EFFECTS OF AGE OF TRANSPLANTS ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MIL.)

Two experiments were carried out on Moor Plantation, Ibadan to determine the right age to transplant tomato seedlings.
Seedlings were transplanted at 3, 4, 5 and 6 weeks after sowing in the nursery.
The results showed that the younger transplants grew faster and therefore produced greater dry matter than the older ones.
Also, flowering and fruiting were earlier in the younger transplants.

Fruit yield was highest in the 3-week old transplants but this was not significantly higher than those of 4-week old.
It was therefore recommended that tomato seedlings should be transplanted when they are between 3 and 4 weeks old.

VI African Symposium on Horticultural Crops

B.O. Adelana

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1983.123.18