The keen vegetable growers love to experiment, growing different varieties of tomatoes in the garden.
By trial and error they choose tomatoes, the most suitable for salads and preparations.
Tomato Volovye heart can become a worthy participant in such experiments with great chances to win the competition from other varieties.
Tomatoes Volovye Heart variety description
This grade bred by Russian breeders and entered into the State Register of Breeding Achievements Approved for Use in 2000. It is not a hybrid. 
Tomato variety Wolves Heart indeterminate mid-season and late ripening. In the open ground, the height of the stem reaches 1.2-1.5 m, in the greenhouse it grows up to 2 m. It requires tying and pasynkovaniya.
Designed for cultivation in the southern regions, however, with success it grows both in the middle lane and in Siberia in protected ground.
The advantages of the "ox heart" include high yield, comprehensive disease resistance, large-fruited.
Characteristics of the fruit
The name of the variety corresponds to the shape of the fruit - heart-shaped. Individual Tomatoes reach a weight of 800-1000 gThe average weight of a bush is 300 g.
The ripened fruit has a pink-raspberry color, medium ridged surface, fleshy flesh. It tastes sweet, has a typical tomato smell. Multichamber fruits.
Tomatoes ox heart have excellent presentationare not prone to cracking and well tolerated transportation.
Tomato Volovye heart not subject to long-term storage. His appointment - salad. Most often it is consumed fresh.
In addition, of them prepare juices, pasta, add to canned mixed vegetables, used as part of vegetable side dishes and soup dressings.
Special rich juice is especially loved - 1 kg of tomatoes gives up to 700 g of juice. Not suitable for salting in its entirety due to its large size.
Requires the formation of a bush with growth restriction. Formed in 2 stalks. Permanent burrowing is necessary to increase the number of ovaries. The second stem is formed from the stepson above the first brush.
The term of ripening fruits from 107 to 115 days. On 1 brush matures up to 5 fruits. The average yield recorded in the registry is up to 7 kg per square meter. m. Recommended for cultivation on an industrial scale in farms.
A photo
See below: Ox-Heart Tomato photo
Agrotechnology
So, we turn to the main thing - tomatoes Volovye Heart cultivation. Seeds on seedlings are planted in early March, when the appearance of 1-2 leaves, the seedlings swoop in pots and are grown at an average temperature of 20-22 °.
In the ground seedlings are planted at the age of 60-65 days. In the heated greenhouse it is planted in late April, in the usual - in the middle of May. Before planting seedlings quenched during the week, exposing the afternoon to the open air.
Given that the bush grows large, the planting pattern should be 50 x 70 cm. For 1 square. m planted no more than 4 bushes.
Soil and fertilizing
Tomatoes grade Volove Heart grown on light fertile soils. It is not advisable to plant tomatoes from year to year in one place. Use the ground from under the carrot, pea, onion or radish.
This applies to tomatoes grown in open ground. In the greenhouse, where it is difficult to observe the rules of crop rotation, it is recommended to prepare the soil in autumn. Her dig with humus and mineral fertilizers.
Masking and tying
Forming a plant in 2 stalks, it is necessary to remove the lower leaves and excess processes.
They will appear constantly, the main thing is not to let them grow.
On the bush leave 6-8 brushes with ovaries. Tall stem tied to a trellis.
Watering
Watering tomatoes of this variety requires regular. Experienced growers recommend watering plants warm water in the evening.
To preserve moisture, the soil under the bushes can be mulched.
Try growing tomatoes in your greenhouse Wolves Heart and you will not regret it.He is good in all forms and is likely to become a permanent inhabitant of your beds.
