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Tomatoes Grandma’s secrets: description of tomatoes and reviews
“Grandmother’s Secret” is unpretentious in care, has a high yield and good taste.
Description of tomatoes “Babushkin’s Secret”
This variety can be cultivated throughout Russia, and greenhouse cultivation is preferred.
Tomato variety “Babushkin’s secrets” has fleshy fruits and sweetish taste.
For good plant growth, a large area is needed, since the root system grows strongly.
Characteristic features of the “Babushkin Secret” variety:
- the main trunk has unlimited growth, the average plant is 180 cm high;
- the trunk is powerful, there are few leaves, their color is dark green;
- each bush has 8 brushes with 5 ovaries;
- ripening period is average;
- deep pink tomatoes, rounded, with a ribbed surface;
- weight 250-600 g;
- fleshy, juicy, sweet.
The advantages of this species are a large yield and large fruits. Up to 10 kg comes out from one bush. They have a long fruiting period – almost to severe frosts.
They are good both for fresh consumption and for preparations.
Disadvantages:
- not stored for long;
- unsuitable for transportation;
- with high humidity, tomatoes may crack;
- when grown outdoors, they are prone to disease.
But this is rather the specificity of all large-fruited varieties.
“Grandma’s Secret” should be planted on seedlings 60 days before planting in the ground in early March. Sow to a depth of 1,5 cm with a distance of 2 cm between seeds. For fast germination, it is better to cover with foil and keep the temperature around + 25 ° C.
When landing at 1 sq. m accommodates up to 3 plants, if the formation in one stem, you can 4. Plant better in a checkerboard pattern. Start tying up 2 weeks after disembarkation. The soil should be warmed up to + 18 ° C at the time of planting seedlings. In the future, care is carried out as for any tomatoes:
- root watering;
- fertilizing with mineral fertilizers;
- pasynkovaniye;
- weed removal;
- pest and disease control.
The cultivar requires shaping, so it is best to leave one main stem for the greenhouse.
You need to feed it 3 times a season: with humus, burdock tincture or compost. For good plant growth, top dressing should contain potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus.
The first tomato crop 110 days after germination.
Reviews of “Babushkin’s Secret” tomatoes are positive due to their meatiness and sweetish taste, as well as the abundance of large fruits. If you follow all the recommendations for planting and care, you will provide yourself with tomatoes for the whole winter.