Tomatoes are not only red or pink. Equally popular are the elegant yellow tomatoes, which are used to make salads, sauces, and juices.
The bright representative of this type is large-fruited. "Lemon Giant", distinguished by a delicate harmonious taste.
Tomato "Giant Lemon": description of the variety
"Lemon Giant" - mid-season large-fruited variety. The bush is indeterminate, powerful, with a moderate amount of leaves. In favorable conditions, the bush grows up to 2.5 meters, requires tying up and pinching. Tomatoes ripen with tassels on 4-6 pieces.
Fruits are large, rounded flat, ribbed at the stem, multichamber. Average weight - about 700 g. Saturated color lemon yellowvery elegant. The flesh is juicy, not watery, the taste is pleasant, sweet with a slight sourness. The thin, but strong peel protects fruits from cracking. Tomatoes contain an increased amount of beta-carotene and vitamin C, recommended for avitaminosis.
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Origin and Application
Tomato variety "Lemon Giant" put out Russian breeders. Designed for cultivation in greenhouses, film greenhouses or open ground. Green tomatoes successfully ripen at room temperature. Fruits are well stored and transported.
Sort "Lemon Giant" salad dressing, fruits are suitable for fresh consumption, cooking soups, hot dishes, sauces, mashed potatoes. Ripe tomatoes make delicious bright yellow juice with a pleasant lemon scent.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages varieties:
- large, juicy, tasty fruits;
- excellent yield;
- fruits are well kept;
- high content of nutrients;
- disease resistance.
Variety enough demanding to feedings and watering mode. On poor soils, the harvest will be smaller, and the fruits will get watery taste.
Features of growing
Tomato Variety Seeds "Lemon Giant" sown on seedlings in the first half of March. Seed material is poured growth stimulator for 10-12 hours.
If the seeds were collected in their own garden, it is recommended to disinfect them, briefly dropping in a pink solution of potassium permanganate or hydrogen peroxide.
Soil for seedlings should be easy, tomatoes do not tolerate stagnant moisture in the soil. Ideal for a mixture of turf or garden land with humus. It is possible to add a small portion of washed river sand. Seeds are sown with depth up to 2 cmSprayed with water and placed in heat. Ideal temperature for germination - 23-25 degrees.
Sprouted shoots are exposed on a bright light. After unfolding the first pair of these leaves young tomatoes swoop down on individual pots. It is possible to use peat containers that will be placed in the ground along with the seedlings.
On 1 square. m can accommodate 2-3 bush, zagushchat landing Not recommended. It is convenient to tie tall plants to the trellis, heavy branches with fruits are attached to them.It is recommended to form a bush in 1-2 stems, removing side shoots and lower leaves. For the season, tomatoes need to feed the full complex fertilizer at least 3 times.
Diseases and pests
Tomatoes "Lemon Giant" - variety is enough steady to viral and fungal diseases: tobacco mosaic, Fusarium, Verticillus.
As a preventive measure recommended soil calcination before planting seedlings. Land in the greenhouse is recommended to shed a solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulfate. This simple procedure will destroy insect larvae and pathogenic bacteria, improve immunity plants.
Periodic spraying of plants with a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate or non-toxic bio-preparations also helps.
Tomato variety "Lemon Giant" - find for lovers of wholesome and tasty fruits. To achieve impressive harvest help timely feeding, observance of temperature and proper watering.
