In addition to the usual red color for tomatoes, more and more varicolored varieties appear. Golden Heart - one of these unusual varieties of tomato, gardeners liked for their properties.
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Description and characteristics of the variety Golden Heart
The name of this tomato owes its appearance. Bright orange or yellow fruits, growing, take the form of a symbolic heart. Tall, strong bushes successfully grown both in the greenhouse and in the open field.
On one brush at the same time, several pieces are sown. According to the description, the height of the bush grown in greenhouse conditions, can reach 1 meter.
Once planted these tomatoes, a person tries to preserve the culture in his garden for subsequent years. Seeds of the harvest are great for planting next season.
History of tomato breeding and region of growth
For the first time, these tomatoes were bred in 1999 in Russia by the breeder of the research center Yuri Panchev. At first, the variety was intended for cultivation under the shelter, but after 2 years it was adapted to the conditions of open beds. Plants grown on the street, more compact, their height is slightly less than that of greenhouse samples.
In the northern regions of the country, the Golden Heart is recommended to grow in greenhouses.
Advantages and disadvantages
Growing these varietal fruits has many positive points.
- Good appearance.
- Early ripening.
- Long storage.
- Pleasant taste.
- Suitable for canning.
- The variety is undemanding to the conditions, easy care.
- Preservation of fertility throughout the summer season.
- Resistance to diseases.
Unpretentious seedlings practically do not need additional impact, except that they need to be formed. The bush has a lot of small green leaves and twigs, which are partially removed for better access of air and light to spicy vegetables.
Planting seeds
Buying planting material in the store, you should contact only proven, reputable companies.
For breeding varieties required to take the most ripe and large sample and extract the seeds from it. No need to hurry, tearing off an unripe tomato: the more ripe and softer it is, the better.
The workpiece is carried out in several stages: first, the planting material is separated from the pulp, then washed, and then dried. The easiest way to separate the seeds from the rest of the fermentation process. If you pre-pour the vegetable with water and cover the dish loosely with it with a film, after a while the necessary contents will independently sink to the bottom.
Harvesting seedlings accounted for the last days of February or the beginning of March.
Seeds, collected manually, are previously kept in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 12 hours. Then they are dried and immersed in the soil for 2 centimeters, sprinkled with earth on top and watered a little. The room should be warm and humid. At first, the sprouts are covered with a transparent film.
Sprouts with 2-3 leaves, swoops in separate containers.
Transplantation of seedlings in open ground
The most optimal period for planting grown plants in the soil is considered mid-may. By this time, the earth is warming well, the threat of frost has passed. Planting in the greenhouse can be done already in the end of April.
Immediately before planting, the bed is poured with boiling water, fertilizer is put into the prepared wells (superphosphate or wood ash).
Growing conditions
In order for tomatoes to grow well and bear fruit, they need properly care. The plant is provided with:
- Timely watering (1 or 2 times a week).
- Top dressing (once every two weeks)
- Loosening after each watering.
- Weeding weeds.
- Mulching.
- Garter long stalks.
- Pruning a bush. Remove the lower leaves.
- Pinch the crown. This is done so that the vital forces of the bush are not directed to excessive gardening.
Features fruiting varieties
The typical fruit of the Golden Heart weighs 90-120 grams. Individual samples can grow. up to 300 g. The first crop is harvested 85 days after rooting.
Each seedling is at a distance of forty or fifty centimeters from another sprout. Spraying the flowers with a mixture of water and boric acid also favorably influences the result.
Experienced gardeners recommend tear off stepchildren only at the beginning (up to the first brush), otherwise the yield of the bush decreases.
Diseases and their prevention
The described variety is not very susceptible to various diseases characteristic of all tomatoes. But the implementation of prevention still does not hurt.
The development of phytophtora disastrous for tomato warns timely trimming of foliagein contact with the ground. The disease develops mainly in the cold and rainy summer.
The risk of infection after the method used is significantly reduced, but you need to follow the measure in it. Overdoing, you can harm the bush and reduce the number of ovaries. Also vegetable culture will be useful treatment with drugs containing copper.
If fungal formations are observed on the leaf cover and stem, then a known and effective method of controlling them is considered manganese solution.
Resisting pests is spraying these shrubs liquid ammonia solution. With tlyu and spider mites helps to cope water with soap. If simple folk remedies prove ineffective, then chemicals are used.
It is not only beauty that has deserved the Golden Heart its recognition among those who grow it every year in their garden. The reason was his exquisite taste, generous fruiting and other properties.