Any gardener, sooner or later, may have a desire to try something new on his beds. And, of course, I want to get the best result with the least effort and time.
In the case of tomatoes, the variety of "Diva F1" varieties will be an ideal variant of this embodiment.
After reviewing its description and extremely positive characteristics, one cannot remain indifferent.
- Description
- Bushes
- Fruit
- Characteristic variety
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Tomato cultivation
- The choice of location and soil
- The best predecessors
- Sowing seeds for seedlings
- Seedling care
- Landing in open ground
- Growing adult bushes
- Harvest
Description
Variety "Prima Donna" has certain qualities that help to distinguish it from many other rosy counterparts. This applies to both the external description of the fruit and the shape of the bush itself.
Bushes
The bush of "Primadonna" reaches a height of slightly more than a meter. Upon reaching sufficient growth and the number of fruits on the branches of the plant requires a garter. The bush has a strong, bristly stem, typical of tomatoes, large, dark green leaves.
Each plant has about eight brushes, on which fruits are evenly distributed. This is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the variety "Diva". The formation of a single stalk bush will be especially effective for increasing fruitfulness.
Fruit
Tomatoes varieties "Diva" have not only a big name, but also an attractive appearance. Fruits have a rounded or slightly elongated shape, with graceful elongation, "nose" at the end. Have an intense bright red color. Fruits reach up to 200 g in weight.
In the description of tomatoes "Diva" there are two amazing features:
- their stalk does not have a green color. This distinguishes them from other varieties of tomatoes, but plays only an aesthetic role;
- Tomatoes "Diva" genetic immunity to cracking. Due to this dense fruits remain intact even with long-term transportation.
It is characterized by typical tomato acidity, thanks to which Prima Donna is ideal for fresh vegetable salads.
They also respond well to heat treatment and do not lose their optimal balance of organic sugars and acids.
Characteristic variety
Tomatoes "Prima donna" belong to the early ripening varieties and are a plant of the determinant type. Thanks to the efforts of breeders, this hybrid is able to produce a bountiful harvest even in unfavorable soil. And with proper care, "Diva" is able to give a second harvest in one season. Under natural conditions with a short warm period, this variety of tomato gives excellent results. On average, one square meter of bushes accounts for up to 17 kg of crop.
Advantages and disadvantages
When describing tomatoes "Prima Donna" there are many positive qualities:
- This variety is suitable even for low yield soils.
- It is resistant to many diseases, including verticillus, cladosporia, Fusarium, Alternaria, late blight and tomato mosaic.
- It gives an early and abundant crop - on average, three months after the seedlings emerge.
- The safety of tomatoes increases due to the fact that they do not crack.
- It is not capricious in the care of the plant.
- The fruits have a pleasant harmonious taste.
Tomato cultivation
Tomatoes "Diva" are among the most unpretentious varieties in the care. This can be easily seen by reading the description of the agricultural machinery of this type.
The choice of location and soil
As for other types of tomatoes, for “Primadonna” a favorable soil characteristic is its high fertility. However, as already noted above, this paragraph for the "Prima Donna" is absolutely not fundamental.
The soil should also be not heavy and requires regular loosening. This variety loves heat: the optimum soil temperature for it will be from 20 ° C.
The best predecessors
Carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, onions and legumes will be good forerunners at the landing site.
Sowing seeds for seedlings
Tomatoes varieties "Prima Donna" suitable not only for greenhouse cultivation, but also for sowing in open ground.
The soil for planting seeds should be well ventilated and be warm enough. Harvesting seedlings should begin in late April. Seeds are planted to a depth of two centimeters and at the same distance from each other.
Seedling care
To improve the root system, when the first leaf appears, transplant into separate containers (pick). The seedling is ready for planting in about two months.
After this procedure, the plant will be easier to adapt to the new conditions of "living."
Landing in open ground
It is possible to move sprouts into the soil under the open sky only when all the spring frosts have passed. The landing pattern is approximately 50 × 40.
The best yield is achieved at a density of three to four bushes per square meter.
Growing adult bushes
Caring for bushes tomatoes "Prima Donna" does not require much effort, only regularity.They need to be regularly and abundantly watered with warm water. As required, loosen the soil around the stem and weed it from weeds. You should also not forget about fertilizers.
For tomatoes of this variety are suitable water-soluble mineral fertilizers, mullein. It should be noted that the "Diva" is extremely sensitive to chlorides, and their content in water, soil and fertilizers should be minimal.
Harvest
Despite the fact that the tomatoes "Prima Donna" are quite thermophilic, they are able to bear fruit until the cold. And with proper care and early first harvest, the plant can please its owner second. The first ripe fruits appear approximately ninety days after planting.
After that, they should be collected regularly, at least once a week.This will increase the likelihood and speed of ripening of later tomatoes.
The Diva Tomato Variety is a hybrid resistant to many negative factors. He is not only unpretentious in the care, but also gives a bountiful and, equally important, a tasty harvest. What more could you wish for your garden?