Ataman tomatoes: a productive variety for the southern regions

Description of tomato

The plant is determinate. It is only 45 cm in height. Its growth stops as soon as 4-5 brushes are formed. The leaves of the tomato are medium sized. Formed intermediate inflorescences with a stalk without articulation. The variety is early ripening. Tomatoes ripen quickly. About 115 days pass from the appearance of sprouts to the first harvest.

For a determinate variety, the harvest of Ataman tomatoes is quite good. Subject to weather conditions, performing agrotechnical work, taking into account crop rotation, about 10 fruits are obtained from one bush. This is approximately 1-1.2 kg per bush. With a sowing pattern of 70x30 cm per 1 sq. 5-6 kg of tomatoes are harvested per meter, and up to 100 tons of crops are harvested from 1 hectare.

Characteristics of tomatoes:

• sizes are small;
• weight of tomatoes up to 120 g;
• round shape;
• the pulp is juicy;
• a small amount of seeds;
• The color of unripe fruits is light green;
• ripe fruits are bright red;
• There are more than 4 seed chambers inside the tomato;
• Fruit ripening is smooth.

Tomatoes contain many useful substances and vitamins. Among them are:

• vitamin C (ascorbic acid) - 20%;
• sugar - 3.7%;
• acids - 0.5%
• dry matter - 6%.

The plant loves warmth, which determines growth rates, ripening period and yield. In order for the culture to develop normally, it is necessary to maintain optimal air humidity.

Fruit characteristics

As mentioned earlier, Ataman tomatoes have small bushes (maximum 45 cm). Therefore, the leaves are medium-sized, green and the fruits are small. Their maximum weight is 120 grams. The tomato inflorescence is intermediate, the stalk is without articulation.

Fruit characteristics: round, smooth, dense, juicy. And these are not all of his positive features. Its color when unripe is light green, and when ripe it is deep red. It has more than four nests. Tomatoes have a wonderful taste, both fresh and canned. Due to the fact that the fruits are small in size, they are perfect for whole preservation.

A planted tomato bush can produce a harvest of up to 10 fruits. This is a good indicator. The total amount per hectare is up to one hundred tons. It is very rare to find bad tomatoes in the harvest. Thanks to their resistance to diseases, everyone survives under normal conditions.

Pros and cons of the variety

Experienced gardeners have seen that tomatoes have many positive qualities:

• stable high yield;
• early fruit ripening;
• excellent taste of tomatoes;
• friendly ripening of tomatoes;
• good tomato yield;
• compactness of bushes;
• stability during transportation;
• versatility of use;
• adaptability to rare harvests.

Disadvantages include susceptibility to blackleg and late blight in conditions of high humidity.

Reviews from gardeners

Reviews from those who planted this variety are mostly positive. Gardeners note that when growing, it is necessary to observe the temperature regime. To do this, you need to plant tomatoes later. People also note the high yield of the variety and excellent taste.

Ataman tomatoes can be grown in large quantities, not only for personal consumption, but also for sale, since if there is a suitable temperature and the required humidity level, you can get a bountiful harvest of this plant.

Gardeners note that tomatoes of this type do not require cultivation in greenhouse conditions, which means there is no need to build a greenhouse or greenhouse. The plant does not require too complex agrotechnical measures. The main thing for tomatoes is warmth, so they should be planted no earlier than the end of March or beginning of April.

Growing tomatoes Ataman

The variety is intended for cultivation on personal land plantations and on farms in the southern regions. But increasingly, Ataman tomatoes are found in other regions in protected ground.

Growing seedlings

Seedlings begin to be grown in mid-March. In February, you can begin preparing seeds collected from last year's harvest. When purchasing seed from a store, you can immediately sow it into the ground.

Seed planting procedure:

• Boxes are selected. The main thing is the presence of drainage holes. You can replace the boxes with peat pots or juice boxes.
• Before sowing, water the soil. It is possible to fertilize to improve germination. To prepare it, dissolve 1 tablespoon of ash, copper sulfate and boric acid on the tip of a knife in 1 liter of water. The seeds are tied with gauze and dipped in the solution overnight. Then dry.
• Before planting the seeds, water the soil in the box with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. This will disinfect the soil and speed up germination.
• Plant the seeds in the ground to a depth of 1 cm.
• The box is covered with film and placed in a warm place. When the soil dries out, water it.
• When the first shoots appear, the film is removed and the shoots are exposed to light.
• Watering the seedlings begins after the first true leaf appears. Until this moment, the soil is sprayed with a spray bottle.
• The strengthened seedlings are dumped into a separate container. Then they put it in a dark place for several days and water it occasionally.

You should not dive tomatoes directly into a greenhouse or open ground. They will adapt less well to new conditions and will lag behind in development.

Tomatoes of the Ataman variety are planted in open ground after May 15. By this time, the soil will have warmed up and night frosts will have passed.

Features of care

Sandy loam and light loamy soils with a high percentage of nutrients and humus are suitable for planting the Ataman variety.

Fertilizers are added to the soil 1-1.5 weeks before planting. The mixture contains the following substances (per 1 square meter):

• compost - 1 bucket;
• ash - 1 glass;
• sawdust - 1 bucket;
• superphosphate - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• potassium nitrate - 1 tbsp. spoon.

The mixture is distributed over the site, the soil is dug up and leveled. They make deep holes. Supports a 70x40 cm planting pattern.

You can plant seedlings in greenhouses or greenhouses if the doors can be opened during the day and closed at night.

Tomato varieties are watered infrequently, but abundantly:

• spring and autumn: once every 10 days;
• summer: once every 7 days.

During droughts, watering becomes more frequent. During the fruiting period, water 2 times a week or more often.

If watering is too frequent, the bush will be powerful, the stem will grow wider, and the leaves will grow huge and fleshy. But you won’t be able to get a good harvest.

Gardeners need to remove the grass along with the roots to prevent infection. At the beginning of August, the tops of the shoots are pinched so that all the strength of the bush goes into the formation and ripening of the tomatoes.

Top dressing

Ataman tomatoes need regular feeding. Usually it is carried out once every 2-3 weeks. Top dressing may include complex fertilizers rich in micro- and macroelements. Organic fertilizers for feeding are diluted in water when watering to avoid burning the roots. In the first days of fruiting, the soil is fertilized with ash.

Features of agricultural technology

To successfully grow tomatoes, stable warm weather is required with an air temperature above 18 degrees during the day and at least 12-14 degrees at night, otherwise the growth and development of the bush will slow down. Therefore, it is recommended to plant the crop as seedlings - no earlier than the first half of March, and in open ground - in mid-May.

Tomato Bugai

Ataman needs moderate air humidity, about 60%. As this indicator increases, flower pollination and fruit set slow down significantly, and the likelihood of infection with fungal diseases (late blight, blackleg) also increases.

Note! It is preferable to grow the crop on sandy and loamy soils, which guarantees the full development of the plant and the formation of fruits.

Before planting seedlings in a permanent place, it is recommended to prepare the beds 2 weeks in advance by digging with shovels. During this period, the plants must be adapted to external conditions, which will protect them from hypothermia in the future and prevent the inflorescences from falling off. The planting density is 4 plants per 1 sq. m.

Important! When air humidity is high, it is necessary to carry out preventive treatment of tomatoes against fungal diseases, starting 2 weeks after planting in open ground.

Ataman needs preventive treatment at high humidity

Prevention of diseases and pests

The Ataman tomato is disease resistant. In addition, due to the early ripening period, the crop can be harvested before the appearance of fungal diseases.

For seedlings, blackleg is a terrible disease; at the stage of growing plants and during the fruiting period - late blight. As a result, leaves and fruits fall off, plants grow upward, and productivity decreases.

Therefore, preventive treatments with insecticides, fungicides, and bactericides are necessary. The variety was approved for use at the end of the 20th century. In recent years, many new varieties with good characteristics have appeared. But until now, Ataman remains the No. 1 variety for the North Caucasus region.

Features of cultivation, planting and care

It is advisable to sow seeds for seedlings 60-65 days before the intended planting in the ground.

Planting pattern: 50 x 40 cm, planting density - 6-8 plants per 1 sq. m.

Advantages of the hybrid: resistance to tobacco mosaic virus, cladosporiosis, fusarium, verticillium. It tolerates temperature changes and adverse weather conditions well, and is suitable for growing in northern regions.

Tomato Baron F1 is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation for cultivation in winter-spring rotation in soil culture.

Originator: AgroSemToms.

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If you grew Baron tomatoes, please write whether you liked them or not. What was the yield and taste of the fruits like under your climatic conditions? How do you assess the disease resistance of this hybrid? Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of this tomato in your opinion. If possible, attach a photo of the entire bush or individual fruits you grew to your comment. Thank you!

Your reviews of the Baron tomato and additions to the description will help many gardeners evaluate this hybrid more objectively and decide whether it is worth planting or not.

My favorite tomato varieties

January and February are the right time to select and purchase tomato seeds, which we will sow in March. I have been growing tomatoes in a greenhouse and in open ground for only 6 years, but I have already managed to create my own hit parade of tomato varieties.

There are must-have varieties that I always plant every year. I like them not only for their taste and unpretentiousness, but also for the way they look on the bush. I’ll paraphrase one bearded joke: “I don’t really like tomatoes... But the process itself...”. I love going into the greenhouse and admiring the tomato plantations. And I don’t hesitate to show off my particularly spectacular huge tomatoes to my neighbors, and then post photos on the forum. It’s a shame to hide it – we all love it!

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The following varieties are among the favorites also because they do not need to be fanatically cultivated and shaped. And they will always give a harvest: small, large, and a lot, depending on the variety and what I grow them for - for salads, for preparations, or, the smallest and sweetest ones, so that “like seeds, they click.” .

The “Rocket” variety is suitable for both greenhouses and open ground. The fruits are identical in shape and sweet. We love to eat them by the handful. Look good in blanks. The bush requires garter, despite the fact that the package says the opposite. This is because a lot of fruits grow, and the bush bends from the weight. Its height in open ground is about 40 cm, and in a greenhouse it can reach up to 60 cm. This is a mid-season variety; it does not need to be pinched.

Rice. 1. “Rocket” matures smoothly and is well stored in both technical and biological maturity.

I got the “Big Man” variety from a neighbor. During a tour of her greenhouse, I really liked the way it looked on the bush. The neighbor said that she has been planting it for a long time, that it is unpretentious and always sets fruit, even if the ventilation regime in the greenhouse is not followed. Of course, I took one fruit for seeding. “Zdorovyak” can grow up to 100 cm in height, so it is better to grow it in a greenhouse, although it produces large tomatoes in open ground.

Rice. 2. There is almost no need to pin the “Big Man” wrist.

Rice. 3. It ripens in batches, gradually, which is very convenient.

Among the vigorous-growing tomatoes with large fruits, I singled out the “Red Giant” variety. This amateur variety was bred by simple gardeners. Despite the fact that it grows a lot of leaves, it does not have to be pruned too often. The fruits on the lower tiers are the largest. If I had not been lazy and plucked out the inflorescences, leaving no more than 3-4 in the brush, the fruits would have been even larger. It is fleshy inside and contains few seeds.

Rice. 4. “Red Giant” in mid-July.

Rice. 5. You can take your own seeds, but the fruit must ripen on the bush and come from the second cluster from the bottom.

Rice. 6. The fruits are slightly ribbed, quite transportable, there is never a yellow-pink top from unbalanced care, as in pink-fruited varieties.

Rice. 7. Both the side of the stalk and the reverse side always have a marketable appearance.

Rice. 8. The only drawback of the “Red Giant” is that the largest fruits require a garter.

However, almost all large-fruited tomatoes require additional tying of the brushes. Except for my next favorite, Bull's Heart. I also always grow it year after year, as my grandmother advised me. “He will never let you down!” - she said, and every year I am convinced of this. Even if I took my own seeds and not factory ones, “Bull’s Heart” invariably bears fruit and does not require pinching at all, although it is vigorous.

Rice. 9. The hands grow in such a way that they do not need to be additionally secured with a garter to prevent them from falling.

Rice. 10. There is one peculiarity of the “Bull’s Heart” - a predisposition to the formation of such gnarled fruits.

Therefore, if you see a bud or flower that is too large, feel free to cut it with scissors, it will still take a long time to ripen, even though it will be large, the skin will be hard and gray, you cannot take seeds from it.

Rice. 11. But the bulk of the “Bull’s Heart” fruits are very beautiful, tasty and fleshy. By the way, this variety comes in both orange and red.

I definitely plant the listed varieties, but there are also some that I just liked, and I periodically grow them in the greenhouse, but I have not become a fan of them. Of the indeterminates, I like the raceme varieties the most. Again, this is primarily because they look beautiful on the bush. There are only three varieties, and each has a special reason to grow it.

“Intuition F1” is a mid-season hybrid, but I would classify it as a late-season hybrid. Not only does it reach harvest ripeness only by mid-August, but biological maturity also comes quite late. Some specimens of these tomatoes ripen even until the end of October. But, on the other hand, this is convenient because as a result, we have our own fresh tomatoes at home for a very long time. That's why I sow it in February.

Rice. 12. Photo from the end of July, but the fruits have not yet begun to ripen.

But “Intuition F1” is very easy. This hybrid is great for freezing for future use. In winter, I make pizza and frittata with them, as they do not defrost like porridge, but retain their meatiness well when cut.

Rice. 13. The fruits are all smooth and beautiful.

Rice. 14. In this form, I send “Intuition F1” to deep freeze.

“Scarlet Candles” is a cluster variety, mid-season. They don’t have a special taste, but what a shape! Looks impressive in preparations with cucumbers. However, this is why I grow them. It’s nice to admire such a jar later in the winter.

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Rice. 15. The length of “Scarlet Candles” is almost like pickling cucumbers.

Rice. 16. “Scarlet candles” look neat, they all have a characteristic “spout”.

“De Barao” is quite late-ripening; I sow it earlier than the bulk of tomatoes. I really like it in preparations, it does not crack and is very tasty, both fresh and pickled.

Rice. 17. "De Barao" is resistant to disease. I always plant it on the north side, tying it above the entrance to the greenhouse, because it is very tall, and the upper tier ripens even in the last ten days of August, despite the first cold nights.

Rice. 18. The fruits are beautiful, all as one.

I have tried a great variety of salad varieties, I still want to find the most delicious one. Of the unusually colored tomatoes, I really like the taste of “Malachite Box” and “Black Prince”. Both are tall and require pinching, gartering, and formation into 1-2 stems, but the effort is worth it, the fruits are magnificent. “Black Prince” is dark burgundy when fully ripe.

Rice. 19. “Malachite box” in biological maturity – green.

Rice. 20. All these “Malachite Box” tomatoes are already ripe, although in appearance they seem unripe.

The yellow giants are not inferior in taste, of which the most fleshy and tasty for me are “Yellow Truffle” - of an unusual shape, “Persimmon” - indeed, the pulp is cut like the fruit of the same name, “Golden King” and sweet like a melon, “ Golden Bull." “Golden Heart” and “Altai Yellow” were less impressive. But it should be noted that the shelf life of yellow tomatoes is inferior to red ones.

Rice. 21. Everyone looks the same on the bush. This is Cardinal.

Rice. 22. “Cardinal” is well kept.

Rice. 24. In the foreground is “Mazarin”. It differs only in shape, in taste - like all other red-fruited ones.

Rice. 25. “Altai Reds”, however, can be praised for their friendly maturation.

Separately, I would like to mention the pink-fruited tomatoes “Miracle of the Earth”. If you are lucky with the summer and it is not very hot, then you can get a good harvest from this variety.

Rice. 26. “Miracle of the Earth” are also tall.

But, if there is not very good ventilation in the greenhouse, then this variety will give a characteristic light yellow border, I don’t like it, and I cut it off before use.

Rice. 27. “Miracle of the Earth” - on the right. They are the same size as the Red Giant on the left.

Separately, it should be said about tall cherry tomatoes, for example, “Chio-chio-san”, “Sweet Cherry F1” and others. Yes, many of them are sweet, they look elegant both in the greenhouse and in pickles, but many of them are thrown away and require careful care. No matter how much I refuse to plant them, I still “break down”, I really want to admire the brushes.

Rice. 28. “Red date” is, of course, delicious.

Rice. 29. “Goldilocks” also tastes good if you resist and don’t eat it half-ripe - and it can be eaten even half-ripe.

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.

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.