Moskvich tomatoes are early maturing, cold-resistant, high-yielding and determinant varieties. The ripening time of the crop from the first shoots is about 3 months. The bush reaches a height of 30-40 cm in open ground, and under a film cover up to half a meter... The variety has become very popular in regions where the summer is short and cold. A detailed description and characteristics of this tomato can be found in this review.
Characteristics and description of the Moskvich variety
- Moskvich is grown in open and closed ground.
- With tomatoes Moskvich is recommended to start planting tomatoes for inexperienced gardeners, since they not whimsical, does not require pinching and easily cope with the vagaries of the weather.
- Small fruits, deep red in color, have juicy and fleshy flesh with few seeds. Subject to all the rules of care, about 3 kilograms of fruit can be collected from one bush.
- Muscovite is medium-fruited variety, the weight of one tomato is 60 grams.
- Ripe fruits have juicy flesh with a loose and not hard skin. The taste is rich and sweet.
- Moskvich variety well transported.
- Unripe fruits successfully reach at home.
- Tomatoes are used in salads, are used for making juices, sauces, and are also ideal for preservation.
Pros and cons of the variety
Advantages:
- Variety - determinant, undersized and cold-resistant.
- Suitable for conservation, preparation of salads, sauces and juices.
- Does not require pinning and does not need a garter.
- Moskvich disease resistant and climate change.
- Perfect suitable for inexperienced gardeners.
disadvantages not found in the variety.
Growing tomato
- Seedlings can be grown in the ground brought from the garden (after sterilizing it) or sowing seeds into ready-made nutrient soil.
- Sowing exercise in mid-spring.
- For fast germination of seeds, you need create greenhouse conditions, maintain the required temperature (22-24 degrees), adhere to air humidity and provide adequate lighting.
- To get strong and healthy seedlings, you need seat her in time in separate pots, after the appearance of two true sheets.
- Plant seedlings in a permanent place only needed after hardening. To do this, it is left in the open air for 5-10 minutes, this is done only after the top layer of the earth has completely dried out.
- When the frosts, dived and hardened plants pass transplanted to the beds.
- It is possible to get the first harvest in 100 days. after emergence. The harvest lasts until the end of August, depending on climatic conditions.
Seed planting rules and seedling care
Before sowing, it is necessary to prepare the planting material. To obtain healthy and strong seedlings, the seeds are first soaked for 20 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, and then treated with a growth stimulant, dried and planted in a nutrient soil.
It can take about 6 days from sowing to germination.
For good seed germination you need:
- Make micro greenhouse.
- Place the container with seeds away from drafts on well lit place.
- Watering carried out from a spray bottle with water at room temperature.
- After the emergence of seedlings, the seedlings are opened, taken out to a warm place, and watering is done every 5 days.
- Picking seedlings produced at the growth stage of several true sheets. Dived plants are watered only after the top layer has dried.
- At the moment of active growth, the plant needs in organic and mineral dressings... Organic fertilizer can be prepared from eggshells.
Preparation:
- Pour 1/3 into the jar crushed eggshell
- Pour water to the brim and leave warm for a few days
- Prepared solution dilute at the rate of 1: 3
- Watering organic matter is carried out every 10 days
Tomato care
In order to get a rich and high-quality harvest, you need to follow the basic rules of care:
- Tomatoes are a thermophilic plant. Planting plants produced in partial shade or in a sunny fertile place.
- The best predecessors are: onions, cucumber, corn.
- This variety does not need a garter, since the bush is undersized.
- Care must be taken to the fruits did not touch the ground.
- For good yields you can't make a close landing... The optimal distance between plants is 30-40 cm from each other or 4 bushes per sq. meter.
- Every two weeks feeding plants with mineral and organic fertilizers.
- Tomato varieties Moskvich do not need pinning, which has a positive effect on the productivity of the bush.
- Watering produce exclusively at the root, not with cold water, in the morning or evening.
- Weed needing, which quickly "clog" immature seedlings.
- To ensure good air exchange, carry out constant hilling of the soil.
Only hardened seedlings are planted in the open air and exclusively in well-heated soil.
Disease of tomatoes and methods of dealing with them
Late blight
A disease that very often affects tomatoes. Formed due to high humidity and with a constant change in air temperature. After watering, the water evaporates and settles on the leaves in the form of drops. If left untreated, the disease rapidly spreads throughout the bush, damaging the leaves, fruits and neighboring plants.
For treatment use: Fitosparin or Barrier.
Spotted dry
The disease is caused by microsporiasis. The fungus attacks tomatoes due to the high temperature. The whole bush gets sick at once. Dark spots appear on the fruits, and the greens begin to dry. The bush can be cured only by treating the plant with preparations that include copper.
Tomato necrosis
The disease affects the plant stem, forming numerous cracks on it. If you do not start saving the plant, then it dies before the fruits ripen.
Get rid of tomato necrosis it is possible by spraying with Fitolavin solution.
A tomato bush can become infected with all kinds of diseases with early planting and if the rules of care are not followed.
Preventive methods
You can protect bushes from all kinds of diseases by spraying the plants with the solutions listed below:
- Pour a pound of wood ash into half a liter of water... Bring to a boil and strain. Pour water into a separate bucket, add ½ bar of laundry soap and boil for a few minutes. Mix everything thoroughly. With constant processing of the bush, the risk of being affected by all kinds of diseases is sharply reduced.
- Dissolve several Trichopolum tablets in 10 liters and add a glass of milkka. Thoroughly treat all plants with the prepared solution.
- Also for the prevention of diseases, it is recommended to remove the leavesgrowing up to the first ovary, as they are primarily infected by fungi and viruses.
Conclusion
Each tomato variety has its own benefits.Having planted Moskvich tomatoes in your garden, you get a generous harvest with minimal effort and time.