Nuances of growing, characteristics and description of tomato variety Fighter

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Just recently, growing tomatoes in the harsh Siberian climate seemed like a fairy tale. But thanks to the work of scientific breeders, vegetable varieties adapted to growth and fruiting in cold climates are increasingly appearing on the seed market. It is precisely these varieties that include the Fighter tomato variety, developed by Siberian breeders in 2000 and recommended for cultivation in Siberia and the Urals.

Description and characteristics of tomato Fighter

The variety was bred for cultivation in regions with cold climates, so it quickly adapts to any climatic conditions. Fighter tomatoes easily tolerate sudden temperature changes and frosts, and short heat and drought cannot harm the growth and fruiting of plants.

1. The bushes grow compact, up to 45–50 centimeters in size, which makes it possible to grow tomatoes in small plots.
2. Vegetables ripen after 90–100 days of active growth.
3. During the ripening stage, tomatoes acquire a bright red hue with glossy, dense skin.
4. The shape of the vegetables is elongated, similar to plum fruits.
5. The taste of the fruits is neutral, with a characteristic taste and aroma of the culture.
6. The average weight of Fighter tomatoes rarely exceeds the 100-gram mark, and specimens up to 170 grams are occasionally found.

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Important! The bushes of this tomato variety themselves determine the end point of growth, so measures for the formation and pinching of plants are not required.

Other name and varieties

For most gardeners and gardeners, the Fighter tomato variety is known as Buyan. This is what the developers called the new culture. But after state tests, the variety was renamed Fighter for its stable characteristics.

There are two varietal varieties of Buyan tomatoes. The more common red tomato variety and the lesser known yellow Fighter tomato. The only difference between these varieties is the shape of the fruit; in yellow vegetables it is more elongated.

Productivity

The variety is recommended for industrial cultivation. From 1 square meter of plantings up to 20 kilograms of fresh vegetables are obtained. In greenhouse growing conditions, yields can be increased.

Distinctive features

The main distinguishing feature of the Buyan variety is its ease of care. After all, the plant does not require additional formation and removal of stepsons, which is not typical for a vegetable crop.

It is also worth noting that the first harvest of vegetables ripens the largest. Some specimens of the first vegetables reach the 200-gram mark.

Description

The plant is determinate, low - no more than 50 cm in height, a standard bush, with a strong stem and short internodes. Branching is moderate, foliage is average. The leaves are not very large, green, tomato-type, strongly fried. The inflorescence is simple. The first fruit cluster is laid above the 6th - 7th leaf, the subsequent ones appear after 1 or 2 leaves. About 5 ovaries are formed in each cluster, sometimes a little more, but on average 3 fruits ripen. The peduncle of the Fighter has an articulation. During the fruiting period, a small tomato bush is covered with tomato bunches.

The fruits of the variety are cylindrical in shape, similar to a large plum, smooth, elastic, thick-walled. An unripe tomato is green, with a dark spot at the stalk. When ripe, it turns red evenly and the stain disappears. The skin is dense and durable, but not hard, glossy. The pulp of tomatoes is fleshy, moderately juicy and dense, aromatic, with few seeds - the number of chambers is 3 - 4. The taste is good, pleasant, rich, sweet and sour, many call it the ideal tomato. Fruit weight according to the State Register is 67 - 88 grams. In other sources, including reviews, the weight in the first clusters reaches about 180 grams, but the higher, the smaller the tomatoes.

Advantages and disadvantages of Buyan tomatoes

In order to avoid mistakes when growing Buyan tomatoes, you need to become familiar with all the strengths and weaknesses of the vegetable variety.

Advantages:

1. The variety is resistant to negative environmental influences and tolerates both sudden cold snaps and drought.
2. The first crops are harvested in mid-June.
3. Good natural immunity to some fungal and viral infections.
4. Easy to grow and care for.
5. Increased yields.
6. Plants do not require additional supporting structures or garters and are not prone to overgrowth.

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Fighter tomatoes are suitable for growing in open ground or in greenhouses.

The main disadvantage is the short shelf life of ripened fruits and the impossibility of transporting them over long distances.

Advice! The ripening of Fighter tomatoes occurs early and quickly. In order not to interrupt the harvest of vegetables on a personal plot, it is recommended to plant several varieties of vegetable crops with different ripening periods at once.

Features of cultivation and storage

Due to its compactness, the variety can grow on any piece of land. It is not necessary to allocate a separate bed for these tomatoes; they develop and fully bear fruit when planted along greenhouses or in a large tub. In contact with the ground, the fruits do not spoil. The fighter is not afraid of rain and cold water. However, the use of fertilizers will greatly increase the yield of the variety.

Ripe tomatoes are poorly stored, which, according to gardeners, is not a big disadvantage of the variety. But the tomato ripens perfectly at home. To do this, you need to remove the fruits that have reached blanzhe ripeness and place them in boxes in a layer in one row.

The nuances of growing crops

Tomatoes of the Buyan variety are grown by seedlings. In the southern regions, it is allowed to sow seeds directly into open ground.

Preparation of planting material

Seeds collected independently require preparation and processing before sowing.

1. Planting material is calibrated by selecting the most viable and intact seeds.
2. Next, the seeds are dipped into a manganese solution for 20–30 minutes and treated with a growth stimulator.
3. To harden, the seed material is wrapped in a damp cloth and sent to the lower compartment of the refrigerator or cellar for 2 days.
4. After hardening, the seeds are placed in a warm, sunny place for germination.
5. As soon as the first shoots appear from the seeds, they are planted in the soil

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Important! Planting material purchased from specialized centers does not require additional preparation!

Container and soil

For planting seeds, select containers with low sides.

1. Before planting, the containers are thoroughly washed and treated with a manganese solution.
2. Fine crushed stone is placed at the bottom of the container and a fertile, loose soil mixture is poured.
3. It is fashionable to purchase ready-made soil for growing seedlings in flower shops or make it yourself by mixing soil from the site with peat, humus and minerals.

Experienced gardeners advise heating the self-prepared soil in the oven at a temperature of 60–70 degrees. Such an event will allow you to get rid of unwanted parasites, fungi and bacteria in the soil.

Sowing seedlings

In containers with fertile soil, grooves or small depressions are made for planting seeds.

1. Planting material is laid out in holes and sprinkled with soil, and the top is irrigated with a sprayer.
2. The containers with the planted seeds are covered with film and sent to a warm place.
3. As soon as the first shoots appear from the ground, the covering material is removed and the plants are moved to a warm, well-lit room.

Important! Sowing seeds for seedlings is carried out at the end of February or early March. Compliance with planting dates will have a positive effect on timely harvesting.

Caring for her

Caring for seedlings includes watering, picking and fertilizing.

Young plants begin to plant, or plant, after the appearance of 2–4 tomato leaves. To do this, select spacious pots or boxes in which the seedlings will develop until they are transferred to a permanent place of growth.

Important! 10–14 days before planting a vegetable crop in the ground, the seedlings are hardened by taking the containers with tomatoes outside.

Transplantation to a permanent place

The seedlings are transferred to open ground at the age of 55–60 days from the day the seeds are planted. Tomatoes are planted in the greenhouse 2-3 weeks earlier.

The area for planting tomatoes is prepared in the fall.

1. The soil is dug up, loosened, mixed with organic matter and mineral fertilizers.
2. In the spring, planting holes 30–40 centimeters deep are made in the prepared area.
3. The distance between plantings is left up to 30 centimeters, between rows up to 50 centimeters.
4. The seedlings are transferred to the prepared holes, carefully removing them from the container along with a lump of earth.
5. The bushes are sprinkled with fertile soil and watered.

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After finishing the work, the beds are mulched with humus or dry grass.

Diseases and pests

Tomatoes of the Buyan variety are quite resistant to many diseases.

But this variety may be susceptible to the following diseases:

1. Late blight. The prerequisite for the appearance of this disease is increased air humidity due to heavy and frequent rains, as well as temperature fluctuations. Fruits and leaves are affected - they acquire a brownish color. Preparations containing copper help against late blight.
2. Gray rot. Appears as dark brown spots on fruits. The cause is often a lack of calcium, as well as moisture due to poor watering. For this problem, it is recommended to treat with calcium nitrate.

For pests such as whiteflies, slugs, mole crickets, spider mites and others, appropriate chemicals or folk remedies should be used. It is better to prevent any problems than to treat them later.

Rules for caring for the variety

Tomatoes of the Fighter variety are not demanding in care, but timely watering and fertilizing of the plants are necessary.

Watering and fertilizing

Buyan tomatoes are characterized by increased resistance to hot climates and drought. Therefore, irrigation work is carried out as the soil dries out. During the rainy season, watering is reduced or abandoned altogether.

During the growing season, plants are fertilized 2–3 times with mineral complexes based on potassium and phosphorus.

Important! Any fertilizers and fertilizing of tomatoes are completed 2-3 weeks before the vegetables are fully ripened.

Bush formation

The bushes grow compact, so the plants do not require additional formation. But we must not forget about loosening the soil and removing weeds.

Harvesting and application

Buyan produces a harvest three months after germination, so if your tomatoes sprouted in April, then in June you will receive the first fruits. They need to be collected regularly, but it is better to leave one ripe fruit on each bush, as it contributes to the ripening of the remaining fruits.

If you miss time, the fruits will become overripe, which means they will lose their beneficial qualities and appearance, and become loose and tasteless. If you want fresh tomatoes for the table, it is better to pick them when they are ripe and bright red or yellow.

Buyan tomatoes are an excellent product for canning. Their fruits, both ripe and unripe (green), can be canned, pickled and salted. It should be borne in mind that these tomatoes do not last long when fresh. It’s better if they go from the garden to canned food or juices. Thanks to its dense pulp, the tomato is suitable for both drying and freezing.

Possible difficulties during cultivation

The Buyan tomato variety is so easy to care for and grow that it is recommended as a teaching tool for beginning vegetable growers.

The main mistakes when cultivating tomatoes of this variety are as follows:

1. When growing vegetables in greenhouses, the premises are ventilated daily. Otherwise, the greenhouse will become a breeding ground for pests and fungal diseases.
2. To avoid additional care for tomatoes, lay a thick layer of mulch on the beds.
3. We also must not forget about weeding the beds from weeds. After all, weeds are the main carriers of harmful insects, fungi and viruses.

Best reviews from our readers

• Natalia

  First time planting. We grew up on the street. I was very pleased. Incredibly abundant, even, uniformly sized fruits. I didn’t tie it up, the bushes lay directly on the ground on straw mulch, but not a single bush became infected with late blight. For example, Chanterelle got sick all under the same conditions as Fighter. Sweeter than, for example, Sanka. Definitely plant!

• Marina

  I have been planting this variety for a long time and much earlier than written in your article. Probably 15 years, that's for sure. A very good variety for open ground. I also tried it in a greenhouse, but in open ground it is tastier and sweeter. Productive, unpretentious. For those who don’t have a greenhouse, this is ideal in our weather conditions.

• Elena

  For several years I have been planting in open ground, but under cover, because the dacha is in the taiga. They do not outgrow the stated height, are tasty, productive, and easy to eat and salt. I recommend

• Elena

  The most favorite variety. Very short, no more than 50 cm even in a greenhouse. The seedlings did not stretch out like the rest. I planted seedlings in early March and planted them in the greenhouse at the end of May, around the 20th. They withstood the frost well in the greenhouse. By the end of June there were already large tomatoes, in some places they were even turning red. I harvested 3 times from the whole bush, it bears fruit all summer until September. The taste is excellent. Photo for June 20. I only tied it to a peg once, because the tomatoes caused the bush to fall to the ground. I didn’t cut the stepsons.

• Nina

  I really liked the taste and yield, good for pickling. sang on the bush, but our summer was not enough, most of the harvest did not have time to ripen. the green ones sang until November

• Elena

  I live not far from you, 250 km in a village. We plant a tomato variety Buyan. If you don’t plant this variety, there are a lot of small ones. I am a stepson, on average I get 2600 grams per bush. We water depending on the weather. After planting, I do the first watering after 1.5-2 weeks. and then I water the tomatoes once throughout the summer. In 2016, on September 25, I picked the last tomatoes. Over the entire summer, half a bucket of tomatoes were missing, and I harvested more than 100 buckets. excellent variety

• Lera

  Very good variety. It froze at the beginning of June. I thought I was dead. And it came from the root from under the mulch! And it ripened on the vine! This is with terrible heat and drought in the summer and constant rain and coolness in the first half of September. The harvest under these conditions turned out to be very good. And I didn't get sick.

• Anna

  And I liked the tomato. The bushes are compact, not overgrown, there are a lot of tomatoes. The taste is sweet, without sourness. The weight of an average tomato is about 120 grams. Good for salads and look beautiful when preserved. I think the harvest would be greater with regular care. Now it’s September, the bushes are in bloom and full of small tomatoes. I'll definitely plant more.

• Natka Natalie

  I grew them in open ground. The bushes were not high, as stated by the manufacturer, about 50 cm. The bushes were not pinched. But the harvest was not special. Maybe this summer was like that. Because almost all varieties did not please with the harvest. They taste no different in sweetness, like all early ones. I won’t draw conclusions based on one year. I will plant it again this year.

TomatLand40 190 views27 reviews Rating of those who grew it: 3.41 out of 5

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Reviews from experienced vegetable growers

1. Tamara Vasilievna, Krasnoyarsk: “We have been growing Buyan tomatoes for many years. The bushes are low-growing, do not require additional garters and supports, and are unpretentious in care. We collect the first harvest in our climate zone at the end of July. Vegetables ripen evenly, with shiny, dense skin, excellent for both salads and winter preparations.”
2. Ivan Ilyich, Zheleznogorsk: “I planted Fighter tomatoes for the first time 3 years ago. For the first time I decided to grow it in a greenhouse. The harvest turned out to be large; from 3 bushes we got 15 kilograms of vegetables. Last year I planted tomatoes in open ground, this did not affect the yield in any way, but the tomatoes ripened much tastier in terms of taste. My wife collected several green bushes, and the vegetables remained quietly in the cellar until mid-winter.”

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Description

The plant is determinate, standard type, with moderate shoot-forming ability and medium foliage. Height is about 50 cm. The leaves are small, dark green. Yellow flowers are collected in inflorescences of an intermediate type. Each fruit cluster consists of 5 - 7 ovaries. Pedicel with articulation. The fruits of the yellow-fruited Fighter are smooth, in shape they resemble the red-fruited namesake, but their mass is slightly larger. The weight recorded by the State Register is 60 - 120 grams, the maximum is 148 grams. According to other sources, the weight can reach up to 180 and even 200 grams. An unripe tomato is green, with a small dark spot at the stalk. When ripe, it turns yellow and the spot disappears. The pulp is tender, juicy, moderately dense, and sugary. The number of seed nests is 4 - 6. The taste is assessed as good and excellent. The juice contains 4.0 - 4.6% dry matter, 2.1 - 3.3% total sugar.