How to grow high quality cherry tomatoes?

How to grow high quality cherry tomatoes? Cherry tomato, also known as mini tomato, mainly eats fresh fruit, small fruit, single fruit weight of 10~20 g, strong plant growth potential, many fruits, 400~500 fruits per plant. Fruit shape has spherical, jujube shape, pear shape, etc., with high ornamental value and rich nutritional value, rich in soluble sugar, organic acids, protein, carotene, vitamins and minerals and other nutrients, mature fruit sugar content as high as 8%~10%, suitable sour and sweet, unique flavor, deeply loved by people. Cherry tomato is a thermophilic fruit vegetable. The optimum temperature for seed germination is 25~ 30℃, the optimum temperature for growth is 20~25℃, and the optimum temperature for growth in fruiting period is 15~25℃. It likes light, and insufficient light easily causes flower and fruit drop. It requires less water in the early stage and more in the late stage. It has strong adaptability to soil, and performs best in sandy loam soil. It likes potassium fertilizer. Cherry tomato yield is relatively low, 2000~2500kg per mu, in spring, summer and autumn sales price is higher, especially in spring and summer, the main varieties are holy woman, dragon girl and so on. The main cultivation techniques are as follows: 1. The cultivation season of cherry tomato is similar to that of ordinary tomato. It is cultivated in open field. Spring sowing can be carried out in the protected field at the beginning of February. The planting time of 5~6 true leaves is the beginning of May. Autumn sowing can be in June seedlings, July planting, harvest began in September. Protected cultivation can be appropriately cultivated early. 2, seeding seedlings 2.1, seed treatment to prevent the spread of seed bacteria, so seed disinfection before sowing. Seed disinfection can be used warm soup soaking seed can also be drug soaking. Soaking tomato seeds in warm soup: Soak tomato seeds in cold water for 10 minutes, then put them into hot water at 50~55℃, stir them rapidly, heat the seeds evenly, and replenish hot water at any time to stabilize the water temperature at 50~55℃, remove them after 15~20 minutes and put them in cold water to dissipate waste heat, and then soak them in warm water at 25~30℃ for 4~6 hours. Soak seeds with chemicals: wrap the seeds with gauze, soak them in 10% trisodium phosphate aqueous solution for 20~30 minutes, and then take out the seeds. Wrap with wet towel and place at 25~28℃ for germination. Wash seeds with warm water of about 25℃ for 1/2 times every day during germination. After 2~3 days of germination, sow seeds when 1/2 seeds are white. 2.2 Sowing: First water the prepared seedbed, wait for the water to seep down, sow the seeds evenly after 2-3 hours, and then cover 0.5-1 cm of sieved soil. The seed amount per square meter of seedling bed is 3~5 g, and the planting area per mu is 8~10m2 of seedling bed. 3. Planting When seedlings grow 5~6 true leaves, double row planting shall be carried out in each plot, with small rows of 60cm, plant spacing of 35~40cm, and planting of 2500~ 3000 plants per mu. The planting depth should be 1 cm from the ground. The planting water should be irrigated thoroughly when planting. Field management, such as watering, topdressing, temperature management, pest control, etc., is the same as conventional seed retention. 4. Pruning cherry tomato grows rapidly in greenhouse. The plant is tall and has poor erectness. When the plant grows to 30~40cm, it should be inserted into the stem or suspended wire to prevent lodging. Branch growth force is strong, generally multi-layer + continuous 2 layers of pruning, that is, to retain the inflorescence on the trunk, leaving the branches on the trunk, leaving 2 inflorescences on each branch, and then leaving 2 leaves on the inflorescence. To cut branches in time (redundant axillary buds) and twist branches of lateral branches, so that lateral branches do not shade each other, twist branches generally in the afternoon, and timely remove the yellow old leaves and sick leaves at the lower part to reduce nutrient consumption and enhance light transmission. 5. Thinning flowers and keeping fruits. When the temperature is low in early spring, poor pollination is easy to drop flowers. 2.4 drops can be applied to the newly opened calyx and flower stalk (only 1 time). Cherry tomato blossoms more per ear, select 20~30 fruits with good fruit set, and remove the rest. 6, harvest according to the transportation situation to determine the harvest time, long-distance transportation when the fruit just changed color can be harvested, local sales should be fully mature harvest, harvest to retain sepals and a section of fruit stalk. Click to see more cherry tomato planting technology Click to see more fruit planting technology