The Favorite Holiday tomato is a godsend for those who prefer the combination of the impressive size of the fruit and a pleasant sweet taste. The high-yielding variety is distinguished by its unpretentiousness and strong immunity. Bred by Siberian breeders. The characteristics of this variety indicate an almost complete absence of deficiencies.
Description of the variety
A favorite holiday variety is a variety that has good yields. The determinate bush differs in height: plants can grow up to 180 centimeters. Tomatoes of this type need tying and pinching. The leaf mass is formed in moderate quantities, the leaf color is dark green, the size is medium.
The fruits of the Favorite Holiday variety do not ripen immediately, but gradually. The ovary of the latest specimens appears at the end of the season, in August. Fruiting at the highest level: 1 square meter can, with proper care of the crop, “give” the vegetable grower up to 8 kilograms of selected fruits.
The fruits of the Favorite Holiday tomato are very large. The tip is slightly pointed, and pronounced ribbing can be observed at the stalk. The weight of the fetus can reach 1300 grams. The skin is thin, but quite dense, which allows the fruits not to crack during ripening, storage and transportation.
It should be noted that the tomatoes at the top are slightly smaller than those on the lower stems. The color of the fruit changes during ripening from light green to warm pink. The pulp contains a small amount of seeds, is juicy, fleshy and very sugary.
Thanks to the sweet, rich taste of the fruit, you can use the Favorite Holiday harvest to prepare salads, soups, purees and sauces. Due to their fairly large size, these tomatoes are not suitable for canning in their entirety, but any other options are possible: preparing tomato paste, tomatoes in their own juice, etc.
Positive and negative qualities
Tomatoes of the Favorite Holiday variety have a lot of advantages, including:
- excellent taste;
- fairly high yield;
- ability to resist diseases;
- variety of applications;
- ease of care;
- fruiting throughout the season;
- excellent commercial quality of tomatoes;
- large weight of fruits.
Gardeners who leave reviews on the use of Favorite Holiday tomatoes, while giving comments on the issues of growing this variety, also note some disadvantages:
- increased demands of tomatoes Favorite holiday on the composition of the soil, which should be regularly enriched;
- the need to form a bush.
Of course, the described shortcomings can be considered disadvantages only conditionally. These are, rather, the nuances of caring for the variety.
Features of cultivation
A brief description of the variety and growing process is on the seed package. To start growing tomatoes for your favorite holiday, you need to sow seeds for seedlings. They need to be planted after March 15th.
It is advisable to use a growth stimulator for seed treatment - in this case, the germination rate of the material will be slightly higher. There is no need to carry out disinfection, since this procedure is mandatory at the time of pre-sale preparation of seeds.
Planting should be carried out in soil, which consists of turf (or garden) soil with the addition of clean washed river sand and wood ash. With a depth of 1.5 - 2 centimeters, the seeds should be planted in small containers, which are covered with film and placed in a warm place. When the first shoots appear, the film should be removed and the container taken to a bright place.
If providing such conditions is a problem, care must be taken to provide additional lighting to the seedlings.
After the first two true leaves appear, the seedlings should be picked and fed with nitrogen-based fertilizer. Plants can be transplanted into the greenhouse as early as mid-May, provided that the frosts have stopped. Up to 4 plants can be placed on 1 square meter. Water your favorite holiday tomatoes sparingly but regularly. Excess moisture can harm plants. It’s great if a summer resident has the opportunity to install a drip irrigation system in the greenhouse, which will ensure moderate but constant soil moisture.
It is necessary to form a bush into 2 stems.During the season, fertilizers based on potassium and phosphorus should be applied to the roots several times. To increase the size of the fruit, small and deformed inflorescences should be removed in a timely manner. Be sure to tie the bush to a support or trellis.
Diseases and pests
Tomatoes of the Favorite Holiday variety are resistant to the development of diseases, but can suffer from late blight, like other mid-season and late varieties. To avoid this problem, it is necessary to treat plants with preparations containing copper.
You can cope with root rot through regular ventilation, careful watering and timely loosening of the soil. The same methods should be used to prevent the development of blossom end rot.
By spraying plants with insecticides, you can save them from harmful insects. After fruiting begins, the use of chemicals is strictly prohibited.
If the bush begins to bear fruit, it is necessary to change the methods of eliminating pests. So, some folk remedies have proven themselves to be excellent:
- solution of laundry soap for spraying;
- onion peel tincture;
- celandine decoction;
- a mixture of wood ash and tobacco dust for dusting.
Holiday favorite tomatoes are well-established members of the nightshade family. With proper care, the summer resident is guaranteed a wonderful harvest and excellent quality tomatoes. This is confirmed by the reviews of those who have already planted Favorite Holiday tomatoes.
Reviews from gardeners
Irina Pachianidi, Kazakhstan:
“On March 12, I sowed the seeds of my favorite holiday, and on July 16, on my husband’s birthday, we already ate the first tomatoes. Although the summer was quite cold this year, the tomatoes managed to ripen. Last year it was warmer, the first fruits were received at the very beginning of July.This year has convinced me that I need to plant my favorite holiday. The size of the fruits of tomatoes of the Favorite Holiday variety inspires respect. It is convenient to process because the foliage grows on the bushes in moderate quantities. The taste is excellent, sweet."
Anna Korzheva, Saratov:
“The very first thing that pleases me about Favorite Holiday tomatoes is the size of the fruit. My biggest achievement among all planted species is 1150 grams, which is quite a lot. As for taste, my opinion here will remain neutral. Simply sweet, juicy, without bright, pronounced shades. I think the weather is to blame. The summer was cold, there was practically no sun. Next year I’ll repeat the experiment, and then we’ll see.”
Sergey Ivanchenko, Moscow region:
“My favorite holiday is my favorite variety; I have been growing these tomatoes for several years in a row. I planted it in a greenhouse and got great results. It is interesting that the variety began to produce a harvest one of the first, and finished the last - at the end of September the last green tomatoes were harvested. I looked after the same as other tomatoes.”
