Serious controversy has arisen among vegetable growers about which types of tomatoes are the most prolific. The grades were assigned according to many parameters - fertility, ease of maintenance, frost resistance and even the quality of taste when salted. So, the 11 best varieties of tomatoes for greenhouses and open ground.
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What types are there?
Tomato varieties, depending on the height of the bush, are divided:
- on determinant;
- to indeterminate;
- into semi-determinant.
Determinant tomato varieties
The following are in greatest demand:
- Eagle heart. This type of tomato has large fruits, ripening weight is about 700 g. The shrub grows up to 170 cm in a greenhouse. In this case, the variety must be regularly tied up and sprayed. On open soil, the bush grows up to 150 cm, the yield per plant reaches 10 kg. It is immune to major diseases, does not lose its shape during transportation and is stored for more than 3 months.
- Abakan pink. A medium late ripening variety - about 4 months after seedling emergence. It reaches a height of 80 cm, in a greenhouse - 150 cm. The bushes are formed by hand into 2 stems and tied. Heart-shaped fruits weighing 300 g. With proper care, the weight reaches 800 g. The variety is frost-resistant, it also has immunity to diseases, but the seedlings must be protected from the Colorado potato beetle.
- Apple tree of Russia. The crop appears very early - 135 days after germination. The bush grows up to 100 cm. Differs in unpretentiousness and perfectly bears fruit both in the greenhouse and on open soil. Up to 100 fruits ripen on the bushes.
- Golden domes. This species is immune to major infections and unpretentious to climatic conditions. The bush reaches a maximum height of 150 cm, and the fruits ripen after 3.5 months. Also needs to be tied up and shaped into 3 stems. Brings a crop of up to 13 kg per bush.
- Bull heart. The bush reaches a height of 1.5 m. The crop ripens 3.5 months after planting. From one bush, up to 6 kg are harvested in an open garden and up to 12 kg in a greenhouse. Resistant to diseases, easy to care for and well transported.
Indeterminate and semi-determinant tomato varieties
The most common types:
- Koenigsberg. The bush grows up to 2 m. The crop is harvested 4 months after planting the seeds. Unpretentious in cultivation, frost-resistant, takes root well in open soil and is easy to transport. Harvest - up to 18 kg from 1 m². Fruits ripen in 6 pieces. on a hand weighing about 300 g. Under good conditions, the yield increases by 2, and sometimes, 3 times.
- Chio-chio-san. It reaches a height of 2 m and needs shaping and support. Differs in frost resistance and has immunity to diseases of nightshade, gives a large yield not only in greenhouse conditions, but also in an open garden. The first fruits are removed 3 months after sprouting. Volumetric harvest - up to 50 pcs. on one brush. With proper care, the weight of the crop per plant reaches 6 kg.
- Monomakh's hat. It has large fruits weighing up to 1 kg. Fruiting relatively early - a maximum of 3.5 months after planting of seedlings. Resistant to disease, but does not tolerate cold. Therefore, in the north of the country it is planted in greenhouse conditions. In a greenhouse, the yield reaches 20 kg, and in the garden - 8 kg per plant.
- Puzata hut. Large pear-shaped ribbed fruits weighing about 300 g. Ripen in 3.5 months. They are grown both in an open garden and in a greenhouse. Plants reach a height of 170 cm. They must be tied to supports and shaped. Harvest - up to 11 kg per bush.
- De Barao. Late-ripening tomatoes ripen no earlier than 4 months after planting, they reach a height of 3 m. The tomato is resistant to frost, shady places and has a high yield. It develops well both in greenhouses and in the garden. One plant produces a crop weighing up to 10 kg.
One of the most popular semi-determinant varieties is the Eagle's Beak tomato. Refers to mid-season species (up to 115 days after planting), grows up to 150 cm. For good fruiting, it is necessary to tie up to trellises and spray regularly. After ripening, the yield reaches 8 kg per bush. It has immunity to nightshade diseases, is unpretentious to transport and does not crack when preserved.
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