Ultimate rain protection: growing tomatoes in the greenhouse
Growing tomatoes in the greenhouse offers ideal conditions where space is available. Even if the budget for the hobby garden is tight, the project can be implemented. With a little craftsmanship, you can quickly build a greenhouse yourself. The specialist trade offers ready-made greenhouses (€ 34.95 at Amazon *) in numerous sizes and shapes.
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Indispensable outdoors: the tomato house
In the bed, the self-grown tomatoes are helplessly at the mercy of unfavorable weather conditions. Without a rain cover, the devastating late blight in particular has an easy job. If you protect your plants from raindrops with a tomato roof that you have installed yourself, the chances of a rich harvest improve immediately. The tomato house should have these properties:
- Height 150 to 200 centimeters
- Depth at least 60 centimeters
- fabric-reinforced greenhouse film (€ 8.99 at Amazon *)
- one side open in the main wind direction
- Can be closed with a zipper in the rain
- an additional side window
The width depends on the desired number of plants. Ideally, the tomato house has a slightly sloping roof so that no rainwater collects here.
Tomato caps protect individual specimens
A greenhouse or a tomato roof is not always useful. You can easily protect individual tomato plants from rain with a special tomato cover. The greenhouse climate is simulated under a perforated film. If you roll up the hood on sunny days, bumblebees and bees can easily reach the flowers for pollination.
Favor products with integrated spacer rings and protect the plants from rotting at the same time. The film cannot reach the leaves and flowers, even when the wind blows.
Tips & Tricks
Knowledgeable hobby gardeners spread a layer of mulch made of straw, grass clippings and pinched side shoots so that splashing rainwater does not get to the tomato plants. In addition, the lower leaves are removed up to a height of 40 centimeters.
