Currently, breeders have created a huge number of tomato varieties, and this number is replenished every year with more and more new cultivars. It is very easy to get confused in this diversity, so it is best to listen to the advice of experienced gardeners who annually plant several dozen varieties on plots. Today we will talk about the best varieties of self-pollinating tomatoes.
Brief characteristics of varieties 2. Which self-pollinating varieties to grow
Photo: Self-pollinating tomato varieties are good for both greenhouses and open ground.
For open ground
Any variety is grown in open ground. But to increase productivity, self-pollinating hybrids can also be planted.
Mystery
An early ripening variety, the ripening period of which is approximately 90-95 days. Low-growing bush, medium foliage.
Crimson Giant
Large-fruited hybrid, fruit weight is 160-210 g. The skin and pulp are pink, the skin is thin.
Anastasia
Anastasia is a hybrid with a medium-early ripening period, approximately 100-115 days after sowing in the ground.
Roma
The hybrid matures in 110-115 days. The shape of the fruit is plum-shaped, the pulp is dense. Resistant to cold snaps and temperature changes.
Rio De Grande
Compact low-growing bushes, medium foliage. One bunch grows up to 8-12 tomatoes. It is immune to most diseases of nightshade crops.
Watercolor
The ripening period after planting is 100-125 days. The shape of the vegetables is elongated, there is a green spot near the stalk. The peel is smooth and glossy.
How to choose the right tomato variety
To grow a good harvest indoors, you need to choose the optimal early varieties of tomatoes for greenhouses with good taste. You can buy super early tomatoes at the market.
There are aspects according to which choosing varieties of early-ripening tomatoes will not be difficult.
Before you go shopping, study these aspects. It is possible to grow tasty super early tomatoes with good yield only if the right properties are selected. It is worth determining for what purpose tomatoes are grown.
- Plant size and type. Indeterminate tomatoes are used for planting indoors. These varieties require constant pinching and pinching. The bushes grow lush and tall. Determinate tomatoes are small bushes, the growth of which stops after the first ovaries appear; they do not need to be pinched - these are super-early, low-growing tomatoes.
- Tomato productivity depends on care, growing conditions and tomato variety. There are super early tomato crops that can grow and bear fruit only in a certain microclimate.
- Ripening – there are early ripening, early ripening and ultra-ripening varieties.
- The taste of a tomato depends on the variety; there are tomatoes that are intended for canning, quick consumption and long-term storage.
A super early tomato variety should be selected based on the conditions created in the greenhouse. Do not forget that plants for indoor soil are subject to higher requirements than other tomatoes. They must tolerate temperature changes and changes in the microclimate in the greenhouse.
Important! When choosing the right variety, pay attention to the ripening period. Experienced gardeners advise using early-ripening varieties of tomatoes for greenhouses, which produce a healthy harvest in a short time.
Indeterminate
These varieties of tomatoes can reach a height of 2 meters or more. In a greenhouse they grow a little lower.
Mushroom basket
A tall variety, the bush grows up to 1.7 m in height. The vegetables are large; without support, the bushes often break due to the weight of the fruits.
Pink king
The ripening period is 100-113 days. The stem grows up to 1.8 m in height. Pink in color, weighing from 200 to 450 g.
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Donna Rosa
The ripening period ranges from 90 to 114 days. The fruits are large, 100-250 g. The peel and pulp are pink, smooth, without signs of ribbing.
Scarlet Mustang
Mid-early ripening period, 95-110 days after sowing the seeds. The shape of the tomatoes is pepper-shaped, elongated. The tip is pointed.
De Barao
The height reaches 4 m. A large-fruited hybrid with a medium-early ripening period (100-125 days). The peel comes in pink, red and yellow shades.
Honey saved
The weight of tomatoes ranges from 100 to 210 g. The skin is dense and does not crack as it ripens. It has a well-developed root system.
Intuition
The ripening period is 104 days. 4-5 tomatoes are formed in a brush. The skin is scarlet, the flesh is juicy.
Midas
Tomatoes are elongated, pepper-shaped. The peel is dense and does not crack as it ripens. The weight of tomatoes is 100-197 g.
Caring for tomatoes that pollinate themselves
Tomatoes with self-pollinating characteristics, created for open ground or a greenhouse, require standard care. It differs little from caring for ordinary tomatoes.
- Provide constant high-quality watering with warm water.
- Ventilate greenhouses to regulate humidity levels.
- Remove weeds, loosen the soil, mulch.
- Fertilizer application according to schedule.
If self-pollination is weak, you can help the tomatoes artificially. You can use a brush to gently transfer the pollen yourself to the pistil of the flower. Or blow with a fan and shake the branches well. Attract butterflies, bees, wasps to the garden. They are valuable helpers.
There are quite a lot of tomato varieties with natural self-pollination. Among this diversity, every summer resident will be able to choose something for himself in accordance with his capabilities, conditions and needs. Have a good harvest!
Semi-determinant
Semi-determinate varieties of tomatoes grow in height from 90 to 1.5.
Anyuta
Vegetables of medium size, thick skin, red in color. The pulp is fleshy, sugary in taste. Weight ranges from 90 to 110 g.
Japanese crab
The tomatoes are large, weighing from 200 to 500 g. The skin is red, completely ribbed. Sugary and juicy pulp. High-yielding hybrid.
Simone
The weight of vegetables is 150-355 g. The peel is red. After harvesting, tomatoes remain fresh for a long time.
Determinant
Determinate varieties are characterized by low-growing plants up to 80 cm high.
Ballerina
The pulp is juicy, with a high sugar content in the fruit. The bushes practically do not produce stepsons. Weight from 100 g.
Pink honey
Plants form ovaries even in unfavorable growing conditions. The fruits are small, weighing 100-120 g.
Eleanor
Red tomatoes. There are a small number of seeds inside. The yield is average, 5-7 kg of crop is harvested from an adult bush.
Gull
The ripening period is 85-100 days. As they ripen, they do not crack and are stored for a long time after harvesting.
Asteroid
The fruits are oval-shaped, weight from 150 to 175 g. The skin is slightly ribbed, the color of the pulp and skin is scarlet.
Lady
The fruits are collected in clusters of 3-4 pieces. Weight from 95 to 150 g. The pulp is red-pink in color.
Regional features of choice
It is very important to select tomatoes so that they are suitable for climatic conditions. There are cold-resistant varieties intended for regions with changing climates, early ripening ones - ripening 100 days after sowing the seeds, mid- and late ripening ones.
Moscow region
To grow a rich harvest, planting material must be zoned for the Moscow region. They must be early or mid-ripening and high-yielding. Experts recommend:
- Explosion;
- Sweet bunch;
- Cardinal.
For Siberia
Planting material must be resistant to cold snaps and short summers. Early ripening, resistant varieties are selected for cultivation, such as:
- King of Siberia;
- Alsou;
- Grandma's secret.
For the Urals
When choosing planting material, you need to focus on varieties that are rarely susceptible to diseases and sudden changes in temperature and humidity. The most popular are:
- Rose honey;
- Ogonyok;
- Gold fish.
For the Leningrad region
The weather in the Leningrad region is often changeable. To grow a rich harvest, you need to choose the right varieties for planting. Experts advise:
- Ural multiple;
- Leningrad autumn;
- Titanic.
Belarus
The right variety is the key to a generous harvest. Since the country has a comfortable temperature, you can plant:
- Start;
- White filling;
- Baby.
Important! These varieties are most often used by Belarusian gardeners.
Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, due to good climatic conditions, any type of tomato can be grown. When choosing planting material, gardeners choose large-fruited, high-yielding varieties. Most popular:
- Rapunzel;
- Manon;
- Gilgal.
Large-fruited
The average weight of large-fruited varieties is 200-300 g.
Chernomor
The color of the peel is rich red with dark stripes near the stalk. Tomatoes ripen in 100 to 120 days.
A gardener's dream
The bush is leafy, the leaves are small in size. High yield, up to 12 kg of tomatoes are harvested.
Russian soul
The maximum weight is 800 g. The color of the skin is scarlet, the flesh is sugary and fleshy.
Mikado
It has an average ripening period. The stems require pinching. The skin near the stalk is ribbed.
Gift
The skin is dense, red. The productivity is high, up to 10 kg of fruits are collected from one plant.
Cardinal
Near the stalk the skin is slightly ribbed and green in color.
A low-growing hybrid with medium foliage of bushes.
Monomakh's hat
The shape of the vegetables is irregular; there is a green spot on the skin near the stalk. Vegetables are meaty.
Queen of the Market
The pulp is not watery, fleshy, with a high sugar content. Medium early in terms of ripening.
Large and small fruits
Self-pollinating tomatoes, which are grown for open ground or for greenhouses, come in different sizes. It all depends on the tastes of summer residents.
Large varieties have a sweet taste, weight up to 500 grams, and tall bushes. They are meaty and juicy. They are grown mainly for fresh food. These are Monomakh's Hat, Chernomor, Gardener's Dream tomato, Cardinal variety, Queen of the Market and others.
Small varieties are ideal for pickling; they have thick skin and a sweet, rich taste. Their weight ranges from 20 to 100 grams. These are Aladdin's Lamp, Sugar Plum, Cherry, Truffle, Italy, Honey Drop, Plum, Picket and others.
Medium-fruited
Medium-fruited hybrids weigh up to 200 g, regardless of the period of technical maturity.
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Peter I
Up to 7-8 ovaries are formed in the brush. There are 7-6 brushes on the plant. The shape of the fruit is round, the skin near the stalk is ribbed.
Slavic masterpiece
A low-growing hybrid, the trunk height is approximately 80-95 cm when grown in open ground. Red tomatoes.
Diamond
The pulp is dense, fleshy. Tomatoes have a regular round shape. Up to 18 kg of crop is harvested from the bush.
Aladdin's lamp
The skin is yellow, there is a green spot near the stalk. The shape of the tomatoes is pear-shaped.
Cherry tomatoes
Fruits weighing from 30 g. Sweet in taste, with a small amount of seeds inside.
Gold bead F1
The fruits grow in clusters, 9-12 tomatoes are formed in one. The skin color is yellow.
Cherry tomato F1
The skin is raspberry-colored, the tip of the tomatoes is pointed. Up to 12 tomatoes are formed in a brush.
Mariska F1
Tomatoes have a sweet taste. The color of the skin is crimson-red. The shape of the fruit is round. It is immune to powdery mildew and scab.
The best varieties of self-pollinating tomatoes for the greenhouse
All available varieties can be divided into the following groups:
By bush type:
1. Indeterminate. Almost all of them are medium or large-fruited. They grow indefinitely, they need to form a bush. The harvest is harvested almost until winter, in heated greenhouses even in winter:
- Mushroom basket,
- Pink king
- Donna Rosa,
- Scarlet Mustang,
- De Barao,
- Honey saved,
- Intuition,
- Midas.
Mushroom Basket Donna Rosa Pink Tsar
Honey saved De Barao Scarlet Mustang
2. Semi-determinate: Anyuta, Japanese crab, Simona, are resistant to any weather conditions and give a good harvest.
Simona Japanese crab Anyuta
3. Determinant. The fruits rarely suffer from late blight and are early ripening. All varieties are low-growing, so if they are planted along the edge, they will not affect the light in any way:
- Mystery,
- Ballerina,
- pink honey,
- Eleanor,
- Gull,
- Asteroid,
- Lady.
Ballerina Riddle Pink Honey
Eleanor Chaika Asteroid
By fruit size
1. Large-fruited (weight of one tomato up to 600 g). The fruits are sweetish and juicy:
- Chernomor,
- A gardener's dream
- Russian soul,
- Mikado,
- Gift,
- Cardinal,
- Monomakh's hat,
- Queen of the market.
Chernomor Russian soul Gardener's Dream
Gift Mikado Cardinal
2. Medium-fruited (from 100 to 200 g):
- Peter I,
- Slavic masterpiece,
- Diamond,
- Aladdin's lamp.
Aladdin's lamp Peter I Slavic masterpiece
3. Pickling (small-fruited, up to 60 g). The fruits are small, uniform, with thick skin, making them ideal for canning.
- Sugar plum,
- Caspar,
- Legend Tarasenko,
- Picket,
- Cherry,
- honey drop,
- Italy,
- Kubyshka,
- Moneymaker,
- Truffle,
- Slivovka,
- Ventura.
Sugar plum Kaspar Legend
Honey drop Picket Cherry
4. Cherry tomatoes:
- Gold bead F1,
- Cherry tomato F1,
- Mariska F1.
Golden bead Marishka Cherry tomato
According to ripening time
1. Early ripening or early ripening (90-110 days pass from planting seeds to fruiting):
- Semko-98 F1,
- Typhoon,
- Semko-Sinbad F1,
- Search,
- Dina,
- Friend F1,
- Ilyich F1,
- Verlioka et al.
Semko-Sinbad F1 Typhoon Verlioka
Semko-98 F1 Druzhok F1 Dina
2. Ultra-early ripening (ripening period from seed planting is 85-96 days). Tomatoes are round, smooth, with a pleasant taste:
- The joy of summer
- Snow fairy tale,
- Bear in the north,
- Amber.
Bear in the North Snow Tale Amber
4. Late-ripening (120-145 days pass from planting seeds to ripening of fruits): Persimmon, Black Prince, Pink Giant, De Barao.
Giant Pink Black Prince Persimmon
By yield
- High-yielding varieties: Biysk rose, Bear's paw, Khlebosolnye. Tomatoes, smooth, have high keeping quality.
Hospitable Biysk rose Bear paw
- Tomato varieties that retain the qualities of the variety and are characterized by high productivity: Soyuz 3 and 8, Druzhok, Yarilo, Blagovest, Gina.
Blagovest Gina Union 3
By shelf life
Tomatoes with a high shelf life:
- Salahaddin F1,
- Akatui,
- Volgogradets,
- Krasnobay F1,
- Ivanovets F1,
- Salahaddin F
Krasnobay F1 Volgogradets
They have high shelf life, remain beautiful in appearance for a long time and are ideal for transportation and sale. But their taste is low.
In relation to environmental factors
1. Varieties resistant to microbial and fungal pests. All are F1 hybrids:
- Semko,
- Intuition,
- Blagovest,
- Kostroma,
- Roma,
- Evpator,
- Budenovka.
Kostroma Intuition Roma
2. Varieties resistant to frost and harsh climate conditions: Olya, Verlioka, Ural.
Verlioka F1 Ural Olya F1
Early ripening
Early ripening varieties ripen within 80-95 days.
Semko-98 F1
The shape of the tomatoes is oval, weight 40-70 g. The surface of the peel is ribbed, glossy. Tolerates cold weather.
Typhoon
Height is 1.7-2 m. Productivity is 10-13 kg. Tomatoes are round in shape, with red skin.
Semko-Sinbad F1
Tomato weight 70-85 g. Round shape. The skin is smooth and glossy. The yield is high, 10-12 kg are harvested from the plant.
Search
Resistant to weather changes. Medium-sized plant. Tomatoes weighing up to 160 g.
Dina
The plant is low-growing, growing 70-80 cm in height. The tomatoes are yellow in color and large.
Ultra-early ripening
These varieties ripen in early summer.
Joy of Summer
The weight of the fruit is 120-150 g. The taste is slightly sour, not sugary.
Snow fairy tale
The color of the skin and interior is red. Tomatoes weighing 90-110 g.
Bear in the north
Tomatoes weighing up to 120 g. They ripen 70-84 days after planting.
Amber
A productive variety. The plant is of medium height, the foliage is weak. Tomatoes are regular oval in shape.
Late ripening
They ripen closer to September and are stored for a long time after technical maturity.
Persimmon
Large-fruited yellow hybrid. It tastes sweet. The skin is dense.
Black Prince
The pulp and skin are red-green. Weight up to 350 g. Productivity is high.
Giant pink
Pink-fruited hybrid, fleshy tomatoes. Suitable for making juices.
High-yielding varieties
Such hybrids produce up to 20 kg of yield per plant.
Biysk rose
The stems are medium-sized. Tomatoes weighing up to 300 g. High yield and disease resistance.
Bear Paw
3-4 large tomatoes ripen per cluster. The yield per bush is about 15 kg.
Union 3 and 8
Early ripening. The yield per bush is about 14 kg. Tomatoes are disease resistant.
Buddy
Tomatoes weighing up to 130 g. High sugar content in vegetables. Productivity up to 20 kg per bush.
Yarilo
Mid-early hybrid. Up to 12 kg of tomatoes are harvested from a bush.
Blagovest
Up to 15 tomatoes grow in a cluster. Up to 15 kg of vegetables are harvested from the plant.
What to pay attention to when choosing seeds
Summer residents usually choose tomatoes based on some important criteria. They are different, each variety has its own taste, purpose and amount of harvest.
Basic requirements for seeds that experienced gardeners usually pay attention to:
- Immunity and resistance to various tomato diseases.
- Abundant harvest. Some varieties are not designed for this.
- Why tomatoes are grown: they are used in salad form, for cutting, pickled or salted, to make healthy tomato juice.
- Taste: tomatoes can be sour, sweet, sour-sweet, bitter.
- Good company, reviews.
Tomatoes are also divided into varieties:
- Low or tall bushes;
- Large fruits, medium weight and small mini ones;
- For greenhouses or open ground;
- Shrubs with limited growing point or not;
- The taste is tomato or fruity;
- Color. There are different colors and shades: red, green, yellow, even black;
- Early, middle or late.
If a summer resident is in doubt about choosing self-pollinating varieties, then you can study a lot of useful information about them on the Internet. Since almost all of them have excellent disease resistance, they are not afraid of temperature fluctuations, frequent spontaneous weather changes, they bring an excellent harvest, and are pollinated naturally.