Description of tomato variety Finish and characteristics
Tomato "Finish" varietal selection of the Volgograd experimental station VNIIR im. N.I. Vavilov. Designed specifically for open field cultivation. Finish tomatoes are resistant to weather stresses, unpretentious and consistently fruitful, have earned only good reviews.
Description of the variety: "Finish" is a late, medium-fruited variety. Gives the first harvest 120-130 days after germination. The bush of this variety is semi-determinate, reaches 60-75 cm. The stem is powerful, well developed. The leaves on the bushes are of normal shape, light, slightly corrugated. The bush gives 3-4 stepsons from below. Stepson does not require. Tying Finish bushes is preferred, but not required. The yield of this variety is good: 7-7.5 kg per 1 sq. m.
Characteristics of fruits: The fruits of ripe tomatoes "Finish" are red, however, not bright, but have an orange tint. Fruit weight is about 80-100 grams. Fruits with excellent taste and technical qualities. The pulp of tomatoes is juicy, there are a small amount of seeds. These tomatoes are great for fresh consumption, as well as for processing, including canning and pickling. After heat treatment, the amount of vitamins in tomatoes is almost doubled!
Reviews for the transportability and keeping quality of the variety are also positive.
How to grow fruitful tomato bushes
Those who planted the Finish variety note resistance to verticillary wilting of leaves, but these tomatoes are often affected by late blight.
- Fertilize the sprouts once a week with liquid dressings for seedlings of vegetable plants.
- During transplantation, drugs are used to strengthen the root system, as well as ash, which is used to powder the holes.
- Before planting seedlings, they examine it. Weakened, as well as broken plants are discarded.
- Tomatoes tolerate overhead irrigation satisfactorily, but drip irrigation is preferred.
After planting tomato bushes, you must:
- Water the tomatoes every 10 days.
- Mulch the soil under the plant with finely chopped grass.
- Timely feed and fertilize the bushes.
- Remove all lower leaves to improve tomato ripening, better aeration of the bushes.
- Loosen and weed the beds.
Tips for beginners
The Finish variety is late ripening, so attention should be paid to preserve as many ovaries as possible. Late tomatoes suffer from strong sun exposure, high temperatures during flowering, low air humidity. In the summer heat, a shading net is pulled over the beds, which protects tomato fruits from sunburn, shades them and creates a humid microclimate.Such nets save the harvests of late tomatoes and from raids of the Colorado potato beetle, if they are pulled lower over the bushes.
Late varieties of tomatoes bear fruit for a long time, the bushes are green, the harvest ripens gradually. It is necessary to monitor the weather conditions in the region so as not to miss the first frost. The green fruits of late tomatoes ripen well, lie for 4-6 months. Unripe green and brown fruits are suitable for pickling and preservation for the winter. It is a hot commodity in the market. Farmers successfully trade green tomatoes without waiting for ripeness
