Tomato Gargamel

A tomato with the unusual name Gargamel will surely attract the attention of those gardeners who prefer to grow vegetables with an extraordinary color on their plot. An exotic variety is often used to decorate a site, given its high decorative characteristics. Gargamel also boasts other positive qualities.

Powerful bushes with a dense green mass reach a height of one and a half meters. The growth type of a medium-sized variety is indeterminate. The leaves are small and thin, with a standard dark green color. The leaf plates are slightly pubescent and covered with fine wrinkles. The stems are purple. The flowers are simple. Tomatoes are great for whole-fruit canning. They can also be enjoyed fresh, using them in salads and snacks.

Tomatoes feel great in open ground and in greenhouses, due to which the variety can be cultivated in almost any region of the country with different climates. With any of the options, you can achieve high yields. Caring for a vegetable crop is easy, so it is great for novice gardeners.

While the fruits remain immature, they are colored green and covered with blue stripes. Ripe tomatoes change color to red with dark blue, almost black stripes. Fruit weight is small and is about 100 grams (sometimes the weight increases to 150 grams). Experienced gardeners rarely manage to grow fruits weighing about 500 grams. Sizes are medium. They resemble plums in shape.

The number of vegetables on one brush is from 3 to 6 pieces. The color of the pulp is deep scarlet. In consistency, it is fleshy and dense, very juicy. No wateriness is observed. The rind is dense and thick, with an even and glossy texture. With its help, a ripe crop can be stored for a long time, more than one or two months. When cut, two seed boxes can be found.

The palatability of the fruit is high. Ripe tomatoes are sweet with a pleasant and pronounced aftertaste. Fruit notes and mouth-watering aroma are noted separately. Some housewives choose the Gargamel crop for making sauces or drying.

The vegetable culture is considered ultra-early, and the ripening period is only 70-75 days. When vegetables are grown in greenhouses or within the southern regions, the harvest is obtained earlier.

The Gargamel variety is marked as fruitful. With proper cultivation, about 5 kilograms of delicious tomatoes can be harvested from one bush.

Ripe vegetables are usually picked by hand or carefully cut with a sharp knife along with the stalks. Harvested as it ripens. Leaving them on the branches is not recommended, as overripe tomatoes can cause the development of many diseases and infections. They also attract harmful insects.

Unripe tomatoes that touch the soil are best harvested at this stage of maturity. Otherwise, the risk of infection of the plantation with late blight increases significantly.

This variety is usually grown in seedlings.The bushes are transplanted to a permanent landing site after the soil warms up enough and stable warm weather is established. By this time, the seedlings should be between 60 and 65 days old. This should be taken into account when sowing seed for seedlings.

For the comfortable growth of tomatoes and regular fruiting, it is necessary to properly plant the planting. No more than three seedlings are grown on one square meter of the plot. This variety is characterized by dense foliage, so if the bushes are placed too close to each other, the fruits will not receive enough sunlight. Also the thickened planting is not ventilated properly.

Note: young seedlings are watered with a spray bottle, maintaining a moderate humidity.

When grown, the bushes are formed into 2-3 stems. It is also necessary to carry out pinching so that the fruits are as juicy and large as possible. The quality of the crop is greatly affected by the condition of the soil. It is advisable to prepare the selected area a year before the proposed transplant.

Work begins with the removal of weeds and cleaning the area from other debris. The earth can be additionally treated with special compounds that destroy pathogens.

The best predecessors are oats, mustard or peas. They saturate the soil with nutrients that tomatoes will definitely need.

Tomatoes also prefer soil rich in the following elements:

• phosphorus;
• zinc;
• potassium;
• nitrogen.

The soil can be fed with organic matter, for example, compost or manure. The ideal soil composition must necessarily include peat, compost and river sand. With the arrival of spring, the earth is re-treated with a drug, and the wells prepared in advance are heated with hot water.

14 days before planting, the soil is fertilized with the following substances: 15 grams of saltpeter and potassium, 25 grams of superphosphate. Top dressing should be used carefully, otherwise you can harm the plants. Fresh manure should not be used in March or April. Also, it should be discarded just before landing. This component will only slow down the process of flower formation and the fruits themselves.

After transplanting young bushes, they are irrigated once a week. In hot and dry weather, watering is carried out 3-4 times a week in order to prevent the soil from drying out. Stagnation of moisture, which can provoke rotting of the root system and the development of fungus, must not be allowed.

In addition, agricultural techniques for caring for a vegetable crop include cultivation and mulching of the soil. To enrich the soil with oxygen, the soil must be regularly loosened and covered with a layer of mulch. It will prevent the top layer of the earth from hardening and cracking. When growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, it is also recommended to periodically dig up the area and cover the ground around the bushes with mulch.

It is advisable to use organic matter as mulch, for example, peat or straw. The optimum layer thickness is 8 centimeters. You can also add components such as dry grass, small tree bark, dry leaves.

There is very little official data on the resistance of the Gargamel variety to pests and diseases. Experienced summer residents, who have been growing the variety for several years, note its high resistance to late blight and cladosporiosis. He is also not afraid of various rot. To increase resistance to diseases and pests, it is necessary to properly care for the plantation.

Most gardeners speak positively of Gargamel tomatoes. The main advantages are high yield, excellent taste of fruits, non-standard tomato color and excellent marketability. There are also negative responses. Among the disadvantages is the mandatory observance of certain conditions of agricultural technology and the need to tie up shoots.