Where are the latest tomatoes from?

Tomato is a herbaceous plant in the genus Tomato of Solanaceae. Its scientific name is tomato. Its fruit is rich in nutrients and has special flavor. It is a vegetable and fruit in midsummer. It can be eaten raw, cooked, processed tomato sauce, juice or whole fruit can storage. Let's take a look at where tomatoes are produced.

Where are the tomatoes grown?

Tomato originated from South America, the origin center is the Andes region of South America, in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and other places, there are still a large area of wild species distribution, is currently one of the most widely cultivated fruits and vegetables in the world, widespread cultivation throughout China, cultivation area continues to expand.

Tomato growing environment

1. Temperature: Tomato is a thermophilic vegetable. Under normal conditions, the optimum temperature for assimilation is 20~25℃, and the optimum soil temperature for root growth is 20~22℃. Raising soil temperature can not only promote root development, but also significantly increase nitrate nitrogen content in soil, accelerate growth and yield.

2, light: tomatoes are light-loving crops, light saturation point is 70000lx, suitable light intensity is 30000~50000lx. Tomato is a short-day plant. In the process of changing from vegetative growth to reproductive growth, short days are basically required, but the requirements are not strict. Some varieties can flower early under short days, and most varieties bloom early under 11~13 hours of sunshine.

3, water: tomatoes need more water, but do not have to often a lot of irrigation, generally 60~80% soil humidity, air humidity 45~50% is appropriate. High humidity not only hinders normal pollination, but also causes serious disease under high temperature and humidity conditions.

4. Soil: Tomatoes are not strict with soil conditions, but in order to obtain high yield and promote good root development, fertile loam with deep soil layer, good drainage and rich organic matter should be selected. The pH of soil should be 6~7, and the soil with excessive acid or alkali should be improved.

Plant culture of tomatoes

Tomatoes, originally grown in Peru and Mexico in South America, are wild berries that grow in forests. Because of its beautiful color, the locals regard it as a poisonous fruit, regarded as "the fruit of the fox", called "wolf peach", only used for viewing, no one dares to eat, just treat it as an ornamental plant.

According to records, in the 16th century, there was a Duke named Orodara traveling in South America. He liked tomatoes very much, so he brought them back to England as a treasure and presented them to his lover Queen Elizabeth as a gift of love to express his love. Since then, the name of "love fruit" and "lover fruit" has been widely circulated. But people plant tomatoes on their estates and give them to their lovers as gifts of love.

Generation after generation, no one dared to eat tomatoes. In the seventeenth century, a French painter had repeatedly depicted tomatoes, facing tomatoes such a beautiful and lovely and "poisonous" berries, really can not resist its temptation, so produced a taste of what it is the idea of taste. He ate one at the risk of his life and found it sweet, sour, sour and sweet. However, lying in bed waiting to die, he was actually fine, so the news that "tomatoes are poisonous to eat" quickly spread around the world.

Since then, hundreds of millions of people have enjoyed the blessing of this brave man who risked his life to be the first in the world. In the eighteenth century, Italian chefs made delicious dishes with tomatoes, which were colorful and delicious, and guests praised them. Tomatoes finally arrived at the table. Since then, tomatoes have won the love of all, known as red fruit, golden apple, ruby, love fruit.