All gardeners have different preferences, someone loves tomatoes more sweetly, while others are looking for varieties with sourness. Those who love large pink tomatoes will definitely be interested in the variety. Giant Novikova.
it high yield the variety and its fruits have very high palatability, the plant tolerates various diseases and insect invasions well.
Tomato Giant Novikova variety description
This is a mid-season variety, from the moment you planted the seedlings until the fruits are fully ripe, 110-120 days will pass. 
Indeterminate plant, stem type. It grows equally well in unprotected soil and in greenhouses. The plant grows to a large size of more than 2 meters. It has comprehensive disease resistance.
Tomatoes, after fully ripened, become bright crimson. The shape is round, slightly flattened, with a green base at the stem, with deep ribbing.
Very large 500-700 grams, the fruits of the first harvest can reach 700-900 grams. The fruit is multi-chamber, the dry matter content is about 5%.
The taste is wonderful, sugary, sweet, juicy. The collected fruits are stored poorly, it is better not to keep them for a long time, but to let them in for processing or use fresh.
Country of breeding and year of registration
"Giant Novikova" was bred long ago in the USSR by amateur breeding, registered as a variety for greenhouses and open ground in 1990.
Has since enjoyed tremendous popular among gardeners thanks to the huge tasty fruits and excellent yields. With such properties, he will remain in the lead for a long time.
In which regions it is better to grow
This does not significantly affect the yield and incidence of the plant. In more northern regions, these tomatoes are cultivated only in heated greenhouses.
Way to use
For wholegrain canning, these tomatoes are not suitable because of the large size of the fruit, but you can make barrel-pickled.
"Giant Novikova" very good fresh, optimally with other vegetables. Juices, purees and pastes are very good, thanks to the high content of sugars and vitamins.
Yield varieties
A photo
See below: Giant Novikova tomato photo
Advantages and disadvantages
Among main positive qualities varieties "Giant Novikova" note:
- high taste qualities;
- large fruits;
- immunity to diseases;
- tolerance for lack of moisture.
Among deficiencies it is necessary to single out not the highest yields, rapid damage to the crop and capriciousness to the composition of the soil.
Features grade
The trunk of the bush must be tied up, and the branches strengthened with the help of props, this will save the plant from breaking off the branches. It is necessary to form in two or three stems, in the open ground, usually in three. Novikova's tomato necessarily needs feeding 5-6 times per season.
Diseases and pests
Tomato Giant Novikova has a complex resistance to fungal diseases. The only thing to fear is diseases associated with improper care.
To avoid such difficulties in growing, you should regularly ventilate the room where your tomatoes grow, and observe the mode of watering and lighting.
The plant also often suffers root rot, struggling against this by loosening and reducing watering.
The soil around the plant is scooped up, and a mixture of peat, sand and small sawdust is added instead.
Of the harmful insects can be exposed to a potato scoop, they are fought against loosening, removing and destroying the affected fruits and plants.
In the southern regions, the Colorado potato beetle can harm this species, especially in the southern regions, and the Prestige method is successfully used against it.
Of the pests that are most likely to harm in greenhouses, this is a melon aphid and spider mite, the drug "Bison" is also used against them.
Like many other types of tomatoes can be exposed to the invasion of slugs, they are harvested by hand, and around the plants sprinkled with coarse sand and lime.
As follows from our review, this is a variety for gardeners with a certain experience; beginners should choose a simpler tomato. But you should not abandon its cultivation on the site, with experience everything will turn out.Good luck and the most delicious harvest.
