Tomato Sugar Nastasya

Tomato Sugar Nastasya is a striking representative of the beef-tomato category. The name comes from the English. beef - beef. These are large, fleshy tomatoes with a lot of firm flesh. The variety was bred by the specialists of the company "Gavrish", included in the State Register in 2015.

The bush is indeterminate, able to grow without restrictions, but in the conditions of the Russian Federation it usually reaches medium size, up to 150 cm. The foliage is medium, dark green in color, not too dense, the stems are powerful.

The fruits are weighty, large, heart-shaped, crimson in color. There is a medium ribbing. The average weight is 250-300 g, but fruits weighing 400 g are often found. 1 brush may contain 6-8 huge tomatoes. The chambers with seeds are noticeable, the juice is thick. The pulp at the break is granular, sugar, with shine. The skin is dense, elastic, easy to remove.

The taste is thick, bright, expressive, very sweet. The aroma is great, real tomato, tantalizing. Tasting marks are the maximum. The tomato is ideal for fresh consumption. Suitable for making sandwiches, salads, snacks, desserts. It is just good fresh, the taste is so balanced that a tomato is comparable to fresh fruit - it can be used as a dessert, without any culinary tricks.

If necessary, it can be used for preparations: winter salads, tomato paste and ketchup.

The variety is late ripening. The fruits are harvested 120-130 days after planting. The recoil is quite amicable. When grown in 3-4 trunks, it can yield earlier.

The yield for a modern variety is average - 10-11 kg per 1 sq. m.

Seeds for seedlings are sown in early March, at the age of 50-55 days, seedlings are planted under film shelters. They dive in the phase of 2 true leaves. The container for individual cultivation must be at least half a liter. Transplanting into open ground is carried out in May. If in open ground, then at the end of May - beginning of June (for areas where return frosts are possible until the end of May).

50-60 cm between the rows, 40 cm between the plants.

The variety can be grown in greenhouses and outdoors.Greenhouse cultivation is preferable, with the exception of the southern regions of the Russian Federation.

Almost all varieties of tomatoes are tied up, large-fruited ones are a must. Tomato Sugar Nastasya has giant brushes, you need to tie up not only the stems, but also the brushes during the ripening period.

The stepchildren are removed, the bush is formed into 1-2 stems. For larger fruits, 1 stem is left and the number of ovaries in the stems is normalized. If you need more smaller tomatoes, 3-4 stems are possible.

Hilling is useful for large-fruited varieties. The procedure is controversial and receives a lot of criticism. But she also has a lot of supporters. Hilling is carried out when characteristic tubercles appear at the bottom of the stems. These are the beginnings of future roots. Tomato is a culture that develops in periods, it directs forces to build up roots, then to the formation of the ground part. Therefore, the bumps will not always be noticeable, but only at specific stages of plant development. As a rule, hilling is carried out 2 weeks after planting seedlings in the ground.

Important: if the seedlings have already been buried, because they are stretched out, it does not need hilling.

Hilling is carried out only with damp soil, and it will be better if you do not take it from the rows, but sprinkle it with fresh soil.

As soon as the fruits gained weight and began to ripen, the leaves are cut off under the brushes so that the tops do not take up nutrients. Be sure to cut off all the leaves under the first ovary, the stem must be 30 cm long. The leaves below are very often dirty and become a source of infection. And you can also remove unproductive leaves: those that restrict the access of light to the fruits, turned to the north side, thicken the plant. The leaves are cut off no more than 1 time in 1-2 weeks, the petioles are not broken down, but perpendicular to the ground, so that the wound is smaller in area.

Sugar tomatoes are carefully fed for better growth and flavor.

1. 2 weeks after planting in open ground - urea, 2 tbsp. l. for 1 bucket of water, for 1 bush you need half a bucket of such a mixture.

2. 3 weeks after the 1st feeding - organic matter, 1 kg of manure per 1 bucket of water, half a bucket for each bush.

3. 3 weeks after the 2nd feeding - superphosphate (0.5 tbsp. L) plus universal fertilizer "Foskamid" (1 tbsp. L.), Dissolve in 10 l of hot water, cool. This amount of mixture is enough for 50 bushes.

Important: all fertilizer solutions are applied only to already well-shed, moisture-saturated soil.

If it is not possible to fertilize during the summer, careful preliminary soil preparation is carried out. The soil for tomatoes should be loose, moisture and air-capacious, light and nutritious. When planting, the soil taken out of the planting pit is divided into several parts, leaving 1/3 of the bucket. This part is enriched.

1. A third of a bucket of humus from manure.

2. A third of a bucket of mature compost.

3. Coarse sand - 1 kg.

4. Ash from birch or pine wood - 0.5 l.

5. Superphosphate and ammonium nitrate - 2 tbsp. l.

6. Potassium sulfate - 1 tbsp. l.

Mix everything thoroughly. The remaining poor soil is transferred to another site, and when planting seedlings, enriched soil is used.

To prevent apical rot, plants are fertilized with calcium and watering is adjusted. The main reason for the development of the disease: insufficient moisture at high temperatures and imbalance in nitrogen and calcium. Watering should be as even, plentiful as possible, but with good drying out of the soil between waterings (during this period, the saturation of the soil with moisture should be 60%). Watered only at the root, with warm water. To compensate for the lack of calcium, plants are sprayed with a solution of calcium sulfate (1 tsp per bucket of water).

You can replace calcium sulfate with high-quality wood ash. One glass of ash is diluted in 1 liter of boiling water, insisted for a day, filtered, and diluted in 10 liters of water. Plants are sprayed once a week.

Tomato Sugar Nastasya is impressive. A powerful plant with abundant fruits, it can grow up to 2 meters in the open field. The taste is also striking in its brightness. A real tomato, with a perfect balance of acidity and sweetness. Some note that the taste is sugar, without acid, some have more sourness, but this is attributed to the growing conditions. The skin is dense, the fruits have good keeping quality. Resistance to adverse conditions is excellent: the plant copes with the heat, prolonged rains, and unstable weather.

Cons - May be more affected by apical rot than other tomatoes. Some gardeners describe it as a minus lack of fruit evenness. The shape "walks", tomatoes of different sizes, slightly different shapes, but they are forgiven for their excellent taste. A great variety that is loved by everyone who has grown it. Some gardeners even leave it as the main one.