Tomato Alyosha Popovich is a variety that is distinguished by beautiful juicy fruits, tall bushes, abundant harvest and long ripening of vegetables until the first frost. This variety is best grown in greenhouses, especially in northern latitudes. These tomatoes are quite finicky to care for, so if gardeners want to get a rich harvest, they need to comply with all growing conditions for them.
Variety difference
Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Alyosha Popovich helps to find out the characteristics of this vegetable crop, what conditions it prefers, what needs to be done for successful growth and fruiting.
The main difference is that the bush can grow up to two meters. It is branched, covered with dense foliage, and requires tying and cutting off excess shoots. The foliage is bright dark green.
The variety is average in fruit ripening: this happens three months after sowing the seed. It is better to plant tomatoes in greenhouses as seedlings that have a strong stem and several leaves.
The fruits are usually medium-sized, fleshy, red or pink. They have a round shape, slightly curved at the base. The largest fruit can weigh approximately 300 grams. They are eaten mainly raw, but you can make juices, pastes, and adjikas.
Reviews from those who planted this hybrid are usually positive. With high-quality care, you get a bountiful harvest that will please you for a long time. After all, tomatoes ripen gradually and bloom until late autumn. They have strong immunity to many diseases. They can be grown for sale. It is important to know all the nuances of their maturation.
How to grow
These tomatoes are grown by germinating store-bought seeds in containers, and then planting the finished sprouts in the garden a couple of months later. They produce excellent yields and delight for a long time with the unusual bright taste of ripe fruits.
For seedlings, you need to prepare the soil in advance, add manure, sand, fertilizers, dig it, loosen it. It is necessary to plant at such a distance from each other that you can freely approach the bushes. To prevent the bushes from becoming overgrown with excess foliage, they should be formed into one or two sprouts. This way they will have more light and air.
Those who have at least once planted them in their dacha claim that they require special care. Lack of nutrition, water and light can cause flowers to stop forming.
Careful care
Hybrid Alyosha requires special attention. If you do not provide the necessary care, timely feeding, watering, and all the conditions for growth and development, then the tomatoes will suffer a lot, the fruits will be small, not juicy, and not in such quantity as expected.
The most important thing in caring for them:
- If there is not enough light on the windowsill, then you need to create it artificially, for example, by hanging a lamp. Tomatoes love light very much; no bushes or dense foliage should block it;
- The soil must be mulched, loosened, and hilled. This way, nutrients and air reach the plants better;
- Constant feeding with fertilizers is necessary: it can be humus, manure or purchased potassium and nitrogen minerals;
- Carry out preventive measures against fungal diseases and pests, spray, water the roots with special solutions;
- Cutting the stepsons is necessary for good fruiting, since the bush is quite tall;
- There should be no weeds in the garden bed;
- If the tomatoes are not planted in a greenhouse, it is better to cover them with film at night, as they are afraid of cool weather;
- Watering should be provided regularly, but it is important to ensure that the soil is not too flooded.
From grown tomatoes you can make delicious homemade preparations for the winter. The taste and quantity of these tomatoes directly depend on the quality of care and land.
This variety is chosen by those who like to enjoy large hybrid tomatoes for a long time. They are suitable for eating fresh, as well as for making healthy tomato juice. They can be grown in any area in any area, you just need to follow all the rules and care requirements.
