Tomatoes are rich in various nutrients, and recently, the most praised is the "lycopene" it contains. Eating raw can retain nutrition.

Tomato belongs to Panicum of Solanaceae, with a plant height of 0.6-2 meters. All tomatoes are covered with mucus glands and have a strong smell. The stem lodging easily. The leaves are pinnately compound or pinnately parted, with a length of 10-40 cm. Leaflets are extremely irregular and vary in size, generally 5-9, oval or oblong, 5-7 cm long, with irregular serrations or lobes at the edges.

Growth habit of tomato:

Tomato is a warm vegetable. Under normal circumstances, the optimum temperature for assimilation is 20-25℃, and the optimum soil temperature for root growth is 20-22℃. Like light, the light saturation point is 70000lx, and the suitable light intensity is 30000-50000lx. It is also a short-day plant, and tomatoes like water. Generally, the soil humidity is 60-80% and the air humidity is 45-50%.

Tomatoes have low requirements on soil conditions and grow well in fertile loam with deep soil layer, good drainage and rich organic matter. The optimum pH value of soil is pH6-7.