Among the wide variety of delicious and beautiful varieties of tomatoes, there is one common variety that has received numerous positive reviews, with a very interesting name - the Precious tomato. But he is ordinary only at first glance. It has many positive qualities that gardeners like.
Positive characteristics of the variety
The variety has many positive characteristics, including:
- high yield - from 4 to 9 kilograms per square meter;
- excellent marketability and transportability - the variety is stored for a long time and does not lose its marketability when transported over distances;
- undemanding in care, although you will have to tie up and remove excess leaves;
- recommended for cultivation in open and closed ground;
- mid-early ripening variety.
Description of the bush and fruits
The characteristics of the bush are indeterminate, reaching a height of 150 centimeters. Mid-early, 115–125 days pass from planting seeds in the ground to receiving the first harvest. It is heavily leafy, so during growth it is necessary to thin out the leaves so that they do not shade the fruits and slow down ripening. The variety was developed by a family from Kostroma back in 1960. The first inflorescence is formed above the sixth leaf, the next ones - after two leaves.
Medium sized fruits. Large fruits, whose weight reaches 200–250 grams, have a slightly ribbed surface. Some vegetables reach a size of 300 grams. When unripe they are light green, when ripe they are dark red. When cut, there are from 6 to 9 nests in a tomato. The pulp is valuable - dense, juicy, pink in color.
Agrotechnics of cultivation
The variety is intended for cultivation in open areas. But gardeners also use it for growing in a greenhouse. The description of the variety says that plants can be propagated by growing seedlings; 4–5 seedlings are placed on one square meter.
When cultivated in a greenhouse, the variety can be grown in two or three stems, in open areas - in one, maximum two.
Seeds for seedlings are sown in mid-March; when 2-3 permanent leaves are formed, the plants are planted in separate containers. Planted in a greenhouse in mid-May, in open ground in early June. The bushes are tied to a support and cared for.
Caring for tomato plants
To grow a great tomato crop, you need to constantly care for them. Agricultural technology includes:
- Watering.
- Weeding.
- Garter.
- Stepsonning.
- Loosening the soil.
- Feeding.
- Inspection of plants.
- Harvesting.
Here is a list of activities that gardeners undertake throughout the growing season. To ensure that tomatoes ripen on time and grow well, they are constantly watered. In hot weather, the procedure is carried out every day. During rainy summers, watering is done as the soil dries out.
After each watering, the soil under the tomatoes is loosened. This procedure helps get rid of the fungus, which multiplies quickly in moist, airless soil, and also preserves liquid in the soil.
They tie the bushes in the greenhouse to the crossbar on the ceiling. In open areas - to a support. Pruning is necessary so that all the fruits have time to ripen before the onset of frost. If this procedure is not carried out, then the bush will turn into a green mass, and the tomatoes will be small and green. You also need to tear off the lower leaves; they must not touch the ground. Usually one or half a leaf is left under the first brush, and the rest of the greenery is broken off.
Fertilizing the soil and plants is carried out at least three times per season. In this case, both mineral and organic fertilizers are used. But you need to adhere to generally accepted feeding rules, otherwise the greens will burn out.
Precious tomatoes have proven themselves well in Russia and neighboring countries, therefore they are constantly used for growing in personal plots.
