Description of the tomato variety Bread and salt, its characteristics and productivity
Tomato Bread and salt are popular with gardeners. The variety bears fruit in the open field and under temporary shelters. Managed to harvest in an unheated greenhouse.
How did the tomato win over summer residents?
The Uralsky summer resident company offers a variety with large fruits. Ogorodnikov are attracted by characteristics:
- a tomato in greenhouses stretches up to 1 m, on the street the maximum height is 0.8 m;
- sprawling bush: forms 3-4 stems;
- planting seedlings for open and protected ground is required at different times;
- tomato actively grows green mass;
- leaf plates are large, juicy green;
- tolerates temperature extremes (ovary formation continues);
- seed germination rate exceeds 90%.
Bread and salt will delight gardeners with a tomato harvest when planting quality material. The manufacturer conducts soil control of seeds.
The variety bears fruit during July-August. Tomatoes ripen in waves. It is recommended to pick ripe tomatoes to speed up ripening.
Why do summer residents like fruits?
Early tomatoes delight in the size of the fruit. Gardeners value varieties and hybrids for timely vegetable production. But Bread and Salt combines a delicious taste with a marketable mass.
Description of the variety:
- the fruits of the first wave reach 800 g;
- berries are elongated in width, flattened;
- there is a depression in the region of the stalk;
- the skin is thin, tender;
- the fruits are shiny, deep red;
- the pulp is granular, juicy;
- 7–8 seed chambers;
- ribbing at the stalk;
- the taste is sweet and sour;
- tight connection with the bush.
Fruits ripening earlier are larger than subsequent ones. To obtain equal tomatoes, remove the top brush.
The delicate skin reduces transportability: the fruits crack... Bread and salt are stored in the refrigerator for a week. Brown tomatoes ripen well in a dark room.
Good harvest rules
Tomatoes Bread and salt are large-fruited determinant varieties. To get a good harvest, it is recommended:
- pick up a lighted place in the garden;
- estimate the required number of seedlings (forcing is carried out at different times);
- for planting in open ground, seeds should be sown after March 10;
- when placed in a greenhouse - in early April;
- disinfect the planting containers with diluted alcohol, vodka or pink solution of potassium permanganate;
- prepare planting soil (purchase ready-made or prepare according to the recipe: mix in equal parts neutral peat, turf soil and compost);
- when preparing the potting mix, the components should be frozen for 7 days;
- prepare the collected seeds: check for germination, disinfect in a pink solution of potassium permanganate, soak in a stimulator for 30 minutes (aloe juice, potassium humate are suitable);
- sow seeds into grooves at a distance of 2 cm from each other;
- during germination, maintain an air temperature of +25 ⁰С;
- provide gas exchange;
- after the first loops, reduce the temperature to 18 ⁰С;
- withstand illumination for 18 hours;
- after regrowth of the second true leaf, open it down to the cotyledons;
- feed with a mineral complex for seedlings according to the instructions;
- calcium nitrate will strengthen the bushes, accelerate survival (when planting in a permanent place, add a tablespoon under each plant);
- the landing site must be prepared in advance (loosen, add a mineral complex (nitrogen: potassium: phosphorus);
- plant in a permanent place after returning cold;
- choose a place lit by the sun;
- the first 2 days, shade the planting from the sun with a white non-woven material;
- planting scheme: distance between plants 30 cm, between rows - 30 cm;
- to deepen extended seedlings (the procedure will postpone the beginning of fruiting by a week);
- mulching the soil will allow you to grow crops without a garter, reduce the amount of watering;
- monitor soil moisture (Bread and salt are sensitive to stagnant water).
Gardeners sometimes confuse the variety with tomatoes Baked salted and Khleborodny. Gleborodny produces large raspberry fruits. Bread salted - low in height.
Assessment of summer residents
Reviews of tomatoes Bread and salt are good. The variety won the hearts of hardworking gardeners. They like: the unpretentiousness of the plant, independence from temperature extremes, taste. A family of 4 is eaten by one fruit.
Tomatoes Bread and salt are delicious in canned food. Substandard large ones are processed into juice, pasta. Small ones are marinated whole. Salted tomato is a favorite snack of men.
Summer residents marked a minus sign: transportability, storage. Fruit with a delicate skin is damaged by a garden snail.