Tomatoes Dream of a giant: variety description, photos, reviews

Tomato Dream of a giant belongs to a series of elite varieties of Siberian selection. Culture of indeterminate type, large-fruited, with high nutritional value and tasting evaluation. Tomatoes are consumed fresh, they are also suitable for processing.

History of breeding

The giant’s dream is a variety created in 2015 on the basis of the Federal Scientific Center for Vegetable Growing (FGBNU) located in the Moscow Region. The application for admission was submitted in 2017, in the same year the tomato was included in the State Register with a recommendation for growing in greenhouses and film-coated structures in the Siberian and Far Eastern regions. Part of the Siberian series. The right holder and distributor of tomato planting material is Poisk Agrofirma.

Description of the variety of tomato Giant’s Dream

Tomato Dream of a giant is indeterminate, vegetative type, with an intensive growth of green mass. In order for the fruits to be of the declared size, it is necessary to remove the side shoots. The bush is tall, the Giant’s Dream can reach 2,5 m. This is a tomato variety, not a hybrid, so the seeds are used for further propagation. Plants of subsequent generations are fully consistent with the varietal characteristics.

What it looks like:

• stems are rigid, coarse-fibered, of medium thickness, brown in color with a sparse edge;
• leaf plates are narrow, long, corrugated, serrated along the edge, light green, located on thin petioles;
• flowers are bright yellow, small;
• fruit clusters are simple, with a density of 3-5 ovaries;
• tomatoes are round-flat, strongly ribbed (especially near the stem), weighing 200-400 g;

  

• the peel is dense, bright red, not prone to cracking;
• the pulp is juicy, of a uniform consistency, with four chambers, without voids. Ripe fruits do not have hard, white segments;

The taste is balanced, sugars predominate, acid is present, but in a minimal amount. The aroma is pronounced.

The plant forms the largest fruits on the two lower brushes.

Characteristics of the tomato Giant’s Dream

Like all varieties of Siberian selection, the Mechta Giant variety has good adaptive abilities and cold resistance. Protected cultivation is recommended, but for regions with a warm climate, you can plant a tomato in open ground. The only problem is the tallness of the bush. A high, sufficiently stable support is required that can withstand gusts of wind.

Tomato yield Giant’s dream

In the description of the variety, it is indicated that the tomatoes are mid-ripening, but they can also be attributed to late ones. They ripen unevenly even on one brush. The first fruits are removed four months after seed germination (approximately at the end of July), the last – at the beginning of October. Fruits of different weight: from giant to medium size. One tomato Giant’s Dream forms up to 2,5 kg, per 1 m² three plants are planted.

Disease and pest resistance

One of the advantages of the variety is immunity to the main infections of the culture. Tomato Dream of a giant does not get sick: leafy mold, top and root rot, cladosporiosis, phomosis.

With high soil moisture and non-compliance with crop rotation, tomato infection with late blight and Fusarium wilt is possible.

Of the pests on the tomato, the Giant’s Dream is parasitized only by the spider mite.

How to use

Tomato is classified as a salad variety, more often it is consumed fresh. Large fruits are processed into juice, ketchup, added to lecho, mashed. Medium-sized tomatoes are quite suitable for whole-fruit canning, they can be included in assorted zucchini or cucumbers. The peel does not crack during the heat treatment.

Pros and cons of the variety

The Giant’s Dream tomato has many virtues. Gardeners appreciate it for its pleasant taste and high yield. The Giant’s Dream variety has other positive qualities.

You can store the harvested crop in a cool place for no more than 10-14 days

Pros:

• strong immunity;
• stable fruiting;
• dessert taste;
• cold resistance;
• the peel does not crack from a lack of moisture;
• large-fruitedness.

The disadvantages of the variety are minor, characteristic of all indeterminate tomatoes – this is the need for garters, growth adjustments and removal of stepchildren.

Peculiarities of growing

Tomato Dream of a giant is grown by seedlings. To obtain it, the laying of seeds is carried out in March:

1. Peat, sand, compost are mixed, the substrate is calcined in the oven.
2. Fill containers, make grooves 0,5 cm deep.
3. If the seeds are collected on their own, they are disinfected. The purchased material does not need to be processed.
4. They sow, maintaining an interval of 5 cm. They fall asleep with soil, water with Energen.
5. The containers are covered with film or glass, left for germination at a temperature of +22-25 °C.
6. After the emergence of seedlings, the covering material is removed.
7. When the tomato forms 2-3 leaves, dive.

Tomatoes are planted in the greenhouse in May, if the structure is heated, you can do this in April. +4-6 is enough for the tomato Dream of a giant to start the growing season⁰ C.

Landing algorithm:

1. The site is dug up, organics and superphosphate are added.
2. Furrows or holes are made, compost mixed with ash is poured to the bottom.
3. The Giant’s Dream tomato is placed at an angle so that 2/3 of the lower part is in a horizontal position. This method of location in the hole will allow the tomato to form additional root shoots and provide a tall variety with good nutrition.
4. Fall asleep with soil to the first leaves, watered.

Spacing between plants – 60 cm, row spacing – 40 cm

Required care:

1. Form a tomato Giant’s Dream with two stems. Periodically remove lateral shoots, lower leaves, fruiting brushes. The bush is fixed to the support.
2. At the desired height, the tops are wringed.
3. Loosen the aisle, remove the weeds.
4. Bushes are spudding.
5. Water twice a week under the root.

When tomatoes enter the stage of technical ripeness, fertilize with organic matter.

Pest and disease control

In the greenhouse, the Giant’s Dream can suffer from Fusarium leaf wilt

The infection develops with high soil moisture. The fungus is in the soil. If the irrigation regime is not observed and preventive measures are not taken, the pathogen begins to multiply rapidly, affecting the bush completely. The leaves curl, turn yellow, dry, a pinkish coating forms near the root neck, this is a sign of the infection moving to the underground part of the plant

Prevention consists in observing crop rotation, in cultivating the soil with copper sulphate, and seeds with any antifungal agent. If fusarium is detected, the problem areas are cut off, and the tomato is sprayed with Maxim KS.

On unprotected ground, the Giant’s Dream suffers from late blight. The infection develops at the end of June and progresses until autumn. If you do not take action, it affects the fruits and green mass.

From fungal infection, “Oxyx” is effective

The spider mite causes harm to a tomato in a greenhouse. The insect feeds on the juice of the leaves, braids the areas of localization with cobwebs. The tomato weakens, growth stops, the ovaries fall off.

Get rid of the pest “Iskra Bio”

Conclusion

The giant’s dream tomato is an indeterminate, cold-resistant variety with good adaptive ability. It is recommended for cultivation in the closed way in the conditions of greenhouses. Salad variety, with a high gastronomic assessment, versatile in use, large-fruited. For canning, tomatoes from the upper brushes are used, they are smaller.

Reviews of gardeners about tomato Giant’s Dream