Tomato "French grozdevoy": description, features of cultivation, reviews

Tomato is a popular and favorite culture in the vegetable growing industry. The fruits of the most diverse form, color and size are of great nutritional value. However, with all the love for tomatoes, not every gardener, experienced or beginner, is ready to devote their time to cultivation. After all, everything begins in the early spring with the preparation of seedlings, and the process of nursing continues throughout the summer. Modern selection, however, offers a huge selection of varieties that are not so demanding, but at the same time rather productive. In particular, the tomato "French grozdevoy", about which further will be discussed.

You may be misled by its name, but the variety belongs to domestic breeding and is bred in Siberia. This fact speaks volumes, it is acclimatized to difficult climatic conditions, short and cool summers. The reference to France rather refers to the high taste characteristics of the variety.

Tomato "French grozdevoy": variety description and general information

This variety belongs to the category of medium-ripening and high-yielding. For one season from a plant bush it is possible to collect up to 20 kg of tomatoes. It is universal in terms of growing, you can use this variety for both greenhouses and open ground. In the first case, the plants will actively bear fruit until the first frosts, in the second, in the conditions of the central strip of Russia - until the end of August.

This is a determinant variety, that is, bushes stop their growth in height in a natural way, after tying a certain number of brushes, as a rule, 4-5. This contributes to the simultaneous simultaneous ripening of the crop. The plant is rather large, up to 1 m high. The tomato "French grozdevoy" has a palm-shaped fruit, sometimes not quite flat with an extension to the bottom, color - bright red, average weight - 80-100 g. The rind of tomato is dense, strong, pulp Juicy, seed boxes are not very pronounced. The compact size and shape of the fruit make this variety the most suitable for commercial cultivation with subsequent transport, canning in its entirety.

Preparation of seedlings

The calendar time for planting is a strictly individual concept depending on the climatic conditions of the region. It is important to remember one thing: seeds are sown 2 months before the expected planting date. Preparation of planting material should include several stages.

Seeds need to be protected against possible diseases that can kill the plant even at the stage of sprouts. Use a light pink solution of potassium permanganate for this. Soak the seeds in it, wrapping them in a bag of cotton or gauze, for 5-10 minutes, but not more than a quarter of an hour. Then put them in warm water for 18 hours, you can add certain drugs to it, for example, "Ideal". Such processing is subjected not only to the tomato "French grozdeva", but also other varieties.

Sow the flow according to the scheme of 1.5x3 cm to a depth of 1 cm. Until the germination of seeds, keep the temperature at + 25 ° C indoors, after emergence it must be lowered to +18 ... + 20 ° С.

Keep in mind that the cause of death of the germ may be infection of seeds, excessive density or acidity of the soil, buried crops, excess moisture, low air temperature.

Agrotechnics of cultivation

Picks young seedlings in separate pots are held at a time when they have two real leaflets. Planting in the soil is subject to tomatoes at the age of 55-70 days. If you use this variety for open ground, you should wait until the threat of recurrent frosts passes. As already mentioned above, the tomato "French grozdevoy" refers to the category of tall, it does not go to bed (but it is bound up), and, consequently, the bush will require quite a lot of space. So do not land on 1 square. M area of more than two plants. The larger and larger the bush, the more abundant the harvest. However, do not forget that the quantity and quality of the fruit is also affected by soil fertility. Soil should be saturated with peat, sand, humus or compost, ash, and complex mineral fertilizers in advance.

Top dressing of tomato

In order for the plant to develop quickly, and the fruits are tied at the same time and ripen together, it needs a lot of strength and resources, and the tomato variety "French grozdevoy" is no exception. Fertilizers can help in this matter. Carry out feeding in three consecutive stages.

• When landing. Pour the pits with a solution of nitroammophoski at a rate of 1 tbsp. L. Powder for 10 liters of water. On each hole up to 4 liters of liquid, so the plant is planted almost in the mud and sprinkled with dry soil.
• During the buildup of green mass. This period occurs approximately 21 days after landing in the ground. Pour plants with a solution of superphosphate and potassium nitrate in accordance with the dosage indicated on the packages.
• Flowering and fruiting. During this period under the bushes of tomatoes, it is necessary to introduce organic matter in the form of Mullein infusion with the addition of urea and superphosphate (1 tablespoon per liter).

Diseases: prevention and treatment

Note that the tomato variety "French grozdevoy" (a description of the variety given above) is classified as resistant to various diseases and pests. For the prevention of the plant should be regularly treated with solutions of special antiviral and antifungal biological products, for example, such as "Fitosporin." Also do not forget to ventilate the greenhouse, especially immediately after watering, so as not to create excessively high humidity in it, this tomatoes do not like. These measures will help you prevent the emergence of the main enemy of tomato - phytophthora. The disease affects not only stems and leaves, but also fruits. It develops as a result of excessively high humidity combined with sharp changes in temperature during the day. Especially often the phytophthora appears closer to the autumn, when the nights become cold, and the day is still hot. For the prevention of disease, treat bushes with Bordeaux fluid, collect fruits on time, remove the lower leaves from plants.

Tomato "French grozdevoy": reviews

In order to understand whether you are suitable for this or that kind of tomato, you need to study its characteristics, features of farming. But make sure the correctness of the choice, take into account some of the nuances of the reviews help gardeners. You can find them on popular portals. About this variety are very positive, it has a total score of 4.5 points out of 5 possible. All who grew it, as the main advantages, emphasize the high resistance to diseases in comparison with other nearby growing tomatoes, the abundance and stability of the crop, the lack of the need for pasynkovaniya. The reviews also emphasize that the tomatoes of the French Gruzdeva variety are perfectly preserved until December and are excellent for transportation.

The variety has practically no disadvantages. It is mentioned only that in the open ground it does not fully ripen, therefore in the central strip of Russia and in Siberia it is best to collect fruits half green and bring to ripeness already at home in a dark and dry room.

"French grozdevoy" - this is an ideal variety for beginners gardening and those who have a desire to get a good harvest tomato, but it does not have a lot of time. Problems with it practically does not happen, it's enough to tie a plant, properly watered and periodically fed.