Shall we undertake Tomato 3rd Generation Pruning
Or not? In today's video, we will see pros and cons
of 3G cutting in Tomato plant. We will also discuss
the determinate and indeterminate variety of Tomato,
and different type of tomato fruits from size of a grape to palm size fruit.
We will discuss the variety you should grow.
Be with me for next few minutes to get all the information.
Hi I am Gautam from Shashi n Gautam Kitchen Gardeners
The tomato Plant you see here is "Arka Rakshak",
the triple disease resistance F1 Hybrid tomato from India.
This variety bears 19 kg tomato per plant.
Since 2014 it is the first time we have planted
nine saplings of Arka Rakshak tomato variety
to check the amount of tomato we can achieve in Grow Bags.
in grow bags.
Lets get back to the topic on the hand.Should we do
3rd generation pruning to tomato or not.
Many Indian YouTubers have made the video on 3G cutting
and they claim success too in their videos.
But if you do some research, you will find that there
is no such thing as 3G cutting applicable to Tomato.
In fact only minimal cutting is undertaken to tomato
If you do 3g cutting to a tomato plant, its growth stops
and as a result, we get a low yield of tomato
I will explain this with help of a picture diagram
There are two varieties of tomato
Determinate or the bush type of tomato plant
and indeterminate or the vine variety of tomato plant
In indeterminate variety, the tomato plant grows a long
vine type stem throughout the season and it bears flowers
and fruits on a continuous basis.
If this variety remains disease free, it keeps producing
tomato till the end of the season. It height can grow
as long as 7 to 10 feet.
The second variety is a determinate variety of tomato
It is a dwarf bushy variety which goes up to 3 to 5 feet
When this variety reaches its maximum height
It grows all the flowers at one go which converts to fruit
and ripe at same time. The difference between the two
is that the indeterminate variety keeps producing fruit
throughout the season while determinate variety gives
all the fruit only once in the growing season.
The first step in 3G cutting is to pinch the tip of the main stem.
But in case of indeterminate variety, if we pinch the
stem, it will branch out into two and the vine will
become weak and hard to manage. Also, the process
of branching out into two stems eats the valuable
growing season and the plant will have less time to
bear flower and fruits. Thus 3G cutting in Indeterminate
variety results in loss of yield. Hence 3rd generation
doesn't apply to an indeterminate variety of the Tomato.
The ideal growing season of tomato is 18°C to 35°C
In a determinate variety of tomato plant, the flowers
blooms and convert to fruits in one go when it reaches the maximun height of 3 to 5 feets. This variety is
genetically programmed to branch out in a bushy shape.
Any 3rd generation pinching of stem and branches
puts the plant into stress and its growth stops.
This results in loss of the valuable growing season. Ideal growing temperature range uis 18°C to 35°C
Hence 3G cutting is also not necessary in determinate variety of the plants
Does it mean that tomato plants do not requires any cutting or pruning?
We do take cutting in tomato plants but it is more of maintenance or thinning of the plant.
We remove all the lower branches which have gone yellow or touching the soil to prevent the onset of disease.
In indeterminate variety, we remove the suckers which
pops out of the joint between stem and branch of the plant.
If these suckers left to grow into a branch, it will too
bear flowers and fruits. But it will compete with main
stem for nutrients leaving its growth stalled which will
result the setting of the smaller size of the fruits.
Does it mean all the suckers have to be removed?
Technically you can remove all the suckers and grow
a healthy tomato vine bearing a lot of bigger size fruits.
But if you have a healthy plant, you can allow 2 or 3
suckers to grow into branches and bear fruits,
resulting in higher yield but you may have to
compromise on the fruit size. So the decision is all yours.
In the determinate variety, we leave the suckers
to grow into the branch and bear fruits.
If we prune these suckers, the plant which has stopped
growing vertically will have fewer branches to bear fruits,
thus there will be a loss of total yield. Hence we do no pruning
or minimal pruning of suckers in the determinate plants
If you are a terrace gardener like me with limited space,
the determinate tomato variety like Arka Rakshak is the
the best bet for you. But if you have space, you can
grow both the determinate and the indeterminate
tomato variety. One time yield of determinate tomato
can be used for making jam and sauces while
continuous supply of tomato can be used for daily
cooking and for salad and sandwiches.
But whichever type of tomato plant you choose, go in
for higher-yielding variety. A high yielding variety will
give a higher number of tomato even if something goes
wrong but in the same situation a low yield variety
may not produce a single tomato fruit.
But before we start counting our chickens we have to
understand that Tomato need lot of nutrition on
continuous basis. You need to fertilize it with
Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorus and also give it
micrnutrients like calcium, magnesium etc.
So if you want a higher yield, you have to give your
tomato plant timely and regular fertilization conataining
all these macro and micronutrients.
We have to understand that if we only depend on
basic fertilizer like cow dung manure, we can expect
only mediocre results.
Many of our viewers complain that despite doing all the things right they get few and small size tomato only.
Here we need to understand that the seeds available online or from local vendors are mostly Cherry tomato
and also of poor variety and health. They do not bear lot of fruits despite feeding them with right nutrition.
High yielding, disease resistance F1 hybrid variety is available on my website along with quality fertilizer.
You can visit y website http://addywheatgrass.com/ocart/
to check the available gardening items.
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