Positive aspects of street culture
The greenhouse is deservedly considered a more reliable option. However, growing tomatoes in soil has a number of advantages:
- vegetables turn out more tasty and healthy;
- attacks of pests and diseases are less aggressive and not so destructive;
- lower financial and labor costs;
- The yield of simple varieties is practically not inferior to that of hybrids.
Seed companies offer vegetable growers a choice of both hybrid and non-hybrid varieties.
Variety or hybrid?
In closed ground, the advantage of hybrids (in all respects except taste and fruit weight) is more obvious. For open ground, breeders also offer resistant varieties of tomatoes of hybrid origin; they are resistant to diseases and temperature contrasts.
But numerous reviews indicate that amateur gardeners still prefer non-hybrid forms - they are considered more tasty and aromatic, and you can also get your own seeds from them (it’s free, plus a guarantee of germination and varietal purity).
Svetlana Filippova, collector from Pyatigorsk
The collection contains about 600 varieties.
Variety Miracle of the Earth
Wonder of the earth
I have been growing tomatoes since 2008. At first I grew everything in open ground. But after the climate worsened (regular frequent downpours with hail), two small greenhouses and three greenhouses were built. Having tried more than 700 varieties, I kept only the best in the collection. At the moment I have about 600 of them.
I am reporting on my favorite variety, which I have been planting since 2014.
This is an indeterminate of Ukrainian selection. Ripening period is early ripening. The medium-leafed bush grows more than half a meter in height and is disease resistant. A high-yielding variety with beautiful heart-shaped fruits and deep pink color. The first fruits are large (up to 500 g), the subsequent ones are smaller. The taste is excellent, balanced, the pulp is sugary, almost without seeds.
Personally, I love this variety for its reliability - it produces a stable harvest every year. I recommend Miracle of the Earth to everyone who loves sweet, tasty tomatoes.
Tomato collector Elena Danko shared the seeds with me, for which I thank her very much.
Selection of varieties for open ground
For greenhouses, indeterminate tomatoes with an extended growing season are certainly more profitable. For street beds, the criteria are much broader, but the selection itself is stricter. Here there is more dependence on a variety of conditions - climatic zone, microclimate, goals and capabilities of the gardener.
More information about the best varieties of tomatoes for greenhouses.
We can say that there are three types of street culture:
- seedless method;
- planting seedlings under temporary shelter;
- planting seedlings immediately under the open sky.
For different climatic zones, the set of varieties for each method will be different, but there is a general rule: mid-late and late ripening periods are not suitable for open ground.
Limitations on the height of bushes depend only on climate and technology: tall varieties of tomatoes will not reveal their potential in the short summer and lack of good support.
Agricultural technology options:
- In regions with warm summers, tall tomatoes can be planted in the ground - if it is possible to provide a strong support (trellis), timely pinching, and worthy feeding. This is the only way the most productive tomato varieties will be able to reveal their potential.
- In recent years, semi-determinate tomatoes have become increasingly popular. This is sometimes called determinant varieties and hybrids of medium height (100-130 cm). As a rule, they are universal - suitable for both open and closed ground. Simple supports in the form of pegs are suitable for them; moderate pinching is required. The harvest yield is worthy.
- Low-growing tomatoes are less labor-intensive and unpretentious. It is advisable to thread them up to the first cluster - for earlier ripening, but this procedure is not mandatory. Excessive pinching leads to a decrease in yield. Sometimes a thickened planting is used.
- For super-early varieties (low determinants and super-determinants), a non-seedling method of cultivation is possible. This does not mean direct sowing into the ground, but the arrangement of at least a minimal greenhouse with heat accumulation.
In 2022, the gardener has the opportunity to experience the latest breeding achievements and compare them with old, proven tomato varieties.
Scheme: How to choose tomato seeds for greenhouses and open ground
New varieties
- Argonaut F1
- VIP F1
- red bud
- Persianovsky F1
- Phantom F1
- King F1
- Chelyabinsk meteorite F1
Features of cultivation, planting and care
Sowing the seeds of this variety of tomatoes for seedlings is carried out 60-65 days before the intended planting in the ground.
In some catalogs, this tomato is found under the name Brown Cuban pepper, Black pepper, Cuban black.
photo author Alisa Dorskaya
If you have grown Cuban pepper tomatoes, please write whether you liked them or not. What was the yield and taste of the fruit under your conditions? How do you rate the disease resistance of this variety? Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of tomatoes in your opinion. If possible, attach to the comment a photo of the entire bush as a whole or individual fruits that you grew. Thank you!
Your reviews of the Cuban pepper tomato and additions to the description will help many gardeners evaluate this variety more objectively and decide whether it is worth planting or not.
Review of the best varieties of tomatoes for 2018-2019
Below we will look at popular varieties of tomatoes for open ground according to their purpose and various characteristics.
The best varieties according to gardener reviews
An important criterion for a reliable variety is stable yield from year to year, the ability to adapt to different regions and weather conditions. Such plants invariably delight their owners.
Fighter (Brawler)
This popular patented variety of Siberian selection is a champion in unpretentiousness. The seedlings do not stretch; they begin to produce buds after the 6th or 7th leaf. The bushes do not suffer from the tobacco mosaic virus, they grow up to 45 cm. Garter and pinching are kept to a minimum (you can do without them).
Ripe cylindrical fruits are ready for harvest 3 months after germination, weight in the lower cluster is 180 g, then 70-90 g each. The yield is up to 5 kg per square meter. The purpose is universal.
Seed packaging
Photo: Olga-70-KAZ
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Big Mama
Early ripening (85 days) new product from. The bush is medium spreading, of moderate height. The tomatoes are heart-shaped, quite large (200-250 g) and fleshy for such an early date.
Pink Stella
A mid-early variety from Siberian breeders, consistently producing 6-10 kg per square meter. The internodes are close together, the total height of the bush is about half a meter. Compact in seedlings.
The first fruits are elongated, heart-shaped, up to 300 g, the subsequent ones are cylindrical, 120-200 g each. The color is pinkish-raspberry, the consistency is fleshy, there are few seeds.
Pink Stella
Package
Photo by: Sweet
Tanya F1
Dutch hybrid with high productivity and disease resistance. The bushes are powerful, but compact, approximately 0.7 m high. The tomatoes are spherical, even, 150-200 g. They are dense, but not too hard. Lightweight, do not wrinkle during transportation. The ripening period is mid-early.
Sheriff F1
The hybrid is a new product of Pridnestrovian selection. Combines very early ripening (from 89 days) with a solid weight of round, strong fruits (up to 250 g). Fruiting is long lasting. The brushes begin to be laid above the 5th sheet, then go through the sheet.
The bush is semi-determinate, tall (up to one and a half meters), resistant to viruses and Alternaria spot. Productivity up to 20 kg per square meter.
Early (early ripening) varieties
Early varieties of tomatoes do not have time to gain fleshy pulp, but they are so long-awaited that they seem the sweetest. Able to ripen on the vine even in northern regions.
They are often characterized as resistant to late blight, but this is not entirely true: they simply manage to give up most of the harvest before the infectious attack.
Betta
A tomato with a unique precocity: it turns red after 78-85 days from the beginning of the growing season. In seedlings it does not stretch, it blooms early; requires disembarkation at a permanent place at the age of 1 month. It produces crops quickly, so it doesn’t get sick; frees up the bed for replanting.
The bush is standard, compact, less than half a meter. Suitable for dense placement. Tomatoes are spherical-flattened, 50-70 g in size; harvest from a bush - 1.5-2 kg.
Katya F1
Ultra-early (75 days) proprietary hybrid from with friendly performance in any conditions. Determinant. The brushes begin to appear already above the 5th leaf and bear up to 8 ovaries. Fruit weight is from 80 to 130 g.
Highly resistant to cracking and disease. Productivity is more than 10 kg per square area.
Polfast F1
Hybrid tomato from Dutch breeders with the first harvest 86 days after germination. For such early dates, the fruits are surprisingly dense, of good taste, weighing up to 150 g. The bushes rise 0.6 m and resist disease and cold weather well.
Ultra early ripening
Ripening time is from 80 days, bush height is 40 cm, weight of scarlet round fruit is up to 100 g. No pinching is required. A non-seedling method of cultivation is possible.
Jurand F1
New selection from Transnistria. Disease-resistant, very early (from 80 days) hybrid with long-lasting and high total output - up to 16 kg per square meter. Determinate bushes, up to 0.8 m. Fruit formation begins after the growth of 5 leaves.
The tomatoes are spherical, transportable, weighing 90 g.
Ultra early ripening
Polfast F1
Betta
Jurand F1
Katyusha
short
Small tomatoes (25-45 cm) require minimal care. Standard varieties with thick stems don’t even need to be tied up.
Low-growing varieties of tomatoes for open ground do not require mandatory pinching.
Grigorashik F1
Dwarf superdeterminate hybrid for indoor, potted and decorative culture. The sheet is beautiful, corrugated. Tomatoes weigh 30 g each. The stem length is no more than a quarter of a meter. Can be used in soil and greenhouses as a compactor.
Otradny
A standard bush with a height of 35 cm successfully resists cold snaps and temperature stress. Begins to ripen 3 months after germination. Round tomatoes weigh about 60 g. The plants branch weakly and do not need shaping.
Superclub
A brand new product from the Siberian Garden. Fruiting dates are mid-early. Tomatoes are hidden by thick foliage, they are pink, up to 250 g in size, and ripen on the vine. The stem is standard type, no higher than 40 cm.
Turbojet
New Siberian tomato, very early in date. Cold-resistant and unpretentious. A 40-centimeter bush yields up to two kilograms of tomatoes weighing 60-80 g. You don’t have to pluck or tie them up.
Shuttle
An early ripening (from 82 days) pickling variety with a standard bush no higher than 0.45 m. The fruits are oval-elongated, with a “spout”, strong, beautiful, weighing 30-60 g.
Shuttle
Grigorashik F1 Otradny Superklusha
Turbojet
Tall
Tall ground tomatoes are classified as semi-determinate or indeterminate. Semi-determinants, as a rule, stop growing on their own, having formed the optimal number of tassels. Indeterminates must be stopped in a timely manner - by topping (pinching off the growing points of the main stems) at the end of the season.
Regular stepsoning is a mandatory procedure.
Mirsini F1
Semi-determinate (1.3 meters) early hybrid of Dutch selection with excellent disease resistance and high yield. The tomatoes are round-flat, very strong, large - up to 400 g.
Novosibirsk pink
A new early ripening variety with a stable ovary. Plants are medium-sized, compact. The tomatoes are cube-shaped and elongated, weighing 100 g, pickling type, attractive pink hue.
Normandy
Thanks to its tall bush (150 cm), this tomato successfully combines early harvesting of the first fruits (90 days) with long-term yield and high yield - up to 10 kg per square meter. The weight of one tomato is approximately 160 g; The pulp is tender, suitable for salad.
Seven
A mid-season variety, yielding up to 6 kg per bush, resistant to diseases. Indeterminate plants require reliable staking. Spherical tomatoes weighing 150 g have excellent taste.
High Color 312 F1
Powerful semi-determinant up to one and a half meters high. The initiation of the first ovary is very early - above the 5th leaf. The returns are long-lasting and the overall yield is high. The fruits are extremely dense, pickling type, have the shape of a plum, weight 70 g. Imported from Holland.
High Color 312 F1
Mirsini F1
Novosibirsk pink
Normandy
Seven
Disease resistant
High resistance to diseases is laid down at the genetic level. A guaranteed, obvious effect appears in hybrids.
Other varieties (especially mid-season ones) are more dependent on agricultural technology and weather conditions in terms of health.
Caspar F1
The newest hybrid of English selection. Early ripening (from 85 days), powerful, determinant. Each cluster contains up to a dozen fruits weighing 200 g - smooth, raspberry-pink.
Diabolik F1
Mid-season hybrid from Japan. Determinate, pickling. Tomatoes are elongated, pepper-shaped, strong, weighing 150 g.
Cameo
Ultra-early ripening (89 days), productive tomato of Russian selection. Tolerant to stress, cold snaps, diseases (even late blight). The bush grows no higher than half a meter and does not require pinching. The fruits are one hundred grams, even, smooth; keep up together.
Magnus F1
Cold-resistant Dutch hybrid with abundant ovary. Successfully resists nematodes, viruses and fungal diseases (even late blight). The bushes grow to an average height, the tomatoes weigh 150 g.
Fitous
Medium early, compact, low (0.5 m) variety. Step-sonning is not necessary. Produces a harvest (about 11 kg per square meter) in the mid-early period. Tomatoes are oval-pear-shaped, 50-70 g, universal purpose.
Diabolik F1 Cameo
Fitous
Caspar F1
Magnus F1
The sweetest
Sugary non-hybrid tomatoes are considered the most delicious. The sweetish taste of tomatoes consists of several indicators: the amount of sun and moisture, nutrition, genetic predisposition to the predominance of sugars over acids.
There are truly sweet varieties.
Djalo Santa
Mid-season, medium-growing (0.7 m) variety, tolerant of cool weather and dry soil. The tomatoes are honey-yellow, fruity-sweet, weighing about 150 g. Output per square meter is up to 8 kg.
Pink honey
The popular heart-shaped Siberian tomato, with a record weight of over a kilogram, is meaty and aromatic. The bush grows 0.7 m and needs good feeding and shaping.
Russian delicious
Branded mid-early tomato with dessert fruits up to 300 g in size. Resistant to diseases. The bush is of moderate height (0.8 m), bears up to 4.5 kg. Step-sonning is mandatory.
Super sweet miracle
Medium ripening variety from “Ural Summer Resident”, weighs 150-200 g, sugary. Plant height is 0.7 m. You don’t have to plant stepsons. Disease resistance is high.
Southern tan
Pepper-shaped orange tomatoes weigh up to 350 g and taste like ripe apricots. Keeping quality is long lasting. The bushes are indeterminate, with good ovary even in open ground conditions - it is not for nothing that this is a Siberian selection.
Ripening time is average, yield per plant is up to 8 kg.
Russian delicious Supersweet miracle
Southern tan
Djalo Santa
Pink honey
Cherry
Most cherry tomatoes are characterized by early or mid-early ripening of the first fruits. Even tall cherry tomatoes can be grown in open ground (with the necessary supports). However, there are also special options with restrained growth.
Children's sweet "cream"
On a low bush (0.5 m), oval tomatoes weighing 30 g, deep red in color, quickly set and ripen. There are up to 10 pieces in a brush.
Pearl yellow
Standard determinant up to 30 cm high - a patented “baby” from. Ultra-early (85 days), shade-tolerant. Honey-yellow cherries weigh 20 g.
Sweet meeting
“Vkusnoteka” series from . The bush is medium-sized and needs staking. The tomatoes are deep pink, weighing up to 20 g, in beautiful clusters.
Sweet kiss
Plants reach a height of 80 cm. The tomatoes are red, sugary, up to 20 g in size. Siberian selection.
Unicum F1
Original cherry hybrid from agro. Tomatoes are cylindrical in shape and weigh up to 30 g; color dark red. The bushes are low, standard, disease-resistant. Ripening period is ultra-early (from 80 days). Return per square meter is more than 7 kg.
yellow pearl
Unicum F1
Children's sweet "cream"
Sweet meeting
Sweet kiss
Tomato varieties according to various characteristics
The most productive
- F1 debut
- Eagle beak
- Diva F1
- Tiberias F1
- Yaki F1
Not requiring stepsons
- Gigolo
- Mystery
- Lazy
- Nepas
- Nizhny Novgorod Kudyablik
Large-fruited
- Eternal Call
- Regimental commander
- Crimson Giant
- Buffalo heart
- Hospitable
For pickling
- Lady fingers
- Classic F1
- Mariana F1
- New from Transnistria
- Rocket
- Semko-Sinbad F1
Black
- Vranac F1
- De barao black
- Chocolate bunny
- Black Moor
- Cherry Negro F1
Yellow
- Buyan yellow
- Golden heart
- King of Siberia
- Marmalade yellow
- Top Model
Pink
- Pink pear
- Lyana pink
- Pani Yana
- Gift for F1 woman
- Pink Katya F1
- Rosy cheeks
Dutch
- Bobcat F1
- Incas F1
- Perfectsaw F1
- Polbig F1
- Sunrise F1
- Hypil 108 F1
For the Moscow region
- Beauty of Moscow
- Krasnaya Presnya
- Moskvich
- Neptune F1
- Peremoga 165
For the Middle Band
- Explosion
- Gina
- Liana
- Sister-in-law F1
- Sanka
- Semko 2010 F1
For Siberia
- Demidov
- Spark of Siberia
- Kemerovo
- Nastya Sibiryachka
- Heavyweight of Siberia
- Sorcerer
For the Urals
- Benito F1
- Quiz
- Danna
- Rocket
- Semko 98 F1
Reviews from gardeners: the best varieties for open ground for 2022
Considering the climatic conditions of our country, it is difficult to grow such a heat-loving crop as a tomato in open ground. It is much easier to do this using a greenhouse. However, if it is occupied by another crop or is simply absent, then, subject to certain conditions, it is possible to grow tomatoes in open ground.
According to existing opinion, they will be even more useful than greenhouse ones.
The main thing is to choose the right type of tomatoes so that it is desirable:
- early ripening - early (ultra, - super early) varieties will allow you to grow a crop in a relatively short warm season, avoiding possible late spring or early autumn frosts;
- short, or at least medium-sized - to better withstand wind loads in open space, even with relatively weak support.
Let's try to determine which early-ripening and low-growing tomatoes are most often reviewed well on forums and on social networks, and which varieties are recognized as the sweetest and (or) delicious.
The sweetest varieties
Many lovers appreciate the presence of a sweet aftertaste in the taste range of tomatoes. Therefore, varieties that can be conventionally classified as sweet are very popular for cultivation. The following received a lot of good feedback from specialists and ordinary gardeners:
- Big Mommy is an early, relatively new variety with a fruit weight of up to 300 grams. Typical comments: “Excellent taste”, “The sugar pulp resembles a watermelon”, etc.;
- Yellow giant is a medium-sized early variety with tender pulp and low acid content; its fruits weigh up to 700 grams. “I really liked the rich sweet taste” and “Excellent variety” are typical reviews of it.;
- Lev Tolstoy is a hybrid medium-sized variety with a fruit weight of up to 300 grams. “A very juicy and tasty fruit, the cut even sparkles in the sun” is one of the many positive statements about this variety available on the forum.
They also respond well to other varieties of sweets, such as, for example, Uvalen, Pink Honey, Sweet Kiss, Sladkoezhka, Aphrodite, Valentina, etc.
Alena Voronina, collector from the Valdai district of the Novgorod region
The collection includes more than 1100 varieties.
Variety Heart of Ashgabat
Heart of Ashgabat
I recommend this delicious salad variety to everyone who has a greenhouse, and the growing region is from the North-West and the Urals to the southern regions of the Middle Zone. In more southern regions (Crimea, Stavropol, Krasnodar, Caucasus, southern Siberia) it can be grown in open ground.
According to the official description, the variety is an indeterminate medium-early ripening variety with heart-shaped fruits and a bright golden-orange color. The fruits weigh up to 250 g, although under ideal conditions they can reach a weight of half a kilogram. The pulp is dense, juicy, aromatic, very sweet.
The bush is very productive, is not afraid of cold nights, and is resistant to major tomato diseases.
I have been growing this variety myself since 2012. I got it from a collector from Ukraine, whose family has been growing Heart of Ashgabat since the 1980s.
I fell in love with this variety because... it is unpretentious, the earliest of the large-fruited varieties, and very tasty. Tomatoes have small seed chambers and one tomato meat.
