Today the market offers a huge assortment of different varieties of tomatoes, and gardeners often face a difficult choice. In our article we will tell you what a Volovye heart is a tomato, and give a description and description of the variety.
- Description and distinctive features of the variety
- Advantages and disadvantages
- pros
- Minuses
- Self-growing seedlings
- Planting dates
- Capacity and soil
- Seed preparation
- Sowing seeds: the pattern and depth
- Sprouting conditions
- Care of seedlings
- Hardening seedlings
- Planting seedlings on a permanent place
- Terms of transplantation
- Location selection
- Optimal scheme
- Features of care and cultivation agrotechnics
- Watering, weeding and loosening
- Masking and shaping the bush
- Garter
- Preventive treatment
- Feedings
Description and distinctive features of the variety
Cow Heart - Tomatoes, which belong to the salad type and are most often consumed fresh. The large size and weight of the fruit does not allow them to be used for preservation, but at the same time you can make delicious juice from them.
Variety belongs to the group of late ripening, but in some sources you can see information about its belonging to the middle ripening. From the moment of planting seed to harvest the first harvest takes 107-117 days.
Volovie Heart is classified as indeterminate plants. The height of the bush on average is 1.3 m, but when grown in greenhouse conditions, it can grow up to 2 meters. Plants do not differ in dense foliage. The leaves are green, medium size, standard "tomato" form.
Tomato Volovye heart has a low yield: from one bush per season you can collect up to 7 kg. If you grow tomatoes in greenhouse conditions, the yield from one plant will increase to 11 kg. The plant responds well to fertilizers, is not often affected by blight, has a comprehensive resistance to diseases. 
Brushes are formed on the bush, which contain about 5 fruits each. Usually one bush contains 2 brushes. The first fruits have a weight of 280-330 g, sometimes they can reach 500 g, but the subsequent harvest will be slightly less - the weight of one fruit will be 180-270 g.
The fruits have a cold pink color, the flesh is different flesh, density. It is quite juicy and contains a lot of dry matter. Tomatoes are characterized by a rich, sweetish taste with a slightly sour taste and a strong aroma. Tomatoes practically do not crack, they look good and are suitable for transportation.
Advantages and disadvantages
Like any variety, Volovye heart has its pros and cons.
pros
- good yield;
- pleasant taste;
- beautiful appearance.
Minuses
- long growing season;
- constant temperature control.
A cow's heart is a rather specific variety, therefore opinions on its account are rather ambiguous.
Self-growing seedlings
If you decide to grow your own seedlings, it is important to know how to properly conduct this event.
Planting dates
The ideal time for planting seeds is the beginning of March. Seed material planted at this time, will be able to germinate and provide you with quality seedlings.
Capacity and soil
For planting seeds suitable is not heavy, highly fertile soil. You can use a common container, since later, after the appearance of 2-3 leaves, a dive into separate containers will be carried out.
Seed preparation
Before planting seeds, they must be processed. To do this, use a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
Sowing seeds: the pattern and depth
When planting seeds should be deepened into the soil by 2-3 cm, while the distance between the seedlings should be approximately 40 cm.
Sprouting conditions
It is very important to maintain a constant temperature of 20-22 ° C for germination. Tomatoes love lighttherefore it is better to arrange the seed container in a well-lit place.
Care of seedlings
To seedlings grew strong and healthy, you can use minor mineral dressing. Watering should not be carried out often - it is better to do it regularly, but not too plentiful.
Hardening seedlings
Approximately a week before the planting of seedlings to a permanent place, it is necessary to harden it. Every day, it is worth taking the seedlings to fresh air for several hours and gradually increasing the time until full daylight.
Planting seedlings on a permanent place
In order for the seedlings to take root and grow healthy, it is important to consider some of the rules of planting tomatoes.
Terms of transplantation
Planting of seedlings in the open ground is usually carried out in May, when stable warm weather is established.
Location selection
It is recommended to plant tomatoes in areas where carrots, peas, radishes and onions were previously grown.Choose well-lit areas that are exposed to sunlight. Before planting, the soil is fertilized and moistened.
Optimal scheme
Since the bullock heart tomatoes grow quite large, you should not plant the plants close to each other. Optimum landing pattern - 50x70 cm. On 1 square meter is not recommended to place more than 4 bushes.
Features of care and cultivation agrotechnics
Growing tomatoes The ox-heart requires compliance with some rules and recommendations.
Watering, weeding and loosening
Watering should be given special attention. Their must be carried out regularly, while it is not necessary to perform abundant irrigation. The soil should always be hydrated.
In the summer it is recommended to irrigate 1 time in 3 days, if for a long time the air temperature is very high - every day. Warm water is suitable for irrigation, it is desirable to spend them in the evening. To keep moisture in the ground better, it should be covered with a layer of mulch.
It is important to periodically remove weeds, as they are a carrier of diseases and habitat for harmful insects. Due to loosening, the soil will be enriched with oxygen, which will affect the development of plants in the best way.
Masking and shaping the bush
To increase the number of fruits, it is necessary to reduce the amount of greenery - this is what sticks. The best option - the formation of a bush in 2 stalks: the first will be the main, and the second will be the stepson over the first tomato brush.
All other shoots should be removed as soon as they reach 3-5 cm. Removal of larger shoots can weaken the plant. After the brushes are formed, pinching the upper parts of the shoots is performed. This is necessary to curb the growth and direction of all the forces of the bush to the ripening of tomatoes.
Garter
It is mandatory to carry out the garter bushes to the trellis. If this is not done, it is likely that the bush will break, since heavy fruits will hang on it.
Preventive treatment
Despite the fact that the variety is resistant to many diseases, it is recommended to carry out preventive treatment special drugs that can be purchased in specialized stores. The best tool is Bordeaux liquid. The processing procedure should be carried out before the beginning of the flowering period.
Feedings
Despite the fact that fertilizers are applied during planting, indeterminate varieties require top dressing. For the whole season they are held 2-3. The first is carried out some time after transplanting. To do this, use a mineral mixture, which includes a small amount of nitrogen. During the flowering period, fertilizing is performed with phosphorus and potassium - they will contribute to a better taste and quality of the tomatoes.
Tomato Volovye heart - an excellent variety for growing. With a little effort and patience, even beginners can gather a rich harvest of delicious tomatoes.
