Truly tomato "Russian size" lives up to its name.
Large-fruited, sweet, fruitful, it is grown not only by gardeners.
Farm and greenhouse farms and enterprises cultivate it on an industrial scale.
Tomato "Russian size": characteristics and description of the variety
This is a hybrid derived by Russian breeders and entered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2002.
Tomato supergiant "Russian size F1" - an indeterminate plant, reaching 150-180 cm in height. Differs in high productivity, is suitable for cultivation across all territory of Russia in greenhouses and under film coverings. In the open ground is not grown.
“Russian size” is a late ripe tomato, the fruits ripen 125-128 days after full germination. As a hybrid, resistant to many diseases.
Fruits and photos
The ripe fruit of the tomato "Russian size" has a red color and weighs from 650 g to 2 kg. The surface is slightly ribbed, the flesh is juicy, sweet, the shape is round, slightly flattened. Fruits are small, have 4 sockets. On a brush 2-3 tomatoes ripen.
What Russian Size tomatoes look like - photos of tomatoes:
Special features
Variety tomato "Russian size" is grown only in closed ground. Due to the tall stem requires tying up. And tie him up within a few days after transplanting.
The plant is medium branchy, but differs in a large number of leaves. When grown, it is formed into 1 stem and regularly stepsons. Lower leaves before the first flowering brush break. At the end of the growing season, pinch the growing point.
"Russian size" characterized by high yields of 4-4.5 kg with 1 bush. The planting pattern is 50 x 70 cm, the planting frequency is no more than 2-3 bushes per 1 square meter. m
Agrotechnology
Let us turn to the description of the cultivation of tomatoes "Russian size". Like all giant tomatoes, "Russian F1 size" sown on seedlings in early April. In May, the seedlings are transplanted into a greenhouse.In order for large fruits to have enough light, air and space, they should be planted as little as possible.
After the first fruit is fastened on the first hand and grows to the size of a nut, can remove most flowers and ovaries, leaving only the largest and healthiest, in order to get from a bush only some but huge tomatoes.
