Fruits and yield
The variety is relatively large-fruited. The weight of the fruit ranges from 100 to 500 g. They are round and slightly flattened in shape, dense, fleshy and aromatic, with slight ribbing.
See what they look like in the photo:
The use of tomatoes is universal. They are good both fresh and in preparations for the winter (drying, pickling and pickling).
The yield of the variety reaches up to 10 kg per bush.
The fruits of the Lopatinskie variety have a long shelf life. They tolerate transportation well. This makes them attractive for growing for sale.
Tomatoes for open ground
Among the tomatoes for growing outside, I liked only five. Although all tomatoes for open ground can be grown in a greenhouse, if there is space. It is simply more efficient to occupy a greenhouse not only in width, but also in height, so it is customary to place low varieties outside, under temporary shelter or without it at all.
The hybrid “Market King III F1” got its name for a reason. I grow it under cover and without, depending on how much space remains in the greenhouse after the main plantings. It is considered early ripening, although I would not say so. I plant it with pleasure, because in any summer - both cloudy and hot - it produces a stable harvest. Most likely, this is because it is resistant to various diseases. In a greenhouse it grows slightly higher than in open ground. A garter is needed because the fruits, especially the lower ones, are very large.
Rice. 30. “Market King III F1” produces aligned fruits (in the red basket).
Rice. 31. “Apple tree of Russia” on a bush.
Rice. 32. “Apple Tree of Russia” stores well, including when frozen.
Rice. 33. “Buyan” is a long-known trouble-free variety for open ground.
Rice. 34. “Buyan” is good for pickling.
Rice. 35. I bought “Leningrad Chill” in economical packaging - 200 seeds in one. It lived up to its name, did not freeze during frosts, and grew well both in the greenhouse and outdoors.
Rice. 36. But the yellow-fruited variety “Wonder of the World” turned out to be the most cold-resistant for open ground. It sets an incredible amount of fruit.
From the low ones I also tried “Kremlin F1”, “Peach”, “Orange Sun”, “Dushechka”, “Tiger”, “Sanka”. Despite the hype, these varieties disappointed me.
And finally, dwarfs. These tomatoes are suitable for even the laziest or busiest gardeners. They do not require gartering, watering and, especially, pinching.
Rice. 37. Dwarfs only need to be mulched in mid-June and come to harvest in early August.
Rice. 38. Although, if you sow them at the end of February, you can harvest the first harvest on July 1, as in this photo.
Rice. 39. They bear fruit all summer.
I tried “SamRastet”, “Florida Petit”, “Pygmy”, “Pinocchio”, “Balcony Duet” - I liked them all.
Rice. 40. “Florida Petit” bore fruit even at home.
This year I will have only three new products: the tall “Shuntuk Giant” and the standard “Far North” and “Winter Cherry”. All of them have good reviews on the forum.
Do you have any tomato varieties that you must plant every year? How many are there, and what are they called?
Summer residents are well aware that in the risky farming zone, achieving a high yield of tomatoes is not such an easy task. A lot depends on the quality of the seeds and the correct choice of variety. Thanks to the hard work of breeders, new, improved varieties are constantly appearing, and one of them, with an original name, will be discussed.
Popularly, the word “bast shoe” is used in different meanings. An illiterate, narrow-minded person, or healthy in size, like a bast shoe. It is in this meaning that this word is used in the name of this variety. It is characterized by high yield, hardiness, resistance to diseases and is perfect for growing in Siberia and the Urals. So, let's learn more about the Demidovskie bast tomato, and also talk about the features of cultivation.
How to grow a tomato
Let's consider what features need to be taken into account when growing Lopatinskie tomatoes.
Sowing seeds
Tomatoes are grown in seedlings. They are planted on average 60 days before the expected date of planting at the main site. As a rule, this is done in March.
Before planting, it is advisable to soak the seeds in a solution of a growth and development stimulator. It can be "Epin" or "Epin extra". Add 1-2 drops of Epin solution to 100-120 g of water at room temperature and soak the seeds in it before planting in the ground for 4-6 hours.
The growth stimulator will allow:
- ensure the germination of seeds;
- will protect future seedlings from pests and diseases;
- will speed up germination time.
Seedling care
When shoots appear and 2 true leaves grow, the plants are pricked (transplanted into a separate container or container). There they will remain until planting in the main place (in the ground or in a greenhouse).
Important ! Before transplanting seedlings into open ground, it is advisable to harden them - to accustom them to cooler temperatures. This is achieved by regularly placing seedlings in ventilated rooms with conditions close to outdoor conditions (for example, on a balcony).
Disembarkation at the main place
Plants are planted in the greenhouse starting in May. In open ground - later (when the threat of frost has passed on the soil, approximately at the beginning of June).
The best pattern for planting seedlings, recommended by tomato growers, is 50 cm x 60 cm in a checkerboard pattern. This means that a distance of 50 cm is left between the bushes, and 60 cm between the rows.
Caring for mature plants
To get a decent harvest, it is recommended to tie up the plants and, if necessary, remove the shoots.
It is advisable to fertilize plants with boric acid several times a season.
To prepare a working solution, 0.5 teaspoon of boric acid powder is dissolved in hot water (200 ml). The mixture is poured into 10 liters of water. The resulting solution from a spray bottle is generously sprayed onto the aboveground part of the bushes.
This foliar feeding:
- stimulates tomato growth;
- improves metabolic processes,
- increases the sugar content of fruits;
- makes the plant stronger and more resistant to disease;
Tomato Lopatinskie - description and characteristics of the variety
Pomona fruits have a high taste, are very sweet and meaty. The advantage of these tomatoes is their resistance to late blight and mosaic leaf disease. Lopatinsky tomatoes are used for winter preparation and are consumed fresh. The first brush is laid over the seventh sheet. It is recommended to grow tomatoes indoors.
The Lopatinskie tomato is indeterminate and has a large list of positive features. Pomona gifts are large, dense, the flesh is fleshy, the skin is dense. The weight of the flat-rounded fruits reaches 500 g. The plants grow greatly not only in height, but also in width, so they are planted further away from each other. Plants require shaping and removal of shoots.
Growing seedlings
Sprouted moura are planted in cups with soil to a depth of 1.5 cm (make a hole in the soil with a pencil, lower the seed and level it). The soil for planting seeds should be loose and fertile, easily permeable for roots.
- Cups with seeds are placed in plastic boxes. You can use ready-made cups - disposable ones for beer - or cut them from plastic bottles (don't forget to pierce a hole at the bottom for water drainage).
- Water it with water at a temperature of 20 to 25 degrees and send it to a greenhouse, or in other words, any film shelter where there is free space for 2-3 weeks. In some cases, seedlings reach a height of 6 cm; they are fed with a solution of any mineral nitrogen-containing fertility granules: urea, nitrophoska, etc. – tomatoes are very fond of nitrogen in the early stages of cultivation. The proportions of the solution are as follows: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of fertilizer per 5 liters of water - this amount is enough for 6 boxes of seedlings, subsequent feeding - 1 sitting per week.
- The readiness of seedlings for transplantation is determined by the roots. They should completely entwine the earthen lump in the cup.
It is recommended to use transparent cups, this makes it easier to observe the plant and root growth. The roots should not break into rings at the bottom of the glass. If this happens, then the planted seedlings require nitrogen fertilizing every 6 days in the first two weeks to give impetus to increased growth; again, if the seedlings are overgrown, they may stop growing after planting in open ground.
Growing tomatoes in open ground
Tomatoes grow well in any type of soil, with the exception of heavy, clay soils. Good predecessors for tomatoes are cabbage, onions, garlic, zucchini, and corn. It is also possible to plant tomatoes using fresh manure added during late digging of the soil.
- Feed the butt regularly (1-2 times a month) with a solution of nitrophoska: 2 tbsp. Hold spoons for 10 liters of water (this is enough for 25-30 plants). And it is believed that tomatoes prefer mineral fertilizers; there is positive wisdom in using green nettle fertilizers.
- At the stage of flowering and fruit set, watering should be quite frequent - 2 times a week in the dry season, and obligatory weeding and mulching.
- In rainy years, due to disease, the only thing left is to lose up to 50% of the tomato harvest. Gray rot affects leaves, ovaries and pomona fruits.
Preparing a place for tomatoes
The beds for tomatoes are prepared to death. After harvesting the onions, do not dig up the soil, but level it with a rake and sow white mustard.
Superelite is embedded into the soil with a rake, and after sowing it is necessary to water it. Shoots appear within 3-4 days. When the mustard blooms, trample it, crush it with a shovel, and dig up the bed.
In the spring, when the soil allows, the bed is loosened with a hoe, compost is scattered and covered with plastic wrap. Before sowing, super-elites are disinfected and immersed in a lukewarm ash solution for 20 minutes.
Watering and fertilizing
If your region suffers from summer droughts and there are problems with water, then you need to know about the period during which tomatoes really need watering - this is the period of fruit formation.
- Watering can be rare, but always plentiful. If you water shallowly, the sources will concentrate at the surface of the soil, which greatly reduces resistance to drought and makes the plants dependent on regular watering.
- After watering and fertilizing, loosening and hilling of plants are useful. If there is no rain, you will have to water the plants once a week.
- The presence of a lack of moisture causes premature shedding of leaves and drying of the ovaries. Rarely this happens from a lack of potassium.
Tomato Lopatinskie is one of the leaders of the 2022 season in terms of yield, resistance to heat, softness to sunburn, and taste.
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Prevention of diseases and pests
In addition to spraying with a solution of boric acid against diseases, irrigating the bushes with garlic tincture to prevent pests has a beneficial effect on the bushes of Lopatinsky tomatoes. The solution is prepared from 5 liters of water and 180-200 g of chopped garlic cloves. After infusing for 3-5 hours, the liquid can be used, having first filtered it from the garlic cake.
To prevent most types of pests, it is good to plant calendula next to tomatoes. She is good at scaring away uninvited guests.
Attention ! In order to prevent diseases and pests, it is worth remembering the rules of crop rotation on the ground. Alternate crops in the garden and do not plant tomatoes in one place for several years in a row.
Reviews about the variety
Lopatin gardeners leave the following reviews about tomatoes:
Sweeta, Belgorod region. A productive variety, I really liked it. Planted in open ground, formed into 3 stems. The bushes were about 70 cm high. The first tomatoes weighed up to 500 g, then up to 200 g. I will grow more.
Elena, Novosibirsk. In my greenhouse, the Lopatinsky ones grew to a height of 180 cm. The overripe tomatoes lay on the seeds for a very long time and did not spoil.
Valentina, Tikhoretsk. I didn’t like the Lopatinskiye tomatoes at all (the seeds were from Sibsad). The packaging promised: productive, large. I didn’t have less than 300 g. But they taste sour and sour!
Natalya Nikolaevna, Smolensk. My Lopatinskys did not grow higher than 60 cm, both in the greenhouse and in the open ground. Without special care, the tomatoes filled up to 400 g.
Ogorodnik_77, Barnaul . This year I planted 1 bush in the greenhouse for testing (a neighbor gave me seedlings). So it was the very first to bloom for me, ahead of my early ripening hybrids. I counted only 30 fruits on the bush. They matured almost simultaneously. Next season I will plant more, the impressions were good.
Alla, Moscow region . The Lopatinskie variety in my greenhouse turned out to be tall (1.5 m) and productive. The fruits are large (up to 400 g) and fleshy. Ripened to pink color, slightly ribbed. I read that Lopatinskie produce stable yields even when the weather is not conducive to growth and ripening.
Description of vegetable crop
The Lopatinskie variety belongs to mid-season vegetable crops. The growing season from the appearance of the first seedlings to the full ripening of tomatoes is about 110-115 days. The variety is quite large-fruited, with high yields. Lopatinsky tomatoes are suitable for growing in open ground, in temporary greenhouse buildings and in greenhouse conditions.
The bush itself is of an indeterminate species, which develops in the form of vines. The average height of the plant is 0.8-1 meter. The bush is heavily leafy with many side shoots. Those who have grown this vegetable crop recommend forming the plant into 2-3 stems. In this way, it will be possible to increase the quantity and quality of the harvest. In addition, in order to increase the number of brushes, it is recommended to regularly prun the bush.
