Those who are not yet familiar with and have not planted the Auria tomato variety, or as they are also called Male Dignity tomatoes, should get to know it better. The description of a tomato speaks of the unusual appearance of the plant and its high yield.
Features of the Auria tomato
Interesting description of the variety. The vine-like tomato bushes reach a height of one and a half or two meters. They belong to indeterminate plant species. A medium number of branches and light green leaves grow on a flexible thin stem.Long stems of Auria cannot do without a garter. The red clusters of fruits similar in shape to bananas look interesting against the background of greenery. Each of them has up to six to eight tomatoes.
The fruits are interesting in appearance - elongated in shape with a slight bifurcation of the tip, they resemble a man's dignity. This is the second name for tomato. The fruits reach twelve to fourteen centimeters in length and weigh just under two hundred grams.
Under the dense red skin of Auria tomatoes lies dense pulp. It contains little water and seeds. In terms of dry matter content in fruits, the variety is at an average level, and the number of partitions inside is minimal.
Quality of fruits, methods of their use
Thanks to their dense pulp, Auria tomatoes, which resemble the erotic dignity of men, are well preserved. Even some time after harvest, their quality does not decrease. They do not crack if they remain on the branches of the plant for a long time. The fruits are convenient to transport - they retain their presentation well.
Collected tomatoes are used to prepare tomato juice and sauces. To do this, the pulp is driven through a meat grinder and rubbed through a sieve. It is characteristic that the sauces are thick, without the presence of seeds in them. Ketchup made from tomatoes is especially tasty.
Small elongated tomatoes are good for pickling and pickling. The characteristics of canned fruits are beyond praise. They taste good, they contain more pulp than water, and they do not burst when consumed.
Auria tomatoes are also suitable for drying. You can dry the fruits in the oven or electric dryer. The easiest way is to dry it in the sun. Sliced and lightly salted tomatoes are placed on baking sheets and placed under a tent in the sun.Be sure to cover the vegetable slices with gauze. After ten days, the product is ready for use. Store it in glass jars, fill it with olive oil and place it in a cool place.
Conditions for growing the variety
Auria was bred by breeders from Israel quite recently. Tomato cultivation occurs effectively in any region, both with warm and cold climates. In the southern regions, the fruits ripen in open ground, in the northern regions - in greenhouses.
Tomatoes ripen quickly in polycarbonate greenhouses.
Like all tall varieties, Auria tomatoes are planted through seedlings. Seeds are planted in the ground sixty days before planting seedlings in open ground or a greenhouse. In May, the plants are placed in greenhouse conditions, and in early June - in garden beds. If you plan to grow bushes in one stem, then the density of bushes per square meter is three pieces.
Proper care is important for the variety, its features include:
- regular watering;
- carrying out fertilizing;
- mandatory pinching to form a bush with one or two stems;
- loosening the soil;
- combating diseases and pests.
If you follow the rules of agricultural technology, the tomato yield per square meter is high - ten to twelve kilograms. After all, up to ten tomato clusters can form on each bush.
In open ground, tomato bushes do not reach a great height, but the number of fruit clusters on them is much increased.
Reviews about the Auria variety
According to reviews from tomato growing experts, the Auria variety has many positive features. It is convenient for planting in a greenhouse. There, fruits are harvested from liana-like bushes several times a season. In open ground, it produces high yields if all the rules of agricultural technology and planting dates are followed.Planting too early can lead to shedding of inflorescences. Therefore, the tomato variety loves warmth, without sudden temperature fluctuations. Among the diseases, it is occasionally susceptible to fungal diseases during humid summers.
The advantages of the variety are the versatility of its use. Processing tomatoes will bring pleasure when consuming delicious juice, thick sauces made from them, and salted fruits that retain their integrity after canning.
