TOMATO SEEDLINGS GROWING METHOD Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: method involves seed planting, and pinching out the plant top as the third true leaf develops. On the 38-40th day seedlings are transplanted to grow in their permanent place. To this end, selected are plants having three lateral shoots with five leaves on each, one flower cluster on two shoots and two clusters on the third one. The lateral shoot tops are pinched out prior to transplanting. EFFECT: improved crop growth. 2 cl, 3 dwg, 1 tbl