For lovers of large-fruited tomatoes, there are a large number of varieties on the market, including the Dear Guest tomato. It is distinguished by its resistance to cracking despite its large size and resistance to disease. Let's find out the characteristics of the variety and the rules for growing it.
Description of bushes and tomatoes
The bush is of indeterminate type, reaching a height of 2 meters when grown in a greenhouse. In open ground the castes are lower - up to 1.5 meters. It has an average ripening period - 105–110 days pass from the moment of seed germination to the appearance of the first fruits.The leaf is medium, when growing the plants need staking and pinching, otherwise all the minerals will go into the growth of green mass.
Characteristics and description of the fruit - large, size varies from 120 to 600 grams, small fruits are smooth, round, large ribbed flat. The color of the fruit is red. When unripe it is green, when ripe it has a green spot near the stalk. The taste is good, sweet without sourness. The yield is average - 5 kilograms of fruit are harvested from one square.
Tomatoes are used for salad purposes, but they are also used to make tomato pastes and squeeze juice.
Positive traits
Gardeners leave reviews and note the following qualities they like:
- The fruits have excellent taste.
- The plants are strong and the root system is powerful.
- Tomatoes are disease resistant.
- They can be easily transported and stored for a long time.
- The fruits are large.
- You can prepare juices and sauces.
- Grown in open and closed ground.
Agrotechnics of cultivation
These tomatoes are grown in seedlings. Features of growing tomatoes through seedlings - seeds are sown in March, usually in the middle. The container with the seeds is covered with film and placed in a warm place without freezing for germination. After the seeds hatch, the film is removed, and the container with seedlings is placed in a lighted place for further growth.
When the seedlings are 60 days old, they are transplanted into a garden or greenhouse. By that time, 10–12 true leaves have formed on the plant. The planting scheme is chosen individually depending on the width of the plot. You can plant in a checkerboard pattern at a distance of 40–50 centimeters or in rows. In order for the Dear Guest tomato to produce a good harvest, the bushes are cared for throughout the entire growth period.
Caring for tomato plants
Care includes:
- Watering.
- Weeding.
- Garter.
- Stepsonning.
- Loosening the soil.
- Feeding.
- Identification of diseases.
Since tomatoes are demanding plants, procedures are carried out constantly. In hot sunny weather, water at the root once a day in the morning or evening. After watering under the bushes, it is advisable to loosen the soil so that bacteria and fungi do not multiply in the ground without access to air. Weeding is carried out to destroy weeds, which constantly absorb minerals intended for tomato bushes.
Fertilizing is also an integral part of growing the variety. They need to be carried out at least three times per season with mineral and organic fertilizers.
Stepchildren are needed to stop the growth of extra stepsons. Usually 3-4 additional branches are left on the bush, and the remaining stepsons are broken out. To prevent the bush from breaking under the weight of the tomatoes, it is tied by the stem to the crossbar with twine. If plants grow in a bed without shelter, then support is needed to stabilize the bush.
When these conditions for caring for plants are met, gardeners receive abundant fruiting from the bushes with large and beautiful tomatoes. Judging by the reviews, the plants do not burden their owners with care, the bushes suffer little pain, grow powerful and strong, and the fruits are large and tasty.
