Virtually no people who would not like fresh ripe tomatoes, just plucked from the garden. Joy for the cottager, to grow tomatoes in his garden. Especially for especially impatient early ripening variety Volgograd 323 and late ripened 5/95. Description of the variety, especially the cultivation in the article.
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Tomato Volgograd early pot
One of the most popular varieties of early tomato varieties non-hybrid varieties are Volgograd 323 and 5/95. The 323 variety was bred in 1973, and the 5/95 variety was bred 20 years earlier in 1953.
Description of the variety
Early variety. Bush reaches height 45-80 cm, with a large number of leaves and branches, with a flower stalk over each leaf or after 2 depending on the species. Surprisingly, the fruits grow the same size: smooth, round-planar. The color of the fruit is red-orange or pink.
Variety Volgograd sweet, fleshy, well transported. The plant is unpretentious and amenable to cultivation. Any novice gardener, subject to the instructions for the care and cultivation, will be able to grow a rich harvest.
The ripening period of a tomato ranges from 100 before 130 days. Fruits, depending on the type, can weigh from 70 to 150 grams.
Volgograd is versatile to use.It can be canned, consumed fresh, allowed to make pasta, mashed potatoes, juices.
a brief description of
- variety is divided into early and late ripening;
- It has immunity to some diseases;
- transfers drought;
- gives rich the harvest;
- has a long shelf life;
- amenable to transportation;
- fetus with juicy pulp.
What is the difference between species 323 and 5/95
Summer residents and to this day prefer old varieties of tomatoes, although there are more and more advanced, hybrid varieties. Tomato Volgograd has 2 types: 323 and 5/95. The difference of these varieties in terms of ripening, color and weight of the fruit.
Grade 5/95
It is late, because after the seeds grow 120-130 days. The color of the tomatoes, during full ripening, becomes saturated-red, and at the base is green-yellow. The average weight of the fruit is from 100 to 150 grams. Tomatoes are smooth and smooth, with juicy pulp. Plant height reaches 80 cm. The crop is formed at a height of 6 leaves and lasts every 3 internodes. In the brush of the plant about 6 inflorescences. Tomatoes 5/95 suitable for use in any form.
Grade 323
It is early ripe and can be consumed in 100-110 days. The first crop appears through 90 daystherefore, in late June, you can already taste the delicious tomatoes right from your garden.
The color of the tomato is red with orange tint. Weight on average 70-80 gr. Although the size of the fruit is small, on one bush grows to 10 tomatoes. Such an abundance of fruiting occurs due to the formation of nodes under each leaf, starting with the fifth. Unlike grade 5/95, 323 has a low bush to 45 cm.
Is it true that varieties are suitable only for the Volgograd region
Rumor has it that tomato Volgograd suitable only for growing in the Volgograd region. But this is a misconception.
Best suited for Astrakhan, Volgograd, Belgorod, the Crimean region, Kuban. In the average region of Russia you need to cover the tomato film. In the northern strip, this tomato can be grown only in greenhouses, otherwise taste and yield are affected.
Features of growing
Before you start growing tomatoes, you need to take care of proper planting of seedlings, fertilizer and watering.
Rules for the formation and disembarkation of seedlings
For the cultivation of tomato Volgograd most often used seedling method. When the seedlings grow to 15 cm in height, it needs to be planted in well-warmed soil after the frosts have passed and the air temperature will reach 10 degrees and above.
The tomato prefers soils where onions, cabbages or legumes used to grow. Considering that the seeds are small, they are buried 5 cm in the ground. Already after 10 days you can see the shoots. The finished seedlings are planted in one boring area of 30:70 cm.
Special care plant does not require. If necessary, you can feed with fertilizers and pour with warm water. To increase fertility, you can mulch the soil.
Features of planting seeds
Planting time seedlings: from February to April. Tall variety 5/95 should be sown in February, and undersized 323 - in March. If the Volgograd tomato is sown too early, then a lack of light and a long stay in a close pot will negatively affect the appearance of the tomatoes.
Landing rules:
- Recommended before landing make sorting seeds and throw out the damaged and small.To improve germination, it is recommended to hold the seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour (1 g per 100 ml of water).
- Soil for seedlings should be nutritious. You can buy it in a store or make it yourself by mixing peat, humus and sod soil.
- The ground should sift through a strainer and tamp in containers.
- Plant seeds at a depth of 3-5 cm at a distance of 3 cm from each other.
- Moisturize the soil Using a spray bottle and cover the containers with a wrap.
- Temperature should be no less than +10 e more than +20 degrees.
- If several leaves appear on the seedlings (2 months later), the plant is ready for transplanting into larger containers for the development of the root system.
Grade Reviews
According to the reviews of gardeners, the variety is beautiful and great for sales, the fruits are big and juicy. Tomatoes grow well, the root system is powerful and tolerates a dive process. Volgograd tomatoes with proper care do not get sick.
What fertilizer is needed
The plant forms stepchildren. They should be removed to achieve the formation of a plant in one bush. It is possible to prepare excellent fertilizer for seedlings from the cleaned stepchildren. For this you need:
- to collect stepchildren and fill them with waterleaving 2 weeks to ferment;
- after the fermentation process fertilizer is filtered and diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10.
This fertilizer is considered nitrogenous, they are watered with bushes during flowering. but best results can be achieved by feeding tomatoes with manure or compost. It is also recommended to process tomatoes from late blight. Preparations can be bought in a specialty store.
Thanks to the nitrogen plants grow well. Therefore, it is recommended to feed two times: when planting and with the beginning of the formation of ovaries. For fertilizers need: urea, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, lime.
Phosphorus is responsible for root development.. Fertilizer is applied under the stem and in the perimeter of 40 cm near the bush. Fertilizer: superphosphate or phosphate rock.
Potassium helps tomatoes withstand disease. Top dressing is made in the period when 3-4 leaflets appear on the seedlings. Fertilizers: Potassium monophosphate, potassium nitrate, Potassium magnesia, ash.
Complex fertilizerscontaining all three microelements: Ammophos, Kristalon.
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- Phosphoric Flour
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- Potassium monophosphate
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- Crystallon
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- Ammophos
Fight against diseases and pests
The seeds of the plant are already pre-vaccinated against most diseases. For the prevention of pests and diseases, seeds are disinfected with chemicalswhich are sold in specialized stores. It is also recommended to hold the seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate.
A common disease that affects tomatoes, this phytophthora. Tomatoes form spots that spread to the flesh of the fruit. To combat the disease, you can use sprayers Barrier or Barrier. To do this, take 10 liters of water and add 3 tablespoons of the solution.
Another drug to protect against diseases - Oxy. Available in tablets. It is necessary to dilute 2 tab. in 10 liters of water. Use the drug before flowering and at the first signs of the disease.
Vertex rot occurs due to a lack of moisture in the soil, as well as an excess of calcium and nitrogen. To get rid of the disease shrubs are sprayed with calcium nitrate. Infected fruit should be burned.
Tomato Volgograd is the leader among non-hybrid varieties, and all the characteristics described above have been tested by time for many decades.