The popular Ural Giant tomato is a whole series of four varieties. They are united by similar bush dimensions, impressive fruit sizes, and sugary pulp. They vary in color - red, pink, lemon (yellow), orange. They successfully adapt to the weather conditions of different regions.
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All four varieties are very sweet and meaty. Each has its own nuances of taste and aroma. The classic Ural giant red contains a record amount of beneficial lycopene.
The Ural giant pink is particularly sweet. The Ural giant orange is richly piquant, rich in carotene, just like the gentle Ural giant lemon.
Ural character
The declared varieties are presented on the seed market in the packaging of the agricultural company “Mars”, in the “Ural Summer Resident” series. The company's head office is registered in Moscow, but has close ties with breeding and seed-growing organizations in the Urals, in particular the Chelyabinsk region.
The Miass-sortsemovosh enterprise located here is reviving the best Soviet traditions of seed production. The Chelyabinsk branch of the Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and other agricultural structures are involved in the work.
The Mars company does not bother itself with the inclusion of the varieties it distributes in the State Seed Registry. This does not prevent them from gaining increasing popularity among amateur vegetable growers from all over the country. People are attracted by the stated high adaptability of varieties to a variety of weather conditions and any microclimate. Plants are genetically endowed with high ecological plasticity.
For example, Ural Giant tomatoes are proposed to be grown in any region of the country where farming is possible. This variety can be successfully poured in the harsh conditions of the Urals, Altai, Siberia, North-West, and Moscow region. Its endurance to cold snaps allows it to please owners even in open ground, although in a greenhouse, of course, the return can be even greater. Resistance to high temperatures is also excellent - both in hot indoor ground and in the open air of more southern regions.
Important Details
It is worth noting some characteristic features of the variety.
Fruiting dates
In various sources, the description of the variety differs in detail - it is called either early or mid-season. In essence, there is no contradiction here.Naturally, such a large tomato cannot be early ripening.
The Ural giant is characterized by medium ripening periods. On the other hand, usually such “heavyweights” are mid-late. And in this weight category, relative to others, we can talk about relatively early dates.
Plant dimensions
Indeterminate type of bush, which provides the plant with the highest potential yield. Over the course of a season, the bush grows almost as tall as a person, reaching one and a half meters in height.
The trunk is very powerful, with a constant desire for continuous development, the formation of more and more new brushes. By their primordial nature, tall tomato bushes are close to vines and “lie down” under the weight of the harvest if they are not tied up in time.
Harvest quality
The fruits really grow to gigantic sizes. The 700–800 grams promised by the manufacturers is far from the limit. One brush can bear 3 – 5 ovaries. Each tomato is round in shape, with a flattened top. Multi-chambered, moderately ribbed.
Vitamin diversity
It is very convenient for summer residents that the variety is offered in four color variations. Each owner can make a choice according to his taste, or better yet, plant all four! In addition to aesthetic pleasure, there are tangible benefits. You will get a whole palette of flavors, a complex of vitamins and other biologically active substances.
Taste sensations
The pulp of the Ural giant is of the “watermelon” type, granular and sugary at the break, moderately juicy, melting in the mouth. The taste is amazing, truly sweet.
Another valuable feature is the real “tomato” aroma. These tomatoes make the most delicious fresh salads. Just one tomato and you have a bowl of salad for the whole family.
Recycling
Like most meaty salad-type tomatoes, the fruits of the Ural giant cannot boast of long-term shelf life. Part of the harvest must be used in time for winter harvesting.
The simplest, without sterilization - “gorloder" ("horseradish"), with garlic, horseradish root, hot pepper. Tomato juice with a little salt is especially successful: it has the perfect consistency, is fragrant, and very healthy. You can cook thick tomato paste, lecho, or make vegetable mixtures with sterilization. An exquisite delicacy - multi-colored tomato slices in jelly marinade.
Features of care
To get a bountiful harvest, you need to work a little, trying to follow the recommendations of experienced vegetable growers.
Formation
Given the characteristic of indeterminateness, it is necessary to strictly regulate unbridled growth. If you give the bush complete freedom, you won’t see a good harvest or large fruits. For adjustment, two techniques are used - pinching and topping.
Throughout the season, it is necessary to remove all side branches - stepsons - as early as possible. If there is enough nutrition, then it is permissible to leave one, above the first brush. Thus, the plant grows into one or two stems, no more. No more than three bushes are placed on one square meter.
Approximately a month before the expected end of the growing season, the crown of the trunk is cut off. In the open ground of the Moscow region, the Urals, and Siberia, this period falls at the beginning of August. In warmer regions and indoors, the operation is performed later. The approximate height of the bush is from one and a half to two meters.
It is also necessary to normalize the brushes. When ugly flowers appear (sometimes this phenomenon is observed in the first inflorescence), they are plucked out.If you want to get a record-breaking giant fruit weighing more than a kilogram, only one ovary is left in the hand.
Garter
Care should be taken in advance to securely secure the trunks and hands. It would be a shame if the bush suddenly collapses, breaking under the mass of fruits. In open ground, one and a half meter pegs are installed, or better yet, high flat trellises. The stems are tied several times a season. It is advisable to secure the brushes so that they do not break.
Protection from diseases
Sweet large-fruited varieties are defenseless against the pressure of late blight and other fungal infections. A set of preventive measures saves. Crop rotation is strictly observed in the open ground, and all necessary treatments are done in greenhouses.
Supporters of ecological farming carry out preventive watering and spraying with biological products such as Fitosporin. If diseases raged in previous seasons, you will have to use approved chemicals.
Diet
Before planting a large-fruited tomato variety, you need to understand your capabilities. Fleshy fruits will not grow without sufficient nutrients. Pre-planting filling of soil and holes is required.
Feeding is carried out throughout the season - at least twice a month. Alternate organic and mineral fertilizers. Water regularly, moderately. The fruits of the Ural giant are resistant to cracking, but it is better not to create interruptions in the supply of moisture.
conclusions
Compliance with all agrotechnical rules will allow you to collect a bucket of tomatoes from each bush. You can set aside fruits from the best bushes to obtain your seeds.
