Tomatoes for open ground must combine qualities such as productivity, stress resistance, disease resistance and good taste. A set of all these conditions characterizes ideal varieties and hybrids of tomatoes.
For a region like Bashkortostan, tomatoes growing in open ground should be especially resistant to sudden weather changes.The best varieties of tomatoes for Bashkiria are early tomatoes, which are able to bear fruit within 70-100 days from the moment the seeds germinate. The presence of a large number of such varieties and hybrids can satisfy even the most demanding gardener. This article is intended to help with choosing the optimal variety of tomatoes for Bashkiria.
All the variety of tomato species can be divided into several groups according to their size and shape:
- Large-fruited round tomatoes.
- Large-fruited cylindrical tomatoes.
- Medium sized round tomatoes.
- Medium sized cylindrical tomatoes.
- Tomatoes are small and round in shape.
- Tomatoes are small, cylindrical in shape.
Large-fruited round tomatoes
Consider large-fruited round tomatoes. They are usually called salad varieties. These tomatoes are tasty, thin-skinned, juicy. They are mainly consumed fresh. The variety of colors of ripe tomatoes is amazing: yellow, orange, bright and dark red, burgundy, light and dark pink, red-brown. Most large-fruited varieties are intended for cultivation indoors, in greenhouses or greenhouses. This is due to their poor resistance to stressful fluctuations in temperature and humidity. However, there are tomato varieties that meet all the requirements we specified earlier in this article.
| Name | Growing season | Color | Fruit weight |
| "Supernova F1" | 60-70 days | red | 250-300 grams |
| "F1 Champion" | 95-105 days | burgundy red | 250-300 grams |
| "Argonaut F1" | 80-90 days | coral | 180-250 grams |
| "General F1" | 60-70 days | red | 200-240 grams |
| "Aysan" | 80 days | orange | 250-350 grams |
| "Zinulya" | 85-95 days | pearl pink | 250-350 grams |
| "Roseanne F1" | 95-105 days | pink | 170-200 grams |
Large-fruited cylindrical tomatoes
Large-fruited, cylindrical tomatoes are a very resistant tomato species. They are usually covered with a dense thick skin, which protects them from cracking. They are very good for pickling and all types of processing and preservation, and are well transported and stored.
| Name | Growing season | Color | Fruit weight | Form |
| "Indio F1" | 100-110 days | red | 150-250 gr | "cylinder" |
| "Orange Miracle" | 100 days | orange | 200-250 gr | "a drop" |
| "Pelageya" | 100 days | red | 220-250 gr | "cylinder" |
Medium-sized tomatoes of various shapes
Medium-sized tomatoes of various shapes are most abundant among the varietal diversity preferred for the Republic of Bashkortostan. Medium-sized tomatoes can also vary. They come in: elongated and round, with and without a “spout,” yellow, orange, red, pink, chocolate, etc. These varieties are the main technical varieties for whole-fruit canning, pickling and processing.
| Name | Growing season | Color | Fruit weight | Form | |
| "Crystal F1" | 90-100 days | red | 120-150 grams | rounded | |
| "Watercolor" | 100-105 days | red | 80-120 grams | "cream" | |
| "Buddy F1" | 90-100 days | red | 80-100 grams | rounded | |
| "Golden Nugget" | 100-110 days | yellow | 60-120 grams | "cream" | |
| "Rio Fuego" | 110 days | red | 150-180 grams | "cream" | |
| "Fairy tale" | 87-95 days | red | 160-200 grams | rounded | |
| "Yaki F1" | 100-105 days | red | 80-140 grams | rounded | |
Small cylindrical and round tomatoes
Such varieties can be either determinate or indeterminate, that is, low-growing and tall.Determinate small-fruited tomatoes are often grown in flowerpots as ornamental plants. They look incredibly beautiful both on the windowsill in the kitchen and outside. Indeterminate varieties are more productive than the previous ones. Their liana-like stem is simply hung with small “balls” or “pears”. And the taste of such tomatoes is sweet with fruity notes and is not inferior to beauty. Small-fruited tomatoes are very resistant to stress and disease.
| Name | Growing season | Color | Fruit weight | Form |
| "Gavroche" | 80 days | bright red | 50 grams | rounded |
| "Asvon F1" | 90-100 days | red | 50-70 grams | rounded |
| " Black Prince" | 80 days | dark chocolate color | 50 grams | "a drop" |
| "Button" | 90 days | red | 25-30 grams | rounded |
| "Chocolate" | 80 days | dark chocolate color | 30-50 grams | "a drop" |
| "Cherryfingers F1" | 100 days | red | 30 grams | "cylinder" |
How to increase the stress resistance of tomatoes when cultivated in open ground
When growing tomatoes outdoors, you need to take into account that the Bashkir climate is very unpredictable. Therefore, you need to use all possible means to reduce the risk of loss of tomato yield.
- One of the ways to preserve harvests is to increase the resistance of vegetable bushes to temperature fluctuations and changes in air humidity. Biostimulants are agents that help improve plant immunity. They are divided into two groups:
- biologically active substances and stimulants of natural origin;
- biologically active substances and stimulants synthesized chemically.
The first group includes: yeast and milk supplements, as well as herbal tincture.
How to prepare yeast feeding for seedlings
For open ground tomato varieties in Bashkiria, strong immunity and rapid yield are very important. Yeast nutrition is a natural source of microelements, proteins and amino acids for seedlings.
To prepare a yeast mixture, you need to take 0.050 kilograms of yeast per 5 liters of warm, not boiled water and mix them well until a homogeneous solution is formed. This mixture should be placed in a warm, dark place, kept there for a day, and when it ferments, water each bush with it at the root. After such feeding, seedlings sprout new leaves faster, take root better, and turn green. And if the seedlings were frozen, they rejuvenate and the bush develops again without loss of yield.
The second group includes biostimulants, for example Epin-Extra (epibrassinolide), Vitalizer NV-101, Zircon, Fitosporin-M.
To help newly planted seedlings take root better, you can water them with one of the growth stimulants.
- Also an obligatory point is the correct fertilization of seedlings at the initial stage of development and in the stage of fruit-bearing bush.
It is important that the first watering of seedlings occurs on days 7-10. During this watering, nitrogen fertilizers are applied, and the next fertilizing is done with potassium fertilizers.
