25/11/2023
How you can easily grow your own tomatoes at home.
Prepare the potting mix by mixing sand, red soil, compost, cocopeat and neem cake in the ratio 30:20:20:20:10.
Sow the tomato seeds in the potting mix, equidistant from one another. Sprinkle with water after sowing.
Mulch the seeds with hay/dried leaves and cover partially to create a semi-greenhouse effect.
Continue spraying water every 2-3 days till the seeds sprout. After four sets of true leaves appear, transplant the sapling into a big pot and stake it with sticks on all 4 sides.
Add a handful of compost to the tomato plant once in a week till it flowers.
Since the tomato plant is vulnerable to attacks by mealybugs and leaf miners, spray diluted neem oil in dish-wash solution once in 15 days
