Gardeners often choose tall tomato bushes to get a large harvest during the season. The Pharaoh tomato belongs precisely to such bushes, that is, indeterminate, and therefore is often used both in closed greenhouses and in open areas.
What kind of tomato is Pharaoh?
This type of tomato belongs to the F1 hybrids, originating from crossing two different varieties of tomatoes. Designed for growing in film greenhouses. The bush is tall with an unlimited number of ovaries, so it bears fruit right up to frost.The main thing is to create warm conditions in the greenhouse, then the tomatoes will ripen fruitfully until the first snow. Due to the fact that the hybrid is indeterminate, it therefore requires garter. It is formed into one lash, and new brushes with tomatoes are formed from the lateral sinuses. Pruning is done to remove excess sprouts.
The leaves are green, small to medium in size, and do not need to be broken off as the plant grows.
The variety is mid-season - 105–115 days pass from planting seeds for seedlings to harvesting; high-yielding, with proper agricultural technology, up to 12 kilograms of ripe fruits are harvested from one square meter.
Characteristics of tomato
The tomato is round with a flat top, smooth, shiny. When ripe it is green, when ripe it is red. With proper care of plants, the fruits reach a size of 180 grams, more often 120–140 grams. Description of the fruit - the flesh is dense, fleshy, and does not crack when poured. In the section it has 4-6 nests with seeds.
The taste is good - sweet and sour taste and a pronounced tomato aroma. Intended for fresh consumption and canning.
Positive traits
When using a hybrid, gardeners leave reviews and note the following positive qualities of the tomato:
- transportability;
- crack resistance;
- keeping quality;
- productivity;
- taste qualities;
- resistance to diseases.
Thus, summer residents recommend this variety for planting to forum users, relatives and neighbors in the country.
Agricultural technology
The seeds of the variety are planted for seedlings at the end of February, picking at the moment of the formation of two true leaves. Transplantation to a permanent growth site at the end of April; by the time of transplantation, the plants reach the age of 50–55 days.Tomatoes are planted according to a pattern of 50 by 40 centimeters. At the same time, 3–4 plants grow per square meter. After planting, the plants must be tied to the crossbar.
Plant care
To get a rich harvest of tomatoes you need to constantly care for the plants. Care consists of the following activities:
- Bush garter.
- Stepchildren in the process of growth.
- Weeding the beds.
- Application of organic and mineral fertilizers to the soil.
- Watering plants.
- Loosening the soil after watering.
- Treatment with poisons against pests and fungal diseases.
- Timely harvesting.
Pharaoh tomatoes are a moisture-loving plant, so you need to constantly check the soil moisture and, if necessary, water the plants. After watering, loosen the soil around the bushes; this procedure will retain moisture in the soil longer and stop the growth of weeds. The importance of agrotechnical measures:
- Weeding is necessary to prevent weeds from absorbing fertilizers. Otherwise, the grass will grow well, but the tomatoes will grow poorly.
- Fertilizing is carried out up to seven times during the entire period of growing the crop. Three times seedlings and four bushes.
- If you find a bush infected with fungi or insects, you must immediately treat the entire area, otherwise the crop will die.
- Timely harvesting is an important condition for a rich seasonal harvest. So, when you remove an already ripe fruit, other, unripe tomatoes begin to ripen.
The characteristics of the tomato are such that the variety produces a high-quality and rich harvest if the conditions for its cultivation are observed, so advice on planting and caring for this hybrid should not be neglected.
