Tomato De Barao: characteristics and description of variety types, photos, advantages and disadvantages, reviews

Description and characteristics of the variety

• De Barao is a variety of tall tomatoes. They are characterized by a stable yield and good disease resistance.
• The bushes are indeterminate; the stem grows to an unlimited height, so it requires pinching.
• Late ripening. The fruits ripen late: 115-120 days after emergence.
• There are varieties of the variety with fruits of different shapes and colors (red, pink, yellow, black).
• Cultivation is possible not only in a greenhouse, but also in open ground.
• The stem is powerful, with many large pointed leaves of a dark green color.
• The stem can stretch up to 4 meters in height.
• As practice has shown, it is better to form a bush into 1-2 stems, and also to carry out pinching and gartering in a timely manner.
• The variety is resistant to nightshade diseases.
• The inflorescences are simple and compact, the first are formed at the level of 9 or 11 leaves, but everything depends on the variety. After the first inflorescence, all the others begin to form every 3 leaves.
• Approximately 10 brushes are formed on the bush. Up to 7 fruits are formed on each of them. An important feature of the De Barao tomato variety is its consistently high yield, despite changing weather conditions. Moreover, the bushes bear fruit until the first frost.
• Productivity is high. From 1 sq. Mestra can collect up to 40 kg of good quality tomatoes. 1 bush can produce almost 20 kg of tomatoes.
• After harvesting, the fruits can be stored for up to 2 months.
• Tomatoes tolerate long-distance transportation well.

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Fruit characteristics

• The shape of the tomatoes is plum-shaped.
• Ripe tomatoes of different subspecies can have the following colors: red, pink, yellow, black.
• The average weight of one tomato is from 90 to 130 g.
• Has 2 seed chambers with a large number of seeds.
• Contains a lot of dry matter.
• Before frost, unripe tomatoes are removed and placed in a dark place. There they ripen and can be stored for a long time.
• The skin is smooth, not too dense.
• The pulp is fleshy, juicy, sweet with a slight sourness.

Advantages and disadvantages

This variety of tomatoes is endowed with a lot of positive properties:

• Easy care.
• Grows well in a semi-shaded area.
• Can withstand slight frosts.
• Stable high yield.
• The variety is resistant to most diseases.
• Once picked from the bush, the fruits can be stored for a long time.

The De Barao variety has almost no disadvantages. The only thing is that during cultivation, powerful bushes require timely removal of stepsons and excess green mass. Also, there are not always positive reviews : not everyone likes the sourness in tomatoes.

Planting and propagation

The growing process should begin with planting seedlings.
It is necessary to prepare wooden boxes. Fill them with a nutrient mixture and provide drainage holes. First lay a layer of expanded clay, and then the soil.

The soil can be purchased ready-made at a specialty store. Making your own nutrient mixture is based on mixing peat and turf soil.

Scatter the planting material onto the surface of pre-moistened soil. Lightly sprinkle with earth.

Cover the box with film to achieve a greenhouse effect. For germination, maintain a temperature of +18-20 degrees. Planting activities should be carried out in the first half of March.

Interesting! The flowering of the De Barao variety lasts until autumn, and in warm weather fruiting continues.

If you use packaged seeds for planting, you do not need to prepare them in advance.

Planting material collected from your own garden bed requires preparation.

Soak the seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate. A self-prepared nutrient mixture should also be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate and hardened.

Remove the covering material and ventilate the seedlings every day. Otherwise they may ban it. As soon as sprouts form, remove the film.

To prevent the plant from stretching, it is necessary to extend daylight hours using additional lighting. After the formation of the first true leaves, you can proceed to picking. Growing seedlings indoors lasts until May.

Attention! Seedlings of this variety need to be picked when several leaves appear on the bushes.

Types - how they differ

Scientists have developed many subspecies of De Barao, which differ somewhat in characteristics and descriptions. They differ according to the following characteristics:

• Fruit shape;
• tomato color;
• taste qualities.

Let's look at the varieties of De Barao tomatoes.

Pink

• After the shoots appear, pink tomatoes ripen in 115 days.
• The finally ripened fruits have a pleasant pink color.
• The yield of this variety of tomatoes is slightly less than others - up to 4 kg.
• The fruits weigh approximately 70 g.
• However, pink tomatoes have thick skins and a pleasant taste.

Advantages:

• Withstands slight frosts.
• Can grow in the shade.
• Good disease resistance.
• Stable harvest.

Red

• Tomatoes ripen 120-130 days after the first shoots appear.
• The main stem reaches up to 2 meters in height.
• The average weight of one fruit is 90 g.
• From one bush you can harvest about 4 kg of tomatoes.
• Plants develop well both in open ground and in a greenhouse.

The advantages of the species include the following qualities:

• develops well even in the shade;
• not exposed to diseases;
• withstands low air temperatures;
• The fruits are beautiful and have an excellent presentation.

The disadvantages include the fact that powerful bushes need to be pinched and excess leaf mass removed.

Red tomatoes are great for canning. If you combine them in one jar with a golden subspecies, the blank will look very beautiful.

Gold

• Golden De Barao has excellent taste.
• The fruits have a golden color.
• Ripens within 115 days.
• By autumn, up to 7 kg of golden fruits (also called yellow) are collected from 1 bush.
• The vegetable contains carotene in large quantities.

Advantages:

• Can develop in partial shade.
• Fruiting is high and stable.
• Not susceptible to disease.
• Tolerates low temperatures.

Flaws:

• Branched bushes are large.
• Excess green matter that should be removed.

Protection from diseases and pests

Although de Baraosort tomatoes are immune to some diseases, the bushes still get sick. This is caused by violations during the implementation of agrotechnical measures.

Ways to fight:

1. Mosaic. Removing a diseased bush, treating the soil with a solution of copper sulfate. Preventive measures: spraying with the composition at the rate of a liter of milk per bucket of water.
2. Late blight. Treatment with Barrier preparations at the rate of 100 ml of the preparation per bucket of water or Oksikhom - 2 tables. onto a bucket of liquid.
3. Spider mite. Spraying with Karbofos solution - 90 g of the drug per bucket of liquid.
4. Colorado beetle. Treatment with the drug "Prestige" according to the instructions.

There are other diseases that are treated with folk or chemical remedies.

Orange

• On average, this tomato fully ripens in 125 days.
• The height of the bush is about 3 meters.
• Very tasty tomatoes have the shape of a plum.
• Each fruit weighs up to 100 g.
• Thanks to the large amount of carotene found in these tomatoes, they have such a beautiful color.
• This species can be grown both in a greenhouse and in open areas.
• Tomatoes are used for making salads and for canning.
• With good care, almost 12 kg of tomatoes can be harvested from 1 bush. Moreover, the bush bears fruit before the onset of frost.
• Tomatoes have positive qualities that are found in all De Barao subspecies.

Black

The characteristics of this variety are practically no different from other De Barao tomatoes. However, these fruits are dark purple in color, almost black.

The weight of one fruit is 50 g.

Harvesting can begin 115 days after sprouts appear.

Striped

• This type of tomato has an oval shape.
• The weight of 1 fruit can reach 70 g.
• The ripe fruit is red with brown stripes.
• Tomatoes have excellent taste and are dense.
• They can be used for winter preparations.
• The striped subspecies is resistant to infection by diseases such as late blight.

Tsarsky

• The plant reaches a height of up to 250 cm.
• Up to 10 clusters are formed on it, on each of which about 7 light red fruits ripen.
• Each tomato weighs up to 130 g.
• This subspecies of De Barao is very fruitful. On average, 15 to 20 kg of tomatoes are harvested from 1 bush per season.
• Royal tomato seeds are difficult to buy, as they are among the rarest varieties of tomatoes.

Advantages:

• High yield and fruit production before the onset of frost.
• Not susceptible to fungal diseases.
• The harvested crop is stored for a long time.
• Used for preparing various dishes, as well as for canning.
• Withstands low air temperatures.

Flaws:

• It is necessary to install a strong support for the bush, which has a large and powerful stem.
• Requires timely removal of excess shoots and leaves.

Giant

• The main stem of this subspecies reaches 2 meters or more.
• The Giant's fruits are shaped like plums. Once ripe, they turn red and weigh about 150 g.
• One bush produces up to 6 kg of tomatoes.
• This tomato variety ripens later than all the subspecies of the De Barao variety.

Varieties of De Barao

The De Barao family includes several subspecies, descriptions and characteristics of which are presented below.

• Red

The productive red tomato De Barao is one of the most famous varieties of the series, grown for whole-fruit canning. Cream-shaped tomatoes, dense, rich red in color.

Fruit weight: 80-120 grams. Easy to grow (up to 2 months) variety.

• Pink

A powerful spreading bush forms up to 12 inflorescences with beautiful oval fruits. Plant height is 2.5-3 meters. The tomatoes are pink, dense, weighing about 70 grams. The fruits are excellent for pickling, fresh or canned.

• De Barao the Giant

The variety of tomatoes fully corresponds to the name, since tomatoes really have a lot of weight (up to 300-350 grams) and excellent taste.

The bush is up to 2.7-3 meters high, the fruits are bright red, with juicy pulp. De Barao Gigant is used for canning, as well as preparing sauces, ketchups, and salads.

• Tsarsky

A variety of De Barao tomatoes, distinguished by the beautiful pink color of the fruit.

Like the Giant, the Tsarsky tomato variety is a large-fruited tomato that is used for canning, fresh, and for making pastes and sauces. According to the description, the shape of the fruit is round-oval, the average weight reaches 150-170 grams.

• Gold

A very tasty tomato is the Yellow De Barao, which is often sold under the name Golden. Its fruits are oval, very dense, weighing 70-80 grams. The taste is excellent, best manifested when salted and in marinades.

• Orange

An interesting tomato variety is De Barao with bright orange cream that looks great in various preparations. The fruits are oval, with a dense glossy skin, weighing 80-100 grams.

It bears fruit until frost and is not afraid of late blight. Reviews about the De Barao tomato of this color are indicative; many gardeners note that the Orange fruit has a special sweetness.

• Black

Do you want to grow an exotic tomato? Then pay attention to the De Barao black tomato variety, with dark burgundy fruits.

Tomatoes are oval-shaped, weighing 50-80 grams, with sweet and aromatic pulp. The fruits are of high commercial quality and are very good fresh, suitable for canning, pickling, and drying.

Up to 5 kg of tomatoes are removed from the bush.

• Striped

Another subspecies is the striped De Barao, which surprises everyone with its sweet fruits of unusual colors.

Tall bushes have a thick stem; up to 12 clusters are formed on the plant. Tomatoes are small, oval-shaped, weighing up to 60-70 grams. Unripe fruits are light green with dark veins; when ripe, tomatoes turn red with burgundy stripes.

Features of cultivation

An important feature of these tomatoes is their growth. Some varieties can reach up to 4 meters in length. Therefore, the height of the greenhouse for De Barao tomatoes should be about 3 meters in height.

The seeds are planted at the end of February in special boxes that are installed in the greenhouse. The diving procedure is carried out when 2 strong leaves appear on the seedlings. The sprouts are transferred into cups with a volume of 500 g. 60-70 days after planting the seeds, the seedlings are planted in a greenhouse, and a little later - in open ground.

In the south of Russia, to grow tomatoes in open ground, seeds for seedlings are sown in mid-March. In the regions of the middle zone, seeds begin to be sown at the end of the third ten days of March.

Seedlings are planted in the ground using a checkerboard or linear method according to the scheme - 2 plants per 1 square meter. meter.

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How to grow tomatoes in open ground?

The algorithm for germinating tomatoes in open ground does not differ from that described above. The main difference can be seen in the fact that in this case the plant is planted later.

Preparation of planting material

Planting material is prepared according to a similar principle: first, the seeds are dipped in a saline solution, and then in potassium permanganate.

Soil preparation

For seedlings, you will need garden soil and leaf (manure) humus, taken in equal proportions. The components are mixed together and slightly moistened. After planting, the seeds are additionally sprinkled with a layer of soil no more than 8 millimeters thick.

When and where to plant?

De Barao can be planted after stable warm weather has established. In the middle latitudes of Russia this is mid-May to early June. The seedlings are distributed into holes spaced from each other at a distance of up to 1.5-2 meters.

Landing technology

Before planting, the holes must be moistened. The roots must be placed in the south direction. After planting, the tomatoes are covered with soil and compacted. It is recommended to remove the lower leaves.

Pegs should be immediately installed next to the hole for subsequent gartering.