Volgogradskiy tomato 5/95

One of the proven tomatoes that are dear to the heart of the conservative category of gardeners is the indeterminate variety Volgogradskiy 5/95. All-purpose tomatoes are used fresh and in all types of heat treatments - juices, sauces, tomato paste, winter salads. The culture is grown in film, polycarbonate greenhouses, and in the open field, where it shows the same brilliant results.

The originator of the variety is the breeder V. A. Shefatov, GNU Volgograd Experimental Station VNIIR im. NI Vavilova RAAS and Volgograd State Agrarian University. The variety was registered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 1953.

The Volgograd tomato is a medium-sized (70-100 cm) standard compact bushes of medium foliage. Shoots are covered with medium-sized dark green leaves with slightly carved edges and slight pubescence. Light yellow flowers are collected in simple inflorescences. The first is laid over 6-8 leaves, all subsequent ones follow every 2-3 leaves. The fruits tolerate long-term transportation and are well preserved.

Medium and large flat-round, slightly ribbed, unripe fruits, colored light green with a dark spot at the stalk, become bright red at the stage of technical and physiological maturity. The weight of a tomato varies from 90 grams to 150 grams.

The juicy, fleshy flesh has enough sweetness to become one of the favorite tomatoes on the table, and acidity to give a unique flavor to sauces and juices. The fruit, covered with a smooth, dense skin, contains from 5 to 6.6% of dry matter.

The variety belongs to late-ripening - ripening period 116-130 days. The tomato has long-term fruiting, so the harvest is harvested in July-August.

Volgogradsky 5/95 is considered a high-yielding variety: from 3.7 to 8 kg are removed from one square meter, 374-1035 centners per hectare, which makes it in demand among farmers.

To obtain a good harvest, sowing seeds is carried out in late March - early April, while the grown plants are planted in a permanent place after two months. If the plants are planted in open ground, then it is important to wait until the threat of recurrent frost has passed.

When planting seedlings, a distance of 40x60 centimeters between plants is observed - no more than two roots per square meter.

Tomato Volgogradskiy 5/95 is grown by seedling method. By the time of transplantation to a permanent place, measures are taken to harden the seedlings. About two weeks before planting, containers with seedlings begin to be taken out into the street, on balconies and loggias, accustoming them to street temperature and sunlight. This must be done carefully so as not to burn the delicate greens, because the spring rays are especially aggressive. By the end of hardening, the seedlings are already left outside around the clock.

For planting, choose places with constant lighting, since a tomato is a warm, light-loving plant. The soil for growing tomatoes should be fertile, breathable and loose. An equally important requirement is the level of acidity - pH in the range of 5.5-6.5, but not more than 7. Acidic soils can be brought back to normal even in spring during the planting season. It is enough to add the required amount of dolomite or bone meal, chalk or gypsum, lime fluff. All these substances are excellent at lowering the acidity level.

Heavy loamy soils are loosened with buckwheat or rice husks. Moreover, cereal husk, in addition to the ability to aerate the soil, saturates it with minerals: copper, zinc, iron, phosphorus, magnesium and others. The husk is used as mulch, fertilizer, compost. In the fall, in the area of ​​future plantings, organic matter is introduced into the soil for digging, in the spring superphosphate, urea or complex mineral fertilizers. Stakes are pre-installed in the holes as supports for the bushes. Young plants are carefully planted according to the proposed scheme, covered with earth, which is compacted and well spilled with settled water at room temperature. Bushes have to be formed, not allowing them to grow and form many ovaries. Regular pinching will help avoid unnecessary shoots. In this case, the lower leaves should be removed after the formation of the ovary. This technique provides ventilation, protects against moisture stagnation. High humidity, as is known, provokes the appearance of late blight.

All further care for a tomato consists in timely watering, weeding, loosening or mulching. Top dressing is applied at least three times per season, but usually their number is greater, if you count not only the application of nitrogen and phosphorus-potassium fertilizers, but also organic ones. Tomatoes are extremely responsive to watering with infusions of mullein, nettle with the addition of bread leftovers - yeast actively helps the development of plants. Watering is usually reduced during the pouring of fruits, then they are completely stopped.

The tomato is quite resistant to diseases such as fusarium, verticillium, bacterial spotting. However, other diseases, as well as pests, remain, so do not forget about preventive measures to combat diseases and pests. For tomatoes, thrips, aphids, a bear, a Colorado potato beetle, a spider mite and a whitefly are dangerous. Those gardeners who do not recognize chemistry on their own plots use folk remedies, the rest successfully use "Fitosporin M", Bordeaux mixture, "Fundazol" and others. Insecticides "Aktellik", "Fitoverm", "Fufanon-Nova" are used to combat insect pests.

Volgogradskiy 5/95 tolerates temperature changes well from heat to cold snap.

The tomato is adapted for the Central Black Earth Region, the North Caucasus, the Lower Volga regions.