Tomato Minusinskiy glasses

Hybrids are not often found, and large, and so saturated with vitamins and useful minerals that two fruits are quite enough to effectively replenish the daily vitamin norm. Meet the unique Siberian culture - Minusinskie glasses.

This, one might say, an ancient hybrid - the fruit of the irrepressible labors of the skilled gardener Starukhin, was obtained back in the 19th century. The author worked in Minusinsk, in whose honor the variety got its name. The culture proved to be resistant to the harsh local climate, and soon spread beyond the Siberian region. Nowadays, it is productively cultivated in most of Russia. In many areas, it is grown in open soils, and greenhouses are used to the north. In order to determine the time of planting seeds, gardeners are often guided by the readings of the lunar calendar.

The culture is hybrid, indeterminate, mid-season, versatile, tall (150-180 cm), grown both in open soils and in greenhouses. The leafiness is medium. Bushes with thin but sturdy stems and similar shoots to be tied. These tall plants form a significant number of stepchildren that should be removed regularly. For large fruits, we recommend growing the crop in one stem.

It is a plant with a strong, well-developed root system, with a main central root and many outgrowths close to the surface of the soil. Leaves are typical, tomato, large in size.

The pluses of culture include:

• high level of productivity;
• excellent taste properties of fruits and their large size;
• the possibility of growing the variety both in greenhouses and on open soils;
• good resistance of tomatoes to cracking;
• very high vitamin and mineral saturation.

An important, clearly positive property of the culture is that its fruits contain a significant amount of various vitamins (A, B, C, K and others) and valuable minerals, including a high degree of iodine, calcium and potassium content. Experts say that eating 2 tomatoes a day is enough to cover the body's daily need for nutrients and vitamins.

The disadvantages of culture include its complex agricultural technology. It requires a mandatory garter immediately after planting in the ground. It is noted for its weak resistance to temperature fluctuations and exactingness to systemic irrigation. Certain knowledge and skills are also required to carry out competent pinching.

The size of the fruits is large, the average weight is up to 200 g. In configuration, they are elongated, pepper-shaped, ripe fruits have a pink tint. The standard number of fruits in a bunch is 3-5. The consistency of the pulp is of medium density, fleshy, there are no voids. The storage level is satisfactory.

The fruit tastes richly sweet, aromatic.

The ripening period of the culture is 95-100 days. Long-term fruiting. Harvesting takes place in July – September. The plant can bear fruit until the first frost appears.

With proper fulfillment of all agrotechnical requirements and conditions, the yield is up to 16-19 kg / m², and from one bush - up to 4 kg.

In many ways, the degree of yield of the hybrid depends on the quality and correct pinching of the bushes. If not all side shoots are removed, a number of stalks remain, then the yield can be reduced by up to two times.

Sowing for seedlings is carried out approximately in the third decade of March. Planting in the ground is carried out after 60-65 days.

The standard landing pattern is 50 x 50 cm.

Crop seeds should not be sown directly into the soil. They are grown in seedlings, otherwise it will not be possible to obtain proper germination. They begin to prepare seedlings two months before planting youngsters at a permanent place of development.

For growing seedlings, we recommend using special recessed boxes, peat boxes or flowerpots. The soil for such a purpose is taken ready-made, universal. It is important to control the temperature of the soil, which should not fall below + 22 ° C, otherwise the seedlings will die.

Seed planting procedure.

1. Seeds are sown in pots at a distance of 2 cm from each other, deepening them by 1 cm. Then they are irrigated and covered with foil.
2. When the first shoots appear, the film is removed, and the seedlings are irrigated once a week. In the same period, a mode of temperature fluctuations is created for it - containers with plants are periodically (daily) rearranged from place to place to change the temperature conditions.
3. When two real leaves appear at the bushes, they begin to pick. Viable bushes are planted in separate containers, and after 14 days they are fed with a nitrophoska solution.
4. Before transplanting tomatoes into the ground, it is important to harden the culture. To begin with, the containers with the young are taken out into fresh air for an hour, then the hardening time is gradually increased.
5. During the growth of the bushes, they are stepchild. The upper part must be cut to form shoots. The lateral branches are gradually cut off so that they do not take away the vital plant juices.

30 days after the pick, the bushes are transplanted into larger containers. This is done to slow down their growth. If you ignore this transplant, then the roots of the tomatoes will become weaker.

After the plants sprout up to 8 leaves and one inflorescence, they should be transplanted to a permanent place of growth. For them, holes are prepared about 12 cm deep, placing them in a checkerboard pattern so that no more than 3 bushes are placed per 1 m2. They must be transplanted with an earthen lump, added dropwise, leaving a small depression near the bush, and re-irrigated.

After planting the bushes in the soil, care is required for them:

• topping;
• soil mulching;
• irrigation - once every 7 days;
• fertilizing with mineral fertilizers - twice during flowering, twice during the growing season.

The bushes are tied to the trellises for the upper stepchildren of the stem. For this, synthetic threads are used that do not cause rotting of the stems.

In greenhouses for Minusinsk culture, it is important to maintain the correct humidity regime, which should not be higher than 70% (especially during flowering bushes). For this purpose, the room should be ventilated immediately after irrigation.

The crop is resistant to many diseases typical of nightshade crops. Top and root rot is dangerous for her. Cope with this ailment using "Fitosporin". In the fight against diseases, we recommend that you initially remove the diseased bushes, and then spray the rest.

The culture is also susceptible to late blight. In this case, copper-containing preparations have proven themselves successfully. Bushes infected with late blight must be removed from the beds and burned. They are not amenable to treatment.

Of the pests, whiteflies, spider mites, bears and slugs have become extremely dangerous for the culture. To combat them, spraying with a weak solution of manganese is performed. Before the flowering phase of the bushes, insecticides are applied.