“We are what we eat” - Hippocrates. Already in 460 BC, people understood the importance of proper nutrition. Harvest from your garden is the best source of vitamins and minerals. Klondike tomato is a variety recommended by experts for dietary nutrition. Due to the high content of beta-carotene, tomatoes have medicinal properties.
General description of the variety
The Klondike pink variety is one of the universal plants. It bears fruit consistently in open ground and greenhouse conditions. Variety characteristics:
- mid-season, tomatoes ripen no later than 115 days from the moment the seeds are sowed;
- indeterminate;
- tall;
- high-yielding, up to 14 kg of berries per 1 sq. meters;
- resistant to major diseases of the nightshade family;
- large-fruited;
- not demanding;
- tolerates transportation and long-term storage well.
The appearance of the variety is distinguished by its high growth, the maximum height of the bush is 1 meter. Leaf color is green, quantity is moderate. Description and characteristics of the fruit:
- large, maximum weight of one berry is 500 grams;
- flat-round shape;
- ribbed;
- fleshy;
- sweet;
- thin but dense skin;
- the color of the ripe fruit is bright orange or pink-crimson;
- The pulp of the ripe berry is red.
Important! A distinctive feature of the berry is that it contains a large amount of beta-carotene.
Recommendations for cultivation and care
Klondike tomatoes should be planted in seedlings. For the first stage of cultivation you need:
- prepare containers for seedlings, it is better to use separate peat pots;
- You can purchase complex soil for tomatoes as soil;
- seeds do not need additional preparation;
- planting depth 1.5-2 cm;
- maintain the temperature in the room with seedlings at least +23 degrees;
- carry out regular watering of seedlings;
- We place the pots with seedlings next to the light source.
Sowing of seedlings begins two months before the expected date of planting in the ground. It is necessary to pick after the first two sheets appear. Before planting, it is recommended to harden the plant. Seedlings should not be placed close to each other in a greenhouse or open ground. The optimal number of seedlings per 1 sq. meter - three. Care instructions:
- form a plant into 1 or 2 stems;
- water with warm water at least once every 5 days;
- regularly weed and fertilize;
- tie up a plant;
- loosen;
- remove stepsons.
Gardeners' opinion
Especially for our grandson, we decided to try growing dietary tomatoes. Friends recommended orange Klondike tomatoes. The seedlings were planted in mid-March. There were no problems, good seedlings sprouted, and we picked them right away. It turned out to form the bushes into one stem. The bushes are tall - they definitely need to be tied up or supported. We were pleased with the harvest. The taste of a ripe tomato is excellent. My grandson ate it with pleasure all summer. The variety is stored for a long time and can be safely transported. We spoiled ourselves with beautiful tomatoes until the end of October.
Valentina Petrovna, 55 years old.
Last summer I tried to plant Klondike tomatoes. I liked the unpretentiousness and taste of ripe berries. They do not require close attention. The main thing is to tie it up in time, water it and fertilize it. There were no problems with growing. I recommend.
Alexander Valeryanovich, 51 years old.
