Tomato Production, Climate and Soils

Climate and Soils
Tomato Production

	Tomatoes grow best under temperatures of 20–27°C. Fruit setting is poor when average temperatures exceed 30°C or fall below 10°C. Tomatoes benefit from crop rotation. Growing tomato after paddy rice, for example, reduces the incidence of diseases and nematodes.
	Avoid planting tomato in a field planted the previous season with tomato, pepper, eggplant, or other Solanaceous crop. These crops share some insect and disease problems.
	Tomatoes prefer a well-drained soil because they are sensitive to waterlogging. Optimum soil pH for tomato is 6.0 to 7.0; disorders such as blossom end rot are common if soil pH is lower than 5.5.