Tomato Golden is a hybrid created by Russian breeders for growing in open ground and greenhouses. It is favorably distinguished by unpretentiousness, resistance to diseases and temperature extremes. Refers to tomatoes with a medium early ripening. The bright, truly golden color of the fruit, the wonderful sugary taste with a slight tomato sourness attracts the attention of many amateur gardeners.
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Tomato bushes grow up to 70 - 75 cm, the variety is determinant. For better growth, development and fruiting, the tomato must be tied up and pinned. Fruits can reach a weight of up to 200 g, with good care it is possible to collect up to 10 kg of tomatoes from one square. m. The variety has a low allergenicity, is suitable for baby and diet food.
Growing rules
The Zolotoy tomato variety does not impose too high demands on agricultural technology.
Seed treatment
If you buy seeds in a gardening store in the manufacturer's original packaging, then there is no need for pre-sowing treatment.
If you collect seeds for planting yourself, then to obtain high-quality seedlings, several operations are required:
- Go through the seeds, selecting high quality ones. To do this, calibrate by lowering the collected dried seeds in a 5% salt solution. Quality seeds will sink to the bottom. The floating ones are thrown out.
- Hold the selected seeds in a solution of growth stimulants for 5 - 6 hours.
- Then treat with potassium permanganate solution for disinfection.
- Quench the seeds - place them on the lower shelf of the refrigerator, wrapped in gauze. Keep in the refrigerator overnight, then put on the table at room temperature and put back in the refrigerator overnight.
Seeds are sown in prepared containers in mid-March.
Soil preparation
The soil must be stocked up in advance; it can be prepared in autumn by mixing equal parts of the earth, humus, sand and peat. It is better to keep the prepared soil in the cold, warm up and disinfect it with a solution of potassium permanganate before sowing the seeds.
Before filling with soil, containers for planting seedlings should also be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate. The container must have drainage holes.
Growing seedlings
Containers with sown seeds should be placed in a warm place and covered with foil or glass. After the sprouts appear, the shelter is removed. In the regrowth phase of 2 - 3 true leaves, the seedlings are dived, deepening the sprouts.
The seedlings must be kept in a well-lit place, avoiding direct sunlight, and watered with warm, settled water. In 14 - 20 days after the dive, fertilize the seedlings with complex fertilizer.
They are planted in greenhouses after the ground warms up, in open ground after the threat of frost disappears.
Adult plant care
With sufficient care, the Golden tomato produces many rather large fruits, therefore, a garter to stakes or a stretched string is required so that the plant does not break and does not die.
Grasshopping is carried out, leaving 2 - 3 strong shoots, and the lower leaves are also removed.
Tomato is a self-pollinated plant, so you need to shake the bushes two or three times a week to form more ovaries.
Water the bushes with warm water. Watering should be carried out at the root, abundantly, but not too often, usually 2 times a week.
Top dressing is carried out during the period of growth and flowering with a complex mineral fertilizer, while the fruits ripen, an infusion of mullein or poultry droppings is used.
Tomato Golden is resistant to disease and, subject to cultivation techniques, does not require additional processing. You can spray with the biological product "Fitosporin" for the prevention of fungal diseases. Processing is carried out before the formation of ovaries.
Delicious and beautiful fruits, unpretentiousness and productivity - these qualities of the Golden tomato variety make it popular among the country's gardeners.
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