Effect of sowing dates on yield and growth of indeterminate tomato varieties under poly house conditions

Abstract

To investigate the effect of sowing dates on yield and growth of different undeterminate tomato varieties, the experiment was conducted at JVR- Horticultural Research Station, Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticulture University, Malyal, Warangal district, Telangana, India for three years during July, 2013 to February, 2015. Three sowing dates i.e. July 15, August, 15 and September, 15 were considered as factor and tomato variety viz., Heemsona, Ranganga and Shikar were considered as factor B. The experiment was laid out in FRBD with three replications. The number of fruits per plant was highest (308.87) with 15th September planting in heemsona variety and lowest with 15th July planting in Shikar variety. The planting with 15th September with Heemsona was founded better in respect of yield (77.74 t/ha) compared to 15th July planting with Ranganga variety (16.66 t/ha).