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One Hectare Tomato Production Guide

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Planting dates
• All year round in frost free areas or greenhouse

Days to Harvest
• 80 to 120 days depends on cultivar

Harvesting duration
• 60 Days

Yield
• 20 000 - 60 000 kgs

Soil requirements
• pH 5.0 to 5.5, • Sandy loam soils, • Soil testing is key

Seed
• 120– 160 g in a nursery seed bed of about 60 m2
• 7 - 10 days emergence
• Floating seed trays can also be used
• Ensure free drainage to avoid damping off

Transplanting
• 6 - 8 weeks after emergence
• Harden seedlings when they have 3-5 true leaves

Spacing
• In-row: 300 - 500mm
• Inter-row: 1000 - 1500mm

Fertilizer requirements
•Soil testing is key
• Basal Dressing: Compound S,
• Top Dressing: Ammonium Nitrate and Potassium Sulphate 100kg/ha split into 2 or 3 applications

Weed management
• Annual and perennial grasses/ Fusilade super/ Apply post emergence to young and actively growing
weeds
• Broad leaves and annual grasses/ Sencor 480 SC/ Apply as directed. Spray at least 14 days after transplanting

Pests
• Cut worm/ Carbaryl, Dursban, Pyrinex, Karate
• Aphids/ Dimethoate, Metasystox 25/ EC, Malathion 50%
• African Bollworm/ Thionex 35 EC, Dedevap, Tamaron 600 SL, Carbaryl, Dipterex 95 SP

Pests cont...

• Red spider mite/ Malathion, Dimethoate 40 EC, Mitac, Armitraz 20 EC, Kelthane 18 EC, Dicofol
• Leaf miners/ Tamaron, Trigard
• Whitefly/ Confidor, Naturell, DDVP

Diseases
• Bacterial canker/ It is controlled by using healthy seeds, planting on ridges and the use of crop rotation.
• Bacterial wilt/ Use crop rotation and avoid use of areas prone to water logging.

Diseases

• Bacterial spot/ Healthy seed , crop rotation and Copper oxychloride, Mancozeb, Captan and Metiram
• Bacterial speck/ Use certified disease free seed Copper oxychloride and Mancozeb
• Early blight/ Copper oxychloride and Mancozeb, Ridomil, Maneb, Bravo

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