Tomato Bulgarian miracle: description, planting and care

Bulgarian selection tomatoes are valued for their excellent taste, juicy pulp, and a large mass of fruits. To grow such tomatoes, certain conditions are needed. Therefore, indoor ground is most suitable for tomatoes, although in the southern regions they are also planted in open beds.

Large fruit yields are obtained from indeterminate tomato species. Even in a small area, you can successfully grow the Bulgarian miracle variety, having received a large number of large fruits. Tomatoes are valued for their health benefits. And how many wonderful dishes can you make from large tomatoes? Tomato juice, sauces, ketchup are prepared from them for the winter.

Content:

• Characteristics and advantages of the variety
• Terms and rules for planting tomato seeds for seedlings
• How to care for seedlings?
• When and how to transplant tomatoes into the ground?
• Recommendations for the care of tomatoes
• Diseases and pests of tomato

Characteristics and advantages of the variety

The Bulgarian miracle tomatoes have gained popularity among summer residents due to their ease of growing, excellent fruit taste. Tomato belongs to the mid-season types of vegetable plants. You can get harvests of raspberry tomatoes after 110 - 120 days from the time the first shoots appear.

Interesting characteristics of a vegetable crop, such as:

• The height of the bush is 1.8–2 meters.
• The shape of the fruit is in the form of a steak, rounded with a flattening.
• The mass of a tomato is from 400 grams to a kilogram under good conditions for growth.
• Juicy firm pulp with 5% solids content.
• The taste of a tomato is truly tomato - sweet with a slight sourness.

The Bulgarian miracle tomato is chosen for growing because it has a number of advantages:

1. The plant forms many flower brushes, which helps to get up to 15 kilograms of tomato per square meter.
2. The variety is resistant to late blight, as the bushes, tied to trellises or pegs, are well ventilated.
3. The long fruiting phase of tomatoes leads to a lengthening of the period for the use of fresh tomatoes plucked from the bush.
4. The formation of the bush is carried out by tearing off all the stepsons.
5. The excellent taste of red fruits is appreciated fresh and prepared for the winter.

Given the positive aspects of growing the Bulgarian miracle variety, its taste, you can safely choose tomato seeds for your site.

Terms and rules for planting tomato seeds for seedlings

Like all tomatoes, it is better to grow the Bulgarian miracle in a seedling way:

• Cooking tomato seedlings should be 60-65 days old. Seeds of a vegetable plant are planted, having previously prepared and protected from diseases, adverse weather conditions. For this, the seeds are hardened by placing first in warm water, then in cold water. For disinfection the seed is placed in a pink solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour. After the procedure, the seeds are washed under running water and dried.
• Accelerate seed germination and germination of tomatoes. To do this, lay out tomato seeds on one half of a wet napkin, covering it with the other half. To prevent the seeds from drying out, the napkin is regularly moistened with water. On the third or fifth day, plant sprouts will appear.
• The acquired universal substrate is poured into the container, diluting it with earth from the garden. If the soil is taken completely from the beds, then it is spilled with a solution of potassium permanganate or boiling water a week before planting. When sowing is carried out in plastic cups, they do not forget about the drainage layer. It will not allow moisture to stagnate in the container. Having spilled the soil with warm water, make holes one to two centimeters deep and put in each two or three seeds of the Bulgarian miracle tomato. The seeds are buried in the boxes at a distance of two centimeters.
• Covering the containers with a film, they are placed in a warm place, watering the seedlings from a spray bottle. As soon as the seedlings grow a little, the film is removed, and the containers are transferred to light windowsills. Seedlings need a long daylight hours of 12 hours.

The further growth and development of tomatoes depends on the correct planting of seeds.

How to care for seedlings?

The main problem in growing seedlings in boxes is that you need it. dive... To do this, pinch off weak shoots so as not to damage the root system of strong shoots. Thinning of seedlings is carried out when there are two real leaves on the tomatoes. Seedlings are carefully removed from the common container using a stick and transferred to an individual container. The seedlings are deepened to seven-lobed leaves.

In order for the seedlings to get stronger, they add mineral fertilizers a tablespoon for five liters of soil mixture.

During the development period, tomato seedlings of the Bulgarian miracle are fed twice: ten days after thinning and the next time with an interval of two weeks. Use mineral complexes consisting of urea, potassium sulfate, superphosphate.

Tomato seedlings will be strong if watered regularly, organize additional lighting phytolamps... And the air temperature in the room should be in the range of 22 - 24 degrees Celsius. By the time the tomatoes are planted in the ground, the seedlings should be 30 centimeters high with a stem one centimeter thick. On the stem of the seedlings there are up to eight leaves and one flower cluster.

When and how to transplant tomatoes into the ground?

It is necessary to plant tomato seedlings in the ground when the threat of night frosts finally disappears. Depending on the region, the timing of planting tomatoes Bulgarian miracle ranges from the second half of May to the first decade of June.

If planted in May, it is better to use the slant planting method. Then you can cover the stems of the plants with earth. Tomatoes can last one or two days under cover. Once the soil is removed, the stems are upright. You can cover tomato bushes with paper caps, sprinkling the edges of the tire with earth.

Tomato seedlings are planted in holes measuring 30x30x30 centimeters. It is worth putting two handfuls of humus in the hole, 50 grams wood ashby mixing with turf soil. Planting scheme of the indeterminant Bulgarian miracle 70x70 centimeters.

It is better to use a ribbon planting method to make it easier to care for tomatoes.

Immerse tomato seedlings in the ground to the first true leaf. If the stems of the seedlings are too long, then you can go deeper. It remains to water the plants, pouring two to three liters of water under each bush. It is best to plant tomatoes in the evening so that they grow stronger faster and do not get under the sun. The Bulgarian miracle tomatoes will take root well if they are planted in the ground on time and correctly.

Recommendations for the care of tomatoes

After planting, during the entire growing season, the varietal tomato is properly looked after:

1. To prevent the development of fungal infections, 14 days after planting, the plants are treated with a two percent solution bordeaux liquid... Repeat the procedure after 10 days two more times.
2. A garter is required for tall tomatoes. Tie the stems to the pegs several times per season using twine. A trellis is being prepared in the greenhouse, which will help to place tall tomato stalks. The Bulgarian miracle is compact and enable it to develop faster.
3. Indeterminants are formed by pinching, leaving one, less often two stems. Unnecessary shoots are removed when they reach a length of three to five centimeters. To accelerate the ripening of the tomato in early August, pinch the tops, leaving two or three leaves above the upper flower brush.
4. The yield of large tomatoes increases if the tomatoes are fed in time. The first time is brought diluted in a ratio of 1: 5 mullein or bird droppingst - 1:15. Then, every two or three weeks, a liter of nutrient solution is added under each tomato bush. Fertilizers are prepared by diluting superphosphate (60 grams), ammonium nitrate (40 grams), potassium salt (15 grams) in a bucket of water. In subsequent procedures, the amount of minerals is reduced by half.
5. Water the tomatoes regularly, reducing the frequency of moisture before flowering. If the flowers fall, then the stepsons are removed and fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium are applied. It is better to reduce the amount of nitrogen. Lack of moisture, nutrients affects the fall of flowers. Tomatoes will be sweeter if ripening fruits are freed from the shade of the leaves.

If you take care of the Bulgarian miracle tomatoes correctly, then the bushes will delight you with large sweet fruits in early August.

Diseases and pests of tomato

Tomatoes have enough diseases if the weather conditions are not suitable for growth or the care is poorly organized:

• Bacterial cancer occurs due to inoculation of diseased material. On the cut of the stems, vascular browning is visible, and the fruits are covered with brown spots with a crack in the middle and whitening of the tissues around. Sick plants are pulled out and destroyed. The rest of the tomatoes are treated with antibacterial drugs.
• If the leaves of a tomato are curled, taking the shape of a tube, then the plants are affected by a fungal infection. Those plants are ill that suffer from a lack of phosphorus and moisture. Many small silvery spots on the leaves of a tomato also indicate a fungal disease. As the disease develops, the leaves dry out. To prevent infection, it is necessary to spray the bushes with Bordeaux liquid at the first signs. Processing takes place three times with an interval of ten days.
• When it is necessary to free tomatoes from rot, mosaics of leaves, it is necessary to remove weeds and process plants in time fungicides Fitoverm type.

Pests attack tomatoes Bulgarian miracle aphid, spider mite, spunk. It is necessary to fight parasites insecticidal agents, spraying with a solution of laundry soap, tobacco dust.

If landing tomato are well ventilated, receive plenty of moisture and nutrition, then there will be no problems in their growing season.

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