Tomato Bear Paw

We recommend the bear's paw culture to those who wish, without making significant efforts, to get large fruits with a wonderful taste. It will delight you with a magnificent and stable harvest, and its reliable heat resistance and drought resistance will save you from unnecessary work on shading the bushes and worries about missed watering. The seeds you have collected, next year, will undoubtedly bear new fruits that correspond to all the declared qualities of the variety.

The Bear Paw variety was approved for cultivation in many regions of Russia in 2005. In the same year, the culture was included in the State Register. The authors - V. Dederko, A. Yabrov, O. Postnikova, managed to obtain a large-fruited variety with a fleshy, amazingly tasty texture and at the same time unpretentious in care. A culture was created for growing in open soils, mainly for fresh consumption. However, in practice, its fruits are closer to universal species.

The culture is determinate, large-fruited. Vigorous and vigorous bushes rise up to 120-170 cm. The shoot-forming potential of the variety is moderate, the degree of foliage is good.

The leaves are large, dark green, slightly wrinkled. It is thanks to the shape of its leaves that the plant got its sonorous name. The inflorescences are of a simple type. The laying of the first fruit cluster occurs over the 9th leaf, then they are formed after 1-2 leaves. 3-5 brushes are formed on the main stem, containing 4-5 ovaries.

Pros of the variety:

• resistance to typical diseases of the culture is excellent (due to early maturity, there is every chance to avoid damage by late blight, and the variety is neutral to tobacco mosaic);
• the declared drought resistance of the culture has a real practical confirmation;
• the level of heat resistance of the plant is high, and therefore in warm regions of Russia there is no fear for the non-intensive formation of inflorescences during the hot season;
• with moderate soil moisture parameters, the peel of the bear's paw fruit is not prone to cracking (with excessive watering, the fruits crack near the stalk);
• the plant is quite resistant to sudden cold snaps, but sometimes there are cases of dropping of inflorescences;
• the way of eating fruits is universal.

Minuses:

• in a cold summer or with a lack of trace elements (potassium), a greenish middle may form in the pulp;
• transportation and keeping quality of fruits leaves much to be desired (but storage periods can be increased by removing them in the phase of blanche ripeness).

For whole-fruit preservation, these tomatoes are practically not used, but tomato products are of excellent quality, like wonderful salads.

The fruits of the Bear's Paw look impressive - they have a flat-round configuration, moderate density, the average weight of the fruits is 115-300 g (often up to 500 g). The number of tomatoes per brush is up to 4-5 pcs. The rind is moderate in thickness, glossy.

The unripe fruit has a greenish color; a varietal, rich green speck is located near the stalk. Ripe tomato becomes red. The consistency is fleshy, with a small amount of liquid, sugary on the cut, moderately dense, with a high content of dry components. The number of seed chambers is 3-4.

The taste of the fruit is intense sweet, with an unobtrusive sourness.

The culture is mid-season (110-115 days pass from the time of emergence to maturation).

The fruits ripen gradually throughout the season. The harvest period lasts from July to September. Depending on the weather conditions, ripening may be delayed by 6 days. Harvested not quite ripe fruits soon reach their condition at room temperature.

High-yielding culture - up to 7.1 kg / sq. m. The yield of fruit of a marketable type is 93.9%.

Planting of planting material is carried out in the first decade of March.

The standard planting scheme is 40x50 cm. The density is 3 bushes per 1m2.

Tomatoes are cultivated in seedlings. Seeds are sown 60-65 days before the planned planting in the soil. It is recommended to calculate the timing of sowing seeds yourself, taking into account climatic features. Seeds are usually buried no more than 2 centimeters. Before sowing, routine processing and stimulating procedures are carried out.

The soil for sowing must be prepared in advance, by mixing in equal shares of soil and humus. If the soil is heavy, then peat and river sand are added to it. The prepared mixture is heated for 10-15 minutes using heat treatment. Then it is laid aside for about 2 weeks in order to reproduce microflora useful for plants in it.

The day before sowing, to increase the degree of germination, the seeds are placed in water at room temperature. Spread out the soil mixture that has matured in shallow containers. On its surface, planting recesses of 1 cm are made, and the seeds are deepened into them by 2 cm. A little soil is poured over the seeds and irrigated.

During the first week, containers are stored in a darkened room, covered with foil material, at a temperature of at least 25 ° C. When shoots appear, the containers are placed on the window. For irrigation, only settled water at room temperature is used.

In open soil (in warm regions), dived and hardened seedlings are planted in the absence of the threat of recurrent frosts, at a temperature of at least 10 ° C, when the soil and air are well warmed up. In this case, the bushes, together with lumps of soil on the roots, are placed in the planting holes, add soil and lightly ram the planting site.

Bushes must be formed - usually 1-2 stems are left on them. In this case, you will be pleased with both the yield level and the degree of large-fruited.

There is information that the culture is formed in 3-4 stems. Here we can safely say that the mass of tomatoes obtained will be far from ideal.

Tomatoes need to be tied up, ripening brushes for insurance are also better to fasten so that no creases occur. Caring for the culture as a whole is typical, pinching is mandatory.

The variety is picky about feeding, which must be balanced in composition. The first feeding is carried out a week after changing the planting site. Both mineral compositions and folk remedies are used. There should be a pause of approximately two weeks between treatments. Particular attention is paid to formulations with calcium and phosphorus. For example, 30 g of phosphate, sodium sulfate are added to 10 liters of liquid.

A multifunctional folk dressing is ash, which is embedded in the soil or introduced during irrigation.

During flowering, the culture is sprayed with a solution of boric acid (1 g per liter of water), which stimulates the formation of ovaries.

The need for moderate watering is beyond doubt. Excessive irrigation negatively affects the culture - the development of the plant slows down, fungal diseases can occur. In the middle parts of the country, subject to rain, plants are irrigated about 3 times during the growing season. It will also be useful to treat tomatoes from diseases and pest attacks.

The culture is not recommended to be planted after peppers and eggplants, but after garlic, cucumbers, onions, cabbage and legumes, it is even useful.