Characteristics and description of the Leningrad giant tomato variety, its yield

If you want to feast on large sugar tomatoes as early as possible, it is better to choose the Leningrad giant tomato. Of course, it is better to grow it under film coatings, then 85 days after the germination of the seeds it will be possible to feast on fragrant tomatoes.

Characteristics of a non-standard plant

Very rarely, undersized varieties please with large tomatoes. But the Leningrad giant is an exception. The bush of the vegetable does not grow above ninety centimeters. Its stems are weakly leafy. Carved leaves of tomato are dark green, large. The first flower cluster in a plant is laid above the eighth or ninth leaf, the subsequent ones - with an interval of one or two leaves.

The description of the varietal fruit of the Leningrad giant includes:

• flatness of the shape;
• weak ribbing;
• unripe tomatoes are green with a dark spot in the area of ​​the stalk;
• when tomatoes are fully ripe, the color of the fruit is pink;
• dense, smooth skin;
• weight up to three hundred grams;
• rich dessert taste with fleshy, juicy pulp.

The value of a tomato is in high yield, excellent taste and resistance to fruit cracking.

Agricultural technology of vegetable crops in greenhouses

To get a harvest of pink fruits in an early period, the Leningrad giant tomatoes are sown in prepared greenhouses from March 25 to early April.

Eight to ten days before this, the grooves of the greenhouse are filled with hot manure. If in the middle, along the walls, the biomaterial is compacted, then in other places it is laid loosely. The settled manure is leveled after four days. After that, the earth is poured in a layer of fifteen to seventeen centimeters. You can plant tomato seeds for seedlings in such a greenhouse when the soil temperature reaches 25 degrees above zero.

To place the tomato seedlings of the Leningrad giant under a shelter from pots, diving it, outline the lines of future rows. The planting scheme for tomatoes is 70x40 centimeters. Before transplanting tomato seedlings, a third of the roots are removed from them. This procedure contributes to the enhanced development of the root system of the tomato variety. Although some gardeners consider it unnecessary.

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Transplanted tomato seedlings are carefully looked after:

1. At first, it is watered at the root once every five days, then, in May, every day. They do not spare water, a bucket per square meter of tomato plantings.
2. A week later, young tomato bushes are fed with a mullein solution in a ratio of 1: 8. A good effect will be from feeding tomatoes with ammonium nitrate, taken in an amount of fifty grams per bucket of water.
3. If the tomato stems begin to take on a purple hue, then this indicates a lack of phosphorus. A solution of wood ash is introduced into the soil, diluting 75 grams of raw materials in ten liters of water.
4. On sunny days, the film coating from tomato seedlings can be removed for ventilation.
5. Seedlings are hardened two weeks before planting in open ground. First, open the greenhouse for two to three hours, then increase the time to seven to eight hours. It is advisable at the end of cultivation to reduce watering of young bushes, and moisten them abundantly before planting in garden beds.

Outdoor care for giant tomatoes is as common as for other vegetable species.

Disease control, prevention measures

Leningrad giant tomatoes often have symptoms of many diseases that every gardener should be aware of.

A plant can be protected from bacterial cancer by treating the seeds with mercuric chloride and disinfecting the soil in greenhouses.

There are signs of damage to tomatoes by the browning of blood vessels on the cut of the stem, on still green tomatoes - small round spots with a crack in the middle. The disease progresses rapidly, resulting in the loss of large tomato crops.

Many diseases of varietal tomatoes associated with leaf damage:

1. If the leaf plate of a vegetable plant curls into a tube, becomes rough, then there is not enough phosphorus in the soil for tomatoes, moisture in the air. Leaf curling is transmitted genetically, therefore, seeds from a diseased crop cannot be taken for the subsequent cultivation of tomatoes.
2. Many silvery-white spots on the surface of tomato leaves indicate the development of an infectious disease. When the first signs appear, it is necessary to spray the bushes with a solution of Bordeaux liquid. Repeat this procedure twice more after ten days.
3. Stripes of reddish-brown color that appear on the leaves and stems of tomatoes signal a streak infection. The plant looks sick and stunted. And his leaves curl, dry up. The cause of tomato disease lies in the affected seeds. Before sowing, they should be strictly selected by dressing the seed in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for twenty minutes.
4. The mosaic pattern on the leaves of a tomato is associated with infection by pathogenic microorganisms through the sap of plants. You need to deal with the mosaic of tomatoes in the same way as with a streak.

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Tomato pathology can be prevented by prophylactic treatment of bushes with Bordeaux liquid three times with a break of ten days.

Blanks of large tomatoes for the winter

The large fruits of the Leningrad giant are suitable for canning recipes for the winter, such as tomatoes in gelatin... To prepare a delicious product, take only large tomatoes, cutting them into four parts. Together with chopped onions, they are placed in glass jars. The marinade is boiled, taking one hundred grams of salt for four liters of water, five hundred grams of sugar, add peppercorns. The swollen gelatin is poured into the brine and boiled for five minutes. Chopped tomatoes are poured with this marinade and cans are rolled up.

Chopped tomatoes in vegetable oil are delicious. Spices, chopped tomato fruits, rings of onions are placed in jars. All are poured with usually prepared marinade. After pasteurization, add vegetable oil in a layer up to two centimeters.

It remains to roll up the canned product, then let it cool and place in a cool place. It has a long shelf life and the tomatoes taste like fresh.

Reviews of the Leningrad giant tomato are only positive. Vegetable growers appreciate in tomatoes have excellent taste, sugar content, versatility in use. Indeed, from giant fruits you can make ketchup, sauces, pastas and tomato juice. And all this is only of excellent quality. And dessert dishes, where the Leningrad giant is found, have the highest characteristics.The taste of fleshy tomatoes goes well with herbs and cheese in salads. It makes an amazing gravy for boiled meat, as well as rice and vegetables.