Characteristics and description of the sugar giant tomato variety, its yield
From the name of the tomato Sugar Giant, you can see what fruits this tomato variety gives. It was bred by breeders a little more than fifteen years ago, but with its unusual qualities it won fame among vegetable lovers.
Characteristics of the variety
Tall tomatoes include the Sugar Giant variety. The height of the bush in the greenhouse reaches 120 centimeters, in the open field - 180. The central stem is rather weak, so the bush must be tied up. There are few leaves per plant, they are dark green, drooping.
Since the vegetable crop belongs to the indeterminate species, it is formed into two stems. Four to five flower brushes appear on the plant at once. As soon as the fruits are poured on the first, the tomatoes begin to tie on the upper stems. If the main stem stops growing, the left strong stepson begins to bear fruit.
Fruit descriptions include the following:
- The shape of the tomato is round, slightly elongated.
- The number of seed chambers reaches six to seven.
- The percentage of dry matter is minimal, reaching an indicator of five.
- The color of the pulp and thin skin is red.
- The variety has a predominantly sweet taste.
- The pulp is tender, juicy.
- Fruit weight reaches six hundred grams and more.
The yield of tomatoes is high - from one square meter to fifteen - twenty kilograms of tomato.
Agrotechnical methods of growing tomato
Sugar giant tomatoes require growing in seedlings. Prepare strong seedlings for two months indoors. Seeds are planted in prepared containers no later than the last days of March. Before planting, they are disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate. They are quenched first in warm water, then in a cold place. The process of seedling development will be accelerated by placing seeds in a nutrient solution of a growth stimulator of the Epin type.
There are special requirements for seedling soil. It is important for a tomato that the soil is nutritious, loose, and allows water and air to pass through well.
Those who planted tall varieties of vegetables know that the sprouted seeds are buried inside the ground by one and a half to two centimeters with a distance of two centimeters between them.
When the first two leaves appear, the seedlings dive, placing two seedlings in one pot.
As soon as two weeks remain before planting in open ground or a greenhouse, they begin to take out the seedlings in the air so that they become strong and hardened.
Open ground planting rules
Depending on the climatic features of the region, the sugar giant tomatoes are planted in the beds in early or mid-May.If there is still morning frost in the air, the seedlings can be planted in an inclined way and covered with earth. They will save from low temperatures and shelter from paper, cardboard caps.
Apply for a variety of tape planting in two lines. Then the distance between the tapes should be up to eighty centimeters, and between the lines - fifty. This planting method will create convenience for caring for tomato bushes.
Five hundred grams of humus are introduced into the prepared holes in advance, and fifty grams of wood ash. Then watered with mullein solution diluted in a 1: 5 ratio. One liter of nutrient fluid per well.
Tomato seedlings are dipped to the first true leaf inside the soil. If the seedlings are very elongated, then they try to deepen the stem as much as possible.
Young bushes are watered with warm water, two to three liters per plant.
The best period for transferring seedlings to open ground is the evening time. In this case, the plant will be ahead in development by three to five days of those planted in the morning.
Since the variety has a long stem, a peg is immediately driven in next to the bush, to which the tomatoes will be tied.
How to properly care for a vegetable
If the cultivation of a vegetable crop is carried out in warm regions, then a bush is formed, leaving two to three stems. With moist fertile soils, the development of sweet fruits is delayed, therefore one or two stems are left. Unnecessary stepchildren are removed as soon as they are three or five centimeters long.
Pinching the tips of the shoots will accelerate the ripening of the crop, while leaving two leaves above the first flower brush.
The characteristics of the care include:
- The introduction of dressings, first in the form of a mullein solution, then diluted in water with ammonium nitrate (30 grams), superphosphate (40 grams), potassium salt (15 grams). They continue to apply mineral fertilizers every two to three weeks.
- Water the plant sparingly, reducing the amount of moisture before flowering.
- The sugar content in the fruits of the variety increases if the leaves shading the tomatoes are removed in time.
With proper care, the Sugar Giant will produce a large amount of sugar fruits and increase their yield.
What vegetable growers say about the variety
Anyone who reads reviews of tomato giants will want to enjoy delicious tomatoes. Their pulp is so sweet that they are happy to use it for making tomato juice and sauces. After eating large fruits, everyone will conclude that we are growing only this variety of red tomatoes. They are useful, they contain a lot of the substance lycopene, which serves for the prevention of cancer, strengthening the immune system.
The plant is resistant to temperature extremes, resists tomato diseases well, and is easy to care for.
Believe it or not, before tomatoes were 500-600 grams each, but this year I have grown about five by almost a kilogram! She was surprised when she weighed. This is probably due to the bioactivator BioGrow... The year was generally cold, I did not expect such people to grow up.