Beginners in the business of gardening sometimes face a lot of different issues. If you decide to cultivate a tomato, and it's not important whether you planted seedlings yourself or bought ready, you should know some rules of care immediately after planting them in the ground, in particular, you might be interested in such moments - whether to water tomatoes after planting, how often, how much water they need and much more.
How to water tomatoes after planting in the ground?
Correctly chosen irrigation tactics will save the plant from many diseases, contribute to their rapid and proper development, adaptation in a new place. For the well-being of young seedlings, it is necessary to comply with a number of rules regarding irrigation, as well as the temperature regime.
If you have seedlings from someone, ask, in what conditions it was grown - in a greenhouse or a greenhouse. Your further actions depend on this. And if you have planted seedlings yourself, you can easily orient and provide the right care.
Watering the planted seedlings depends on a number of factors, such as the weather conditions at that time, the soil composition and the quality of the seedlings themselves. If it is hardened, the bushes do not necessarily shade, and water should be used once a day and quite abundantly. In the hole where you planted a seedling, you need to pour in 2-3 liters of water. If you have chosen the trench method of disembarkation, calculate the water flow by the number of plants.
Water better in the morning, when there is no hot sun. If the sun dries up from the sun until the evening, you can additionally water the seedlings when the heat drops. In this case, you can pour 1-2 liters under each bush.
Such irrigation will provide the seedlings with the necessary moisture and keep the soil light, because the roots need a lot of oxygen. If the earth is too dense, the roots will have nothing to "breathe" and the plant will suffer from this. Too much watering will negatively affect the soil and the plants themselves.
The ground when planting a tomato should be moist, and this is enough for good rooting of seedlings. Do not over fill the beds - it will only damage your plants.
How often to water tomatoes after planting?
With the landing decided, but now still need to find out which day after planting again to water the tomatoes. So, during the next 7-10 days after planting the seedlings in the open ground it must be watered daily. This is necessary in order for plants to take root, began and began to grow. Once you notice that the tomatoes are rooted, you need to gently loosen the soil around them. Only very carefully so as not to damage the roots.
The depth of loosening in the holes is no more than 3 cm. This process is called dry irrigation. You break capillary formations and reduce evaporation from the ground, and also help oxygen to get to the roots of a tomato.
When to water the tomatoes after planting in the greenhouse?
If you plan to grow tomatoes in a greenhouse , that is, in a closed ground, you should know that the irrigation rules are slightly different. Planting of seedlings is carried out in cloudy weather or in the evening, the soil must be pre-moistened. In the first days after planting is not recommended
After 10 days pass and the seedlings take root, you need to pour them with water at room temperature at a rate of 4-5 liters per square meter. Watering is best done in the morning and under the root. In the evening, water forms condensation and droplets settle on plants, which is undesirable. In 2 hours after watering it is necessary to open the side and upper windows in the greenhouse.
Do not be afraid to ventilate your tomatoes in the greenhouse, because tomatoes are not afraid of drafts. However, it is important to observe the temperature and humidity levels. The temperature in the greenhouse should be between 18-26 degrees in the daytime and 15-16 at night.