The best varieties of tomatoes for open ground in 2022

Sweet tomatoes for open ground

Popular sweet varieties of tomatoes include: Babushkino, Slastena, Malachite Box, Hawaiian Pineapple, Verige, Wild Rose, White Peach, Monomakh's Cap, Nizami, Pomegranate Drop, Marizol Magic, Northern Lights.

Babushkino

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Sweet tooth

The variety is resistant to late blight, suitable for canning, making sauces and pastes. The yield from one bush is 4 kg of tomatoes. The bush reaches 1.5 meters in height.

Malachite Box

See description above.

Hawaiian pineapple

A productive variety, easy to care for, resistant to diseases and pests. Fruit weight – 500-700 g. The crop grows well and bears fruit at low temperatures. You can collect seeds for sowing yourself.

Verige

The bush has a powerful, thick stem, with trusses strewn with tomatoes. One cluster is formed by 6-12 fruits. The variety is resistant to tobacco mosaic and fusarium. The tomatoes are small, sweet, and the skin does not crack after ripening.

wild Rose

The yield from one bush is about 5 kg. The fruits are dense, round, deep crimson in color, weighing 400 grams each. The variety is resistant to hot climates and tobacco mosaic.

White peach

The bush reaches 0.5 meters in height. The fruits are pale orange in color, weighing up to 100 g. White Peach tomatoes are recommended for use in baby and diet food. Productivity per 1 sq. m – 5-8 kg tomatoes.

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Monomakh's hat

The yield from one bush is about 3-3.5 kg of fruits, weighing 500-700 grams each. Tomatoes are great for making pastes, juices, and sauces. The variety can be cultivated in almost all regions of Russia.

Nizami

The Georgian variety reaches a height of 1.5-1.7 meters. The fruits weigh 200-300 grams, the pulp is fleshy, sweet, practically without seeds. Productivity from one bush is 4-4.5 kg.

Pomegranate drop

Productivity per 1 sq. m – 4.7-5 kg. The bush reaches 1.5-2 meters in height. The variety is classified as mid-season. The pulp of the fruit is dense, the weight of the tomatoes reaches 20-25 grams. Full ripening is observed in mid-July.

Marizol Magic

A mid-season variety that produces dense, sweet fruits only when grown in open, sunny areas. The bushes reach a height of 2 meters, the weight of the fruit is 20-30 grams.

Northern lights

The bush does not exceed a meter in height, but requires gartering and pinching. The fruits of the crop are round, large, rich yellow in color with pink blush. Productivity per 1 sq. m – 10 kg.

Classification of tomato hybrids by ripening period

When choosing a tomato hybrid, be sure to look at the ripening period. It depends on whether it will have time to form a crop in your strip, and whether or not it is suitable for growing in open ground (in a greenhouse, as a rule, there are no problems, but outside the heat may not be enough). So:

The classification of hybrid tomato seeds is as follows:

early ripening, or so-called early - 85-105 days from germination to the beginning of ripening; mid-early - 106-110 days; mid-season - 111-115 days; medium late - 116-120 days; late ripening - more than 120 days.

Moreover, in different years and in different regions, the growing season of the same variety or hybrid of tomatoes for open ground and greenhouses can be different.

Tomato varieties for open ground in the Urals and Siberia

The most popular tomato varieties for planting in the Urals and Siberia include: Demidov, Zemlyak, Sanka, Miracle Lazy, Podsnezhnik, Taimyr, Ultra-Ripe, Nevsky, Vspishka, Far North.

Demidov

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Countryman

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Sanka

The bush is low, reaches 0.5-0.6 meters. The yield from one bush is 2-2.5 kg. The fruits are dense, round, bright red in color. Due to the fact that the variety is early ripening, the fruits can be collected before late blight damage.

Miracle Lazy

See description above.

Snowdrop

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Taimyr

The yield of the variety is 2.5 kg per bush. The tomatoes are smooth, ribbed at the stalk, reaching a weight of 80-100 grams. Growing crops requires regular application of mineral fertilizers.

Ultra early ripening

The height of the bush does not exceed 50 cm. The yield from one bush is 2 kg of tomatoes, weighing 100 grams each. Tomatoes are suitable for pickling, pickling, summer salads, making pastes and sauces.

Nevsky

The variety is early ripening. The fruits have time to ripen before the onset of late blight. Productivity from one bush is 1-1.5 kg. In rare cases, the culture is affected by bacterial spot.

Flash

The variety is early, determinate, unpretentious in cultivation. Productivity per 1 sq. m – about 5 kg. The fruits are round, dense, weighing 80-100 g. The outbreak is resistant to cold climates and late blight.

Far North

The yield per plant is about 2 kg of fruits, weighing 80-100 grams each. The variety is resistant to diseases (root and blossom end rot) and cold climates.

Super early and early

Varieties and hybrids that produce crops early will be the best choice for planting in the garden. Their diversity is amazing, and it’s not so easy to find the right tomato that will please you with a good result. Super-determinant tomatoes yield their crops very quickly, and thanks to this they also “escape” late blight. We recommend the following ultra-early ripening tomatoes:

Aphrodite

A super early variety of tomatoes, the first fruits can be harvested after 80 days.

Designed for growing in open beds, productive (up to 8 kg per 1 square meter), very tasty tomato. The fruits are round, with smooth glossy skin, red, weighing up to 115 grams.

Plant height is 45-50 cm, tomatoes do not need pinching, but supports for gartering the clusters are needed.

Bullfinch

This is an early bird, as the fruits ripen within 95-97 days. This unpretentious and cold-resistant variety is very popular in Siberia and the North-West.

Its bushes are up to half a meter high, the fruits are bright red, round, slightly flattened. Weight is up to 170-200 grams, and the taste of the fruit is excellent.

Labrador

Another early variety is Labrador, which begins to bear fruit already at 95-98 days. Its fruits are very dense, look like red apples, weighing up to 150 grams.

Tomatoes are picked green; they “arrive” very well at home. Suitable for all types of processing, as well as for preservation and, of course, fresh consumption.

Early love

An unpretentious and unpretentious tomato produces fruits weighing up to 200 grams. Ripening time is 90 days, with minimal plant care required. Does not require pinching, is very resistant to natural disasters, productive (up to 5-6 kg of fruit per square meter).

Bush height – 80-100 cm.

Don Juan

If you want to grow unusual, ultra-early tomatoes, then it’s time to look at the Don Juan tomato.

Ripening time is only 95 days, the fruits are round and slightly elongated. Weight – up to 80 grams. The color of the fruit is original - crimson with golden veins and strokes. This tomato is considered one of the most delicious among the early varieties.

Tomatoes resistant to cold and viruses

In temperate climates, where summers are often rainy and cool, spring is quite late, and autumn, on the contrary, is early, the durability of tomatoes is very important. Domestic gardeners prefer hardened varieties to pampered “exotics”. Such tomatoes can be grown not only in the south of the country, but also in the Urals or Siberia.

Usually, varietal tomatoes of domestic selection turn out to be “stronger” than foreign hybrids. In addition, such tomatoes contain much more nutrients and vitamins and have a more pronounced taste. Therefore, for many, these are the best varieties of tomatoes for open ground.

"Marmande"

The seedlings of this tomato can be transferred to the beds already in early May, which is two weeks earlier than usual. This allows you to get very early harvests, and also avoid tomato fruiting in too wet and cool August.

The weight of the fruit reaches 250 grams, which is rare for a representative of this group.

The Marmande tomato resists not only fungal and viral diseases, it does not attract pests and insects.

"Stellate sturgeon"

A tomato selected in Holland, but acclimatized to the weather conditions of Russia. The fruits are very large - sometimes more than 450 grams. The tomato peel is dense and the flesh is tender. The fruits are well stored and can withstand transportation.

Although the height of the bush reaches 140 cm, the powerful stem does not need to be tied up. Also, the plant does not need pinching.

"Roma"

This variety can be classified into two groups: it produces high yields and is considered the most resistant to fungal pathogens. The growing season is 120 days, and in the last two weeks of this period the plant can withstand significant temperature drops, even frost.

120-centimeter bushes require pinching. The fruits on them grow of medium size - approximately 140 grams in weight.

Review of tomato "Roma"

Stepanova I.A., 54 years old, Novosibirsk

I read on the Internet that the “Roma” variety is not very suitable for growing in Russia; it is more popular in the USA. But I decided to try it anyway – I was attracted by the tomato’s resistance to cold weather (we live in Siberia). The variety met all my hopes, it gave a good harvest, the tomatoes were elastic and beautiful. Of all the bushes (about 40), only two disappeared, and even then during the period of planting seedlings in the ground. Tomatoes are perfect for canning and making our family’s favorite tomato paste. I recommend the Roma tomato to everyone, especially those who live in the northern regions.

Tomato Sovereign F1

This variety was bred by agronomists specifically for cultivation in regions characterized by short summers. In the Nizhny Novgorod region, this variety is preferred by many vegetable growers. Its ripening period is 95 days. The height of the bush is up to 90 cm. Due to the fact that the variety is early ripening, the fruits are not susceptible to late blight. A distinctive feature of the variety is immunity to Alternaria, Stolbur, bacteriosis and TMV.

Features of the tomato variety:

• dense pulp;
• elongated shape;
• sharp tip;
• deep red color;
• 7 seed chambers;
• fruit weight – up to 200 g;
• evenness of the fruit surface;
• thick skin;
• sweet and sour taste.

Summer residents note the good transportability of the variety. Tomatoes are best eaten fresh; they are also suitable for making assorted dishes, juices and pastes.

Domestic low-growing hybrids

Dwarf

The bushes are compact and very miniature - 40-45 centimeters in height. The fruits are small, round and orange-red in color. Very small - weighing only 40-45 grams. From a bush you can collect 3-3.5 kilograms. Berries are universal in use.

Dubrava

Ultra-early variety - the harvest fully ripens in 75-80 days. The fruits are small (50-60 grams). The color is bright red, at the stalk it can turn pinkish. The yield is high for a low-growing determinant - 4-4.5 kilos. "Dubrava" does not need gartering or pinching.

Orange miracle

The variety is unpretentious, resistant to drought and rare rains. The fruits ripen in clusters of 7-8 pieces, each tomato weighs 300-350 grams. The skin is very thin and delicate. Color can vary from dull orange to scarlet, thin longitudinal yellow stripes are acceptable. Characterized by long fruiting, starting in June.

Perseus

A universal variety, grows up to 65-70 centimeters. Perseus is immune to most fungi and bacteria; it is rarely parasitized by the Colorado potato beetle and wireworm. The fruits are perfectly round, deep red, there are 5-6 pieces in a bunch, 55-70 g each, the skin is dense. This variety of tomato has a universal use in cooking, but more often it is used to prepare casseroles, pizza and other hot dishes.

Pests, diseases and methods of controlling them

Pests

Tomatoes are distinguished by good health, however, they are also susceptible to a number of diseases and pest attacks.

The most common pests and methods of controlling them:

1. Slugs. To make them disappear, you should regularly loosen the soil near the stem and sprinkle with ground hot pepper (one teaspoon is enough per square meter of soil).
2. Whitefly is a small midge with light, almost transparent wings. Use Confidor or its analogues.
3. Spider mite. Barely visible to the naked eye, it resembles a small white dot. You can cure the bushes by spraying them with a soap solution, infusion of garlic and dandelion leaves, or treat them with Karbofos.
4. Aphid. Small light green insects. In some cases, you can simply wash off the adults with a strong stream of water from a hose. Insecticides must be used to control eggs and larvae.
5. Medvedka. A large (3-4 centimeters) insect that resembles a grasshopper without wings can be kept in the ground and eat roots. It has powerful burrowing legs and an elongated, full abdomen. To combat, gardeners use an infusion of hot pepper, a vinegar solution or chemicals, for example, “Thunder”.
6. Wireworm is a yellowish-brown larva of a click beetle, reaching two centimeters in length. It is useful to reduce soil acidity. Wireworms are removed by liming the soil and preparations such as Bazudin.
7. Gnawing cutworms are butterfly caterpillars. The color is gray, maybe almost black. The body does not exceed three to four centimeters in length. Pests are collected by hand, the beds are weeded, and the egg layings are poisoned with the drug “Strela.”

If proper agricultural practices are followed, the risk of pests and parasites is reduced significantly.

Diseases

Breeders have developed many varieties. Resistant to certain diseases, such as late blight or black rot. However, the risk of occurrence cannot be eliminated one hundred percent. Therefore, you should familiarize yourself with the main diseases of tomatoes in order to know what to deal with.

The most common ailments:

1. Late blight. Characteristic signs are brown and brown spots on all above-ground parts of the plant. It is necessary to treat with the drugs “Zaslon”, “Barrier” and “Oxyx”. Sometimes an infusion of garlic is used.
2. Blackleg. The stem at the base of the plant turns black and dries out, causing the plant to die. The disease cannot be treated; it often affects seedlings. To prevent the disease, use a solution of potassium permanganate (1-1.5 grams diluted in 10 liters of water).
3. Cracking. The reason is excessive watering after a drought. Therefore, it is very important to maintain a stable watering regime.
4. Dry spotting (Alternaria blight). At the beginning of development, the symptoms are very similar to late blight. Then dimples and indentations appear on the tomatoes, they have an oval shape on the stems, and round on the fruits. Infected and diseased bushes are sprayed with Antrakol, Consento, and Tattu.

Soil treatment and proper crop care are very important in disease prevention.

Tomato Hybrid Tarasenko

This is where the confusion begins. The fact is that tomatoes under this name are not hybrids at all, but varieties! Moreover, they are quite interesting and popular, such as Hybrid Tarasenko, Yubileiny, Tomato Tarasenko. They were brought out by an amateur vegetable grower from the Sumy region, Feodosiy Tarasenko, a physics teacher who was fond of gardening. His track record includes about 50 varieties of tomatoes.

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Tomato hybrids for greenhouses

To use the greenhouse productively, try to grow vigorous hybrids (indeterminate). They will grow to the ceiling, which means they will produce more fruit per unit area. Follow the seed manufacturer's recommended planting pattern and do not plant plants too close together.

Tomato F1 Forte Rose (from Semko) pink hybrid: quite early, suitable for greenhouses. May crack in heat.

If you need tomatoes for growing in a greenhouse, suitable for canning , then you can pay attention to the hybrids of the “Tsar” series (SeDek): F1 Empire, F1 Empress, F1 Russian Empire, F1 Peter the Great, F1 Peter the Great. They are tall and set fruit well even in low light conditions or in conditions of temperature changes. The tomatoes of these hybrids are perfectly preserved both on the bush and during storage.

Tomato series F1 Russian Empire and F1 Peter the Great

Fruitful salad-type giants for the greenhouse are included in the “Great Tomatoes” (SeDek) series: F1 Alexander the Great, F1 Vladimir the Great, F1 Catherine the Great, F1 Dmitry the Great. They are distinguished by their large size, rich taste, resistance to tobacco mosaic virus, verticillium and fusarium wilt, cladosporiosis and other diseases; high stress resistance.

For the southern regions and high greenhouses the series of cherry tomatoes “Octopus” (SeDek) has gained particular popularity, these are the so-called tomato trees: F1 Octopus cream raspberry, F1 Octopus cream orange, F1 Octopus cream chocolate, F1 Octopus cherry raspberry, F1 Octopus cherry . All of them are incredibly productive and resistant to many tomato diseases.

F1 Opera is one of the earliest ripening hybrids for greenhouses. Plant height is 1.5 m. The fruits are round, even, smooth, weighing 100–110 g. Thanks to the pronounced tomato aroma and harmonious taste, they are especially good fresh, but are also suitable for canning. The variety is very productive – 5–5.5 kg, maximum – 8.5 kg. Resistant to many diseases.

Cherry tomato hybrids occupy leading positions :

F1 Strawberry Indeterminate hybrid of cherry tomato with a beautiful and original heart-shaped or “strawberry” fruit shape. The tomatoes are collected in elegant, even clusters of 18–30 pieces.

F1 Miracle Bunch Hybrid is characterized by high growth energy, bears fruit until autumn and is resistant to a range of diseases and various weather stresses. The first fruits are ready for harvest after 90–95 days.

F1 Blue bunch Indeterminate mid-season cherry tomato hybrid with fruits that play in the sun with all shades of blue and blue!

Cherry tomatoes

Time-tested varieties

Despite the huge number of new products, old, time-tested varieties can often be found in the gardens of modern summer residents. Such varieties were specially bred for mass production in the 50-70s of the last century.

Reliable varieties are characterized by excellent vitality, unpretentiousness to the climate and stable yield:

• Tomato Ground Gribovsky. An early ripening variety, 3-4 clusters ripen on small bushes. Tomato weight is 70-90 grams.
• Moskvich. An early-ripening variety, high-yielding , the weight of one fruit is 60-90 grams. The standard-type bush is resistant to frost and does not require pinching.
• Siberian early ripening. As the name suggests, this is an unpretentious, frost-resistant, early-ripening variety. The fruits are bright red and weigh 100-130 grams.
• White filling 241. Mid-ripening variety, fruits range from light green to orange-red, weighing up to 120 g. Standard-type bush, does not require pinching or staking .
• Talalikhin 186. Determinate, early ripening, resistant to diseases and frosts, excellent for breeding in Siberia and the Urals. The weight of one tomato is 110-190 g, depending on climatic conditions.

Attention! The Moskvich variety loves dense planting, when 7-9 bushes are placed per 1 m² at once.

Recommendations

Even the right choice cannot guarantee a good harvest, since tomatoes are very picky about the soil and its acidity. Therefore, all summer residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region who want to grow a good harvest of tomatoes in their beds need to carry out a number of preparatory measures before planting seeds.

First of all, it is necessary to take into account the climate in which the tomatoes will grow. Thus, the climate zone of the Nizhny Novgorod region is temperate, the climate of the region is temperate continental. Summer lasts from June 4 to August 15. Precipitation is uneven: the northwestern regions are more rainy, while droughts are possible in the southeast, with frequent thunderstorms and hail. In such conditions, you can get a good harvest of tomatoes if you grow early varieties through seedlings.

The average temperature in July is +15 degrees, but it can rise to +40 degrees. In such cases, it is necessary to keep the tomatoes in the shade to maintain their ability to bear fruit.

On the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region there are such types of soils as gray forest, marsh, sod-podzolic, and chernozem. The most fertile soils - chernozems - occupy 1/15 of the region's territory. Other soils are characterized by a high level of acidity, so in order for tomatoes to grow actively, they will need to be deacidified.

When choosing a tomato variety, you should pay attention to the following factors:

• early maturation;
• drought resistance;
• ability to form ovaries in unfavorable conditions.

It is important to determine the purpose for which tomatoes will be grown. Canned food is best made from universal varieties, since they are characterized by good transportability and keeping quality, but they are small in size and sour. For salads, it is better to choose larger varieties, but you must remember that they are low-yielding. Their main values ​​are sweet taste and rich color.

The main factors for the intensive growth of tomatoes are heat and sunlight. It is best to plant tomatoes in light, airtight soils. Before flowering, it is necessary to feed them with nitrogen and phosphorus, and then with potassium and phosphorus.

What does a tomato like?

Tomato loves warmth and bright light. Slight shading causes growth to stop. No ovaries are formed, the bush begins to actively grow green mass. The gardener gets grass, not fruits.

Tomato prefers soils that are moisture-permeable, breathable, and light. Clayey ones require sanding, sandy ones require claying. On peat bogs, both components should be applied.

Factors of active growth and fruiting of the plant:

• temperature during germination – 23–25 degrees Celsius;
• growth and development temperature – 25–28 degrees Celsius;
• daylight hours – 16–18 hours;
• optimal air humidity – 60%, soil – 70%;
• soil acidity – 6 pH.

Ideal soils for tomatoes are black soils. On others, the acidity should be changed. To reduce it, add ash and lime.

When the temperature drops to 10 °C, the bush stops growing. Cooling down to 15 ° C - the ovaries crumble. Heat of 30 °C and above leads to sterilization of flower pollen.

Before flowering, the plant actively consumes nitrogen and phosphorus. Then the need for potassium and phosphorus increases.

Characteristics and description of resistant varieties

Let us very briefly describe the main groups of varieties.
Plants cannot have 100% immunity, but do not get sick due to other qualities. Features include:

• early maturity - plants mature before the fungus or bacteria “wakes up” and reaches its peak of activity;
• varieties with very strong immunity;
• low-growing hybrids grown separately from other Solanaceae, which reduces the risk of infestation or insect movement;
• heat-loving and drought-resistant varieties - at elevated temperatures, the fungus reproduces more slowly, the spores remain in the dormant stage longer.

Tomatoes have been bred that are resistant to late blight, aphids, all bacterial cultures and viral strains, capable of surviving in all regions of our country.