Stolypin tomato is an excellent tomato crop. It is considered one of the new ones, but it has already gained popularity among many gardeners. When choosing tomato novelties for growing, it is recommended to pay attention to this culture, its description and characteristics, which gives an excellent yield of large, even, oval-shaped fruits.
Description and characteristics of Stolypin tomato
The plant owes its origin to Russian breeders. Determinate bushes, reaching sixty centimeters you height. The plant grows well not only in greenhouse conditions, but also in open bedseven if the natural conditions are not the most favorable.
The tomato is not hybrid, belongs to early maturing varieties, from the appearance of the first shoots to the beginning of ripening of tomatoes, a little over three months.
Plants are distinguished by good resistance to most diseases, they tolerate cold well, and set fruits in any weather.
The bushes are covered with medium-sized foliage of a dark green hue. A characteristic feature of the plant is the formation of simple flowers and the presence of joints on the fruit legs. The stem grows until it forms several fruiting tassels. The ovary and inflorescences appear almost simultaneously. This stops the growth of bushes in height.
The yield of the variety allows you to collect up to 8 kilograms tomatoes from every square meter of beds in the greenhouse.
Tomatoes are cream-like, slightly elongated and oval. The skin is smooth, strong enough and dense, protects the fruit from cracking. The weight of one tomato reaches 120 grams, the color of the fruit is pink, less often - red. The pulp is juicy.
You can use ripe fruits for making salads, canning. Tomatoes are well stored, transported over long distances. For this reason, Stolypin is recommended for commercial breeding.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main advantages of culture include the following characteristics:
- excellent taste, high level of juiciness;
- sustainability to cold climates;
- unpretentiousness of the plant, the ability to resist late blight;
- excellent yield among other early maturing varieties;
- the ability to grow in any region of Russia.
As negative features, some gardeners cite facts that in a thirty-degree heat the plant loses flowers, does not form tomatoes well.
Soil requirements for planting
The soil composition for the culture should be of good fertility. For growing seedlings, a substrate prepared from river sand, peat and wood ash... All components must be thoroughly mixed, spilled with manganese solution and well moistened.
The beds intended for further cultivation of the crop should be located in a well-lit place, be protected from strong winds. The soil is dug up, loosened. Fertilizer is added to the prepared hole, sprinkling it with soil so as not to burn the root system.
The best predecessors of the Stolypin tomato are onions, carrots, legumes, cucumbers and cabbage.
Sowing rules
It is necessary to plant seeds to obtain seedlings late March - early April... The planting material is pre-treated with a manganese solution, washed with water. Seeds are embedded in the ground to a depth of two to three centimeters.
The first shoots appear in four to seven days. At this time, they will need a sufficient amount of light, for which, if necessary, additional lighting is organized.
Watering is necessary in moderate doses. After the seedlings form a pair of true leaves, they should be dived into separate cups filled with nutrient soil.
In the process of growth, seedlings are recommended feed two - three timesusing mineral compounds. A couple of weeks before moving the seedlings to a permanent place, it should be started tempertaking out into the open air.
Some gardeners in warmer regions of the country plant seeds directly in open ground.
The method is distinguished by a later date of execution, it makes it possible to save space in the room and strength. Such seedlings are distinguished by excellent hardenability, grow strong, and get used to weather conditions very well. When transplanted, they take root well in another bed.
Transplanting tomatoes into open ground
This procedure can be performed when the seedlings are old. from fifty to seventy days... The seedlings are moved to the greenhouse in May, and to open beds in June, when the threat of night frosts will completely disappear. Landing is performed according to the scheme "70 by 30" centimeters.
Variety care after transplanting
Culture does not need special care... It should be fed with organic fertilizers once every seven days, watered with warm water regularly.
The soil in the beds is mulched with straw or cut grass to reduce the amount of watering and protect the beds from weeds.
How to form a stem for a bountiful tomato harvest
The plant forms stepchildren, but their number is quite small, many gardeners do not stepchild bushes. It will be better if the bushes are formed three stems... They themselves will withstand wind influences. But it will not be superfluous if near the plants install support pegs and perform a garter.
Diseases and their prevention
Tomato culture excellently resists late blight and other diseases inherent in nightshade plants. But as a preventive measure of planting, it is recommended to treat it with special fungicidal compositions.
In the fight against harmful parasites, you should use insecticidal products that can be purchased in stores.
The Stolypin variety is today considered one of the delicious tomato plants. Anyone who wants to be convinced of this can safely grow a culture on their personal plot.