The Brave General tomato is a large-fruited variety with pink fruits; at full maturity the fruits are bright crimson. The variety is valued for its excellent taste, high responsiveness to care, and resistance to disease.
About the variety
Early ripening variety. The bushes are indeterminate, 0.9-1.1 m high. Recommended for growing in open ground in all regions, bred in Altai. The fruits are flat-round, slightly ribbed. The description in the register of varieties indicates that the average fruit weight of this variety is 250 g. According to reviews from those who planted Brave General, individual fruits reached 600 g and even 1 kg! The fruit contains 6 or more seed chambers.
The plant forms simple inflorescences, in which from 1 to 3 fruits are formed, the first inflorescence is formed above the seventh or eighth leaf. The bushes must be tied to a support and stepsoned when the stepsons do not exceed 2-2.5 cm. The characteristic indicates that this variety has a high yield potential, which is largely not realized for a number of reasons.
How to grow very large fruits
Fruit size is determined by a number of growth factors.
The main thing is to maintain all the following factors within optimal limits:
- Plant nutrition area. The optimal feeding area for the Brave General variety is 50 x 70 and 70 x 70 cm. With this planting scheme, the plants will be provided with sufficient air nutrition, well lit by the sun and receive a lot of heat;
- Watering the plants should be sufficient. The root system of indeterminate varieties goes 50-60 cm deep. Watering should ensure soil wetting to this depth, and average 15-20 liters of water per bush;
- Mineral nutrition of plants should be increased and compensated by a combination of all forms of fertilizers: organic, mineral, humin-based and amino acids. The main fertilizer is applied in the form of mineral fertilizers during planting, on average 30-40 g/m2. Manure – from autumn, average dose 4 kg/m2. Humic and amino acid fertilizing, every 10-14 days during the growth period, until the fruit begins to ripen. Fertilizing with organo-mineral fertilizers can be alternated with fertilizing with a liquid infusion of mullein or bird droppings;
- Temperature conditions during the period of growth and fruiting. Tomato plants are native to the forests of South America, where the weather is warm and humid most of the year. Therefore, the optimal temperature for tomato growth is 24-26 OWITH.At air temperatures above these values, pollination of tomato flowers stops and the plants experience stress. This is often observed in the southern arid regions, when the first flowers produce an ovary, and with the onset of intense heat, fruit formation stops.
How to grow seedlings
Many gardeners have seedlings indeterminate tomatoes is strongly elongated, the plants shade each other, their leaves and shoots are weak and pale in color. To somewhat restrain growth, the temperature in the room where the seedlings are grown is lowered to 16-18 OC for 5-7 days. At the same time, lighting and plant nutrition must be sufficient. A phytolamp is suitable for additional lighting. It is enough to additionally illuminate the plants in March for 1.5-2 hours a day.
During the period of seedling growth, the plants are fed 3-4 times with various fertilizers, which should be alternated: humic and mineral.
It is important that fertilizing contains a full range of macro- and microelements. If seedlings of tall tomatoes grow from year to year, then it is advisable to sow them later. After planting in open ground, small plants take root more easily than overgrown and pampered ones.
Try planting the Brave General variety and these tomatoes will make you very happy!
