Tomato tree

In 1966, the tomato tree was first introduced to the attention of gardeners in New Zealand. The crown of the wonder tree covered an area of ​​about 50 m² and like a sea octopus covered a huge part of the greenhouse. Now everyone can grow this wonder, but it is important to properly care for the miracle tree.

Tomato tree and its features

Tomato Octopus f1 is an indeterminate variety, which means that under favorable conditions, the growth of stems is unlimited. That is, if you create the optimal temperature throughout the year, the tomato will grow and yield for a very long time.

There are several ways to grow a tomato tree that allow you to get a good harvest of tomatoes:

• conventional cultivation in the open field;
• in a greenhouse with and without heating;
• hydroponic method.

If you grow the Octopus hybrid as a seasonal vegetable, you can get two buckets of beautiful tomatoes from the bush. This is a good result for indeterminate tomatoes.

Hybrid Octopus as a seasonal vegetable

However, when cultivated using a special technology, which was developed specifically for this hybrid, a tomato tree with a spreading crown and a yield of up to 1.5 tons per bush in the first 18 months of growing is taught.

Of course, the first option will allow you not to "bother" and at the same time be with the harvest. But the second is more interesting and makes it possible to reveal the potential of the plant, and turn the cultivation process itself into creative work.

One such bush replaces a whole bed of ordinary tomatoes. Its crown reaches 45-50 m in diameter²... This is achieved by the fact that the hybrid is not stepchild, which means that each stepchild is able to grow and give flowering brushes. They are tied behind every 3 leaves and form fleshy tomatoes weighing up to 200 g. Knowing how to grow a tomato tree at home, in one year you can provide fruits not only for your family, because the yield will be up to 14 thousand fragrant fruits.

Octopus is an amazing hybrid that can not only feed, but also turn a gardener into a sorcerer who creates his own miracle. After all, his agricultural technology is individual and completely different from the usual care of garden plants.

Interesting! In order not to buy hybrid seeds, the plant is propagated by rooting cut stepsons.

Necessary conditions for growing

To unleash the potential of the Octopus f1 tomato tree, it needs to be grown hydroponically. Indeed, over a long period of a tomato's life, it will be attacked by pests, viruses, and fungi. Hydroponics will help reduce the chances of infection, which in turn will give the plant the opportunity to spend energy on growing, rather than fighting disease.

Octopus in hydroponics

This hybrid must be carefully protected from both pests and diseases. Preventive measures play an important role in getting a good harvest.

A bush that reaches the size of an apple tree will not yield a crop without systematic fertilizing, additional lighting and a stable temperature. Only all these factors in combination will allow you to get a truly amazing harvest.

To grow tomato in this way you will need:

• A greenhouse heated during the cold season, equipped with fluorescent lamps that will provide 12 hours of daylight during the winter months.
• The capacity in which the tree will grow. Its volume must be at least 1 m² , a metal or plastic barrel is suitable for this.
• The lid with which the container will be closed, with a hole made in it for wood. Typically, sheet foam is used for this.This simple device will keep the nutrient solution from heating to critical temperatures during the hot summer months.
• Capacity for nutrient solution.
• Fertilizers. The mineral composition of Bazyrenko or Chesnokova gives a good result.
• Glass wool from which cubes will be made for planting.

Growing hydroponically will avoid many problems. You don't have to worry about soil contamination or insufficient moisture. It is important to strictly observe the temperature of the nutrient solution. In the summer months, its temperature should be no more than 25 degrees, in the cold season - at least 18 degrees.

Important! So that the container with the plant does not overheat, it is better to paint it with lime.

Agrotechnics of the tomato miracle tree

To prepare a concentrated nutrient solution, you will need a 10 liter container. It is placed in:

• ammonium nitrate - 0.2 kg;
• potassium - 05, kg,
• iron citrate - 0.009 kg;
• superphosphate - 0.55 kg;
• manganese sulfate - 0.002 kg;
• boric acid - 0.003 kg;
• magnesium - 0.3 kg.

After all the components are in the vessel, add water to the specified volume and mix. For direct use, 1 liter of this solution is taken and diluted in 100 liters of water.

Concentrated Octopus Nutrient Solution

It is better to start growing a tree in the fall. At the end of August, a seed is placed in a glass wool cube with a side of 20 cm and placed in a container with a solution so that it only slightly moistens the cube.

When 2 months have passed after germination, the tomato tree is placed in a larger cube and a compressor supplying air is brought in. A solution is added to a container with a plant and covered with a lid with a hole for shoots.
Throughout the entire period of growing seedlings of the tomato tree Octopus, it must be supplemented, creating a 12-hour daylight hours.

Any flower brushes that appear are removed. At this stage, the main goal is to create a strong bush that has a strong crown. The harvest will be formed on it in the future. The brushes stop removing only in mid-April, in order to get the first fruits by the end of May.

If you follow all agrotechnical techniques and adhere to the light and thermal regime, during this period the plant will reach 2-2.5 m in height. It is at this level that the mesh is pulled, it will hold the crown, and the harvest is harvested from it.

Outdoor cultivation

If you don't want to mess with mortar and glass wool, the tomato tree can be grown outdoors in the usual way. With good care and prevention of diseases, regular, every 2-3 weeks, fertilizing with mineral fertilizers and stable watering, it is quite possible to get up to 12 kg of tomatoes.

Growing a tomato tree Octopus in the open field

Important! When growing outdoors, maintain a soil moisture level of at least 60%.

When growing a tomato tree seasonally, the following recommendations must be followed step by step:

1. Sow seeds for seedlings in early February.
2. After 2-3 weeks, pick the seedlings.
3. Create a 12 hour day.
4. Do not pinch the plant.
5. Do not plant tomatoes closer than 0.5 mx 1.5 m.
6. Mandatory garter for all stepchildren.
7. Systematic feeding and watering.
8. Mulching the beds.
9. Timely collection of fruits.

Given that the variety does not stop growing, before the onset of cold weather, the tops of the stepsons are pinched.

An interesting way of growing the Octopus tomato tree is offered by Zinaida Osipova. Plants are placed on the ground, on a cushion of chopped grass, and bumpers are installed around the bush, where earth is gradually poured. On the sides, sticks are installed on four sides and covered with film or non-woven material, thus creating a mini-greenhouse. This planting of a tree tomato will allow you to develop additional roots and get a bountiful harvest.

Tomato tree Octopus is an amazing plant. Putting your soul and work into it, you can achieve results that no other variety can give.And using the hydroponic method, you can also provide yourself with fresh fruits throughout the year.