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Every season, gardeners go to the market for tomato seedlings. It's quite difficult to walk past the bushes, because your own tomatoes are always more fragrant and sweeter. Of course, you'll have to tinker with the seedlings to grow them. Fertilizing, fighting pests and diseases, fluctuations in day and night temperatures - there will be a lot of work. And you also need to decide in advance where it's best to plant the seedlings.
What you need to know about choosing a location
Tomatoes like to grow in sunny and warm places. Accordingly, such areas should be allocated for beds. The best option is a southern location. Immediately think about options for protecting tomato bushes from cold winds.
Repeated location
If last season's tomatoes were a hit, it doesn't mean that the same garden bed will produce a triumphant harvest again. Gardening laws state that it is strictly forbidden to plant tomatoes in the same place.
During growth and development, the soil's reserves of nutrients are depleted. In other words, the soil will not be able to provide the plant with the same level of nutrition again.
On a bed where crops of the nightshade family have grown or are growing, tomatoes can be planted after 3 years. Tomatoes are freely planted in places after beets, cabbage, carrots, garlic, onions, cucumbers, zucchini, and squash. Choose the right place for a bed with tomatoes. Only then can you expect a good harvest with juicy home-grown tomatoes.
