Characteristics and description of the variety
Just a few decades ago, gardeners could not even dream of growing tomatoes with original fruit colors in their garden beds, so only red-fruited tomatoes grew.
But thanks to the efforts of breeders, seeds of yellow-fruited tomatoes, as well as tomatoes with orange and crimson fruits, went on sale. There are varieties of this vegetable crop on sale with the original color of ripe fruits; these varieties have been very popular among farmers and summer residents in recent years. Those vegetable growers who would like to plant a tomato with an original tomato color, good yield and relative unpretentiousness in their garden or greenhouse should turn their attention to the Amur Tiger tomato, the description and characteristics of which will be discussed below.
Description of the bush
This tomato variety was bred by breeders from the Aelita agricultural company, whose specialists sell the seed material of the Amur Tiger tomato.
According to the description given to this tomato by the originators of the variety, it can be grown in the southern regions in garden beds, and in the middle zone and other regions with a short cold summer period - in greenhouse conditions.
The Amur Tiger tomato belongs to the indeterminate type, so its central shoot can grow up to 2.0 m in height when grown in beds in the garden, and in protected soil conditions, tomato bushes stretch up to 2.5-2.0 m.
Need to know! To prevent the central shoot from growing too tall, many vegetable growers pinch its top.
In terms of the ripening time of ripe fruits, the Amur Tiger tomato is classified as an early ripening one - from the moment sprouts appear until ripe tomatoes are harvested, it can take up to 3.5 months.
If seedlings of this variety are planted in a greenhouse, then the first fruits can be harvested in about a couple of months.
The foliage is medium in size, its shape is normal, slightly wrinkled, with sharp tips, rich emerald color.
The flowers are small in size, with yellow petals, collected in racemose inflorescences, each of which can form 6-7 ovaries. The first such brush is formed under the 7th true leaf, and each next one is formed after a couple of leaf plates.
Description of fruits
The ripe fruits of this variety are quite large-fruited - the first ripe tomatoes can weigh up to 400 g; they usually ripen on the lower clusters. And tomatoes that ripen in the upper part of the bushes usually grow much smaller - up to 150-200 g.
At the ripening stage, the color of these fruits is light green with dark green longitudinal stripes. When tomatoes ripen, they turn a rich red color, and the stripes turn green with a brown tint. But even fully ripened fruits have a dark spot near the stalk.
The skin is dense, smooth, the ribbing is not noticeable. The place of attachment of the stalk is recessed.
The pulp of the fruit of this tomato is compacted, fleshy, red in color, with a greenish tint around the chambers with seed material. There are up to 6-7 chambers in the fruits, an average amount of liquid and seeds. The taste of the fruit is pleasant, characteristic of tomatoes, sourish-sweet.
We must remember! Since this tomato is not a hybrid, seeds from ripe tomatoes can be collected and used for further planting, while the plants will retain positive parental characteristics.
Ripe fruits tolerate transportation well over different distances without losing their pleasant taste and original appearance. The collected fruits are not stored for too long after picking, even in the refrigerator, so it is advisable to use them for food or for preparing preparations for the winter within 2-3 days.
From each square of area when growing tomatoes in the spring and summer, up to 12 kg of ripe, beautiful fruits with an original color are collected.
The harvested crop is used fresh for food. added to salads and snacks. Also, these fleshy fruits can be used to prepare preparations for the winter - they make delicious tomato juice, ketchup, sauce, lecho. They are not suitable for whole-fruit canning because they are large in size.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main advantages of the Amur Tiger tomato variety include:
- early fruit ripening;
- original color of ripe fruits;
- large fruit;
- universality of use of collected fruits;
- this tomato is not a hybrid, so you can collect seeds from its tomatoes for further planting;
- collected tomatoes tolerate transportation well over different distances.
Among the disadvantages of the Amur Tiger tomato are:
- impossibility of whole-fruit canning;
- short shelf life of collected fruits;
- bushes of this variety require garters, mandatory formation and regular removal of stepsons.
Characteristics of the variety
| Parameter | Characteristic |
| Variety | Amur tiger |
| Description of fruits | Mid-early variety. The fruits are round, slightly flattened, slightly ribbed |
| Fruit weight | 200 — 300 |
| Color | red with orange and yellow stripes |
| Form | Flat-round, slightly ribbed |
| Tomato size | Length up to 12 cm, diameter - 10 cm |
| Taste | Very sweet, no acid |
| Skin | Elastic, dense |
| Pulp | Dense, fleshy, few seeds |
| Ripening period | 110 days |
| Productivity | Up to 10 kg per bush |
| Bush height | The bush grows to a height of 140 cm. |
| Type of pollination (self-pollinating or not) | self-pollinating |
| Nestedness | 6-8 |
| Type of ovary formation | Carpal, up to 7 ovaries |
| Transportability and keeping quality | average |
| Landing location | Film greenhouses and open ground |
| Resistance to adverse conditions | stable |
| Resistance to diseases and pests | stable |
| Should I dive? | Dive in the phase of 4 true leaves |
| Recommended growing regions | Open ground: Middle Volga, Lower Volga, Central Black Earth, Moscow region, Greenhouses: Volga-Vyatka, Central, West Siberian, East Siberian, Northern |
| Year of inclusion in the State Register of the Russian Federation | 2015 |
| Originator | agro |
Timing of sowing seeds
This tomato variety, like other tomato varieties, is mainly grown in seedlings.
We must remember!
To ensure that the grown seedlings do not outgrow before it is time to transplant them, it is necessary to plant the seeds at home about a couple of months before they are planted in a permanent place.
Therefore, it is recommended to plant seed material in the last ten days of March or in the first ten days of April, in order to plant strong seedlings in greenhouse conditions during May (depending on the weather conditions of the growing region).
When to sow seeds for seedlings
It is advisable to grow tomatoes through seedlings. Depending on the climatic conditions of a given region, sowing dates vary significantly. You will have to calculate the optimal sowing time yourself, taking into account the fact that tomato seedlings must spend about 58 days in the house, plus/minus 2 days, before being transplanted into open ground or a greenhouse. During the time they are kept in the apartment, the plants will grow a good root system, so the adaptation period after transplantation will pass very quickly and painlessly for the crop.
Sowing seeds for seedlings is carried out starting from the 20th of March and in the first 10 days of April. If the spring is warm, the sowing date may be delayed by 5 days. There is no need to rush into sowing if the climatic conditions of the region do not allow the soil in the garden bed to warm up quickly. In this case, the sowing date can be postponed to the first ten days of April.
Landing
For planting, seeds are usually purchased in specialized stores from well-known agricultural companies that produce seed material. Therefore, they do not need to be subjected to additional treatments before planting.
If the seed material is collected from your own garden beds, then before planting it should be placed in a light solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection. Then they need to be washed, dried and can be planted in containers with a nutrient substrate.
The seeds are buried 1 cm into the ground, then the soil needs to be moistened and covered with film to create a greenhouse effect. Under such conditions, seeds will germinate faster. Containers with planted seeds are placed in a warm, bright place.
Growing seedlings
When the first shoots appear, the film should be removed from the containers, and the containers should be moved to a well-lit place; window sills facing south or southeast are best suited for this.
A couple of weeks after the emergence of seedlings, they can be fertilized for the first time. Typically, fertilizers containing nitrogen are used for this so that the seedlings begin to grow green mass faster.
When the first true leaves appear on the sprouts, they can be picked into separate containers. To do this, you can use plastic cups or peat pots.
Important!
12-14 days after picking, the plants can be fed again, using the same fertilizer as the first time.
About a couple of weeks before the expected transplant date, it is necessary to harden off young plants. To do this, the cups with seedlings are taken outside for an hour or two. Gradually, the period of time spent outside for tomatoes is increased. And in the last days before transplanting, the seedlings are left in the greenhouse overnight.
Healthy, strong seedlings of this tomato variety should have at least 5-6 permanent leaves, a stem height of 16-18 cm, a well-developed root system and possibly one flower cluster with buds.
Landing in the ground
Tomato seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place in the greenhouse when the soil in it warms up to 14-15 ०C, and the air temperature at night does not fall below +14 ०C.
When growing this vegetable crop in a two-row method in beds, the distance between adjacent seedlings should be 0.4 m, and the distance between rows should be 0.7 m. When planted using the strip method, the row spacing should be 0.8 m.
The beds in the greenhouse are being prepared for planting tomatoes in the fall. It is advisable after harvesting to remove all remnants of vegetation, remove the top layer of nutritious soil and replace it with fresh soil mixed with humus or compost. The greenhouse itself should be disinfected in the fall - all structures should be washed with a disinfectant solution.
Planting holes should be made 0.4 m deep and the same diameter. Seedlings from plastic cups are transplanted together with a lump of earth. If the seedlings grow in peat pots, then the plants are planted together with cups - they will decompose in the soil and become an additional fertilizer for the tomato.
After replanting, all bushes need to be watered and mulched on top with a layer of humus.
Care in the open ground and in the greenhouse
Amur Tiger tomatoes
The Amur Tiger tomato will delight you with a high yield only if grown on fertile soil. Compost, mineral components and mullein must be added to the turf soil.
Fertilizer application
After transplanting the seedlings into open ground, you need to wait until it adapts to the new conditions and start feeding the plants. In order for the bushes to start growing and develop good green mass, they need nitrogen fertilizers. As soon as flowers begin to appear on the shoots, feed them with superphosphate, potassium nitrate, or apply special complex fertilizers at the roots.
Attention!
To eliminate undesirable consequences, all tools must be disinfected during pinching before transplanting seedlings into the ground. The greenhouse should also be treated with special preparations. This precaution will help the crop resist fungal infections.
Watering
For Amur Tiger tomatoes, watering is important. A prerequisite is irrigation with warm water, the temperature of which should be at +25°C. After watering, a crust forms on the soil. Loosening the soil and removing weeds will help avoid this.
When watering, it is important not to allow water to get on the foliage, otherwise the bushes can quickly turn black from high temperature and humidity. This is especially true for greenhouse crop cultivation.
For your information!
Frequent watering can cause the fruit to taste sour.
Formation of bushes
Culture requires constant attention. Without the formation of bushes, the harvest will be meager, that is, numerous ovaries will appear, and the plant will not have enough strength for all the fruits to ripen. During formation, it is necessary to pinch the tops of the main shoot.
Pruning is carried out as new shoots appear in the lateral axils. If you neglect the procedure, the bushes will spend their energy on providing nutrients to the thickened plant, and not on ripening the fruits.
Tying to a support
Due to the fact that the Amur Tiger tomato variety is a tall plant, it will not be able to exist without support, since the fruits will put a high load on the shoots.
Bloom
An interesting feature, or rather a disadvantage, of the variety is its flowering with double flowers. They, of course, do not appear on the bushes often, but as a result, irregularly shaped fruits ripen.
The appearance of modified tomatoes does not attract the eye, and there is no desire to pounce on the tomatoes and eat them in one sitting. Therefore, if flowers of irregular shape are found, it is better to remove them immediately.
Features of caring for the variety
When caring for tomatoes of this variety, you need to:
- Carry out regular watering, preventing the soil from drying out. It is also important to ventilate the greenhouse after each watering so that the humidity in the room is not too high. Water for irrigation should be settled and warm. Moisture should be applied strictly at the root so that drops of moisture do not fall on the foliage.
- After each watering, you should loosen the root zone of the tomato bushes to break up the dry crust that forms.
- Since the variety is tall with large fruits, it requires regular feeding during the growing process. To do this, once every 10-14 days, organic matter or mineral complexes are introduced into the root zone, which need to be alternated. When the fruits on the Amur Tiger tomato bushes begin to actively ripen, the dosage of fertilizing needs to be increased by about 1.5 times.
- The flowers on these bushes should be shaken well so that the pollen actively falls on the stigma for better pollination.
- When growing bushes of this tomato in greenhouse conditions, they are formed and led into one stem. In this case, all appearing stepchildren should be removed.
- In greenhouses, this variety of tomato is tied to trellises or strong supports so that the bushes do not break under the weight of ripening tomatoes. Supports are also placed under the fruit clusters to support them.
Fruit characteristics
The ripe fruits of this variety are quite large in size - ripe tomatoes are round in shape, 40-80 grams.
The dense ones do not crack; the first ones can weigh up to 200 g; they usually ripen on the lower hands. And tomatoes that ripen in the upper part of the bushes usually grow much smaller - up to 100 g.
At the ripening stage, the color of these fruits is light green with dark green longitudinal stripes. When tomatoes ripen, they turn a rich red color, and the stripes turn green with a brown tint. But even fully ripened fruits have a dark spot near the stalk.
The skin is dense, smooth, the ribbing is not noticeable. The place of attachment of the stalk is recessed.
The fruit pulp of this tomato is dense, fleshy, red in color, with a greenish tint around the chambers with seed material.
There are up to 7-8 chambers in the fruits, the amount of liquid and seeds is average.
The taste of the fruit is pleasant, characteristic of tomatoes, sourish-sweet.
Resistance to diseases and pests
This tomato variety is quite resistant to diseases, but can be affected by late blight. Therefore, it is recommended to regularly ventilate the greenhouse by letting in warm air. And before buds appear on the bushes, it is recommended to spray the tomatoes with fungicide solutions.
Typically, this tomato variety is not susceptible to attacks by harmful insects, especially if the rules for growing this vegetable crop are followed. The main thing is not to plant the Amur Tiger tomato constantly in the same place, or after other nightshade crops, but to disinfect the seed material collected from your plants before planting.
Main characteristics
This tomato variety is characterized by good productivity, but is susceptible to growing conditions - if the weather is hot, dry, and watering is irregular, the bushes begin to shed flowers and ovaries, which negatively affects the yield.
Tomato Amur Tiger - harvest photo
Yield indicators of tomato Amur Tiger
When growing bushes in 1-2 shoots, the yield of the Amur Tiger tomato will be good - up to 12 kg of beautiful striped tomatoes are harvested from each square of area.
Area of application of fruits
Harvested tomatoes are used for salad purposes; they are very tasty in salads and appetizers.
. Large tomatoes are used to make lecho, tomato paste and ketchup. And smaller fruits are suitable for whole-fruit canning. Moreover, it should be noted that the fruits do not crack even during heat treatment, and remain striped in jars.
Diseases and pests
The Amur Tiger tomato is highly resistant to most diseases characteristic of other tomato varieties.
Of the harmful insects, this tomato variety can be damaged by aphids
and
spider mites
. You can fight them with folk remedies - spray the bushes with infusion of red pepper or sprinkle with tobacco dust.
If folk remedies practically do not help cope with a large number of pests, then you have to use solutions of insecticidal preparations.
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The main advantages of the variety
The main positive qualities of the Amur Tiger tomato variety include:
- early fruit ripening;
- large fruit;
- good taste and appearance;
- high productivity;
- during transportation, the fruits do not burst or flow;
- resistance of Amur Tiger bushes to major tomato diseases;
- the ability to collect seed material for further planting;
- the versatility of the collected fruits.
Among the disadvantages of the variety, it should be noted:
- tomato depends on weather conditions, and is also picky about growing conditions - in case of stressful situations, the bushes shed their ovaries;
- short shelf life of collected fruits.
Photo of Amur Tiger tomato on a bush
Reviews for tomato Amur Tiger
Victor, 45 years old, Amur region: I liked the Amur Tiger tomato because of its interesting appearance, so I planted one bed of this tomato in my greenhouse on the property. I can say that the large, tasty fruits that we collected about three months after transplanting the seedlings into greenhouse conditions were very popular with everyone at home. Most of the harvest was eaten fresh, but my wife did add some ketchup, which also turned out to be very tasty. We will plant this variety again.
Anna, Sverdlovsk: I have been growing these striped tomatoes in my greenhouse for three years now. The plants do not require special care, you just need to tie them up in a timely manner, remove all the resulting stepsons and do not forget about regular feeding. The yield of the Amur tiger is not too high, but we have enough of them for food, and I also store away the delicious juice for the winter.
The Amur Tiger tomato is characterized by good yield and early fruit ripening. original coloring of large fruits, similar to the color of a tiger's skin. Thanks to these qualities, this tomato became popular among Russian vegetable growers almost immediately after its release. And since this tomato is quite easy to care for, even novice vegetable growers can grow it.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main advantages of the Amur Tiger tomato variety:
- early fruit ripening;
- original color of ripe fruits;
- large fruit;
- universality of use of collected fruits;
- This tomato is not a hybrid, so you can collect seeds from its tomatoes for further planting.
Disadvantages of the Amur Tiger tomato:
- mandatory formation and regular removal of stepchildren;
- bushes of this variety require garters
- impossibility of whole-fruit canning;
- short shelf life of collected fruits.
Pest and disease control
The Amur Tiger tomato (variety description, photo published above in the article) is resistant to diseases and pests that usually live on nightshades. But to protect the plant, proper care is important. The culture needs to be provided with a comfortable level of humidity and optimal temperature.
To establish high-quality air exchange, it is enough to organize regular active ventilation. And to prevent late blight, it is recommended to treat the bushes with a fungicide.
If the watering rules are violated when caring for the plant or the crop does not receive enough daylight, then various diseases may begin to develop. Most often it is powdery mildew that affects tomato leaves.
Among parasites, the Amur Tiger variety usually encounters whiteflies and aphids. If such a problem is detected, then the easiest way to deal with it is with a special “Confidor” solution. To prepare the product for treatment, you need to pour water into a convenient container and dilute the drug in it.
Recommended proportions: 1 ml of the drug per 10 liters of liquid. The resulting mixture is carefully sprayed onto the seedlings. If 10 liters of water becomes the basis, then this amount of product will be enough to treat a planting area of approximately 100 m2.
If you follow all the rules for proper care of tomatoes, the crop will not get sick and be attacked by pests. Under such conditions, it will be possible to obtain a tasty maximum harvest.
Growing conditions
Seedlings can be transferred to the greenhouse in late spring and early summer. In this case, the soil in the garden bed is prepared in advance. The Amur Tiger variety is demanding on soil fertility and acidity. Therefore, soil preparation begins in the fall. Mineral fertilizers are placed in the ground. You can use manure and compost.
It is possible to grow the crop either simply under a film or in a greenhouse, or in open ground. Initially, the seeds are sent to the prepared soil. This must be done at the end of the first spring month. Optimally - 45-50 days before planting directly to the permanent growing site.
In general, the Amur tiger grows well in the ground even without additional fertilizers. But during short daylight hours you will need additional lighting. The light period will need to be extended to 13-15 hours. The Amur tiger prefers warmth. But at the same time, the culture does not tolerate heat well. At temperatures above 31 degrees the plant begins to die.
Care
It is better to form bushes into 2 or even 3 stems, but they need to be tied carefully and at least 3 points. Stepchildren - shoots from the leaf axils - must be removed, initially leaving 1 or 2 of the strongest ones, from which additional stems will form.
If you want to get more fruits, but smaller ones, you can leave all the ovaries, and if you want to grow giants, leave 2-3 ovaries per branch.
To prevent late blight, it is recommended to remove the lower leaves before the first branches with fruits, as well as mulch the holes and regularly change the mulch. This will ensure air movement in the planting and hinder the development of fungus.
“Amur Tiger” is an unusual variety that will be of interest to collectors and experimenters. For those who like to receive a harvest of stable quality and quantity, it is better to take a closer look at other, less capricious and labor-intensive options.
