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Tomato
طماطم
The Gulf winter headliner — transplant in October, pick until May.
💧 Summer water
Daily
💧 Winter water
Every 2 days
☀️ Sunlight
Full sun
🔥 Heat
Mild heat OK
🌱 Difficulty
Moderate
⏱️ To harvest
65–90 days
🪴 Containers
Yes, grows in pots
📅 Best sowing
Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan
Planting calendar (UAE)
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
💧 Watering
Deep, regular watering at the base. Irregular watering causes fruit to split and invites blossom-end rot; consistency matters more than volume.
☀️ Sunlight
6–8 hours of full winter sun. Fruit set stops above ~32°C, which is what ends the season in May.
🪨 Soil & setup
Big container (40 cm+), rich compost mix, plus calcium (crushed eggshells work). Stake or cage at planting time, not after.
🧺 Harvest
Pick when fully coloured but still firm; picking often triggers more fruit.
🧓 Grandmother's notes
- ◆Cherry tomatoes are far more forgiving than large slicers for first-timers — and set fruit a few degrees hotter.
- ◆Plant seedlings deep — bury two-thirds of the stem; it roots along the buried part.
- ◆Whitefly is the main pest: yellow sticky traps plus weekly neem spray.