Growth stages fruiting

Solanum vegetables in
Philippines
Mike Titley
August 2013

stage to transplanting
Seed and seedling
Tomatoes
(150-200 mm high)

Vegetative stage (prior to first flower)

Floral Initiation (starts early)
Flowering & fruit set (continues in
indetrminate types)

Fruit development 14 days after fruit set

Extended Harvesting period & crop
finishing

Exercise: develop timelines for each

area

Tomatoes- optimum
temperatures
Growth Stages

Minimum

Optimum

Maximum

Germination

11

16-29

34

Growth
Development

18

21-24

32

Fruit set night

10

14-17

20

Fruit set day

18

23-26

30

Fruit turning
red

10

20-24

30

Fruit turning
yellow

10

21-23

40

3 Phases of seed germination

Peat block seedling

Speedling transplants 5 days post

transplant

Tomato plants root sytems

Transplanted (left) v direct seeded (right)

28 days after transplanting

Open field , cold frame & heated nursery

56 days after transplanting

Source ; Thompson Root system of vegetable crops

Vegetative growth stage-floral

initiation

1st flowering truss 7-8th node

First wire applied around 1st -2nd flower

First flower and strong leader

Mid fruit development

Late harvest stage: 4 &5 wires Bundaberg sand pulse irrigated

Fruit load early harvest

Sweet Peppers-Green & Red

Seed and seedling stage to

transplanting

Vegetative stage
Floral Initiation
Flowering
Fruit development
Harvesting period: concentrated
Exercise : develop timelines for your
area

Sweet pepper
seedling in peat block

Speedling Pepper transplants

1st flower
stage

1st fruit set

and later
flowering
stage

Mature
green fruit
stage
4/plant
concentrate
d
fruit set

1st harvest stage : field view twin

row/bed

Non uniform
flowering &
friuit set

High yielding sweet pepper

Green versus red fruit

No.1 grade red peppers

Eggplant growth stages

Seed and seedling stage to

transplanting

Vegetative stage
Floral Initiation
Flowering
Fruit development-1st fruit
Harvesting over extended period
Exercise : Develop timelines for your
area

Eggplant Speedling cell

Eggplant 90 cell Speedling tray

Eggplant peat block

Eggplant field layout

Seedling 7 days old

Eggplant vegetative stage

Eggplant 1st Flower

Eggplant 1st harvest

Eggplant at mid harvest

Eggplant Black Pearl at harvest

Caliente mustard 35 days old outdoors

Caliente mustard 35 days under tunnel