The Red Buffalo tomato will help you fulfill your dream and grow not only the largest, but also the most delicious tomatoes. The description of the variety will allow you to become familiar with the characteristics of the hybrid and tell you how to get a rich harvest with a minimum of effort.
Features of the hybrid
Tomato Red buffalo F1 is a super-large-fruited hybrid of indeterminate type. It is characterized by early ripeness; the first harvest can be harvested after only 95–100 days from germination.
Description of the plant:
- the bush is powerful and strong, has no tendency to break off or bend;
- the growth of the bush is unlimited, it can reach more than 2 meters in height, so it needs to be pinched at the top;
- the plant is leafy enough to protect the fruits from the scorching sun;
- despite the small number of ovaries, the tomato yield is high - from 8 to 10 kg per bush;
- temperature changes do not affect development and fruiting;
- The hybrid is resistant to most tomato diseases.
Fruit characteristics:
- the shape of the tomatoes is flat-round;
- weight of heavyweight tomatoes is from 500 to 1000 grams;
- at the stage of full maturity, the color of the fruit is bright red;
- the pulp is fine-grained, juicy and fleshy;
- the taste of tomatoes is delicate and sweet, with a pleasant aftertaste.
The Red Buffalo tomato is mainly intended for salads and raw consumption. Due to their gigantic size, tomatoes are not suitable for whole-fruit pickling, but due to their juiciness and rich taste, Buffalo makes excellent sauces and juice.
Agricultural technology
Tomato variety Red Buffalo F1 is recommended for cultivation throughout Russia. Buffalo grows and bears fruit with equal success both in greenhouses and in open ground. Recommendations for cultivation and care are standard:
- Sowing seeds for seedlings is carried out from mid-March to the end of April, depending on climatic conditions and the future habitat of tomato bushes.
- Seedlings are picked after the first pair of true leaves appear.
- To prevent the sprouts from stretching, the seedlings should be provided with uniform lighting.
- 7–10 days before the seedlings move to their permanent place of residence, the bushes should be “walked” in order to harden and facilitate adaptation after transplantation.
- Planting scheme - 3 bushes per 1 square. m.Due to denser planting, plants may develop a deficiency of nutrients and sunlight, which will negatively affect fruiting and yield.
- Tall tomatoes need tying and bush formation. You can tie up the bushes 3-4 days after planting them in the ground, when they are already sufficiently rooted and strong.
- The largest tomatoes grow when the bush is formed into one stem, but it is also possible to form into two stems.
- To prevent shallow development of the root system, the seedlings should not be watered for the first two weeks after planting. The roots will deepen and become stronger, making the plants stronger and more resilient.
- Further, standard care methods apply: regular watering and loosening the soil, fertilizing the plants with organic fertilizers and mineral mixtures, periodically removing the lower leaves and shoots.
Reviews from avid gardeners describe Red Buffalo as one of the most reliable and productive hybrids of extra-large-fruited tomatoes.
Reviews
Alina Pirogova, Pskov:
“Red buffalo is an amazing tomato and a bewitching sight: huge tomatoes hang, but the stem does not even bend under their weight. When broken, the tomato has sugary pulp, and one such tomato is enough for a salad, and there will be some left over.”
Evgeny Afonin, Chelyabinsk:
“The summer was rainy and cold, especially at night. But the tomato showed “buffalo stubbornness” and, in spite of everything, pleased us with a rich harvest.”
