Tomato Growing Problems That Can Be Avoided.
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Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables found around the world. Many cultures use them in a number of dishes and salads. Many people have found that growing their own tomatoes greatly increases their ease in using tomatoes and confidence that they are getting a quality vegetable. Although, to keep from having too many tomatoes at one time some gardeners stagger their planting times or grow varieties that ripen at different times in order to be able to harvest ripe tomatoes through out their growing season.
You can avoid many of the problems associated with a tomato garden simply by practicing good maintenance in your garden. A few of the most common tomato growing problems and the ways to avoid them follow.
Phosphorous deficiency ranks as one of the most common problems. Our soil is loaded with phosphorus, but if you plant too early the coolness of the ground won’t allow the phosphorus to properly get to your plants. You can use plastic mulch to help warm up the ground around your tomato plants.
Another problem can be caused by stink bugs. Stink bugs will feed on your plants causing spots and internal damage. Control weeds around the garden, as these bugs can over-winter and attack your next season garden as well.
Every tomato gardener has experienced blossom end rot at sometime or the other, it occurs from the combination of cold weather or high heat when the tomatoes are blooming, improper watering can also bring the problem on. When these two things occur, calcium becomes unavailable causing a calcium deficiency. Avoid this problem by fertilizing and watering at the proper times.
Root rot is another common problem. The cause of root rot is a fungus that grows as a result of over-watering the tomato plant. Management of root rot requires soil improvement, proper watering and rotation of your tomatoes. Only plant your tomatoes in the same spot every three years to avoid root rot.
All of these common tomato growing problems can be easily avoided by just following proper maintenance practices, watering at the proper time and not trying to rush your tomatoes by planting to early in the spring.
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