Cherry tomatoes growing guide (Pick cherry tomatoes and cultivation completed)

Growing cherry tomatoes in organic farming. This time, I would like to harvest the cherry tomatoes.

Pick the cherry tomatoes

I started cultivating cherry tomatoes around the end of March. I prepared the soil for cherry tomatoes around the end of March and planted seedlings in late April.

Soil preparation for cherry tomatoes
Create cherry tomatoes bed and mulch
Planting cherry tomato

I removed the suckers of cherry tomatoes in mid May and set up the double stakes for support at the late May.

Removing the suckers of cherry tomatoes
Double staking for cherry tomatoes

I applied additional fertilizer to the cherry tomatoes in mid June.

Additional fertilizer for cherry tomatoes

Harvest cherry tomatoes in the order of ripeness, starting with the ones that have turned red. (Harvesting criteria of cherry tomatoes: fully red all over and stems curled.)

Picking fully red cherry tomato
Harvested cherry tomato

Harvesting has just begun, but cultivation process for cherry tomatoes is complete.

Cultivation process for cherry tomatoes is complete

It seems that the cherry tomato plant has been affected by a disease transmitted by aphids, causing their growth to halt. Visible symptoms include occurrences like “flowers dropping without setting fruit" or “leaves at the growing tips becoming distorted and not growing properly."

Cherry tomatoes affected by disease
No fruit set
Leaves are curling and not unfurling
Healthy leaves and leaves affected by the disease

Once all the fruits are harvested, the cherry tomatoes cultivation is complete.

Stunted cherry tomatoes
Ripening cherry tomatoes to come

Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.

Cherry tomatoes growing guide (Pick cherry tomatoes and cultivation completed) – YouTube

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