Cherry tomatoes are cute bite-sized fruits that are good for our health and can be enjoyed without cooking
Cherry tomatoes are packed with full of Vitamins and minerals that promoted an ultimate health. They are rich source of Vitamin C.
It is said that the Cherry tomatoes were cultivated first and eventually grown in European Countries and Israel. Then they were commercialized by England popular grocery chain Marks &Spencer during 20 th century.
Cherry tomatoes are popular as one of the primary ingredients in our meal. The nutritional and healthy benefits of Cherry tomatoes are an excellent source of lycopene. It treats information and blood clotting thereby reduces the risk of Ischemic Strokes.
The Intake of Cherry tomatoes may also reduce your risk of prostatic cancer.
The lycopene in Cherry tomatoes supports bone health especially in women at risk of osteoporosis.
Cherry tomatoes are also the rich source of Vitamin A, Vitamin E and Potassium.
How to grow cherry tomatoes in our terrace garden?
There is no need to soak the seeds. It is highly appreciated that the Cherry tomato plants should be grown from seedlings rather than from seeds. It is the fastest way to grow cherry tomato plants from seedlings.
Prepare the soil mix first. Mix the garden soil/red soil, cocopeat, vermicompost, Neem cake powder and organic manure in the proportion of 25:30:25:15:5 respectively. You can replace the organic manure by powder mix of wood ash, lime or egg shells.
Mix well and set aside. Take a portion of soil mix and fill 3/4 level of the cavities of seedling tray.
Sow the tomato seeds one or two in each cavity
Cover the seeds and spray water. Keep moisture all the time until the seeds sprout. Water them gently and carefully until four leaves develop. Now It's the time to transplant.
Fill the 8 growbags sized 12"×12" upto 3/4 th level with Prepared soil mix. Remove each baby plant carefully from seedling tray and transplanting in grow bag 2 inch depth and set the soil around the plant. Do the same for remaining grow bags.
Water them carefully around the plants. BY plants will establish within 2 hours.
Tomato plants love full sunlight and sufficient watering. Water them regularly in morning and evening.
Feed the plant with a handful organic manure every fifteen days once.
You can feed calcium with the lime water lime 25 gms mixed with one bucketful water and add to the soil mix one mug each plant.
After 5 days Feed potash with wood ash or it is better to grind the banana peels for about 25 into a coarse paste and mix with one bucket water. Mix well and add to the soil.
You should watch the entire plant every day whether it is attacked by any pest like leaf minor or leafy bugs.
The neem oil is the best solutuon to repel the pests away from the plants. Take 5 ml neem oil in one litre water and shake well. Then spray all over the leaves mostly beneath the leaves.
This neem oil spray is most effective when sprayed After 7 p.m
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