Variety of tomatoes Grandma's Secret relatively new variety.
Proved a good side - large fruits, great taste. There are minor drawbacks in non-compliance with growing conditions.
Tomato Babushkin Secret variety description
Indeterminate plant, about 170 cm high. 
The bush is not a standard.
Mark a strong resistant stalk with an average degree of foliage. There may be up to 8 brushes, then - it is necessary to finish the growth of the plant (“pinch” the growth point).
The rhizome is powerful, peculiar to all non-standard tomatoes, it branches out wildly in different directions without deepening.
The leaves are large, dark green, wrinkled, without pubescence.
The inflorescence is simple, the intermediate - after the first inflorescence above the 8th leaf is then formed with an interval of 2 leaves. In the inflorescence can be from 7 flowers.
Stem with articulation. According to the degree of ripening - mid-ripening, fruit ripening begins at 115 - 120 days after planting.
It has high degree of stability against tobacco mosaic and late blight, as well resistant to powdery mildew.
Cultivation is declared in greenhouse conditions (greenhouses with film coating, glazed or polycarbonate) and in open ground with insulation in case of cold weather.
Characteristic
"Grandma's Secret" has very large fruits, in good weather conditions and quality care can reach more than 1 kg. The average weight ranges from 400 to 600 g, sizes from 10 cm in diameter.
The shape has a wide, rounded, flattened on top. The flesh is fleshy, sugary. The skin is smooth, dense, thin.
The color of unripe fruit is pale green, and mature color varies from light to dark crimson. It is not enough seeds, are located in 6-8 small chambers.
The amount of dry matter is average. Storage is satisfactory due to the dense internal consistency transportation goes well.
Country of breeding, year of registration
The variety was bred by Siberian breeders (Siberian Federal District), V.N. Dederko was patented. It was registered in the State Register of the Russian Federation for cultivation under greenhouse conditions in 2007.
Growing regions
Acceptable cultivation throughout the Russian Federation.
Way to use
Tomatoes have an excellent rich "tomato" taste, considered a salad variety. Perfectly used fresh, for raw salads, sandwiches.
During heat treatment, it does not lose its healthy and taste qualities. suitable for soups, main courses. Preservation is possible in a ground form. Production of tomato paste is possible, juice is not.
Yield
Productivity Grandma's secret has a high - up to 16 kg per 1 sq. M. for greenhouse cultivation, up to 8 kg can be collected from 1 plant.
A photo
See below: tomatoes Grandma's Secret photo
Advantages and disadvantages
Has the following merits:
- large fruits;
- excellent taste;
- high yield;
- disease resistance;
- good storage.
Of deficiencies single cases of the occurrence of diseases and cracking of the fruits on the plant are noted.
Fruit cracking occurs when moisture levels change from the difference between day and night temperatures. "Grandma's Secret" has no resistance to such a phenomenon. The solution will be - adjustment of humidity.
Features of growing
Identified features of the shape of the fruit - a triple or double fusion of ribbed tomatoes. Sowing begins in early March to a depth of 2 cm and a distance of 2 cm on each side of the plants.
For better germination, cover with polyethylene for a certain humidity and maintain a temperature of about 25 degrees.
Picks are carried out in the formation of a full first sheet.
At the age of 50 days seedlings transplant to a permanent place, the soil should be heated to 25 degrees.
When grown in a greenhouse requires the formation of a bush in one stem, pinching (removal of shoots up to 4 cm). When grown in open ground, pinching is not required.
Garter immediately when transplanting to individual supports. Top dressing up to formation of fruits about 3 times. Watering at the root. Loosening as needed.
Diseases and pests
Regardless of high disease resistance spraying necessary for the prevention of disease. From pests also carry out spraying with microbiological substances.
Grandma's secret is a great option for a long harvest of large fruits.
