Tomato Grandmother's Kiss is a medium-early large-fruited variety. Excellent for growing in southern regions in greenhouses. When choosing this variety, take into account that it does not tolerate cold well.
| Height | Landing location | Ripening time | Fruit color | Fruit size | Origin | Fruit shape |
| Medium height | Greenhouse, Open ground | Mid-early | Yellow | Large | Variety | Flat-round |
Description and characteristics of the variety
The tomato is mid-early, the fruits ripen in 90-100 days. When mature, they are bright yellow, flat-round in shape and weigh 450-600 g.
The plant is medium-sized and its height exceeds 120 cm. The leaves are potato-type.
The tomatoes taste sweet with a slight fruity note, the flesh is juicy and oily. They are suitable for fresh consumption, cooking, and homemade preparations. Preservation is possible if there are small fruits.
Tomato variety Grandma's Kiss, video
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This is a natural variety of tomato. Therefore, we recommend taking seeds from a ripe fruit and using them for planting in subsequent seasons.
Planting in a greenhouse
Seeds are planted using the seedling method. Preparation for it involves a number of actions.
Seeds are checked for germination before planting. To do this, place them in a prepared salt solution in a glass for 10 minutes. The empty ones will be at the top, and the full ones will remain at the bottom.
Next, the seeds are prevented from diseases by washing them in a manganese solution.
For the seedling method, prepare a container and soil for it. It should consist of soil and humus or peat in equal quantities and be as loose as possible so that oxygen can freely pass to the roots. The use of sand is allowed.
Planting is planned in mid-March, so that healthy, strong seedlings can be planted in May, when there is no frost.
The event consists of the following stages:
- sowing seeds in moist soil in containers at a depth of 1 cm and a distance of 2 cm from each other;
- covering the container with film and keeping the room temperature at least 15 degrees;
- planting seedlings at the stage of 2 true leaves in separate containers made of peat or plastic;
- on days 50-60, plants are planted in the ground according to a 50x50 cm pattern, that is, 4 plants per square meter.
Landing Features
Agronomists recommend planting Grandma's Kiss seedlings 60-65 days before the expected date of planting in greenhouse soil or outside. When planting tomatoes at the end of April, you need to sow the grains at the end of February or beginning of March. Before planting, the seeds are soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection, and then the grains are dried a little from excess moisture on a paper sheet. In addition to disinfecting the grains, prepare the following before planting:
- select the container of the required volume. It should be shallow, as transparent as possible, so that soil moisture can be controlled. There should be holes in the bottom of the container to drain excess water. For tomato seedlings, plastic containers with lids and wooden boxes are most often used;
- fertile soil is prepared. To grow seedlings well, the soil must include peat and humus. They feed the roots with the necessary substances, so the plants develop quickly. The soil is calcined in the oven or spilled with a solution of copper sulfate to prevent infection.
Before planting, the container is filled with soil and watered. When the water is absorbed, grooves are made in the soil 1-1.5 cm deep. The distance between two adjacent grooves should be at least 2 cm. The grains are planted in the soil, sprinkled with a little earth and covered with a film or lid on top. The container with future seedlings is left in a bright and warm room. The first shoots appear 7-10 days after planting.
They dive Grandma's Kiss in the second leaf phase.
When replanting, be careful; it is very easy to injure the delicate root system. After replanting, the cups with seedlings are removed away from the sun for a week so that the plants adapt to the new growing conditions. The picking is carried out once, since the bushes do not outgrow the required size. Advice!
During the dive, part of the soil is left on the roots of the plant.
How to plant
Gardeners recommend starting to plant this variety in early spring, so that by summer the seedlings can be planted in the ground. The planting process itself is divided into several stages.
Preparation of planting material
Seeds must be properly treated before planting. To make the growth process as fast as possible, they need to be slightly wet. For this, it is best to use small fabric bags. The seeds are distributed in them, moistened, and left for 12 hours. The fluid is changed every 2 hours.
Land preparation
Many new gardeners believe that to germinate seedlings they need to use exclusively mineral-rich soil. In reality, this is not at all the case. It is better to take soil with small admixtures of useful minerals, since these seedlings require slightly different care.
Planting material should be planted in a mixture of soil made from sand and sawdust. It will contain the required amount of substances necessary for the normal development of the plant.
Disembarkation
As soon as the planting material has germinated and the soil has been prepared, you can begin planting the seedlings. The best option for a container for planting is small hills of soil - this will greatly simplify the process of planting tomatoes in open ground in the future.
The holes for planting should be about 2 cm deep. Next, they need to be sprinkled with remaining soil and watered generously. Then the plants are sent to a warm, bright place for active development. If the plantings receive little sunlight, their stems will be very weak. Therefore, seedlings should be illuminated for at least 14 hours in 24 hours.
Transplantation into the ground
The procedure can be started when the night frosts stop completely. If the temperature is very low, the plants will simply die.
Description of the variety
The presented tomato variety can be classified as an early ripening variety. The ripening of the first fruits on plants planted in open ground begins 100 days after planting. Undoubtedly, the variety is suitable for growing in greenhouses, which accelerates the ripening of fruits.
The bush of the plant of this variety is determinate and grows up to 60 centimeters in height; it requires a mandatory garter so that the stem does not break during the growth and ripening of large fruits. The Grandmother's Kiss tomato is a non-hybrid plant and does not have the F1 hybrids of the same name.
The main distinguishing feature of this variety from others is the color of the fruits; they are yellow. The shape of the fruit is flat-round, and the surface has a slight granularity, which is felt when taken in the hand. Compared to the fruits of other varieties, the “Grandma’s Kiss” tomato is quite large.
Since the pulp of the fruit is fleshy and juicy, it is mainly used for preparing salads and various vegetable dishes. In addition, on the bunch of this tomato variety you can find smaller fruits, which are perfect for canning.
Diseases and pests
During the process of growth and development, tomatoes may become sick. Most often they are susceptible to the following diseases:
- Dry brown spot (Alternaria blight) . The cause of this disease is temperature fluctuations that occur at the beginning and end of summer. Special preparations are used for control, and as a preventive measure, covering plants with agrofibre at night is used.
- Apical rot of fruits. The disease manifests itself in unripe tomatoes, accompanied by darkening of the top. The cause of the disease is a lack of calcium. To prevent disease, wood ash is added to the soil during planting.
- Late blight. The most dangerous disease of tomatoes. The disease is manifested by the appearance of brown spots, which subsequently turn yellow and dry out. It also appears on the fruits in the form of a spot that darkens and begins to rot. The reason is due to high air humidity. The fight is carried out only with chemicals.
The most common pests:
- Whitefly. A white fly that hides under a leaf. It is considered the most dangerous pest. To combat it, adhesive baits and chemicals are used.
- Tomato moth. A small insect that attacks all parts of tomatoes. The fight against it involves the timely destruction of last year's remains, as well as the removal of damaged plants.
Growing tomatoes is a very exciting and interesting activity. How nice it is to pick up a fruit you have grown yourself, and if it is also of such large sizes as the “Granny’s Kiss” variety, then this is just a sight for sore eyes.
Pest and disease control
Timely preventive measures and compliance with the rules of crop rotation on the site can protect bushes and fruits from infection.
The first preventive spraying with fungicides is recommended to be carried out 3-5 days after planting the seedlings in the ground. In the future, treatment of the beds should be done every two weeks. 21 days before the start of harvest, spraying of tomatoes is stopped.
To protect plants from pests, it is necessary to treat tomato bushes twice a season with Kemifos, Karbofos, Fufanon, and Actellik. It is advisable to do the second spraying a month before the expected harvest.
Advantages and disadvantages
Many gardeners who have already discovered the variety note its advantages. Grandmother's Kiss tomatoes are used for summer salads and winter preparations. Before planting a crop, you need to become familiar with its advantages and disadvantages.
Granny's Kiss tomatoes are valued for their high yield both in open ground and under film.
Pros:
- universal purpose of tomatoes;
- excellent taste;
- attractive look.
The disadvantages of tomatoes include the need for tying to a support, pinching, and lack of immunity to diseases to which crops of the nightshade family are susceptible.
