Tomato Tolstoy

Tomato Tolstoy (Tolstoi) is a popular hybrid, appreciated by Russian vegetable growers. Its dense, beautiful bunches, strewn with fruits, attract attention in the greenhouse. Among other advantages, it is customary to highlight the excellent marketability of tomatoes, the suitability of the hybrid for commercial cultivation.

Tolstoy is a hybrid of Dutch selection, bred by specialists from the Bejo Zaden company from the Netherlands. Included in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 1999.

The hybrid is indeterminate, with continuous growth of shoots throughout the growing season. The bush reaches a height of 200 cm or more. Shoots are powerful, strong, well developed. It is covered with medium sized leaves ranging from green to lighter in color. Fruit clusters have up to 8 tomatoes.

Tolstoy hybrid tomatoes are distinguished by a round, regular shape with a weakly pronounced ribbing. The average fruit weight is from 79 to 124 g. The color of the flesh and skin is red. There are 5-6 seed chambers inside; white veins on the cut are not traced.

Fruits with good and excellent taste. Sweet, equally good preserved or fresh. There is absolutely no acid in the taste, the fruits of full ripeness have pronounced fruity notes.

It is an early hybrid that matures within 100-110 days. Harvesting is done gradually as it ripens. In the greenhouse, you can carry out at least 2-3 harvests of fruits per season.

Up to 8 kg are harvested from a bush in a greenhouse. The average yield in the open field is 2.5-5.7 kg / sq. m.

Cultivation is carried out in seedlings. Seeds are sown in specially prepared containers at the end of February - beginning of March. The pick is performed at stage 3 of the permanent sheet. Plants can be transplanted into open ground in the 1st decade of May. They are transferred to greenhouses at the end of April.

Plants are placed rather closely, up to 4 plants per 1 m2. The standard planting pattern is 40 × 60 cm.

Tomato Tolstoy needs good care. The formation of the bush is carried out in 1 stem. The stepchildren break off below the flower cluster in order to direct the forces of the plant to the ripening of fruits, the formation of ovaries. Shoots and fruit clusters need fixation to the trellis. The supports will prevent the branches from breaking under load.

The Tolstoy hybrid needs to be planted on fertile, nutrient-rich and moisture-rich soils.They should be loose, moisture-permeable. Clay soils will need to be diluted with sand or peat, humus added during digging will be useful. Plants respond well to growing in warm, moderately humid environments. The groundwater should not be too close to the roots.

Soil acidity also matters. The best choice would be a site with its neutral composition. Acidified soils must first be alkalized. It will be useful to dilute the soil mixture with wood ash.

Mineral fertilizing with complex fertilizers and biohumus begins at the seedling stage. For a uniform set of stalks of strength, the pots on the window are regularly turned, swapped. When planting in the ground or greenhouse, superphosphate and wood ash are also added to the pit, then potash-phosphorus mixtures are added every 3 weeks. The first watering with warm water occurs immediately after the transfer of the bushes. The second - after 7 days, then it will be nice to establish drip irrigation of the plantings.

Mulching will be useful for Tolstoy hybrid tomatoes. Better to lay peat or straw between rows. Such prevention will help preserve moisture in the heat, reduce the risks of disease or pest damage to the bushes. You will have to change the mulch after each abundant watering or fertilization.

The hybrid is resistant to verticillium, fusarium wilt and cladosporium. Tolerant to TMV. Needs regular spraying with chemical insecticides throughout cultivation. In rainy seasons, late blight prophylaxis is required. Before planting, the greenhouse is treated with smoke using checkers, sprayed with copper sulfate.

The hybrid is heat-resistant, cold-resistant.Adapted to sudden temperature changes and other unfavorable external influences. Can grow in partial shade.

Planting of this hybrid is possible in almost any region of the Russian Federation. To the north of the Central Black Earth Region, cultivation is recommended in greenhouses. In the south and in the center, sowing can be carried out directly into the open ground, waiting for the end of the frost period.

For more than 20 years, summer residents have been planting the Tolstoy tomato hybrid on their plots. Among the reviews about it, you can find a mention of unpretentiousness - the bushes can withstand even the most unexpected vagaries of the weather in the open field. And also absolutely all summer residents indicate that the tomato does not have a predisposition to disease. During the fruiting season, they do not have to be encountered both in the greenhouse and outside the shelter, which avoids the excessive use of chemicals. Interestingly, fruit cysts appear even on stepchildren - this is used to lead a plant in more than 1 stem.

Other advantages of this hybrid include a harmonious return of the crop. The fruits are calibrated, one to one, they look good in jars when preserved. Tomatoes are not prone to cracking; when they are torn off green branches, they are stored for a long time without losing their elasticity. It is mentioned that up to 10 brushes are formed on each bush.

Among the many reviews about this hybrid, there are practically no mentions of shortcomings. The disadvantages include rare mentions of seed re-grading - they do not always meet expectations. And also the disadvantages include the high intensity of shoot growth, the need for pinching. Some summer residents mention that seed germination is not always good, and tomato bushes actively attract pests.