Original yellow tomatoes look smart and are suitable for people who are allergic to traditional red fruits. Choosing the right grade, worth planting it in his garden.
Preference is given to high-yielding varieties with large and fleshy fruits, such as the Orange Heart.
Tomato variety "Orange Heart" is bred by Russian breeders. Suitable for any regions, it is intended for cultivation in film shelters, greenhouses or open ground.
Productivity is high, collected fruits well kepttransportation is possible.
Basic data
Tomato "Orange Heart", description of the variety: mid-season high-yielding variety. Indeterminate bush, moderately sprawling, abundantly leafy, up to 1.8 m. The leaf is simple, medium in size, dark green.
Fruits are large, weighing 150-300 g. The shape is rounded-heart-shaped, with a slightly pointed tip and noticeable ribbing at the stem.The color of the tomatoes in the technical ripeness phase is pale yellow with a green spot, ripening, or they acquire a bright orange-yellow shade.
The flesh is juicy, fleshy, with a small amount of seeds. The taste is very pleasant, rich and sweet, with light fruity notes and delicate aroma. High sugar content allows to recommend variety for baby food.
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Way to use
Tomatoes belong to the salad. They are tasty fresh, suitable for cooking soups, side dishes, mashed potatoes, sauces. Ripe tomatoes make a thick sweet juice. You can drink it fresh or canned.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main merits of a grade:
- excellent taste of ripe fruit;
- high content of sugars, amino acids, vitamins;
- high yield;
- good transportability;
- Tomatoes are resistant to major diseases;
- easy to care for.
The features include the need to form a high spreading bush and sensitivity of the variety to top dressing.
Growing tips
Tomatoes "Orange Heart" variety is best propagated by seedling. Seeds are sown in February, before planting, they are treated with a growth stimulator for better germination. The substrate is composed of a mixture of garden soil with humus.
Preferred soil, which grew spicy herbs, carrots, cabbage or beans.
Seeds are sown with minimal penetration (not more than 1.5 cm). After emergence of shoots, containers are exposed to bright light and carefully water from a watering can or spray.
When the first pair of these leaves unfolds on the seedlings, young tomatoes diveand then fed with a liquid complex fertilizer with a predominance of nitrogen.
The seedlings are moved to the greenhouse in the second half of May, to the beds closer to the beginning of June. Planted tomatoes are recommended to cover the film. On 1 square. m placed 2-3 bush.
Humus unfolds through the holes; after planting, the soil is compacted and watered with warm water. For the season, tomatoes are fed 3-4 times full complex fertilizer, which can be alternated with an aqueous solution of mullein.
Grown up plants form 2 stalksby removing side stepsons and lower leaves. After the beginning of flowering, it is recommended to pinch off the deformed or small flowers on the hands. This procedure stimulates the formation of ovaries, fruits will be larger.
Diseases and pests
Tomatoes "Orange Heart" are resistant to major diseases, however preventive measures do not interfere. Frequent airing, loosening of the soil with removal of weeds, attentive watering without stagnation of moisture in the soil will help against the summit or root rot.
To get rid of insect pests by using industrial insecticides or infusion of celandine. They work great on thrips, spider mite, whitefly. Slugs can be killed with a solution of ammonia, aphids are washed away with warm water and soap.
"Orange Heart" is a great variety for connoisseurs of yellow tomatoes. Plants do not require excessive care.With proper care and generous dressings, they will surely thank you for an excellent harvest.
