Tomato President

With the appearance on the domestic market, this tomato hybrid immediately captured the attention of gardeners. He was able to quickly gain popularity, attracting the ease of cultivation and the ability to do it in virtually all regions. And also the President has a good appearance and similar taste. The variety is popular with amateur gardeners and experienced farmers.

Optimal conditions allow the bush to grow up to 2.5 m and more. This indicator is slightly lower when the culture grows in an open area (1.2–1.5 m).

The size of the bush is considered to be medium-sized. On average, it reaches 100-110 cm. The universal tomato has good marketability and transportability. This is of interest to professional farmers. Even ripe fruits retain their presentation during long-distance transportation. They can be stored for up to three weeks at room temperature.

In an immature season, the fruits of the President have a greenish tint and a weakly pronounced spot of the same color in the area of ​​the stalk. Upon reaching maturity, the fruit turns red with an orange tint. The spot at the peduncle disappears. Its size is considered large. Fruit weight can reach 250 g.

Tomatoes are round-flat in shape, without ribbing. The fruits look very attractive and presentable. The skin has a uniform orange-red color.

The fleshy pulp tastes sweet. It is dense and moderately juicy. Inside from 4 separate chambers with seeds. Judging by the experience of farmers who grow tomatoes President, when the harvested fruits lie in a dark place for a week, their quality even improves. Tomatoes have a more pronounced sweetness and aroma.

The fruit ripens early, this period is 110 days. After waiting 3 months after planting, you can reap the benefits, until the end of September. It is recommended to pick tomatoes a little unripe and leave to ripen when picked from the bush. The fruits should be placed in a dark place for 4-5 days before final ripening. The room temperature should not exceed 20 degrees. This approach to the harvested crop improves its keeping quality. After that, the tomatoes will not care about long-distance transportation.

The variety is considered high-yielding, per square meter. m collect up to 9 kg of fruit. Like most varieties, President's fruiting is more generous in the south of the country. However, in greenhouses, the yield is quite high in all regions.

It is advisable to plant tomatoes in greenhouses only in cold climates. In the southern regions, this is not justified, since the greenhouse does not affect the increase in yield. The costs of setting up a greenhouse are not comparable to the harvest that will be obtained.

It is customary to sow seeds 45-55 days before the planned transplant. The seedlings are actively going up, so it is important to prevent their growth over 15 cm. Otherwise, the plant will turn out to be incompletely developed. However, if the bush is semi-determinate, it will stop growing itself.

Seedlings at the stage of planting in the ground should have a powerful stem and release 7-8 full-fledged leaves, perhaps even a flower ovary.

It is necessary to plant seedlings, observing a distance of 30 cm between the bushes.There should be an indent of 80 cm between the rows.

On one square. m planted up to 4 bushes. If they are planted more closely, the grown bushes will interfere with each other's development, which will negatively affect the yield.

The president refers to hybrid varieties of tomatoes, so self-picking of seeds is useless. If you use the seeds of this year's tomatoes for next year, it is difficult to imagine for sure what will grow. Most likely, varietal traits will simply not be preserved.

Caring for tomatoes President is simple and not burdensome. The hybrid is characterized by stable fruiting in all weather conditions.

In this case, the soil for these tomatoes needs to be paid attention. It should be a light, nutritious medium. If the land does not meet these requirements, it will have to be enriched on its own. This will help the addition of peat, humus, wood ash.

Like all early-ripening mixed varieties, the President needs additional artificial lighting. For cultivation, daylight hours should be at least 10-12 hours.

Bushes need pinching, garter and shaping. According to the recommendations of experts, it is necessary to form 1-2 stems. This approach will help raise yields to extremely high levels.

Watering is carried out 1-2 times during the week. The frequency of humidification depends on the air temperature. In the south, plants are watered a little more often - about once every three days. Pour water correctly under the root of the bush, avoiding it getting on the leaves.

7 days after planting the seedlings, it is important to fertilize using nitrogen fertilizers. In the ripening phase of tomatoes, a single fertilization with a composition with potassium will be required.

For the first time, the bush is spud 10 days after planting. Additional hilling is carried out after another 2 weeks. By weeding and loosening the soil, air is supplied to the root system.

A mandatory requirement is soil mulching, which helps to regulate the moisture level.

It is important to harvest regularly so that the branches do not break under the weight of ripe fruits.

The advantage of the hybrid is its good immunity. Tomato is resistant to infection with Alternaria, Verticillium, Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV). He is not threatened with fusarium wilting. Insects also do not have much interest in the hybrid plant.

Due to its size, the fruits of the President are considered salad. In fact, the salads with them are delicious. But these tomatoes are not suitable for canning in whole form.

But they are successfully used in the first and second courses, they make delicious sauces and natural tomato paste. It looks appetizing because it retains its attractive characteristics when heat treated. The taste qualities of the President's fruits are excellent.

When growing, the organization of props is always required. Without this measure, the brush simply cannot withstand the load of fruits. Long stems must be tied up. In the northern regions, early ripe tomatoes have to be grown in a greenhouse.