulling, place your foot between the tomato plants and the seedlings to avoid damaging the seedling roots.
The above is a brief introduction to the precautions for intercropping tomatoes. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can help everyone!