- Authors: Russia
- Category: grade
- Growth type: determinant
- Appointment: fresh consumption, for juice
- Ripening period: mid-season
- Ripening time, days: 110-120
- Growing conditions: for open ground, for greenhouses
- Bush size: undersized
- Bush height, cm: 70-80
- Leaves: large, regular type
As a rule, determinate tomatoes form fruits of medium and small sizes, which are very convenient to use in conservation. And not all tall tomatoes are able to please with large vegetables, most often used fresh. In turn, the Tamara tomato combines graceful low bushes and rather large bulk fruits. With the simplest care, the culture is able to surprise even the most experienced gardener with the amount of harvest.
Description of the variety
The plant belongs to the determinant tomato of the standard type. The maximum height does not exceed 70-80 cm. The culture does not require an additional garter. However, if the soil is highly enriched in nutrients, and favorable climatic conditions have developed, then the bushes grow up to 120 cm.In this case, additional supports cannot be dispensed with. The leaves are of regular shape, large.
The main qualities of the fruit
Tamara is a large-fruited tomato, gaining a mass of 300-500 grams. The shape is rounded with slight ribbing and a perfectly smooth surface. Ripe tomato is evenly covered with red. Despite the fact that the skin is thin, it is able to protect the fruit from cracking. The harvested crop tolerates transportation well, has an attractive presentation, since the fruits grow of the same size.
Taste characteristics
The fleshy, sugary pulp at the break has a harmonious sweet taste, with a pleasant sourness in the aftertaste and a pronounced tomato aroma. The fruits are not watery, the number of seeds is small.
Tomatoes are used both fresh and processed. Suitable for making salads, sauces, juices. Due to its high sugar content, the product is often used in baby and diet food.
Ripening and fruiting
Tamara belongs to the type of mid-season tomatoes. With proper agricultural technology, the culture will ripen 110-120 days after the first shoots appear. The vegetable harvest period lasts from July to August.
Yield
High-yielding variety. From one bush, an average of 5.5 kg of fruits are obtained.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
An effective growing method is seedling. Seeds begin to germinate in mid-March - early April, about 60 days before the expected date of planting in a permanent place. Before proceeding to sowing seeds, they are first disinfected and treated with a special preparation to stimulate development. For better germination, the correct temperature regime in the room (23-25 degrees) and lighting (12-14 hours a day) should be provided. If all conditions are met, then the first shoots appear in a week.
When the seedlings reach 2-3 leaves in development, they are dived into separate containers. 2 weeks before planting in the ground, the seedlings should be hardened. This will allow the plant to adapt better in a new place and take root faster.
They start planting in open ground in mid-May - early June. The main thing is that constant warm weather is established, and the earth warms up well enough. The best time for planting is evening or cloudy weather. First, the seedlings will have to be covered with a film at night to protect them from possible cold weather.
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
When growing tomatoes, the distance between plants and beds must be observed. On one square meter, you can plant no more than 4-5 bushes, adhering to the scheme of 50 x 40 cm.
Growing and care
The tomato is not very whimsical to care for, but it requires increased attention to watering. The culture forms a rather strong stem, on which stepchildren are practically not formed. When irrigating, care must be taken that water does not fall on the leaves, in order to avoid the development of fungal infections. Watering is carried out regularly. Drip irrigation is best suited for this. Tomatoes are not poured, but the earth does not dry out either.
Mulching makes it possible not only to protect the roots from excessive moisture loss from the soil, but also allows you to warm the soil in regions with a cool climate. And also for the good development and formation of large fruits, you should take care of additional nutrition.
Before planting, the site is well dug up, removing weeds and roots, while introducing a large amount of organic fertilizer. After planting, the culture will need mineral fertilizing for good development in the form of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which are applied before the flowering period.
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
With proper care, the Tamara variety is practically not affected by tomato diseases. The plant has good resistance to late blight, but poorly resists verticillium and powdery mildew.When the first signs of infection appear, fungicides effectively deal with it.
Growing regions
The tomato is intended for cultivation in the middle lane, Moscow region, Siberia and the Urals.
