Tomato Volgogradsky 5/95 began its existence thanks to the efforts of Russian breeders at the Volgograd Experimental Station of the All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Growing. The variety was obtained by selection from hybrids Chernomorets 175 and Kuban. After its appearance, the long history of the hybrid variety began. In 1953, it was included in the State Register of the Russian Federation and allowed for cultivation throughout the Russian Federation.
Some experienced gardeners are in no hurry to buy seeds of new, unfamiliar varieties. They trust proven tomatoes more. These include the Volgogradsky 5/95 tomato.
Characteristics and description of tomatoes Volgogradsky 5/95
Semi-determinate type tomato. Standard bush, medium leafy. The maximum height of the main stem is 1 m, the average height is 70-80 cm. The foliage shape is standard. The sheet plate is medium in size, highly corrugated.
The brushes on the central stem form 4-7 ovaries. From 3 to 5 fruits are formed on the inflorescence.
Tomato Volgograd 5/95 medium-late ripening. From the moment of planting until the appearance of the first harvest, 115 to 130 days pass.
Attention! The variety has hybrids of the same name: tomato Volgogradsky 5/95 pink and Volgogradsky early ripening.
Taste qualities of tomato Volgogradsky 5/95
Main characteristics of the fruit:
- at full maturity the color is bright red;
- surface smooth, pink;
- flat-round shape, slightly ribbed;
- average fruit weight 80-120 g;
- number of chambers inside the vegetable 5-6:
- dry matter content in pulp – 4.5%, sugars – 3%;
- the pulp is fleshy, not watery;
- the taste is characteristic, sweet and sour.
Ripe fruits are capable of long-term storage. Tomatoes of the Volgogradsky 5/95 variety tolerate long-distance transportation well. Suitable for fresh cuts, summer salads. Tomato paste and ketchup are made from the vegetable. Used for home canning for the winter, barrel salting of whole fruits.
Attention! The ripening of the Volgogradsky 5/95 tomato takes place in 3-4 stages. At the first harvest, the largest fruits reach 150-170 g.
Reviews about the variety
Vladimir, 49 years old, Ufa.
I live in an apartment, but I have my own summer cottage. I can't live without fresh vegetables. I buy seedlings. I recognize the Volgograd ones by their appearance. They have thick and hairy stems and leaves. Everyone always gets along. And the taste of the fruit is unsurpassed. This is a classic.
Elena, 63, Murmansk.
I love plants, so herbs, spices and whatever thrives in such conditions always grow on the balcony. When I found out about Volgograd tomatoes and tasted them, I decided to buy a summer cottage. Now I spend the whole summer away from the city, caring for my favorite variety. I collect a lot, so I preserve them for the winter; they lend themselves well to heat treatment.
If you want to grow a truly early variety of tomatoes in your own garden, then you should choose Volgograd tomatoes. This variety has a large number of positive characteristics that make it possible to get fruits in the early stages. In this case, you do not have to put a lot of effort into growing the crop.
Pros and cons of the tomato variety Volgogradsky 5/95
The hybrid is not new, so it has both positive and negative qualities.
Among the advantages of tomato it is worth noting:
- Compactness, medium foliage of the bushes, which makes caring for the crop easier.
- Drought tolerance.
- Easily tolerates temperature changes.
- The brush can ripen up to 5 fruits at the same time.
- With different weights, the shape is the same, so tomatoes are suitable for whole-fruit canning.
- Resistance to a number of fungal diseases.
- Transportability.
- Ripe tomatoes do not burst.
- Can be stored for a long time.
The disadvantages of the Volgogradsky 5/95 tomato variety include:
- demands for complex feeding;
- the need to tie up bushes;
- low yield;
- fragility of shoots.
How to grow crops correctly
Care begins with growing seedlings; this is done in most areas where the heat-loving plant is cultivated.
Sowing seeds for seedlings
Use containers 7 cm deep. They are pre-washed and disinfected. Next, prepare the planting soil. Vegetable growers often make it themselves. Before sowing seeds, the soil is steamed or spilled with disinfectants to destroy bacteria and pest larvae.
The soil mixture contains:
- 10 liters of high-moor peat;
- 5 liters of sand;
- 1 liter of ash or a glass of dolomite flour.
The ingredients are mixed and water is added. Wet soil is compacted. The seeds are laid out dry. Sprinkle with 2 cm of soil and compact again. Cover the container with film and place it in a warm, dark place. With the appearance of sprouts, the seedlings are transferred to the light.
Seedling care
When the first leaves form, fertilize. This is a solution of fertilizers “Kemira-Lux”, “Uniflor-Rost”, AVA. Seedlings require good lighting to grow. Picking is done when 5 leaves appear, not counting the cotyledons.
Water the plants at the root; at first, use a pipette or syringe. Overwatering threatens the appearance of blackleg and plant death.
Transplantation to a permanent place
With the onset of warm weather, seedlings are planted on ridges or in greenhouses. In the garden beds, tomatoes are protected with covering material. The optimal age of planted seedlings is 65 days. Compact bushes of Volgogradsky 323 are planted according to the 0.5x0.4 m pattern.
The size of the hole is made slightly larger than a clod of earth on the roots of the seedlings. A handful of superphosphate is poured into it and mixed with soil. Next, add water and place the seedling. The soil around is compacted. Plants are shaded from the sun.
For your information. Mulching the soil around the planted seedlings gives good results. This eliminates the formation of a surface crust and retains moisture at the roots.
Growing
Immediately before planting tomatoes of the Volgogradsky 5/95 variety, you should familiarize yourself with the basic agrotechnical rules: propagation of seedlings, fertilizing, watering, care.
Advice! If all agricultural technology recommendations from the manufacturer of the tomato variety are followed, then the fruits are guaranteed to meet the declared characteristics.
Growing seedlings
Seeds are sown exclusively by seedling method. Tomato planting material Volgogradsky 5/95 germinates either in a greenhouse under a film or in containers in a warm and bright room. The required period for planting is mid-March. However, the time may vary depending on the climatic conditions of the region.
The planting container and soil are pre-prepared. A plastic tray is suitable for Volgogradsky 5/95 tomatoes. You can also plant the seeds in a seedling cassette, then diving is not performed. Regardless of the type of container, drainage holes must be present. Excess moisture can destroy seedlings.
The substrate chosen is light and loose. It is preferable that the soil is nutritious, then during the growth process the seedlings will not require additional feeding. Tomatoes Volgogradsky 5/95 develop well in special soil for tomatoes, which is available in garden stores. However, you can prepare the mixture yourself. It is worth mixing turf soil, peat and sand. The resulting substrate must be disinfected with a weakly concentrated solution of potassium permanganate.
Purchased planting material does not require pre-treatment. At production, Volgogradsky 5/95 tomato seeds were disinfected and sorted. There is no need to use growth stimulants. The exception is if the seedlings grow extremely slowly.
Attention! Self-collected seeds require preliminary preparation.
Landing rules
The container is filled 2/3 full. Expanded clay is placed on the bottom in a layer of 2 cm. The seeds are sown in slightly moistened soil. Each grain is placed at a distance of 3–4 cm. The immersion depth is no more than 3.5 cm. Then they are sprinkled with soil and moistened with water from a spray bottle. The container is covered with film.
In the first week, the container should be kept in a room with a temperature of + 22-24 ° C. The shelter must be regularly opened, ventilated, and accumulated condensation removed. Spray the soil as it dries.
When the first seedlings appear on the surface, the film is removed. The container is moved to a bright place with an air temperature of + 20 °C. If the plants are hot, they will stretch out. Hypothermia will lead to infections and death of seedlings. You need to water every 2-3 days. They begin to dive when 3 leaves appear on the Volgogradsky 5/95 tomato. After about 60 days, the seedlings are transplanted to a permanent location. By that time, the seedlings reach 15 cm in height with a properly formed vegetative part.
Planting is done in well-warmed soil with a temperature of + 14 °C. The adaptation period for plants in a new place is 14 days.
Watering and fertilizing
Tomatoes Volgogradsky 5/95 are watered regularly. The culture needs a large amount of moisture. The water requirement for a bush is 5 liters. It is necessary to moisturize 2-3 times a week. The ideal time for the procedure is evening. It is advisable to use warm, settled water. Growth problems may occur if cold water is used. During budding, flowering and fruit formation, additional moisture is required.
Advice! In greenhouses, humidity should not exceed 70%. Otherwise, condensation may provoke the appearance of late blight or blossom end rot in Volgogradsky 5/95 tomatoes.
Variety Volgogradsky 5/95 loves fertilizing and responds favorably to it. Fertilize the crop with organic matter, in particular diluted mullein or potassium-phosphorus mineral preparations. If there is little formation of ovaries and poor growth, use a solution of boric acid with urea. During the season, 3-4 feedings of Volgogradsky 5/95 tomato are enough.
Pinching and tying
Support is necessary for the plant to fully ripen the fruits and maintain the stem. The mount is installed after transplanting the Volgogradsky 5/95 tomato to a permanent place of growth.
For proper development, stepchildren break off. Thus, tomatoes ripen faster, excess foliage does not interfere with proper air exchange, and fewer parasites accumulate in the shade. It is recommended to remove shoots in the morning so that the cut can dry out in the sun during the day.
Advice! A small sprout should be left at the site of the break so that a new stepson does not appear.
Formation
In order to form a bush of the correct shape, the side shoots must be broken off. Every week the lower leaves are broken off. As a rule, Volgogradsky 5/95 tomatoes have one stem.
Protection from diseases and pests
Gardeners who grow Volgogradsky 5/95 tomato rarely encounter crop diseases.
Basically it all comes down to preventive measures:
- Ventilation of greenhouses.
- Compliance with watering and fertilizing regimes.
- Loosening the soil around the bush after moistening.
- Removing weeds every week.
- Mulching around the trunk.
- Timely treatment with biological products or folk remedies for pests.
The main thing is to prevent the use of chemicals. Then the tomato will be natural, suitable for baby food.
When larvae and caterpillars of harmful insects appear on tomato bushes, insecticides cannot be avoided. The main enemies are aphids and thrips. The drug “Zubr” helps against them.
In open ground, tomato Volgogradsky 5/95 is often attacked by slugs. They are collected by hand or used to repel insects using ash flour.
Protection from diseases and pests
Despite its excellent immunity, the variety is susceptible to a number of ailments, including:
| Disease | Symptoms | Prevention | Treatment |
| Late blight | Irregular brown spots on the stem, falling inflorescences, dry leaves, grey-brown/black spots on the fruits. |
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| Powdery mildew | Powdery coating on the surface, the plant becomes deformed and dries out, the flowers become covered with white fluff and cracks. | Treating seeds with potassium permanganate before planting, maintaining crop rotation, regular ventilation of greenhouses, correct watering and fertilizing. |
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| Verticillium | During the flowering phase, the lower leaves begin to turn yellow, as a result of which they wither and fall off. The upper ones remain green, but are noticeably deformed. | Treat with a solution of wood ash and laundry soap, spray with potassium permanganate mixed with boric acid, and avoid waterlogging the soil. | Infected specimens cannot be treated and must be disposed of by fire. |
| Cladosporiosis | Brown spots on the underside of leaf blades, mainly the lower ones. As a result, the bush begins to wither and dies. | Plant residues are regularly removed, treated with Bordeaux mixture several times a season, and moisture does not stagnate during watering. |
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In the event of insects such as whiteflies or spider mites, the green mass is sprayed with any insecticide, among which Actellik has proven itself well. A concentrated solution of laundry soap will help get rid of aphid colonies.
Productivity
Tomato Volgogradsky 5/95 is suitable for the southern regions, since the yield of the variety is higher there. Active growth was noted in the regions: Crimea, Astrakhan, Kuban, Volgograd. In the middle zone, film shelter is necessary. In the northern regions, Volgogradsky 5/95 grows only in heated greenhouses. However, fruiting decreases and taste is lost.
The yield per bush in open ground is 3 kg. From 1 sq. m when planting 3-4 bushes on the site, respectively, you can collect 12 kg. In greenhouses the amount increases and amounts to 14 kg.
