Large-fruited varieties of tomatoes: cultivation and care

Large-fruited varieties of tomatoes are especially pleasant in their juiciness and size. In order to get large, amazingly delicious fruits, you need to tune in to success and choose the tomatoes of suitable varieties. Large-fruited tomatoes are ideal for salads, soups, some other dishes. Their assortment is diverse: a tall variety, large, small, sweet, more spicy, tomato is small, large-bodied, they also differ in color, shape. Invariably, only one thing is taste, which is much richer than the taste of ordinary varieties.

People who choose not only tasty, but healthy food, large-bodied varieties of tomatoes are presented with a wide range of nutrients. So pink varieties of tomatoes contain the necessary amount of carotenoid pigment (lycopene), which is able to prevent the development of tumors. Also in large-fruited tomatoes, the high content of dry matter, beta-carotene (is provitamin A), sugar, thanks to which you can use tomatoes in the preparation of dessert dishes.

To grow large-bodied varieties of tomatoes, you must observe certain conditions. The first thing you need to do is determine which variety you want to grow. For example, the variety "Bull's heart" has a special popularity among summer residents, tomatoes of this variety have a wonderful taste, they are equally tasty to eat fresh or used in cooking various dishes. Another type of large-fruited tomatoes - "Pudovik" ("Sevryuga"), has very large fruits that resemble the heart in shape and have a pronounced crimson-red color. The taste of this sort is rich and slightly sweet. There are even more than hundreds of different varieties of large-fruited tomatoes, in which it is important not to get lost.

Further, in order to grow large-fruited tomatoes, do not bet on early sowing, it is better to sow seeds in early April, when there will be more sun, this seedling will get stronger, and the yield is much higher. If you want to plant such a bush in a greenhouse, make sure that the distance between adjacent bushes is not less than 70 - 85 centimeters. For better fruit quality, the bush should be grown in one stem, so that it does not interfere with anything. The first inflorescence must be removed. To feed the earth under a bush it is necessary fertilizers which contain potassium, phosphorus, etc. Feeding should not be intensive, if "underfeed" or "overfeed", then the crop can turn out to be flawed. Large-fruited varieties of tomatoes do not need to be watered and fed often. Make sure that the land is not wet all the time, with moist and moist soil, the ripening tomatoes are affected by various fungal diseases that can harm entire seedlings. Ripened tomatoes crack in greenhouses more often than if they are under the open sky, which can very upset those who grow tomatoes for sale. This happens because in hot weather in the daytime in the greenhouse plants do not have enough moisture, the roots of the plant do not have time to feed up the right amount. At night in a greenhouse the plant greedily absorbs moisture, the fruits, oversaturated with water, stretch, which forms cracks on the skin of a tomato. The best way to avoid cracking tomatoes in hot weather - often watered or install drip irrigation.

If you are lost in a rich assortment of large-fruited tomato seeds, then it's easiest to check with experienced farmers or buy seeds in special shops where they will advise you and offer the best varieties of tomato seeds from famous and popular producers. Qualitative varieties of seeds are guaranteed to give an abundant and generous harvest. Seeds should be resistant to various diseases and be famous for their good germination.