Summer is here and the tomato plants are in full bloom, some have already started to get ripe tomatoes.
News24 have spoken to the plant expert Hans Jensen about how to get plenty of tomatoes on your plants this summer. He also tells what the reason behind yellow leaves on the tomato plants is, as well as how to fix it.
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Tomato plants are perennial plants
Tomato plants are perennial plants if you take care of them in the right way. In winter, tomatoes need plenty of light and a cool place to overwinter.
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Photo: Björn Lindgren/TT This is how you pollinate your tomato plant
If you have a problem with your tomato plant not getting any tomatoes yet, it may be because the flowers have not been pollinated. For a tomato plant to bear fruit, the flowers need to be pollinated.
To pollinate the flowers, you can either hope that insects do it for you, or shake the plant a little gently.
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This is why your tomato plant gets yellow leaves
If you have pollinated your tomato plant but notice that it has started to get yellow leaves, it could be due to several different things, according to Hans Jensen. If the lower leaves of the tomato plant turn yellow, it is usually due to a lack of light.
Yellowish leaves can also be a sign of nutrient deficiency.
“Yellowish leaves can also be a sign that the plant needs more nutrition,” writes Hans Jensen in an email to Nyheter24.
To fix this, you need to give your tomato plants fertilizer.
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