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- Grow tomatoes in the permaculture garden
- Worth knowing about tomatoes
- The best location for the tomatoes in the Permakulturgarten
- Good and bad plant neighbors for tomatoes
- Eat tomatoes or not?
In the raised bed, tomatoes feel particularly well
Grow tomatoes in the permaculture garden
Tomatoes are a must for delicious salads and must not be missing in any Permakulturgarten. Learn more about how to integrate tomatoes into your permaculture garden and maximize your yield.
Worth knowing about tomatoes
Tomato is not the same tomato. Presumably, there are over 35,000 different varieties of tomatoes worldwide! The colors of the fruits vary from dark red to orange and yellow to green. There are even slightly violet tomatoes. In the spirit of permaculture you should plant as old as possible, "rustic" tomato varieties in your Permakulturagarten - native they should be natural, wild tomatoes best and the more colorful the better, for the eyes and stomach. We have collected the most beautiful wild tomato varieties for you in this article.
The tomato is a nightshade plant and the fruits contain immature poisonous solanine. Harvest and eat only ripe tomatoes.
The best location for the tomatoes in the Permakulturgarten
The fact that tomatoes are a solanaceae does not mean that they grow better in the dark, on the contrary: tomatoes need a lot of sun to develop. In addition, they are heavy eaters and therefore need many nutrients. Because they are very heat-loving, they are often pulled on raised beds, hillside beds or in the greenhouse or plastic tunnel. If you grow tomatoes on the cold frame, you can harvest sooner!
Most tomato varieties tend to grow and therefore need a climbing aid, otherwise the fragile branches can break off. Since the tomato does not hold on alone, it must be tied up.
Good and bad plant neighbors for tomatoes
In permaculture, mixed cultures are used. Meaningful mixed cultures not only provide a colorful variety of plants, they also protect - if applied correctly - the plants for pests and provide optimal nutrient supply. Learn more about mixed cultures in permaculture here.
Good neighbors for the tomato:
Do not plant next to the tomato:
Eat tomatoes or not?
Permaculture promotes natural diversity and growth while maximizing yield. In addition, permaculture seeks to automate the processes so that as little work as possible is required. It is time-consuming and controversial. You should therefore refrain from doing so in a permaculture garden. There are even some wild tomato and bush tomato varieties, where picking is completely unnecessary anyway.