Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Sweet donut, its yield
Almost every person who has a summer cottage with a vegetable garden is engaged in growing tomatoes. Before you start planting tomatoes, you need to decide on the cultivated variety. Quite often, vegetable growers grow tomato Sweet donut on their plots.
Short description
Before planting a tomato, you need to study its characteristics and description. With their help, you can find out a lot of useful information about this variety.
Sweet donut differs from other tomatoes in its high yield and resistance to all common tomato diseases. The variety is versatile, since it can be grown both in greenhouses and on the streets.
When grown, bushes can grow up to one meter.
Therefore, if the plant grows on the street, then you will have to take care of its garter. It is needed to protect the plant from strong gusts of wind, which can break the tomato stem. You will also have to do the pinching of the bushes. During this procedure, you will have to get rid of all unnecessary stepsons that can interfere with the formation of fruits.
The fruits are quite round, they have a round shape and a bright yellow color. If you grow them under optimal conditions, then the mass of one tomato will be equal to 200 grams. Thanks to such large tomatoes, it will be possible to collect 6-8 kilograms of tomatoes from one bush.
Planting seeds
Sweet donut seeds are planted for young seedlings in the first half of March. If it is planned that the plant will be transplanted into the ground only in summer, then seeds can be planted in early April.
Seed preparation
Before proceeding with planting, you should deal with the disinfection of the seed. To do this, all the seeds will have to be soaked in a weak solution made from manganese. A gram of substance is diluted with a liter of water and mixed. Then add seeds placed in a cloth bag to the container. The seeds should be soaked for 20-40 minutes, after which they are removed from the solution and washed with water.
They can also be treated with a growth stimulant, which will speed up the process of seed germination several times. For this, preparations such as Zircon or Epin-Extra are perfect. Planting material should be processed for about 20 minutes.
Planting
It is recommended to plant a sweet donut in special cassettes, which should be filled with nutrient soil in advance. It is recommended to use loose soil so that the first shoots appear faster.
Before planting, the soil in the containers must be slightly moistened.After that, small holes are made in each cell for planting seeds. Their size should not exceed 2-3 cm. One seed should be planted in each hole. Then all cassettes with tomatoes are covered with foil and transferred for further germination in a lighted room.
Planting seedlings
Seedlings should be transplanted into open ground 2-3 months after planting the seeds. This time will be enough for the root system to strengthen well.
Site selection
Tomatoes are very fond of well-lit areas and therefore the area where they will be grown should be as open as possible. Since Sweet Donut is a tall variety, care must be taken to protect it from the wind. It is recommended to plant it on an area surrounded by a low fence that could protect the plants from wind gusts.
Planting seedlings
It is necessary to plant seedlings in pre-prepared soil. A few weeks before transplanting to the site, a warmed solution of vitriol should be added, which will protect young bushes from pests. It is also necessary to add a little superphosphate with humus and ash to the soil. After that, the entire area should be dug up with a shovel.
When the territory is fully prepared, you can start planting. First, you need to dig the required number of holes at a distance of about 50-60 cm from each other. Then seedlings are placed in each hole in an upright position. After that, they are sprinkled with soil and compacted. Having planted all the seedlings, a metal or wooden support should be installed near each bush for further garter.
Conclusion
The sweet donut is suitable for those gardeners who want to get a large amount of the harvest. To grow this tomato variety, you need to familiarize yourself with some of the nuances of this process and study the reviews of gardeners who have been growing a sweet donut in their gardens for several years.
