Growing Organic Tomatoes

Introduction

Name : Tomato

Indian name : Tamatar

Other names : Scientifically known as - Solanum lycopersicum

Health Benefits  

1. Helps in overcoming eye irritation.

2. Helps in healing sunburns.

3. Restores Vitality For Persistent Fatigue.

4. Restores the Health of the Liver.

5. Leaves of tomatoes acts as Antibiotics.

6. Contains Potassium, vitamin B6, niacin, vitamin K, chromium and biotin.

How to Plant

• Planting Time : Beginning of Winter season (November, December)
• Steps :

Preparation of Sapling ( in October)

1. Take a 1 liter empty and cleaned milk packet.
2. Mix 3 parts of soil, 1 part of sand and 1 part of vermi-compost.
3. Fill the packet with the above mixture.
4. Put 1 tomato seed in each packet.
5. Put some soil on it.
6. DONT pour water on it. Just sprinkle some water on it.

Planting of Sapling ( in November or December)

1. Take a 5kg or 10kg empty plastic sack.
2. Take three parts of soil, one part of sand and one part of half/fully decayed kitchen waste.
3. Mix them well.
4. Fill the sack with the above mixture.
5. Now transfer the sapling in the sack. (1 sapling in a 5kg packet. 2 saplings in a 10kg packet)

This is how you should plant the sapling in the sack.

Tomatoes of my Terrace Garden