Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Zhenechka, its yield

The super early tomato Zhenechka meets all the requirements of varieties zoned for risky farming zones in the Urals and Siberia. The compact low bush is suitable for compacted plantings and allows you to get a good harvest in a small area.

Everyone who has planted a tomato notes its reliability. A good harvest is guaranteed in any weather conditions.

Characteristics of the variety “Zhenechka”

All varietal qualities of the Zhenechka tomato are selected in such a way that the formed fruits have time to ripen during the shortest possible summer.

This is what its main characteristics look like:

• the plant is determinate, low and medium-fruited;
• super early variety with a growing season of 80-87 days. This means that from the moment the seedlings sprout to the first tomatoes it will take less than three months;
• determinate bush, medium branching, medium leafy, 35-40 cm high;
• tomato does not require the formation of a bush; it is recommended to remove shoots only from the bottom, up to the first flower cluster;
• the plant forms 3-4 clusters of fruits, each weighing 80-100 g;
• tomatoes are round in shape, slightly ribbed at the base, uniformly red in color;
• the skin is dense and does not crack during canning;
• the pulp is juicy, sweet and sour taste;
• tomatoes are suitable for canning, making juices, purees, and summer salads;
• Up to 2.5-3 kg of ripe tomatoes are harvested from one plant.

Considering that low-growing tomatoes can be planted up to 6-8 bushes per square meter, the yield looks very impressive. In addition, the harvest is friendly, almost instantaneous. Tomatoes are harvested before the first frost. This allows the plant to avoid late blight.

Important! At the initial stage of growth, tomatoes need fertilizing with phosphorus fertilizers to form the root system. In the future, phosphorus and potassium help early flowering and fruit ripening, and increase resistance to diseases.

Growing and caring for early tomatoes

Determinate varieties have a number of advantages in cultivation and care technology. There is no danger of them getting too long in the seedling stage. At the right moment, the plant itself stops growing, which does not require its formation. It takes less time to remove stepchildren, and in some cases they are not removed at all.But, you still need to create conditions for its full development and nutrition, and properly prepare and harden the seedlings.

Hardening of seeds of heat-loving crops accelerates plant development by 3-7 days, increases yield by 30-40% and significantly increases the share of early production. The procedure is quite simple. The seeds that have begun to grow, after soaking in clean water or a solution of microelements, are kept for 12 hours at zero degrees for 7 days.

Growing seedlings

Recommendations for growing and descriptions of the features of caring for tomatoes cover the entire period of growth and formation of the plant. But the most important is the initial stage.

1. Seeds for seedlings should be planted for germination 55-60 days before transplanting outside.
2. Prepare the soil substrate in advance, which must be moisture-absorbing, breathable, saturated with essential microelements with a good lumpy structure.
3. The seeds are disinfected, treated with growth stimulants, and, if necessary, hardened.
4. The seeds are buried 1.5-2 cm in moist soil, covered with a transparent screen and germinated at a temperature of 23-25 ​​degrees.
5. With the appearance of seedlings, the temperature is reduced to 15-18 degrees during the day, and at night to 8-12 degrees.
6. Seedlings at the stage of 2 permanent leaves are planted in separate containers or boxes, where a feeding area of ​​10 x 10 cm is calculated for each plant.
7. Caring for seedlings consists of regular watering followed by loosening the soil. The humidity of the soil mixture should be 70-80%.
8. Once every three weeks, seedlings are fed, trying to select feeding in accordance with its condition.
9. A couple of weeks before planting in the ground, the plants are hardened off, accustoming them to low temperatures and natural sunlight.

Proper cultivation of seedlings will allow you to get an even earlier harvest in the future.

Before planting, the entire necessary set of fertilizers is placed in the soil at the rate of 80 g of mineral fertilizers, 100 g of phosphorus, 70 g of potassium and 25-30 kg of humus or peat compost per 10 square meters. Fertilizers containing chlorine should not be used. Tomatoes do not tolerate it well.

Rules for caring for “Zhenechka”

Further care is very simple, which largely contributed to the popularity of the variety and its demand in gardens and household plots. As a gardener from Omsk writes, I have been growing them for several years and recommend them to everyone. The Zhenechka tomato variety has never let me down, no matter what kind of summer it was.

1. Seedlings are planted in the ground in the second half of May.
2. The planting pattern is 70 x 30 cm, from 5 to 8 plants are placed per square meter.
3. Caring for seedlings consists of watering and fertilizing, weeding and loosening the soil.
4. Otherwise, determinate plants are not demanding.
5. With the appearance of the first brush, the leaves and shoots below are removed.
6. If necessary, install supports and tie the stem.
7. The variety also behaves well in greenhouses without heating, as evidenced by reviews from gardeners. There the plants grow up to 60-70 cm. The harvest is earlier and more abundant.

The collection of grown tomatoes begins in late June. Tomatoes with this ripening period are rarely used in canning; they are used for fresh salads, making soups, stewing and frying with other vegetables. That is why varieties that do not require space in the greenhouse and take too much time to care for become favorites of gardeners.