Tomato "Miracle of the Earth" Siberian Garden: all about growing varieties
An agricultural company has been breeding tomatoes for more than a decade. Siberian gardenlocated in Novosibirsk. The company specializes in vegetable varieties that can withstand the adverse conditions of the Siberian region. The company is distinguished by the supply of high quality seeds obtained as a result of cleaning and checking them by botanists. The varieties of tomatoes they bred have passed state tests and are included in the State Register.
In 2004, the Sibirskiy Sad company presented the “Miracle of the Earth” tomato to the court of vegetable growers. This variety is chosen for planting not only in areas with a temperate climate, but also in the southern regions. They characterize the tomato only on the positive side, given its excellent taste, versatility of use.
Content:
- Description and benefits of the variety
- Rules for growing tomatoes through seedlings
- Transplanting seedlings into the ground
- How to properly care for tomatoes?
- Diseases and pests of the variety
Description and benefits of the variety
Tomato "Miracle of the Earth"Are referred to as indeterminate types of vegetables. The bush can reach a height of one and a half meters, and in greenhouses - about 1.8 meters. The stem can grow without restriction and during fruiting. More and more new shoots appear on the plant. Hence the high yield of tomatoes - fourteen kilograms per square meter.
Tomatoes of the variety are formed on clusters of 6-7 pieces each.
The large pink heart-shaped fruits have a juicy sweet pulp covered with a dense skin. Tomatoes contain more solids than liquids. They are used to prepare summer salads. Tomatoes are used to prepare juice for the winter, sauces, and ketchup. Reach fruit weighing from five hundred grams to a kilogram with proper care. Tomatoes are distinguished by the uniformity of fruits, their safety during transportation. The fruits do not burst, do not crack, keeping their excellent presentation.
The advantages of the Miracle of the Earth tomatoes include:
- excellent taste
- beautiful fruit shape
- plant resistance to drought
- abundant fruiting
- medium resistance to fungal infections
- the possibility of growing from self-collected seeds
The advantages of the tomato are appreciated by summer residents, who prefer the variety bred by Siberians.
Rules for growing tomatoes through seedlings
The seeds of the Miracle of the Earth tomato are prepared for planting in advance. In March or early April, tomatoes are sown in the ground. Seedlings need sixty days to grow.
Growing recommendations:
- In order for the seedlings to grow strong and healthy, the seeds are dipped in a bag in a potassium permanganate solution for twenty minutes.
- Seed material passes and hardening. First, the seeds are placed in warm water and then in the refrigerator on the bottom shelf. It is enough to keep them in the cold for two to three days.
- Then germinate tomatoes by putting them in layers of damp toilet paper or gauze.
- At this time, prepare the soil for vegetables. Seedlings need loose and nutritious soil. The soil is disinfected with boiling water or calcined in the oven for twenty minutes. You can spill containers with soil and a weak solution of potassium permanganate. After disinfection, the earth must be saturated with beneficial microorganisms within ten days.
- In a container with moist soil, seeds of the "Miracle of the Earth" variety are sealed to a depth of one centimeter. The distance between plants should be three to five centimeters.
- Place containers in a warm place with good lighting... When two real leaves appear on tomatoes, their dive.
- During the growing season, seedlings are watered once or twice a week, depending on the state of the soil.
- A week before planting tomatoes, they are first taken out for 2-3 hours into fresh air, gradually lengthening the residence time.
Seedlings of tomatoes are considered ready for development in the open field if they have a thick stem, up to four shoots, one of which is flower.
Transplanting seedlings into the ground
Planting of seedlings of "Miracle of the Earth" tomatoes begins in May-June, depending on the area. When planting early, the plants are placed obliquely, covered with earth. Tomatoes are kept in a shelter with soil for one to two days. You can protect bushes from frost by covering them with paper caps.
The indeterminant planting pattern is 70x70 centimeters.
Three hundred grams of humus, fifty grams are placed in the prepared holes wood ash... Water the planting holes in advance with a liter of solution mullein, cooked in a ratio of 1: 5. Tomato seedlings are immersed in the ground to the first true leaf. Overgrown - even deeper. For the seedlings to take root, abundant watering will be required, two buckets for each bush.
The optimal time for transplanting tomatoes is evening. Without getting under the sun, the plants quickly take root. Two weeks later, the tomato beds are sprayed with a solution of two percent bordeaux liquid... So you can prevent the development of diseases in a vegetable. It is important to follow the terms and rules for transplanting a vegetable crop in order to get fruit yields.
How to properly care for tomatoes?
The Miracle of the Earth variety requires competent care:
- Water the plantings abundantly, without flooding the bushes. Tomatoes love moderate soil moisture.
- Varietal tomatoes begin to feed with mullein or bird droppings... Litter is diluted in water in a ratio of 1:15. For the second time, ammonium nitrate (25 grams), superphosphate (60 grams), potassium salt (15 grams) are taken for ten liters of water. Add one gram of boric acid, previously diluted in half a liter of boiled water. After two to three weeks, re-apply mineral fertilizers.
- For the "Miracle of the Earth" variety they carry out pinching... The first stepson is left under the first flower brush, the rest are above it. You can form tomato varieties in one or two stems, breaking off unnecessary shoots. During pinching, be careful not to get the plant sap on your hands. With him, diseases are transferred from diseased plants to healthy ones.
- Be sure to tie up the tomato bushes, otherwise the stems will break under the weight of the fruit. Organize a garter to the pegs. In greenhouses, you can build a trellis.
- To achieve ripening of the tomato in July, pinch the top of the main shoot, leaving two leaves above the upper fruit cluster.
Ninety days after germination, the tomato will yield juicy tomato yields. In order for the fruits to ripen faster, the leaves that have shaded them are removed. The cultivar is usually taken care of, as for other plants of this species.
Diseases and pests of the variety
Although the "Wonder of the Earth" tomato is resistant to disease, contaminated soil and poor-quality seeds can lead to fungal infections.
- Tobacco mosaics are recognized by the yellowish-green spots on the leaves. The drawing is composed of parts of light and dark tones. The leaves then curl up and dry out. Dealing with the mosaic is difficult. Better to pull out diseased bushes and burn.
- Insufficient watering results in apical rot on green fruits. Infected plants are treated with calcium nitrate solution.
- At the end of the growing season, the variety is affected by a fungus of gray rot. The fruits are covered with brown spots, which gradually increase. The green parts of the plant can also infect the fungus.
- But brown rot is found only on tomatoes. Fruits rot both from above and inside.
Fungal infections appear in the variety only with improper plant care. Of the pests, Solanaceous bears love. This insect is found in waterlogged areas and where there is a lot of manure applied. You can fight the pest by spraying with Thunder.
If the cultivation of tomatoes of the "Miracle of the Earth" variety is carried out correctly, then they are not afraid of diseases and pests.
Whitefly is considered dangerous for tomatoes growing in greenhouses. But even outdoors, it harms tomatoes. The insect is so small that you will not notice it. The larvae stick to the leaves tomato and eat them. Planting plants are sprayed with Phosbecid in the morning or in the evening. It is enough to process twice with an interval of two weeks to get rid of the pest.
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I believe that such a tomato, if you have such an opportunity, should be planted for trial and you should definitely. It is very tasty not only in food from the bush, but also in salads. We freeze part of the crop.
Judging by the description, this tomato variety is really very good. It is better to grow bushes in two stems, so they will not thicken and the yield will be higher than that of single-stem tomatoes.