Planting crops on the site is widespread. The Your Majesty tomato breaks records for yield among its own kind and amazes with its taste.
Basic ideas about the variety
For summer residents, detailed characteristics of the variety provide a lot of useful information. They help you choose the right place on the site or form a plant.
Bush:
- Indeterminate.
- Height up to 2 m.
- There are 3–5 tomatoes in one bunch.
- Ripens within 85–110 days.
Tomatoes:
- Large from 350–500 g, if conditions are favorable they reach 1 kg.
- The shape is flat-round or heart-shaped, various specimens are found.
- Yellow color.
- High density, fleshy. Large fruits are often without seeds.
Summer residents advise leaving 2–3 fruits to collect seeds because 1 may be empty.
- The skin is thin.
- They last up to 1 month.
A description of the main characteristics allows the gardener to understand whether such a variety is needed on his site or not.
Features of planting and care
The seedling method of cultivation is often used. Seeds are sown in advance; each vegetable grower calculates the timing independently, depending on the weather conditions of the region. The age of seedlings transplanted to a permanent place should be 60 days.
Techniques for growing seedlings:
- Lighting and temperature. For normal growth of seedlings, light is required at least 14 hours a day. Air temperature 20–22 ⁰С.
- Watering. Drying or waterlogging of the soil is not allowed.
- Feeding. To form a powerful stem and root system, complex fertilizers are used to stimulate growth.
- Dive at phase 2 of the true leaf.
- The seedlings are hardened off 1–2 weeks before transferring to the ground. Take it out into the open air. First for 15–20 minutes, then increase to 8–10 hours.
Place 3 plants per 1 m in the beds2. Summer residents recommend forming a bush with 2–3 stems; the growth point is removed when the bush is 1–1.5 m in height. Water as needed. The water used is warm.
Mulching and loosening the beds will help retain moisture in the soil longer. Removing weeds will help avoid the development of diseases and attacks by insect pests.
Plant immunity
Susceptible to many diseases.You should not define a tomato variety as unsuitable for cultivation. If preventive treatment is carried out in time, the plant will reward you with a high yield. Regular watering, weeding and other agricultural practices will help avoid the spread of diseases.
Use in home cooking, yield volume
The variety Your Majesty is used for any type of winter preparations. They are not suitable only for whole canning. Summer residents recommend making juice, dressing or salads from it. The unusual color of tomatoes makes them indispensable in preparing assorted vegetables. When fresh, it performs well in salads and as a table decoration.
If you follow the requirements and planting rules, 1 plant will yield 2–3 kg of tomatoes. Productivity is increased by proper formation of the bush and tying plants to supports.
Positive and negative characteristics of the species
Tomatoes have positive and negative sides. Each summer resident reasons differently, so for some the presence of one sign is good, but for another it is bad.
Pros:
- Stable high yield.
- Unusual taste.
- Versatility when using tomatoes.
- The bushes bear fruit for a long time.
Minuses:
- Susceptible to diseases.
- Requires formation.
- The tomatoes are cracking.
What do summer residents say about tomatoes, Your Majesty?
Reviews about the variety are different; every summer resident has the right to his own opinion. You need to plant the plant yourself to understand what it really is. And specific recommendations are found in the comments of vegetable growers.
- Yulia: “It is especially difficult to grow, since it requires a garter, but it’s worth it. The taste is excellent, the preparations are very beautiful.”
- Anatoly: “I’ve been planting this variety for 5 years. During this time I have never been disappointed. Delicious and unpretentious tomatoes.”
Fans of large-fruited tomatoes will appreciate Your Majesty for its unusual taste.