The Fat Monk tomato, the mere description of which already makes you salivate, is confidently gaining popularity among both professionals and amateurs. It is suitable for growing both in open ground and in a greenhouse, and its taste remains at a high level.
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Description of the variety
Fat Monk is a mid-season tomato variety. From the emergence of seedlings to the beginning of fruiting, 111–115 days pass. The plant is tall and can reach a height of more than one and a half meters. It is successfully grown both under film covers and in open ground.
Tomatoes have a truncated square shape; the weight of one fruit can be up to 220 grams under standard care conditions.When ripe they are deep red in color. The pulp is very fleshy, there is almost no juice, and there are few seed chambers. Among the positive characteristics, it is worth highlighting the excellent taste of tomatoes, which are classified as dessert.
The productivity of the Fat Monk variety is at a high level. One plant can form up to 5 clusters with 5–6 fruits on each. Tomatoes are very suitable for eating fresh, as well as for stuffing. But they are practically not used for whole-fruit preservation due to the large size of the fruit. The Fat Monk is also not suitable for processing into juice.
Features of cultivation
Tomato variety Fat Monk, reviews of which are controversial, are recommended to be grown only by seedlings. Plants are planted in a permanent location at the age of 55 days. Experienced gardeners say that it is optimal to place 4–5 plants per square meter. With more dense plantings, the fruits may not be too large and lose their presentation.
Activities related to the basic care of Fat Monk tomatoes are as follows:
- constant watering;
- weeding and weed removal;
- loosening the top layer of soil;
- application of complex mineral fertilizers.
As summer residents note in their reviews, the variety shows good resistance to major tomato diseases, however, it requires preventive treatments. It will not hurt to treat the plantings with Bordeaux mixture, and if fungal diseases are detected on the site, with a fungicidal preparation. All this can be done only until the fruit begins to set.
It is necessary to tie up plants or install additional supports. Due to the large weight of the fruit, the stems may not withstand the load and break under the weight. Without installing supports, tomatoes fall on the ground, as a result of which their presentation is lost and ripening occurs unevenly.
Fat Monk is not a hybrid variety, so you can easily prepare the seeds for sowing next season yourself. The qualities inherent in the mother plant will be passed on to the daughter plants. This is a significant advantage over hybrids, the seed of which has to be purchased every time.
More and more summer residents are giving preference to the Tolstoy Monk. What attracts them is the classic sweet taste of tomato, strong aroma, sugary and dense pulp. Housewives willingly prepare culinary masterpieces from the harvested crops. It doesn’t even bother me that this variety is practically unsuitable for harvesting and preservation. But during the fruit ripening season, you can enjoy delicious tomatoes to your heart’s content and get a lot of vitamins and useful microelements.
