Today we will have a look on what kind of veggies you can easily grow in your backyard. We will have a look on each vegetables their varieties their growing habits their adaptations and their harvesting type etc...Beans, Tomatoes, Peas....each one daily.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes come in a large no of varieties. You can grow tomatoes varieties that produce fruit extra early, and there are varieties for every type of climate, including many that are resistant to one or more common tomato diseases. Select the proper one which suits your backyard.

Tomato plants are vines, and they have two basic ways of growing, called determinate and indeterminate. The vines of determinate varieties (sometimes called bush tomatoes) grow only 1 to 3 feet long, and the main stem and side stems produce about three flower clusters each. Once flowers form at the vine tips, the plant stops growing. This means determinate types set fruit over about a two-week period and then stop, which makes them excellent choices for canning. Indeterminate tomatoes have sprawling vines that grow 6 to 20 feet long. Most produce about three flower clusters at every second leaf. They keep growing and producing unless stopped by frost, disease, or lack of nutrients, which means you can keep picking fresh tomatoes the whole season. Pruning is necessary, however, or they will put too much energy into vine production.

Planting

As I had said before it is better to grow your own plants from seeds level, if you want your crops to last other than buying readymade plants from market.

If you want to take advantage of the full range of available cultivars, you'll have to grow tomatoes from seed. Unless you plan to preserve a lot of your crop, 3 to 5 plants per person is usually adequate. Unused seeds are good for 3 years.

Sow seeds ¼ inch deep and 1 inch apart in the plots we have made. Seeds will germinate in about 1 week. Once the seedlings emerge, water regularly. Once a week, feed with compost tea or fish emulsion( about Fish Emulsion how you make at home, I will describe in brief in coming post regarding fertilizers), and discard any weak or sick-looking seedlings. Once the plant start to gain strength, look for any pests or coloring leaves, this shows lack of nutrients. In tomatoes you would need pruning. The sprouts which emerge in between the main stem and small stems, you would have to pluck them out then only your plant will concentrate on gaining strength for better productivity. Otherwise it will just grow and grow without good productivity. There is variety called cherry tomatoes which needs no pruning. You can try that too.

Give them compost once in a week. You can see them flowering in 4-5 weeks.