Grandma's secret
This variety was bred by Siberian breeders in 2007, and it quickly became popular among gardeners for its high yield, excellent taste, and aroma. Its huge fruits resemble a watermelon in cross section - fleshy, with a slight shine, sweet-tasting pulp and a slightly sour aftertaste, truly “Grandma’s Secret.”
- Tall bushes with strong stems, up to 2 m, require pinching. The variety is indeterminate.
- The weight of one fruit can reach up to 1 kg (in a greenhouse), on average 500-800 g (in open ground).
- The color is pink or raspberry, the peel is dense, but thin.
- Collecting fruits up to 8-10 kg per bush.
- Ripening time is 100-110 days.
- A nightshade variety that is resistant to many diseases and pests.
“Babushkin Secret” tomatoes are well suited for canning in pieces or in the form of salads; it is difficult to fit them entirely into jars due to their size. Tomato juice and fruit drink have excellent taste and aroma, for which the variety is valued by gardeners.
Features of growing tomatoes Site, planting and care
Sowing the seeds of this tomato for seedlings is carried out 55-60 days before the intended planting in a permanent place. Seedlings dive at the stage of two true leaves. When planting seedlings in open ground per 1 sq. m, 5-6 plants are placed, when planted in a greenhouse and formed into 2-3 stems - up to 4 plants.
Further care for tomatoes consists of timely watering, fertilizing with complex mineral fertilizer, weed removal and preventive measures to protect the crop from diseases and pests.
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Tomato Batyanya
Bush varieties of unlimited growth, tall - 1.3 m–2 m. They require the formation of 1-2 stems, as they quickly form many stepsons. The stems are thin and must be tied to a trellis.
- Early variety - 95-100 days, early ripening.
- Productivity - 6-8 kg per bush.
- Fruit weight - 500-600g.
- Color – raspberry. The shape resembles a heart.
- The pulp is dense, sweet, juicy.
- The taste is pleasant tomato, without sourness.
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Suitable for fresh preparation, used in salads, juices and fruit drinks, and also for canning in halves for the winter.
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We recently celebrated the New Year and it would seem that spring is still far away, but the gardener’s heart is already beating faster in anticipation of the planting campaign. But what varieties of tomatoes should you choose so that the coming year’s harvest does not disappoint?
Last year, the clear favorites when choosing seeds were tomatoes: Honey Drop, Black Moor, Mazarin, King of the Market2, Sanka, which justified themselves with a bountiful harvest. Perhaps only Mazarin disappointed many by not showing the declared qualities.
Feedback from gardeners on tomato yield results will give you an idea of many varieties of tomatoes. As a result of the analysis, you yourself will be able to compile for yourself a list of seeds that you will purchase for planting.
Positive reviews about tomato varieties
- Appetizing
from Sib.garden - the most delicious and productive. - Ox heart
- tasty large fruits, but very late. - Bonsai
from Gavrish (I bought 2 packs, but I couldn’t find them this season and my husband was whining all summer), - Bourgeois
- medium-sized tomatoes, 100-120g, but the bushes are productive, bear fruit from early July to mid-October, the taste is acceptable; - Ox heart
- tasty large fruits, but very late. I manage to shoot a couple of brushes in red - Budenovka
- liked it. Large, pink, fleshy, sugary. One of the first to ripen. The shape of the fruit corresponds to the name. The taste, I would say, is delicate, but not sweet. - Red giant
- large fruits (up to 800g first, but then not small), tasty; - Black pear
. It was the most abundant. Tomatoes (to our taste) turned out to be tastier than Gypsy/Chernomor, - De barao black
. I was very pleased. - De Barao
. Pink is tastier than red, beautiful when pickled (but not tastier than some other tomatoes), lies well, the skin, like all de Barao’s, is not thick, diseases do not stick. - Wild rose
- not a lot of fruit, but the taste is good, I didn’t get sick with anything; - Golden canary
- tasty, productive - Golden domes
are good in taste, but my yield was low. - Golden shower
is the shape of a small pear. They were noticeably larger in the greenhouse than in the greenhouse - Cossack
- light brown-pink, productive. - The King of Giants
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Cosmonaut Wolves
impressed with their size and taste. Very dense, large tomatoes (even the last ones were at least 150 grams), sugary in structure, and can be stored for quite a long time.
I really liked the caramel The cluster is long, very decorative, the fruits are round, even, do not crack, the taste is excellent, pronounced tomato, sweet.- The malachite box
is sweet, fruitful, and extremely tasty. - Honey saved
is delicious, I’ll keep it, of course, but I wasn’t impressed with the quantity and suffered from crown rot. - Honey drop
- super! The fruits are yellow, resembling a drop of honey. Rich brushes. - Eagle beak
- excellent, delicious tomatoes, a very productive variety. I will definitely leave it. - Pepper-shaped
; Weighty, tasty, meaty and sweet tomatoes were simply sold out with a bang. I’ll definitely plant it in the new season! - Parsley gardener
is short-growing, the tomatoes are not large, the taste is similar to my favorite pink honey, quite productive (but not super-super), most of all suffered from blossom end rot. - Pink honey, Sevruga, Mazarin
- identical heart-shaped ones, but Sevruga is still among the favorites. - Pink Andromeda
- as an early variety it was an excellent variety, it bore fruit for a long time, but the quality of the first harvests was better; - Pink honey
is unproductive, but the most delicious, beloved. - Pink helmet
- tastes similar to pink honey, but smaller and just as barren. - Sonata
- productive, tasty - Semko-Sinbad
- the pickled ones turn out really good! - Supersteak
- the fruits have not grown to the stated size, but the clusters are 6-8 pcs and all the tomatoes are the same, the bushes are strong, the garter is minimal (the taste, however, can be better); - Sanka
is a very abundant variety, the taste is good. Good in bed. I'm leaving it! - Santa Claus
- pleases every year, but the fruits become smaller (a feature of the variety), tasty, very sweet; - Sweet Cherry
- very sweet, cheerful berries! Red ones are larger than yellow ones, but yellow ones are sweeter. - Persimmon
- beautiful, fleshy, productive, did not hurt. The variety is very good, I have had it for 8 years, year after year it gets better, no green spot, moreover, the place where the stalk is attached is tiny. - Nocturne and Intuition
(hybrids) are abundant and last a long time. - dates
are very productive, you’ll be tortured to harvest them. They were the first to ripen. The taste is sweet and sour. I didn’t like the fact that when overripe, the peel wrinkles and becomes very tough. - Black Moor
is tasty, productive, unpretentious, ideal for pickling and is a delight to eat fresh! - the Gypsy
- I planted it for 3 years, it’s a tasty harvest, it sets fruit both in the heat and in the fall. Quite resistant to late blight, mildly affected in late autumn. - Um champion
- great. tasty, productive, early (on par with Sanka), completed at the end of August, stepson up to the first brush. The only drawback is that ripe fruits are not stored at all. But for juice or ketchup, in salads - just right!
Didn't like these tomato varieties
- Atlantis
(SibSad) - terrible small (50-60 gr.) sour, on a powerful and strong trunk, although it didn’t hurt. - Boni MM
- I didn’t like it at all, neither in taste nor in quantity, and I didn’t have it at all early. - Bobcat and Slot
are productive, but the taste is the most common, market one. - Boogie - woogie
- not early and tasteless. - Yellow cherries
- tasty, sweet, lots of them, but very small and almost all of them were cracked - Irishka F1
(Russian vegetable garden) - cold-resistant, unpretentious, so-so, nothing special. - Koenigsberg red
- suffered from blossom end rot, low yield. - A Moscow delicacy
- very tasty, meaty icicles. Not very productive. Sick with Koenigsberg from apical rot - Honey-sugar
(SibSad) - “oak” store-bought tomatoes, although yellow in color, lasted the longest on the windowsill, but the taste changed for the worse. - The mandarin duck
was not impressed, in my opinion the honey drop is better, although the tomato is half the size. - Mazarin
was not impressed. - Eagle Heart
- I got sick first, I didn’t get any tomatoes. - Pink Leader
is the worst variety of this year in terms of fruit taste and yield. - Siberian Lights
- large cream, but empty inside - Timofeich
- fruitful, sweet and sour taste - Wonder of the world
- a lot of tomatoes, bears fruit for a long time, is unpretentious. Beautiful fruits with a spout. The taste is sour both in salads and in preparations. In salads, the juice is white-yellow-watery. LET'S CLEAN UP! - Jason
(Zedek) - tasteless
Source: Wow! Dacha
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King of the Giants
The variety appeared on the market more than 10 years ago, but took one of the first places among gardeners due to its qualities.
- High yield: 7-8 kg - in open ground, 9-10 kg - in greenhouses.
- The color of the fruit is red or light red. Flat-round shape.
- Average ripening time is 115-120 days.
- The pulp is juicy, bright, fleshy.
- The taste qualities are rated very highly by gardeners. Sweet and sour tomatoes without aftertaste.
- Weight depends on proper care - from 500 g to 1000 g. The variety is demanding on lighting and watering. In open ground the yield is 6-8 kg per bush, in closed ground - up to 10 kg.
“King of the Giants” has gained popularity not only because of its taste and high yield, but also because of its resistance to cracking and fungal diseases.
How to choose the best variety?
When choosing this or that tomato, everyone proceeds from their personal preferences. But you should also pay attention to the varietal characteristics:
- Zoning. The very first and most important criterion. Tomatoes intended for the southern regions are more leafy and powerful. They need a large number of leaves to protect them from the scorching rays of the sun. In the short northern summer, they simply do not have time to develop.
Attention! Manufacturers do not always indicate zoning information on the packaging. But it is always available in the State Register of Varieties.
- Terms of ripening. In regions with an unstable climate, mid- and late-ripening tomatoes do not always have time to fully ripen. Therefore, preference should be given to early ripening, standard ones.
- The height of the bushes. If there is no opportunity for tying and constant pinching, you should choose low-growing determinate tomatoes. They bear fruit well when grown without removing the shoots.
- Purpose of fruits. For preservation, small-fruited tomatoes with dense skin and pulp are chosen. Large beef tomatoes for preparing salads and preparations. If tomatoes are consumed fresh, what is most important is their appearance and taste. Currently, fruit varieties are available in different shapes and colors. The most popular tomato color is, of course, red, but there are also seeded varieties that are yellow, orange, or striped.
- As for the size of the fruit, you can choose from small, 30 gram cherry tomatoes (cocktail) to huge fleshy tomatoes, reaching a weight of 500-600 g. Tomatoes with smaller fruits usually have more delicate skin, look great on a dish and in a vegetable bed, because that numerous fruits are collected in decorative clusters.
- Growing conditions. Tomatoes for greenhouses are not suitable for unstable open ground conditions; their yields are reduced by 2-3 times. In addition, they are not so resistant to changes in temperature and humidity, which leads to the development of a number of fungal and viral diseases.
- Possibility of growing with minimal care. Not everyone has the opportunity to care for tomato beds every day. Not all varieties require careful care. In such a situation, it is better to choose tomatoes that are resistant to stressful growing conditions and do not require gartering or removal of shoots. The least attention is required for varieties with rigid stems that can support the weight of ripening fruits. These are often dwarf varieties, varieties that grow to a certain height. Their opposite is indeterminate tomatoes, which grow throughout the growing season. These plants require strong supports, systematic tying and control of growth force by cutting off the tips of the shoots.
The earliest varieties require about 55 days (from the moment of planting the seedlings) to the first ripe fruits, so you can count on tomatoes from your garden in mid-July. August and early September constitute the peak harvest period. Determinate tomatoes finish bearing fruit in a shorter period of time, while varieties with a continuous growth type develop flowers and set fruit all the time. Thanks to this, they provide a harvest in the long term - but we must not forget to remove excess shoots and flowers, because the plants cannot cope with feeding too many fruits.
The best early-ripening and productive tomato varieties for 2022 are discussed in detail below. In this rating, everyone will definitely find an option that suits them.
Siberian trump card
The variety was developed by breeders in Siberia, but is also popular in other regions of the country due to its long growing season. The Siberian Trumpet tolerates short-term deterioration in weather conditions, drought or long periods of precipitation.
- The length of the stems does not exceed 0.8 m. No shaping is required. The stems are strong.
- The fruits are red-crimson in color, round and slightly flattened. Weighing from 300 g to 800 g.
- The taste is rich, sweet and sour.
- Average ripening time is 110-115 days.
- The pulp is dense, juicy, bright raspberry-red in color.
- Productivity - 5-7 kg.
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The variety has become notable among gardeners for the fact that the fruits can be stored for a long time and are transportable. Tomato paste, juices, fruit drinks are prepared from Siberian Trump tomatoes, and consumed raw. And green fruits are suitable for souring in barrels.
Bear Paw
Tomatoes of this variety have an unsurpassed dessert taste and high yield. Included in the State Register in 2005, it quickly became widespread among gardeners in all regions of Russia and in the countries of the former USSR.
- The height of the stems is 1.2 m–1.8 m.
- Average fruiting period.
- The weight of the vegetable is from 200 to 800 g. The largest fruits are formed on the first cluster.
- The skin is thin, but dense, glossy, bright red, aromatic. The pulp has a dessert taste, juicy, and has a dense consistency.
Bear Paw tomatoes have a number of advantages:
- resistant to fungal diseases;
- resistant to adverse weather conditions and sudden temperature fluctuations;
- inflorescences are formed after 9-10 leaves and then after 1 leaf, which is not typical for large-fruited varieties;
- stable harvest.
Varieties of large-fruited tomatoes are simply masterpieces of breeding work; they are suitable for cultivation in almost all regions. Most often, these are hybrid varieties that are distinguished by high yield, taste, but also resistance to adverse weather conditions, diseases and pests.
Tomato productivity Irina F1
The Irina variety is distinguished by its high yield for a determinate plant - up to 9 kg of ripe tomatoes can be harvested from each bush per season, and at least 16 kg from each square of area. Moreover, when the first fruits that appear ripen (when growing a tomato Irina in a greenhouse without heating), their total weight can be up to 5 kg.
It should be noted that in heated greenhouses, larger tomatoes are formed on Irina tomato bushes than when growing this variety in garden beds.
