Productivity, characteristics and description of the Bull's Heart tomato variety
Bovine Heart Tomatoes are one of the most popular tomato varieties. They have rather large fruits that have an original sweetish taste. When properly grown, the weight of each of them can reach one kilogram.
Description
Characteristics and description of the Bull Heart tomato variety will help you understand its features.
This variety belongs to mid-season tomatoes, so harvesting can be done within 140-145 days after the first shoots appear. If you grow tomatoes in the open field, then more than 5 kg of tomatoes can be harvested from one bush. In greenhouse conditions, the yield is much better and is about 10-15 kg per bush.
Low-leafed and tall bushes. Their stems can grow up to two meters in height. The main feature of the Bovine Heart tomato is the presence of fruits on each plant, which can differ not only in size, but also in shape. Most often the most large tomatoes ripen at the bottom of the bush, and smaller fruits are on top.
This is not to say that the Ox heart has good resistance to diseases and pests. Quite often, the bushes are infected with late blight, as evidenced by numerous reviews.
Varieties
There are several types of this tomato variety. These include:
- Orange. For breeding orange Bovine heart tomato, it is recommended to use the seedling method. During cultivation, the bushes should be formed into one stem. For this it is necessary to carry out pinching.
- The black. The fruits are tender and oval in shape. Their weight is about 350-500 g. Black bovine heart tomatoes have one feature - they bear fruit on all brushes. Moreover, 3-5 fruits are formed on each of them.
- Red. Differs in vigorous spreading bushes with scarlet fruits. Each tomato bush has a red Bovine heart and tomatoes of different sizes can form. For example, with the first harvest, you can harvest about 700 g, and with the second, 400-500 g.
- Gold. The fruits are colored golden yellow and outwardly resemble weighty barrels. The golden Bovine heart tomato is one of the most productive varieties. One and a half buckets of tomatoes can be harvested from one bush.
- Pink. Bushes of this late-ripening variety can have fruits of different sizes. Quite often, tomatoes weighing about 800 g are formed on the upper brushes. The average weight of the lower fruits is 200-300 g. Tomato Bovine heart pink has good resistance to diseases.
Growing seedlings
Before sowing tomatoes in a greenhouse or open field, you need to grow seedlings. You need to plant in early or mid-March.
Seed preparation
To sow seeds for seedlings, they must be kept in melt water in advance. This requires a small plastic bag. It needs to be filled three-quarters with plain water and put in the freezer. It should be there until most of the liquid is completely frozen. After that, the ice is placed in a saucepan for several hours. Then the water is warmed up to room temperature and the seeds are placed in it. It will be possible to get them from there only in 12-15 hours.
Soil preparation
For planting seedlings, you need to prepare the soil in advance. Sand and peat are added to one part of the turf land. The composition must be thoroughly stirred and poured with a special nutrient solution: 10 liters of water are mixed with 15 g of carbamide, 30 g of potassium sulfate and superphosphate.
Planting seeds
Tomato seeds are sown immediately after soil preparation. They need to be carefully spread out on the soil with tweezers. The distance between them should be more than 4 cm. The seeds are sown to a depth of about 5-7 cm, after which the soil should be leveled, watered and covered with a lid.
Growing
Seedlings are grown in rooms with a temperature of about 20 degrees. At the same time, it must be periodically taken out to the street or balcony so that it gradually gets used to the outside temperature.
Planting seedlings
It is necessary to plant seedlings in open ground in early summer, when the soil is well warmed up. By this time, the seedlings will already have flower brushes and a developed root system.
Choosing a place for growing
To plant a tomato, you need to choose an illuminated area, protected from strong gusts of wind. It is recommended to plant tomatoes in places where beets, onions, legumes or cabbage previously grew.
Soil preparation
Tomatoes need nutrients, so the soil must be fertilized before planting. Several kilograms of humus and compost should be added per square meter of soil. This is done after digging up the site.
Landing
For planting seedlings, holes are dug 6-8 cm deep. The distance between them is about 40-45 cm. After planting the seedlings, the soil must be watered and compacted.
The density of plants per square meter should not exceed 3-4 bushes.
Care
When growing a tomato, you need to properly care for the bushes.
Watering
Tomatoes do not like severe droughts and excess water. Therefore, they need to be watered only when the soil dries out. It is enough to do this once every 10 days. During the formation of ovaries on the bushes, the plants are watered several times a week.
It is recommended to irrigate tomatoes with a drip method, as this helps to increase yields. At the same time, a little ash must be added to the water so that the bushes grow better and get sick less often.
Top dressing
To engage feeding tomatoes need at least three times per season. For this, it is recommended to use fertilizers that contain little nitrogen and a lot of phosphorus. You can also feed the bushes with macrofertilizers: boron and magnesium. They strengthen the flowers of tomatoes and prevent them from crumbling.
Formation of bushes
This tomato variety must be formed into one stem. Stepping is carried out when a large number of stepsons appear on the bush. They must be removed before they have time to germinate up to 4 cm in length. First, the stalks under the brushes are pinned. If this is not done in time, the tomato will drop the ovary and flowers.
You need to carry out pinching constantly, regardless of how many stems you need to leave. The only limitation is that you cannot prune grown bushes in hot weather, since under such conditions they do not cope well with injuries. In summer, pinching is carried out only in cloudy and rainy weather.
Conclusion
It is quite simple to grow a bull's heart tomato. To do this, you need to familiarize yourself with all the features of planting seeds and seedlings. You can also consult with those who have planted and grown this variety of tomatoes.
