Causes and solutions of empty ears of tomatoes

The hollowness of autumn tomato occurs in different cultivation seasons, especially in the middle and later stage of growth, while in autumn delayed tomato cultivation, it blossoms continuously and bears fruit continuously, and the phenomenon of empty ear often occurs. Generally speaking, after the first ear sets the fruit, the second or third ear is very easy to have an empty ear, so what is the reason for this? Come and have a look with the editor.

1. Excessive leafing

Leaf picking is an important measure to promote tomato color conversion and increase ventilation and light transmittance, but some vegetable farmers often play too much, which not only improves ventilation and light transmittance, but also reduces the possibility of disease, but also reduces the supply of organic nutrition. Therefore, after the first ear is settled, the second and third ears are very easy to have empty ears. So beating leaves must be appropriate, as long as the lower end of the rest of the old leaves, diseased leaves can be removed, other leaves do not need to move.

2. Leave too much fruit

It is necessary for tomatoes to keep fruit reasonably. many vegetable farmers often leave fruit in the first ear, because they are afraid that the plant will grow too much, so they generally choose 5-6 fruits to control their growth, resulting in excessive nutrition consumption in the first ear and insufficient nutrition in the second and third ears, resulting in empty ears. Therefore, the retention of fruit should be reasonable. When leaving fruit in the first ear of tomato, it should be carried out according to the growth of the plant. Generally, 3-4 fruits should be retained to maintain a continuous supply of nutrition.

3. Overgrowth of plants

Because the early temperature of autumn tomato is high, especially at night, it is difficult to control the temperature, so the phenomenon of overgrowing plants often occurs. In the first ear fruit setting, the phenomenon of overgrowth is not obvious, so it will not affect the flowering and fruit setting, but to the second or third ear fruit setting, the plant overgrowth has been difficult to control, need to consume a lot of nutrition, resulting in the second third ear fruit empty ear. Therefore, it is necessary to control the night temperature as much as possible to avoid the overgrowth of the plant, and the proper control of fertilizer and water when the plant grows can also restrain its growth.

4. Topdressing is not in time.

Many vegetable farmers do not have an accurate view of tomato topdressing, thinking that there is no need to topdressing when the first ear of the tomato is not red, which is a wrong idea. In fact, the first ear fruit should sit and be as big as a jujube, because the plant needs to consume a lot of nutrients at this stage. If topdressing is not in time, when the first ear fruit expands, the second third ear fruit is prone to empty ear phenomenon.

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