Tomato Gulliver: reviews, photos, yield

Gardeners begin to choose tomato seeds in winter. And as always, they are at a dead end, because there are a great many options. We suggest you pay attention to the tomato Gulliver. The variety is relatively young, created by the breeder L. A. Myazina. Experienced a novelty in the Central Chernozem region. Gulliver was registered in 2009 in the State Register of the Federation.

Today there are other tomatoes with similar names: Gulliver’s Heart and hybrid Gulliver F1. They have different properties and characteristics, so be careful and don’t make a mistake. That is why we talk about the Gulliver tomato, give a description of the variety, as well as photos and reviews of those gardeners who have already tested tomatoes on their plots.

Description

Gulliver tomatoes are determinant varieties. Recommend a variety of tomatoes for growing in greenhouses and film greenhouses. Gardeners living in the southern regions of Our Country (indicated in the State Register) can afford to plant plants in open ground.

The variety is popular despite its young age:

1. Gulliver tomato bush grows up to one and a half meters in height, the number of leaves is average. They are small, smooth, light green in tomatoes. The plant does not need pinching, but you need to tie up the tomatoes immediately after planting, since heavy brushes will soon form.
2. On tomatoes Gulliver brushes with simple inflorescences, on which 5 or 6 fruits are tied. They are of a beautiful cylindrical shape, reminiscent of cream, quite long, up to 12 cm. The tip of the tomatoes has a small rounded pipette. During the filling, the fruits of the Gulliver variety are light green, in technical maturity they are rich red. They differ in fleshiness, they practically do not have liquid. Tomatoes do not crack. Each tomato has two chambers, few seeds. Tomatoes are dense, with a thin but strong skin up to 4 cm. The weight of the fruits is almost the same, ranging from 94-116 grams. From one bush you can get up to 4 kg of tomatoes.

   

3. Productivity, of course, is not so hot, but more and more gardeners are attracting universal fruits. Tomatoes are good in salads, sliced, as they do not expire with juice. They are sweet in taste because they contain a lot of sugar and pectin.
4. And what delicious ketchups, juices, tomato paste they make! The Gulliver variety is an excellent option for canning, as pouring boiling water does not lead to cracking of the fruit.

Characteristic of the variety

From the description of the tomato variety Gulliver, let’s move on to characterizing the main advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages

1. Tomato Gulliver, according to the characteristics of the originator, belongs to early ripe varieties. The stated maturation period is about 100 days. In the State Register, the term is 110-115 days. Such a small variation in the ripening period of tomatoes of this variety is associated with differences in climatic and weather conditions in the growing region.
2. Judging by the description of the variety, tomatoes in technical ripeness are dense and fleshy, so there are no problems with the transportation of finished products.
3. Keeping quality is high, the fruits retain their presentation and useful properties for more than a month.
4. The beautiful shape of tomatoes is complemented by excellent taste. Fruits of universal purpose, but most often used for conservation.
5. The Gulliver variety is undemanding in care, as experienced gardeners say – planted and forgotten. Stepchildren do not need to, just tie the bush to the support.
6. The possibility of growing in open and protected ground – the yield does not fall from this. Since this is a cultivar and not a hybrid, you can get your own seeds.
7. Tomatoes are resistant to many diseases of nightshade crops, such as root and top rot, late blight.
8. Weather conditions (even extreme ones) do not affect fruit set. Tomatoes ripen together, the fruits hold firmly on the bushes, do not crumble.
9. The variety is drought-resistant and heat-resistant, temperature changes are not terrible for Gulliver tomatoes.

Grade Cons

There are perhaps two disadvantages:

1. Low yield. 220-690 centners of tomatoes are harvested from one hectare. Judging by square meters, then 2,2-6,9 kilograms.
2. Cultivation is not possible throughout Our Country, since the Gulliver tomato variety is recommended for the Central Black Earth region. It can be grown outdoors in the following regions: Belgorod and Voronezh, Kursk and Lipetsk, Oryol and Tambov.

But despite the low yield of Gulliver tomato, according to those who planted, gardeners are not going to abandon the variety. After all, the photo shows that there are not so few tomatoes on the bush.

Peculiarities of growing

Terms of sowing seeds

Gulliver tomatoes are grown in seedlings. At the time of planting in a permanent place, tomatoes must be at least 50-55 days old. It is impossible to give an exact date for sowing seeds, since tomatoes are planted in open ground or under a film shelter in each region at different times.

You just need to count the indicated age of the seedlings and focus on it. If it is possible to plant plants at the end of May, then the seeds are sown in the last days of March. When planting tomatoes in open ground in the first decade of June – sowing in early April. You can also focus on the lunar calendar.

How to sow tomato seeds for seedlings:

Soil Preparation

Soil for seedlings can be bought at the store or prepared independently. The main condition: fertility, friability, air permeability of the soil. If you have prepared the ground yourself, then you should definitely add wood ash to it, in addition to soddy land, compost or humus, and spill pink boiling water (potassium permanganate crystals are added).

Seed sowing

Grooves are drawn in the soil at a distance of 3 cm, and the seeds are laid out in them in increments of 2 cm. The embedment depth is not more than one and a half to two centimeters.

A film is stretched on top of the planting container to create the effect of a greenhouse and speed up seed germination. The boxes are placed in a warm sunny place.

Care of seedlings

1. As a rule, shoots appear on the 4-5th day. The film must be removed immediately, otherwise the seedlings will begin to stretch. For three days, the air temperature must be reduced, and the illumination, on the contrary, increased. Watering as the top clod of earth dries.
2. Seedlings with 2 true leaves dive. The soil is treated as for sowing seeds and spilled with boiling water. Plants are deepened to cotyledon leaves and shed. The first days the seedlings are shaded. When it takes root, the cups are exposed to a sunny window. To obtain strong, stocky seedlings, Gulliver tomatoes are watered moderately and rotated in different barrels so that the plant develops evenly.
3. In late May or early June (depending on the weather), the seedlings begin to harden off. This process takes a week. Plants are taken out into the street, first for 20-25 minutes, then the time gradually increases. It is necessary to ensure that direct sunlight does not fall on the tomatoes at first in order to avoid burns. In a city apartment, you can use the balcony. If it is glazed, open the windows.

Planting seedlings in the ground and care

A bed for tomatoes has been prepared since autumn. Organic or mineral fertilizers are applied to the soil. In the spring, two weeks before planting Gulliver tomatoes in a permanent place, the ridges are dug up, holes are prepared and shed.

Determinate tomatoes should be planted according to the scheme 70×45 cm. After planting, a strong peg with a length of at least 1 m 80 cm is placed next to the tomato for tying. Moreover, this operation is performed immediately.

Further care for tomatoes is not much different from traditional actions:

• watering;
• loosening;
• top dressing 3-4 times per season;
• cutting off the lower leaves, tying the stem and brushes to the support as they grow.

It is necessary to form a bush in two stems so as not to increase the load and not reduce the yield of tomatoes. Fruits are harvested as they ripen in dry weather. If tomatoes are grown in protected ground, then the greenhouse must be ventilated.

Judging by the description and, according to the reviews of gardeners, Gulliver is not only an unpretentious variety in care, but also practically not susceptible to diseases. But as a rule, less resistant tomatoes can be nearby. Therefore, for prevention (and good fruit set), plants are sprayed with a solution of boric acid. At the slightest suspicion of late blight, Gulliver’s bushes should be treated with copper-containing preparations.

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