One of the most delicious varieties for fresh consumption is the Yellow Giant tomato.

Having your own plot of land, it is often used as a vegetable garden. And if the area of ​​the plot allows, then you can not only plant different types of vegetables, berries and fruits, but also diversify certain types by planting different varieties. For example, tomatoes come in many varieties, some of which are ideal for whole canning, while others are suitable for fresh consumption. Having chosen a variety for preservation, you can also plant large-fruited tomatoes. Large-fruited varieties include the Yellow Giant tomato. Its fruits are not only large in size, but also quite sweet in taste.

Description of fruits

The impressive size of the fruits of the Yellow Giant variety significantly distinguishes it from other tomato varieties. It belongs to the salad type. The fruits of this tomato are large, reaching an average of up to 400 g. The largest specimens were recorded when growing Claude Brown's Yellow Giant tomatoes, weighing from 700 g to 1 kg.

The color of the fruit is yellow-orange, the shape is uneven, ribbed and flat-round. The pulp is fleshy and quite juicy. On a horizontal section, a large number of small seed chambers are observed, which are filled with liquid and have practically no seeds.

The taste of tomatoes is rich, sweet, with slight sourness. The peel is thin, easily cut. The consistency of the pulp is pleasant.

Since the Yellow Giant tomato is a salad type, it is recommended to be consumed fresh, for cutting into vegetable salads or for preparing various dishes.

Advice! Despite the fact that this tomato variety is intended for fresh consumption, it can still be preserved, only as winter salads.

Harvesting and application

The first fruits of the Yellow Giant will ripen at the end of July. They are plucked from the bush one by one, preserving the stalk.

On cloudy days, unripe berries are also picked: they ripen in the warmth at home.

The Yellow Giant is used for raw consumption. It is not suitable for conservation due to its large size. The berries make delicious juices and sauces.

Varietal characteristics

The Yellow Giant tomato variety is intended for planting in open ground, but also takes root well in a greenhouse. The only difference between growing a Yellow Giant tomato variety in a greenhouse is that the bush can be taller, and the fruits will begin to ripen a little earlier.

The Yellow Giant tomato is a mid-season variety; 110-120 days pass from the moment the sprouts sprout to the ripening of the first wave of the harvest. Fruiting is long - up to 45 days, stable, does not depend on climatic conditions. Tomato takes root in almost all regions except the Far North. The highest yields are observed in regions with a warm and sunny climate.

The approximate average yield in open ground per bush is about 5.5 kg, and from 1 sq. m up to 15 kg.

Resistance to diseases is average; without protective and preventive treatments, bushes and crops can be susceptible to the following types of diseases:

• tobacco mosaic;
• late blight;
• Alternaria blight;
• peronosporosis;
• cladosporiosis.

Among the pests we can highlight the Colorado potato beetle, which poses a particular danger to tomato seedlings of the Yellow Giant variety. But in greenhouse conditions, plants are vulnerable to aphids, whiteflies and thrips.

Pest and disease control

One of the main problems of the Yellow Giant is late blight. Remove affected leaves, spray tomatoes with Fitosporin, Ecosil, Bordeaux mixture, and Quadris for treatment and prevention.

The fungus first affects the leaves, then the stems with fruits, dark, rapidly spreading spots appear, then the smell of rotting

Downy mildew (powdery mildew) is also a fungal disease. A white coating resembling flour appears on the leaves. Then it turns yellow and rotting begins.

You can fight peronosprosis with colloidal sulfur, drugs Topaz, Strobi, Skor

Of the viruses, the Yellow Giant is susceptible to tobacco mosaic. Growth slows down, light and dark green mottling appears.

For treatment, the tomato is treated with whey with microfertilizers

Of the pests, tomato is most often affected by the Colorado potato beetle, which feeds on leaves. If the number of insects is small, they can be collected manually by placing them in kerosene or saline solution. Among the drugs that are effective are Actellik, Karate, Decis, and Prestige.

The Colorado potato beetle can live up to 2-3 years; when in danger, it tends to pretend to be dead

Important! The basic preventive measure is compliance with agrotechnical measures, burning of plant residues, and deep digging of the soil in autumn.

Advantages and disadvantages

Like all garden plants, the Yellow Giant tomato has its disadvantages and advantages.

Positive qualities include:

• high and long-lasting productivity;
• unpretentiousness in cultivation;
• the fruits are large, beautiful in color and rich in sweet taste;
• the presence of a large number of microelements in the fruit; the Yellow Giant tomato variety is especially valued for the presence of niacin, carotene and lycopene in it;
• These fruits are absolutely safe, so they are allowed to be used as food for allergies and as baby food;
• the yellow color of a tomato indicates a lower degree of acid, as well as low calorie content;
• Eating fresh yellow tomatoes helps speed up metabolism in the human body;
• fruit cracking is minimal compared to other large-fruited varieties.

Despite the considerable number of positive properties of the Yellow Giant variety, it also has disadvantages:

• the size of tomatoes makes them unsuitable for canning in their entirety;
• a tall and dense bush takes up a lot of space, so for planting it is necessary to allocate a considerable area;
• fruits are not intended for long-term fresh storage and do not tolerate long-term transportation;
• poor resistance to diseases and pests.

Farmer reviews

Yellow giant tomatoes have conflicting reviews. This variety has excellent taste and good yield, but has weak immunity to diseases:

Alina, Sochi: “I’ve been growing Yellow Giant in a greenhouse for 2 years now. The variety requires regular care. It is susceptible to diseases such as late blight and tobacco mosaic. However, all the difficulties of growing it pay off. The variety has very large and very tasty yellow fruits, as in the photo. My kids just love them."

Evgeniy, Tver: “I tried to grow the Yellow Giant last year. I sprayed it regularly, but did not spray it with antifungal agents. As a result, all the bushes were affected by late blight. I’ll try to plant this year, taking into account past mistakes.”

Growing seedlings

Like many varieties of tomatoes, Yellow Giant is recommended to be planted in open ground in seedlings. Seedlings can be purchased or grown yourself. If you plan to grow seedlings yourself, then Yellow Giant tomato seeds should be taken only from a trusted manufacturer, or you can prepare them from the previous harvest. They are collected only from the largest fruits, which are fully ripened while still on the bush.

Seeds for seedlings must be sown 2 months before the expected date of planting in open ground. Before planting seeds, they need to be soaked in a weak manganese solution with the addition of a growth stimulator. After soaking, the seeds are dried and placed in a refrigerator for 1-2 days for hardening.

The soil for seeds should consist of peat soil, humus (rotted manure) and turf. In this case, for every 10 kg you need to add 1 tsp. potassium sulfate, superphosphate and urea. The soil must be well mixed so that the components are distributed evenly.

Before sowing, the soil is moistened and furrows up to 1 cm deep are made on its surface. A distance of at least 6 cm must be made between furrows, and 2-2.5 cm between seeds. Sow the seeds and lightly sprinkle with soil; no watering is required.

For the germination of Yellow Giant tomato seeds, a favorable temperature is considered to be 22-25 degrees. After the sprouts have sprouted, after about 10-15 days it is necessary to plant them in more fertile soil, in separate pots.

Advice! To avoid damaging the seedlings when planting tomato seedlings in a permanent place, transplantation should be done in peat pots, with which they can then be planted in open ground.

Transplanting seedlings

The soil of the future bed for Yellow Giant tomatoes needs to be prepared in the fall. The soil needs to be dug up and fertilized. Fertilize the soil in the fall with humus (rotted manure) per 1 square meter. m 4 kg.

In the spring it is also necessary to dig up the soil and add humus again - 4 kg per 1 sq. m. m, but with the addition of 1 tbsp. l. superphosphate and potassium chloride.

Planting seedlings in open ground should be done from mid to late May. At this time, the seedlings should already be about 50-55 days old. But in greenhouse shelters you can plant seedlings from the end of April.

Planting is done in parallel rows or in a checkerboard pattern. The distance in a row between seedlings should be 20-25 cm, and between rows - 60 cm. In a checkerboard planting pattern, the distance between seedlings should be up to 40 cm, and the row spacing should be 50 cm.

After planting, it is necessary to perform preventive spraying with a solution of copper oxychloride (1 tbsp per 1 liter of water).

Aftercare

For proper formation, bushes need pinching. It is necessary to form a bush with 2 stems to ensure a full harvest.

Attention! To ensure the required yield, pinching of growth points should be done 1.5 months before the end of the growing season. So, the plant will direct all the nutrients to the formation of fruits, and not to the growth of the bush.

Watering must be done as the soil dries, after which it is advisable to loosen it to saturate the soil with oxygen.

Feeding should be done at least 3 times during the entire growth and growing season:

1. The first feeding is carried out 2 weeks after planting the seedlings in open ground. Feed with a solution of 1 kg of manure with 10 liters of water.
2. The second feeding is required after fruit sets on the second cluster. It is performed exclusively at the root with a mixture of 1 kg of manure, 3 g of copper sulfate and 3 g of manganese per 10 liters of water.
3. The third feeding is carried out with the same solution as the second, during the ripening period of the first wave of fruits.

After each feeding, it is recommended to mulch with a mixture of soil with sawdust, fine straw or pine needles.

The nuances of cultivation in open and protected ground

Yellow giant tomatoes are grown mainly in greenhouses. In such conditions, productivity indicators are as high as possible. Before planting tomatoes, the walls of the room are treated with copper sulfate.

Indoors, infections spread faster. To reduce the risk of plant infection, you need to open the windows daily to ventilate the space. In such conditions, tomatoes are watered less frequently than in garden beds. In the first case, the soil is moistened once a week, and in the second - 2-3.

Growing the Yellow Giant in open ground is possible only in the southern regions. To do this, cover the tomatoes with film for the first 2 weeks after picking and during cold spells.

Gigantella

Gigantella was bred by breeders in Astrakhan. It can be grown outdoors only in the southern regions of the country. In other regions, Gigantella can only be grown under a film cover or in an equipped greenhouse.

Gigantella matures in 110-115 days. This indeterminate plant produces raspberry tomatoes weighing 500 g. One bush produces about 10-15 tomatoes. They are most suitable for fresh use and making pickles. Often all kinds of winter preparations are prepared from Gigantella. These can be not only juices or pastes, but also vegetable salads or assorted dishes.

Features of cultivation

The plant is heat-loving, so even in the southern regions it is grown by seedlings. Seeds are sown for seedlings at the end of March. After the formation of the second leaf, the bushes dive. Seedlings are planted in heated soil.

Advantages

The advantages of Gigantella include a long fruiting period. Farmers harvest large tomatoes right up to the first frost. Large tomatoes are resistant to diseases and do not lose their presentation during transportation.

Rules for growing Yellow Giant tomatoes

This tomato variety can be grown both in a greenhouse and in open ground. The height of the bushes of greenhouse plants will be slightly higher than that of tomatoes planted outside. Greenhouse fruits may ripen earlier. Growing seedlings in pots begins 2 months before planting them in the soil.

Since the bushes have tall stems, you need to build a trellis. When planting seedlings, their further growth should be provided for and more space should be left than for low-growing varieties. When growing a Yellow Giant tomato, pinching of the stems is required. Bushes bear fruit most productively if they are left with two large stems.

Characteristics and description of the variety

Yellow Giant is a tomato variety bred by Russian breeders. Its originator is the notorious.

Note! Seeds obtained from the fruits of the Yellow Giant are suitable for planting. Planting material is collected from tomatoes that have ripened on the bushes. They are washed, cleared of pulp, dried and stored in fabric bags.

Distinctive features

This tomato produces bright yellow fruits. They are large in size and, with proper care, reach a weight of 500 g.

The fruit tastes sweet with mild sourness and a rich tomato aroma. The pulp is dense and juicy.

Yellow berries have an increased content of nutrients. Their color is due to the presence of beta-carotene (a precursor to vitamin A). It has a positive effect on visual acuity, increases immunity, normalizes metabolism and promotes the growth of the child’s body.

Tomatoes contain niacin, which strengthens the elements of the circulatory system and the heart muscle. Lycopene, which is found in yellow berries more than in tomatoes of other colors, has a positive effect on the condition of the entire body.

Among the negative features of the variety is its low resistance to tomato diseases. The yellow giant needs regular treatment against infections and insects.

Main characteristics

The parameters of the Yellow Giant will attract experienced gardeners who are ready to pay attention to tomatoes to obtain a bountiful harvest.

Characteristics and description of the culture are presented in the table:

Napa Giant

This variety is suitable for growing in a greenhouse

This hybrid is the creation of Brad Gates, who lives in the USA. The tall variety ripens in 115-120 days. The weight of 1 flat-round tomato varies from 350 to 500 g. If we talk about the maximum size of the Napa Giants, then there are cases when the weight of a pink tomato was about 900 g. The stalk has softly defined ribs. The pulp of tomatoes has a dense consistency. They have a universal purpose. The taste of the hybrid is equally well revealed both in summer salads and in sauces or juices. At least 4 kg of tomatoes are harvested from one bush.

Features of cultivation

This hybrid is grown exclusively under film or in greenhouses. A short, compact plant needs to be pinched, shaped and tied up. The best yield indicators are achieved when forming a bush with 1 stem. If you remove part of the ovary, you can get tomatoes weighing 1000 g.

This plant needs nutrients, so during the season you need to make at least 2 fertilizing with complex mineral fertilizers.

Advantages

This variety of Gigant tomato variety is valued for its high taste. Despite having a thin and delicate skin, Giant Napa tomatoes are not prone to cracking.