How to grow tomato in your own backyard

Select your soil

Make sure the soil in your backyard is the one that will encourage growth. A sunny well-drained part of your garden is the best soil for tomatoes.

Prepare your land

Start preparing your land by weeding the grasses and making soil bed. Use organic fertilizer to work the land with it. Provide good water supply system and water the land for some days. Make sure the PH level is around 6.0 to 6.8.

Acquire and plant your tomato

The tomato seed comes in a sealed sachet with all the instruction on it. If you don’t understand anything, you can ask an expert. Normally you can get the seedling in any of the ministries of agriculture closer to you and you’ll get the expert support there.

Acquire knowledge

You will need some knowledge about the farming methods. Sometimes you will need to hear it from those who are in the field doing it. Search and read also from the internet, anything you can get your hands on related to tomatoes.

Growing your tomato farm

The length of time between tomato seed germination and harvest varies with the type being grown. But the average is between 65-90days. Before reaching the harvest time, it’s important to note the following in other to attain maximum growth.

·         Make sure tomatoes are planted where they will get at least 10hours of light preferably in the summer. Leave space between tomatoes for air to freely circulate.

·         Try rotating a little the tomato bed to prevent the risk of soil burn diseases like bacterial and early bright.

·         Water deeply on the soil not on the leaves.  Do this every 5-7 days.

·         Remove non-fruit branches. This directs the tomato plants energy into growing bigger and better.

·         Plant your tomato at intervals. This will ensure that not all of your harvest will come at once.

Controlling your production

One major problem having an open tomato farm is it can be affected by the weather. Hence, the need to control your production and one way of doing it is by building a greenhouse. A greenhouse is a building where plants are grown. It enables you to have crops at the time of the year when they can’t be grown. It comes in different sizes from small to a large sized building