Varieties of tomatoes - how to navigate them

Fans of this vegetable culture can enjoy the variety of its forms. There are pure varieties of tomatoes and hybrids. The total number of them is about 2 thousand. Hybrids F1 are obtained by crossing varieties. What exactly is a trade secret. They are characterized by greater productivity, endurance to weather factors and diseases, increased precocity. Some vegetable growers-lovers believe that they leave much to be desired, but this is a controversial statement.

All varieties of tomato are divided according to the maturity: early, middle and late ripening. Within each of the groups, intermediate forms are distinguished: supernumerary, mid-term, mid-late. This division is relatively, because in different climatic conditions the maturation period can be prolonged or shortened.

However, in temperate climate it is necessary that the early varieties make up about 90% of the planting, and in warm climates - about 50%. This will guarantee that in the case of a cold summer the harvest will still be received. When cultivating tomatoes in the garden area, several varieties with different maturation periods should be used.

According to the method of cultivation, varieties of tomato are divided into those intended for protected soil, for open ground and universal.

According to the type of growth of the variety there are indeterminate, having unlimited growth, and determinant. Indeterminate, tall, up to 2 meters or more, varieties are designed for greenhouses. Determinants - bush forms - are more suitable for open ground. Their height can be from half a meter to 1m 80 cm.

There are also semi-determinant and ultradeterminant varieties. Semideterminant tomatoes are tall, they are grown in the same way as indeterminate ones. Ultradeterminant tomatoes are characterized by low growth. They do not need pasynkovaniya and are intended primarily for open ground.

According to the type of the stalk of a variety of tomatoes may be stamping and non-stamping. The first have a strong, thick stem. They have few stepsons, often they do not need pasynkovanii. In height, they can be from medium to dwarf. Non-stamping varieties have a thin stalk and need tie-up. The height at them can be various.

The color of the fruit is divided into pink, yellow, red, and black. By appointment - for those intended for canning, salad and universal.

The following varieties of tomatoes for outdoor use were popular with vegetable growers of past years: early ripening - Alapatyev 905, Andromeda, Alaska, Volgograd early ripening 323, Gruntovy Mushroom, Agata, Boyan, Bialoliv, Dachnik, Kozachek, Talalikhin, Chelnok, Yantarny; From the mid-early ones - Peremoga, F1 Liang, Red Hunter, F1 Amiko, F1 Mars, F1 Inkas; The king of the market; From the mid-ripening - the Siberian early maturing, Nadezhda, Liya, Lunny, Mona Lisa, SX-1, Cx-4, Perseus and others.

For cultivation in a closed ground, hybrids F1 Alena, Blagovest, Red Arrow, Nezalezhny, Swallow, Antoshka, Grenada, Intuition, Verlioka, Golden Brush, La-la-Fa, Pharaoh, Mona Lisa, Cosmonaut Volkov, Bonsai etc. are recommended. The popularity of such old varieties as Budenovka, De Barao, Bull's heart

Every year new varieties of tomatoes of different purposes appear. Breeders try to give them resistance to diseases and weather conditions, the best taste. Among them, it should be noted racemous tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, tall, large-fruited tomatoes. For high greenhouses are good varieties such as large-fruited Pink honey, Semko hybrid, Juggler, Golden domes, Black Ethiopian, F1 Celebrity, Important person, Pink king, etc.

Choosing the seeds for planting, consider the maturation period, the conditions in which tomatoes will grow - an open ground or a greenhouse, the size of the greenhouse, the timing of storage of fruits. On the package with seeds a variety is described. Read it before buying seeds. Have a good harvest!