Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Golden Heart, its yield

Tomato Golden Heart is an original variety, distinguished by its bright orange color and interesting heart-shaped shape. In addition to its excellent taste, tomatoes of this variety have many more advantages, among which are early ripening and high yield. That is why many summer residents prefer to grow this variety on their site.

Main characteristics

The Golden Heart tomato has a lot of distinctive features, taking into account which every person can recognize this variety.

The main characteristics include:

• early ripening of the crop;
• high productivity;
• determinacy of the bush: plant height does not exceed 1 meter;
• small leaves have a dark green tint;
• in greenhouse conditions, bushes grow more strongly than in beds;
• one bunch produces an average of 6 tomatoes; according to statistics, about 7 kilograms of tomatoes are harvested from 1 square meter of plants;
• fruiting continues throughout the summer;
• the fruits have an oval heart-shaped shape with one pointed tip; the vegetable has weak ribbing at the stalk;
• on average, one tomato weighs 120-200 grams;
• the skin of the fruit is dense, thin, and has a glossy sheen;
• the vegetable has a rich, sweet, delicious taste;
• the pulp is juicy, fleshy, and low in seeds;
• Due to the increased content of sugars and beta-carotene, the vegetable is often recommended as a component of dietary and baby food.

The harvested crop has a rich aroma and universal taste, so it is often used to prepare various dishes and drinks. Thanks to the dense skin, the harvested crop can retain its freshness for a long time.

Even during transportation, the fruits do not crack, and the collected green vegetables retain the ability to ripen at room temperature.

Advantages and disadvantages

According to reviews, this variety of tomatoes has not only positive features, but also negative ones.

Benefits of Golden Heart tomatoes:

• excellent taste;
• external attractiveness;
• the presence of a large number of microelements in fruits;
• versatility of crop use;
• high degree of productivity;
• resistance to common diseases that affect plants: late blight, fusarium;
• the possibility of using all collected seeds for sowing next year;
• endurance in cold and drought;
• compactness of the plant.

Reviews from summer residents claim that this variety also has a drawback - the need to care for the planted material. The difficulty of care lies in the formation of the bush, the creation of nutritious soil, and compliance with the watering schedule. The yield and size of the fruit directly depend on the degree of care for the bush.

Growing and care

To obtain a rich harvest, the seeds of the Golden Heart must be properly prepared, sown, and seedlings must be plucked.

To do this, you need to follow the following instructions:

1. Experienced summer residents plant seeds for seedlings in March. Before planting, the seeds must be properly prepared. To do this, you need to immerse them in salt water for 20 minutes. For planting, only those seeds that have sunk to the bottom should be selected.
2. Next, the boxes are filled with nutritious light soil, which is prepared from a mixture of garden soil, peat and river sand. All ingredients must be mixed in equal quantities. You can normalize the acidity levels of the soil by adding a small amount of tree ash to it.
3. Then the resulting mixture is disinfected using a solution of potassium permanganate.
4. Then the seeds are placed to a depth of 1.5-2 centimeters.
5. The boxes are covered with film and placed in a warm place for 6 days.
6. During this time, seedlings will appear on the soil surface. After this, the film is removed and the boxes are moved to a lighted place.

During germination of seedlings, it is necessary to maintain the temperature at 22-24 degrees. The sprouts will need moisture only after the top layer of soil has dried out.

Seedlings need to be planted 20 days after germination. During this time, 2-3 leaves should form. Seedlings can be planted only after they reach 2 months of age.It is worth considering that at this time night frosts should completely stop. The description of the variety states that tomatoes can be planted in any region, with the exception of the northern ones.

In order for a tomato bush to develop quickly and fully, it must be watered and fertilized in a timely manner. During the 1st phase of development, tomatoes need fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers.

During flowering and the formation of the first ovary, the bush must be fed with phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. One of the features of the Golden Heart tomato variety is that the bush gives maximum yield when it develops into 1 or 2 trunks.

Methods of eating fruits

The main characteristic of this tomato variety is the versatility of its taste. Tomatoes can be grown for the following purposes:

• for home canning: pickling, pickling, cooking in own juice, preparing salads for the winter;
• for preparing fresh salads;
• for creating sauces;
• to improve the taste of side dishes;
• for seasoning soups;
• for squeezing thick, vitamin-rich juice.

Growing a Golden Heart tomato will not be difficult if you follow the above recommendations for sowing and planting planting material. Don’t forget about providing special care to seedlings and formed bushes. Reviews say that if all these conditions are met, the summer resident will be able to enjoy vegetables grown with his own hands, withpreserve their freshness and usefulness until winter.