Tomatoes are considered one of the most unpretentious crops that can be successfully grown in the beds. Having tested his strength in the cultivation of such plants at least once, it is rare for a gardener to resist the temptation not to repeat this operation. Only culture or its hybrid, he will pick up more carefully. Moreover, there is something from which - tomatoes total about three thousand. This time we present to your attention the description and characteristics of the variety of tomato Alesha Popovich.
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Description and characteristics of tomato Alesha Popovich
It is considered a novelty, the quality of tomatoes is guaranteed. The plant is intended for cultivation not only in greenhouse conditions, but also on unprotected soil. The second option is more suitable for the southern regions of the country.
The variety is middle-ripening, capable of producing the first fruits eighty days after transplanting. Bushes are powerful, tall, need to be staved and tied to support posts. The fruits are round, weighing three hundred grams, pink color and excellent taste.
The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main advantages include the following features:
- they are resistant to the main diseases inherent in tomato plants - fusarium and tobacco mosaic virus;
- good yield, at which you can get about fifteen kilograms of tomatoes per square meter;
- long period of fruiting.
But there is also a share of negative:
- the plant places high demands on sunlight;
- if the season is unfavorable, then the tomato plant will not show even half of its capacity for fruiting;
- quick and intensive response to any mistake.
Requirements for soil for planting
This tomato variety is grown by seedlings, seed is purchased in the store, soaked in manganese solution for preventive purposes. The soil in the planting tanks should be light. It would be better if you buy it in the store.
The maximum return from plants is obtained if they are grown on sandy and loamy beds, to which nutrients are added.
Sowing rules
Seeds are planted at the end of May, so that by the time the seedlings move to the beds, the soil has time to warm up thoroughly. The soil before planting must be shed. Prepared seeds are planted in boxes and powdered with dry soil composition of one - one and a half centimeters.
The containers are covered with plastic wrap and put in a warm room.When the first shoots appear, they must be moved to the window sill so that the plants are illuminated by sunlight.
Seedlings are watered, loosen the top layer of soil, fed with complex fertilizers. After the formation of the second leaf, a pick is performed in separate cups.
Transplantation of tomatoes in open ground
Sprouts move to the ground after a couple of months after germination. By this time, they should form all the true leaves, located under the first fruit cluster. A soil composition is prepared in advance for planting seedlings, for which manure, sand, and fertilizer compounds are mixed.
Seedlings should be planted according to the “sixty by seventy” centimeters scheme in order to allow for a free approach to any plant. To avoid excess foliage on the bushes, they must be formed in one - two stems. This measure will provide tomatoes with enough light and air.
Grade care after transplanting
Important: plants have increased demands for care. They need light, water and food.Otherwise, the bushes will no longer form inflorescences.
If we neglect the rules of care, the tomato bushes will often get sick, forming small and inconspicuous fruits of poor quality.
It is recommended to periodically loosen the top layer of soil in the beds, podozuchivaya plants, then - to mulch. These measures will allow nutrients and air to penetrate to the roots of the tomato bushes. At the same time with these events, do not forget to remove weeds.
Given that the bushes are able to grow to two meters, they need to stepchild to improve fruiting.
If you decide to grow tomatoes in unprotected beds, then at first they should be covered with polyethylene for the night.
Watering is carried out regularly and moderately, so that the beds are not filled.
Diseases and pests: prevention methods
The main dangers that await the tomatoes during growth:
- late blight;
- Colorado beetle;
- aphid;
- whitefly.
As a preventive measure, tomato bushes should be treated with special compounds,to protect them from late blight.
Periodically, plants must be inspected for the presence of the Colorado potato beetle. Its larvae and eggs are destroyed along with the leaves, the pest itself is collected by hand.
From aphids and whitefly beds can be treated with wood ash or tobacco dust.
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- Phytophthalosis of tomatoes
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- Aphids on tomatoes
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- Colorado beetle
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- Belkorylka on a sheet of tomato
Harvesting and storage rules
Mass gathering of ripe fruit occurs in August - September. Tomatoes canned, processed into tomato products, consumed fresh. If you put them in a dark warm room in the boxes, then you can still some time to feast on these delicious fruits.
Most gardeners use one trick - remove the foliage over the formed fruits. Such a measure improves lighting, accelerates the ripening of tomatoes.
Variety Alesha Popovich is chosen by those gardeners who love to grow large-sized hybrid tomatoes. It can be cultivated in almost any region, meeting all the requirements for care.But at the same time it must be remembered that yields from Alyosha Popovich are unstable, and the cultivation of this variety is fraught with a certain degree of risk.