Suitable Climate and Soil for Tomato Cultivation

Suitable Climate and Soil for Tomato Cultivation:-

Suitable Climate:-

Tomato is a day neutral warm season crop.
Cool and dry weather is preferred by crop and optimum temperature is 21-28°C during day and 15-20°C during night.
Optimum temperature for colour development of fruit is 21-24°C.
It cannot be grown successfully in regions of higher rainfall.

Suitable Climate:-

The tomato grows on all soils from light sandy to heavy soil.
Well drained light soils are good for an early crop while clay loam and silt loam soils are well suited for heavy yields.
The pH of the soil should be 7-8.5.

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