Serving is one of the steps that will help increase the yield of tomatoes and make the fruit bigger and tastier. No gardener can do without it. What is this procedure and how to do it - try to figure it out.
Why stepchild tomatoes
Gotting is the disposal of the stem of a plant from excess shoots that grow between the two main ones.
Important! If to let the development of the tomato bush take its course, the crop will be the size of a pea, if at all.
These shoots will not be able to give a harvest, but at the same time they will take over the useful substances that could go on tomatoes. Therefore, they need to be cut to allow the tomatoes to absorb important elements.
It is important to carry out the procedure when the shoots are still small - up to 5 cm. Otherwise, the plant will expend forces on their growth, and in the place of the torn off stepchildren there will be big wounds. You can do without this procedure, but more often to the detriment of your harvest.
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If you do not remove the extra branches, the fruits that are tied in place of the flowers will be small and will ripen much longer. Particular attention should be paid to the indeterminant varieties - their stems are large and grow widely up and out. These should also be tied up, and not just pinch.
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Less hybrids that do not grow so much will require less care, but small processes will also appear there - they will be superfluous. The crop may form large on uncircumcised branches, but not as high quality as on the treated ones.
When you need pasynkovanie tomatoes
There is even a separate date when it is customary to saw the tomato shrubs: for gardeners, this is August 1. Just before this time, the greens should grow stronger, and the flowers tie in the fruit. Then it is important not to miss the moment of distribution of useful substances between the branches of a bush and free it from unnecessary small processes.
Most often, one such pinching is quite enough. But you need to watch your seedlings, because from time to time they can give life to new branches. Therefore, another option is to do the procedure every couple of weeks. 
As for the time of cutting off the stepsons, it is better to do this in the morning on a sunny day, then the wound will be able to drag on and dry. If it so happened that the procedure had to be done on an overcast day, simply sprinkle the places with ash cuts so that the plant does not start to rot.
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How to pinch tomatoes: scheme
You can do this with your hands or scissors. In the first case, the probability of damaging a large part of the plant is great. In each of the options it is necessary to leave small processes - up to 1 cm, then nothing will grow on this place.
How is the procedure itself:
- Two weeks after planting the seedlings in the ground you need to start removing extra stepchildren.
- Leave that branch where the blossoming stalk grew.
- Paceniks grow between the main stem and the main leaves.
- Each main branch should be 3-4 additional stalk.
In one stem
It is produced in greenhouses - it is there that tomatoes are grown, which most often grow in one stem. The peculiarity of these tomatoes - they have a top and side branches that are constantly growing. Therefore, the extra branches need to pinch so that they do not occupy space.
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On one main stem is best to leave up to 4 strong branches. It is they who will give the harvest. Everything else needs to be removed.
Important! If a branching appears on the top that divides the bush, it must be cut off, otherwise it will begin to grow and create ovaries.
In two stalk
If we want to leave the future bush two main stem, the first - flowering, and the second choose the one closest to him or under it. Passing will then need both branches. 
In three stalk
It is rare when a tomato bush is formed into 3 stalks. If you decide to do this, then choose undersized varieties and leave those 2 branches that are closer to the first flowering. In general, with the right stading a good harvest can be obtained on a bush in two stalks.
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What is dangerous ignoring the procedure
If you do not stick a variety of tomato varieties that require it, then you may encounter such troubles:
- shrubs grow like a jungle creeper;
- regrown branches will take nutrients from those on which the fruit began;
- with a large growth of the bush may lack of flowering and fertilization;
- fruits will be small;
- perhaps very long maturation;
- Tomatoes will not be as meaty and juicy as expected.
What varieties can not stepchild
You can avoid stabbing by planting hybrid or short-growing varieties.
These include:
- "Nevsky" - fruits are small, but ripen early - after 2 months you can get a good harvest.
- "Dwarf" - shrub up to half a meter, tomatoes are small, but densely growing.
- "Dubko" - A variety that is best consumed fresh.
- "Snowdrop" - Tomatoes from medium to large, can be grown in the northern regions.
- "Little Red Riding Hood" - suitable for pickling and marinating, but matures late.
- "Moskvich" - almost the most productive variety, which is quite resistant to frost.
- "Buyan" - can produce large fruits in the middle of summer and smaller ones by the end.
- "Watercolor" - reminds a grade "the Bull heart", but fruits are less and not so saturated claret.
- "Vityaz" - variety with the largest tomatoes for stunted shrubs, one fruit - up to 250 g
Did you know? The smallest tomato in the world is no larger than 2 cm in diameter, and the largest fruit can weigh up to 1.5 kg.
Fundamental rules
To get a good harvest, you need to know a few details that will help to achieve this goal:
- If some bushes have a disease or are suspicious of it, then it is better to step the son through them in a day in order not to spread the sore.
Unfortunately, tomatoes are often affected by diseases such as fusarium, powdery mildew, alternarioz, top rot and phytophthora.
- There are cases when stepchildren grow right out of the inflorescence - they will only slow down the ripening process, so they are best removed.
- You also need to get rid of the lower leaves - it is better to cut 1-3 leaves per week, which grow under the branch with still unripe fruits.
- Disinfect the tools for trimming a solution of potassium permanganate after each hive.
- If you break off branches with your hands - do it with gloves, otherwise the skin will turn yellow from the sap of the plant.
- When the stems are overgrown with flowering brushes - remove the tops from them so that growth stops up and all the forces go to form the fruits.
- Do everything in a timely manner - the quality of the crop depends on it.
Did you know? Every year more than 60 million tons of tomatoes are produced in the world.
So, pasynkovanie - an integral part of the care of shrubs with tomatoes. The procedure will help to improve the harvest, make it bigger and tastier. In addition, the fruits will ripen faster.
