The Golitsyn tomato ripens early. Gardeners love the taste of the fruit. Tomatoes can be eaten fresh or canned. It bears fruit in several stages. This tomato is worth growing!
Why do gardeners like the plant?
The agricultural company "Gavrish" presents plants with different ripening periods. Golitsyn attracts gardeners with its rapid ripening and extended fruiting.
Technical characteristics of tomato:
- ripens under temporary shelters, on open ridges and in film greenhouses;
- the Golitsyn bush is limited in growth (on the street it stretches up to 0.8 m, in a greenhouse - up to 1.2 m);
- ripens in 90–95 days from the loops (early ripening);
- leaf blades are dark green, large;
- Proper planting and care will give a yield of 10 kg/m² (or 3 kg/bush).
Golitsyn is prone to fruit overload. Plants break. The harvest is lost. It is necessary to tie the bushes to a support.
Fruiting in Golitsyn is extended. The variety produces tomatoes in 3–4 waves. To speed up ripening, you need to step the plant: the bush will give strength to the ripening tomatoes.
Rapid ripening makes it possible to enjoy tomatoes right up to the cold night dew; the bushes are not affected by late blight. The fruits collected green are ripened in the warmth.
Why did gardeners fall in love with Golitsyn?
Early varieties of tomatoes are not always pleasant to the taste. Their value is their ripening period. Then the delicious tomatoes ripen. Gardeners are starting to eat salad fruits. Golitsyn combines fast ripening and dessert taste.
Description of berries:
- the shape of the berries is ovoid;
- tomatoes grow up to 70–90 g;
- color - bright red, matte;
- the pulp is dense, juicy;
- fruits without ribs;
- tomatoes are smooth when stroking;
- moderately strong skin;
- fruits have up to 5 chambers with seeds;
- tight attachment of tomatoes to the bush;
- sweetish taste with sourness;
- pronounced tomato smell.
The fruits stick tightly to the bushes. Shedding does not occur. Gardeners are pleased with the opportunity to enjoy the harvest from July to August. Golitsyn's value: extended fruiting, rapid ripening, universal purpose of berries.
Thick skin ensures preservation of marketability during transportation. Breeders advise picking brown fruits and ripening them indoors. This technique will increase productivity.
How to get a good harvest?
These plants are described on the seed packet. Breeders promise to get a certain number of fruits.But there is a condition: follow the tips for growing tomatoes. The combination of the required lighting, soil nutrition, heat and watering will give the gardener delicious tomatoes.
Advice from agronomists:
- evaluate the possibilities of a vegetable garden (plant in a greenhouse or outdoors);
- it is required to start driving out seedlings 40 days before placing them in a permanent place;
- select dishes for placing plants (shallow trays: germinate and pots: plant tomatoes when picking);
- clean from dust, dry soil;
- disinfect containers (use alcohol, pink solution of potassium permanganate);
- become familiar with the nutritional value of the soil mixture;
- prepare light fertile soil (make it yourself or buy it);
- disinfect your own seeds in a pink solution of potassium permanganate, treat with a stimulant (aloe juice, potassium humate);
- sow planting material at a depth of 1–2 cm;
- germinate in a dark, warm place (provide an ambient temperature of 25 ⁰C);
- cover the containers with film with holes for gas exchange;
- place on the windowsill after the first loops;
- provide 18 hours of daylight;
- it is enough to maintain a temperature of 18 ⁰С;
- with two true leaves, dive with depth;
- to strengthen the bush when planting, use calcium nitrate (a tablespoon for each plant);
- The planting site must be prepared in advance (loosen, add a mineral complex (nitrogen-potassium-phosphorus);
- plant in a permanent place after returning cold weather;
- choose a sunny place;
- for the first 2 days, shade the plantings from the sun with white non-woven material;
- plants should be tied up, lightened and pinched;
- planting scheme: distance between plants 40 cm, between rows - 60 cm;
- bury the elongated seedlings;
- mulch the beds with rotted organic matter or dark non-woven material;
- water moderately.
You should monitor the weather forecast: before a long cold spell, cover the bushes with film or white non-woven material.
Before the August cold, tomatoes should be removed and put to ripening.
Assessment of summer residents
Reviews from gardeners about Golitsyn are positive. They like: yield, universal use of fruits, taste. The berries can withstand transportation to the place of storage or processing.
Summer residents are upset by the need for pinching and staking of plants and the lack of uniformity of tomatoes. Gardeners note: the fruits of the first harvest are 1.5 times larger than the rest.
