Tomato plants are children of the sun that don't want to have anything to do with rain. If you protect the tropical plants from moisture from above, diseases have little chance. Here are practical tips for you that can be implemented immediately.

Ultimate rain protection: greenhouse tomato cultivation

Where space permits, the cultivation of tomatoes in a greenhouse offers ideal conditions. Even if the budget for the hobby garden is tight, the project can be put into practice. With a little manual skill, you can quickly build a greenhouse yourself. Ready-made greenhouses (72.95 €) are available from specialist retailers in numerous sizes and shapes.

Indispensable outdoors: the tomato house

In the bed, the home-grown tomatoes are at the mercy of unfavorable weather conditions. Without rain protection, the devastating late blight in particular has an easy time of it. If you protect your plants from raindrops with a tomato canopy that you assemble yourself, the chances of a bountiful harvest improve immediately. The tomato house should have these characteristics:

  • Height 150 to 200 centimeters
  • Depth at least 60 centimeters
  • fabric-reinforced greenhouse film (15.90€)
  • one side open to the prevailing wind direction
  • closable by zipper in case of 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 hoods protect single specimens

A greenhouse or a tomato roof are not always useful. You can easily protect individual tomato plants from rain with a special tomato hood. The greenhouse climate is simulated under a perforated film. If you roll up the hood on sunny days, bumblebees and bees can easily get to the flowers for pollination.

Favor products with integrated spacer rings, protect the plants from rot at the same time. The film does not reach leaves and flowers even when the wind is blowing.

tips and tricks

So that splashing rainwater does not get to the tomato plants after all, knowledgeable hobby gardeners spread a layer of mulch made of straw, grass clippings and pinched side shoots. In addition, the lower leaves are removed up to a height of 40 centimeters.

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Vegetable garden