Description of the tomato variety Dear guest, recommendations for growing and care
For lovers of large-fruited tomatoes, there are a large number of varieties on the market, among them tomato Dear Guest. It distinguished itself by its resistance to cracking despite its large size and resistance to diseases. We will find out the characteristics of the variety and the rules for its cultivation.
Description of bushes and tomatoes
Indeterminate type shrub, up to 2 meters in height when grown in a greenhouse. On the open ground, the castes are lower - up to 1.5 meters. It has an average ripening period - from the moment of germination of seeds to the appearance of the first fruits, it takes 105-110 days. The leaf is medium, when growing, the plants need a garter and pinching, otherwise all the minerals will go into the growth of the green mass.
Characteristics and description of the fruit - large, the size varies from 120 to 600 grams, small fruits are smooth, round, large ribbed flat. Fruit color is red. Green when unripe, when ripe has a green spot near the stalk. The taste is good, sweet without sourness. The yield is average - 5 kilograms of fruit are removed from one square.
Tomatoes are for salad purposes, but they are also used for making tomato pastes and squeezing juice.
Positive traits
Gardeners leave reviews and note the following qualities they like:
- The fruits have excellent taste.
- The plants are strong, the root system is powerful.
- Tomatoes are disease resistant.
- They can be easily transported and stored for a long time.
- Large fruits.
- You can prepare juices and sauces.
- Grown in open and closed ground.
Agricultural technology of cultivation
These tomatoes are grown in seedlings. Features of growing tomatoes through seedlings - sowing seeds is done in March, usually in the middle. The container with seeds is covered with a film and placed in a warm place without freezing for germination. After the seeds hatch, the film is removed, and the container with the seedlings is placed in a lighted place for further growth.
At the age of 60 days of seedlings, it is transplanted into a vegetable garden or greenhouse. By that time, 10-12 true leaves are formed on the plant. The planting scheme is chosen individually, depending on the width of the site. Can be planted in a checkerboard pattern at a distance of 40-50 centimeters or in rows. In order for the tomato, Dear Guest, to give a good harvest, the bushes are looked after during the entire growing period.
Tomato plant care
Care includes:
- Watering.
- Weeding.
- Garter.
- Stepping out.
- Loosening the soil.
- Top dressing.
- Identification of diseases.
Since tomatoes are demanding plants, the procedures are carried out constantly. In hot sunny weather, watered at the root once a day, morning or evening. After watering under the bushes, it is advisable to loosen the soil so that bacteria and fungi do not multiply in the ground without air access. Weeding is carried out in order to destroy the weeds, which constantly absorb the minerals intended for the tomato bushes.
Top dressing is also an integral part of growing the variety. They must be carried out at least three times per season with mineral and organic fertilizers.
Stepsonizing is necessary to stop the growth of unnecessary stepsons. Usually 3-4 additional branches are left on the bush, and the rest of the stepsons break out. To prevent the bush from breaking under the weight of the tomatoes, it is tied by the stem to the crossbar with twine. If the plants grow in a garden bed without shelter, then support is needed for the stability of the bush.
When these conditions for caring for plants are met, gardeners receive abundant fruiting of bushes with large and beautiful tomatoes. Judging by the reviews, the plants do not burden the owners in care, the bushes are a little sick, grow powerful and strong, and the fruits are large and tasty.
