- Authors: Gorshkova N.S., Khovrin A.N., Maksimov S.V., Tereshonkova T.A.
- Year of approval: 2015
- Category: hybrid
- Growth type: indeterminate
- Appointment: fresh consumption
- Ripening period: mid-season
- Ripening time, days: 110-115
- Growing conditions: for film greenhouses
- Leaves: medium, green
- Unripe fruit color: light green
The name of the Golden Stream tomatoes justifies our expectations with yield, the amount of yellow fruits, the duration of the fruiting period, real taste and aroma. No wonder he has been held in high esteem by gardeners for many years. Resistance to natural adverse conditions and diseases reduces tomato care, which means it saves our time and energy.
Breeding history
The hybrid was bred by Ukrainian breeders of the Institute of Vegetable and Melon Growing. It has been successfully grown for more than one year in Ukraine, Moldova, and Russia.
Description of the variety
The variety belongs to the indeterminate varieties. Their biggest plus is long-term fruiting, since tomatoes ripen gradually and in unlimited stem growth. Suitable for cultivation in greenhouses and outdoors in southern regions. Hybrid Golden Stream is transportable. The bush has medium green leaves, simple inflorescences. The variety is mid-season. Ripening period - 110-115 days.
The main qualities of the fruit
Tomatoes, on average, weighing 50 g, of the same elongated oval shape, are used fresh, for canning, for juices, sauces. Medium density pulp with weakly expressed seed chambers, which allows them to be used in salting.
Taste characteristics
The golden yellow fruits are fragrant, smelling in summer, with a sweetish taste. The sugar content is 5%. The variety belongs to the salad categories of tomatoes, has a thin skin, high carotene content.
Ripening and fruiting
The tomato is great for both film greenhouses and open ground. The formation of the first brush occurs after 8 or 9 leaves. Usually the plant gives 10 or more of them.
When tomatoes ripen heap, the bush actually resembles a yellow stream of fruits.
Yield
High-yielding hybrid. With proper plant care, we get 5.7 kilograms per square meter.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
The seedlings of the Golden Stream variety are grown in a standard way. Sowing is done 55-60 days before disembarkation. For greenhouses, this work begins two weeks earlier. The timing depends on your region.
If you prefer the indeterminate type of tomato, when buying plants, pay attention to elongated, not stocky seedlings.
Growing tomato seedlings is an extremely important process, because it largely depends on whether the gardener can harvest at all. All aspects must be taken into account, from seedbed preparation to planting in the ground.
Landing scheme
The Golden Stream hybrid is recommended for cultivation in personal subsidiary plots. Planting material is planted in a heated soil not lower than + 14 ° C on the eighth week according to the scheme 50 x 50 cm.At this distance, each plant will have enough feeding and sunlight.
Growing and caring
The Golden Stream hybrid requires the formation of stems: removal of stepchildren, garter.
Care, feeding for a tomato, watering with heated water is done in the usual way.
A plant needs different micronutrients at each stage of growth. All fertilizers can be divided into two groups: mineral and organic. Folk remedies are often used: iodine, yeast, bird droppings, eggshells.
It is important to observe the rate and period of feeding. This also applies to folk remedies and organic fertilizers.
Disease and pest resistance
A distinctive feature of the tomato variety is resistance to tobacco mosaic viruses (partial discoloration of leaves and fruits), to fusarium wilt (yellowing and drying of the lower leaves), regardless of the planting site. The only thing is that when the Colorado potato beetle appears, it is necessary to treat the plants with the appropriate preparation in a timely manner.
Resistant to adverse weather conditions
According to gardeners' reviews, the tomato grows without problems with temperature changes, resistant in extreme external weather conditions. Only ripening, the first harvest, depends on the natural climate.
Growing regions
The Golden Stream tomato is adapted to climatic conditions from Moldova to the Far East. Taking into account the weather conditions, soil and air temperature in the region, you will get the maximum yield.
