- Name synonyms: Kievlyanka
- Category: grade
- Growth type: indeterminate
- Appointment: fresh consumption
- Ripening period: mid-season
- Growing conditions: for greenhouses
- Bush size: tall
- Bush height, cm: 200
- Ripe fruit color: pink
- Fruit shape: round-barrel
A Kiev woman (a synonym for Kievlyanka) is one of the favorite and demanded varieties of tomatoes for quite a long time among domestic gardeners and farmers. All of them are attracted by the fruits of gigantic size and unpretentious culture.
Description of the variety
The plant is indeterminate in type of growth, the bushes grow from 1.5 to 2 meters. The number of leaves is average. In each cluster, from 4 to 6 future tomatoes are formed. The fruits set well even with light shading, but the culture feels better on an area flooded with sunlight, with fertile soil.
The main qualities of the fruit
The fruits of Kiev are large, heart-shaped, some characterize it as round-barrel-shaped, even cuboid, there are faces. Moreover, the shape may differ on different brushes. As for the color of ripe fruits, it is pink or pink-raspberry. Tomatoes can be very heavy by weight, from 300 to 500 grams or more. Some specimens even reach a kilogram.
Taste characteristics
Kievlyanka's tomatoes are very tasty, rich, fleshy pulp, tender, sugary. However, sometimes there are small voids. They show themselves well in summer salad and cuts. True, pickling, salt them will not work. But they are great for preparing dishes for the second (they are stewed, baked), other processing - for juices, ketchups, pastes.
Ripening and fruiting
The variety Kievlyanka is medium late, which means that the ripening of fruits is expected 115-130 days after germination.
Yield
Indicators of tomato yield from Kiev are above average. From a bush, you can collect up to 5-6 kilograms of fruit annually. To increase these numbers, the variety must be grown in greenhouse conditions.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
Experts recommend sowing seeds from Kievans for seedlings 8 or 10 weeks before the gardener assumes planting grown plants in the ground.
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
Variety Kievlyanka loves to grow freely. Therefore, for comfortable growth when planting grown seedlings, no more than 4 plants should be placed on one square meter of the area of the garden or greenhouse.
Growing and care
There is no need to ration the bushes of Kiev. The plant is grown in one or two stems.There are other rules for crop care:
- feeding is done quite often - 5 or 6 times per season;
- water only when necessary;
- after watering, the land must be loosened;
- weeding is a must;
- bushes are tied to supports.
One of the important factors for greenhouse cultivation will be regular ventilation of the room.
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
The Kiev woman is ill infrequently, however, she requires mandatory prophylaxis. The complex of such measures includes compliance with crop rotation, moisture control, plant formation and other procedures, which have already been mentioned.
Due to the fact that the fruits are large and sweet, the Kievlyanka variety is sometimes affected by pests. Hanging sticky tapes will help prevent whitefly attacks. And when aphids or ticks appear, the bushes are treated with soapy water. Serious invasions require the use of insecticides and acaricides.
Resistant to adverse weather conditions
Variety Kievlyanka very badly tolerates sudden changes in temperature. Experts recommend not to grow crops in open spaces, as well as in an area where there are strong winds and frequent rains.
Growing regions
Tomato Kievlyanka is suitable for growing outdoors in regions such as Krasnodar Territory, Astrakhan, Volgograd regions. In the suburbs and in the middle lane, it will be better to cultivate the plant in greenhouses. In climatic zone No. 3 (Orenburg, Kirov, Irkutsk regions, and so on), cultivation is possible only in heated premises.
