Tomatoes grandee: characteristics, description, yield

Tomatoes are healthy and tasty vegetables, without which our life today is hard to imagine. The variety of varieties of these plants is many-sided, but there are those that pleasantly surprise even experienced gardeners. These varieties are recommended to friends and acquaintances. These include tomatoes "Grandee" - a variety, characteristics and description of which will interest many.

Description of the variety

Tomatoes "Grandee" known experienced gardeners under a different name - "Budenovka". They are a determinant middle-ripening variety, have a fairly high yield.

Appearance

Shrubs of the "Grandee" variety are mainly sprawling and undersized, their height is half a meter or a little more, but in greenhouse conditions, higher growth is allowed. They have leaves of unsaturated green color, medium size, the beginning of the formation of inflorescences in them over 7-8 leaves, then - after a couple of sheets.The fruits of this variety look very attractive: beautiful, fairly saturated, raspberry heart-shaped fruits with a pink tinge. They are quite large, the surface of these tomatoes is flat and smooth.

Breeding history

The variety "Velzhmozha" was bred by the breeders of the Siberian Research Institute of Plant Industry and Breeding of the Agricultural Academy. Scientists were faced with the task of obtaining a variety for cultivation both on a large industrial scale and in household plots, characterized by high yield and resistance to climate and weather change. This variety grows both in the greenhouse and in open soil. It has shown itself well when cultivated in the harsh conditions of Siberia, the Urals and the Far East, it is for these regions that the variety “Grandee” is included in the State Register. This variety was officially registered in 2004, after which the variety rather quickly became a favorite because of high yields and tasty, rather large fruits.

Advantages and disadvantages

Tomatoes "Grandee" is a rather attractive variety for cultivation, which has a number of advantages that even some minor drawbacks cannot outweigh.

The advantages of this class definitely include:

• excellent taste of the fruit;
• a fairly high level of yield;
• due to the fact that the plant is not high, it can not tie;
• the variety is suitable for cultivation both in open field and in greenhouses;
• fruits do not crack;
• quite winter-hardy variety.

Some disadvantages of tomatoes "Grandee" include:

• whimsicalness in terms of requirements for soil, fertilizer and irrigation;
• the need for pinching and removing excess buds;
• due to their large size, they are not always suitable for canning as a whole;
• can not be stored for a long time.

The grade "Grandee" shows relative resistance to various diseases and has quite good immunity to them. But when grown in greenhouses, tomatoes can be exposed to brown spot due to excessive moisture and improper light conditions.To avoid such a problem, all factors must be balanced. With open cultivation of tomatoes, a spider mite can attack a plant.

In order to avoid or eliminate such an unpleasant phenomenon, it is recommended to treat the plants with soapy water. Until green fruits appear on the bushes, it is recommended to spray them with various special insect solutions. Since the variety "Grandee" was bred specifically for regions with a rather harsh climate, it can be grown in different conditions. Unlike other varieties, he is not afraid of frost and sudden changes of weather.

Characteristics of the fruit

Tomatoes "Grandee" grown relatively recently. Sufficiently high level of sugar content contributes to their excellent taste characteristics. Dry matter in them is from 4 to 6%, sugar - from 3 to 4.5%. Fruits of the "Grandee" variety are dense, fleshy, juicy, fragrant, have few seeds. Individual fruits can reach up to 800 g each, but they are characterized by an average weight of 150 to 250 g.Tomatoes "Grandee" are ideal for preparing various salads, making juices, processing in the form of sauces and ketchups, preparations for the winter. Fresh does not last long.

Sowing on seedlings

Sowing seedlings of tomato seeds “Grandee” is recommended to be done 60-65 days before planting in March, in regions with a harsher climate - in April. Sow the seeds in moderately compacted soil, cover with a layer of soil or peat 1 cm thick, pour carefully with warm water through a sieve so that the upper layer is not washed away, and cover with a film. After that, put in a warm place where the seeds should germinate. Here the greenhouse effect is formed, and the soil remains sufficiently wet, therefore, until the first shoots appear, it is no longer necessary to water it additionally.

Also, before the first sprouts appear, it is necessary to maintain a warm temperature; for this purpose, the containers with seeds should be optimally located on the windowsill with sufficient solar lighting.As soon as the seedlings appear, you need to remove the film and transfer them to a room with a temperature of +14 to +17 ° C and sufficient lighting. This whole procedure is a kind of hardening of seedlings, which should contribute to strengthening the root system of plants. A week later, the room temperature can be raised to +22 ° C. After a pair of leaflets form a seedling, it spikes. The appearance of flower brushes on the seedlings suggests that it is time to plant the plants in permanent soil.

Planting tomatoes in the greenhouse

Due to the low growth of the “Velmozhma” tomato bushes, it is not necessary to construct a high greenhouse for their cultivation. For this purpose, it will be sufficient to equip a film shelter using a ventilation system. Plants can not tie up because of the determinism of this variety of tomatoes. It is necessary to plant seedlings in fertile, fertilized and moist soil. In each hole before planting is recommended to make mineral fertilizers.When planting seedlings is recommended to adhere to the distance between the bushes of approximately 50 cm.

How to care for tomatoes

The grade "Grandee" is rather exacting to the soil, its fertility, top dressings and competent watering. It is recommended to feed with mineral fertilizers during flowering and fruiting. Only by complying with all these requirements, you can get a bountiful and high-quality harvest. Also, when growing these tomatoes, one should not forget about weeding and pasynkovanii plants.

Planting seedlings in open ground

It is recommended to plant the “Grandee” into the open soil only after the threat of spring frosts disappears. As when planting in a greenhouse, when planting in the open ground of these tomatoes, it is necessary to monitor the fertility of the land, the quality of its fertilizer and sufficient moisture. For this, it is best to add organic fertilizers, wood ash to the soil immediately after harvesting when digging in the fall, then in the spring when planting seedlings there will be much less and the land will be more fertile. When planting, it will be useful to add mineral dressing to individual wells.It is recommended to plant tomatoes so that they are not crowded, with a density of three bushes per 1 square. m square.

Care and watering in open ground

To get a bountiful and high-quality crop of tomatoes "Grandee", you need to follow the regularity of organic and mineral dressings, because the plants are very demanding in the presence of nutrients in the soil. When flowering and fruit ripening, mineral fertilizers will be useful. To a greater extent than when grown in greenhouse conditions, tomatoes on open ground need weeding, pasynkovanii and abundant watering, but watering must be reasonable, not excessive, otherwise it will adversely affect plants.

Harvesting and seed

The yield of tomatoes "Grandee" is quite high. Its level largely depends on the climatic conditions of the region where tomatoes are grown and the composition of the soil in it. For example, in the Urals, the yield ranges from 160 to 580 centners per hectare, in the West Siberian region, from 105 to 590 centners per hectare, and in the Omsk region, the yield is the highest, reaching 780 centners per hectare.With the right agricultural technology from 1 square. m in the garden can collect up to 8 kg of tomatoes. From the moment of planting the seeds to the full ripening of tomatoes, it takes from 105 to 120 days. It is necessary to collect the fruits of these tomatoes in the middle time, after the early ripening varieties. Since this is a hybrid with a small amount of seeds, it is rather difficult to collect them, but it is possible. It is advisable to grow one of the first fruits to a ripe state, allow it to ripen, select the seeds, soak them and dry.

Tomatoes of the "Grandee" variety are attractive both in appearance and taste, possess a lot of positive moments that will surely appeal to experienced and novice gardeners. By preferring this variety, you can be calm: it will withstand almost any climatic conditions and will surprise you with its unpretentiousness, as well as a good harvest volume. These tomatoes are considered one of the best hybrids bred by breeders.