Tomato "rich house": reviews, photos, yield, variety characteristics

With the arrival of spring, farmers usually focus their attention on choosing the varieties of cultivated plants that they plan to grow on their plot. Tomatoes, as a rule, are among the first on such a list, since these vegetables have a significant place in the human diet. Unpretentious hybrids have long been loved by summer residents and are very popular among them. From such representatives, the “Bogata Khata” tomato is being grown in full swing, reviews of which will be presented below.

Brief information

The determinate variety was bred by Ukrainian breeders for cultivation in open ground. The crop was given a promising name, taking into account the fact that it will give the gardener a generous harvest. These are compact bushes on which many small fruits ripen. In Russia, especially in the northern regions, the plant is recommended to be grown in a greenhouse. In order for the seedlings to develop correctly and subsequently produce timely fruits, it is necessary to become familiar with the varietal characteristics of the hybrid. In addition to what the originator promises, it is also advisable to take into account reviews. The Bogata Khata tomato is already grown within our country and has some responses.

Growing seedlings

At home, the Bogata Khata variety is grown by seedlings.

Seeds are bought at the store. You won't be able to assemble it yourself, because... characteristics and yield will not correspond to those declared.

Preparing seeds for sowing

Before sowing the seed material, you need to check the germination rate: dissolve 1 teaspoon of salt in 1 cup of water, pour the seeds there. We use those at the bottom of the glass for sowing, discard those that float.

Germination can be checked by germination of seeds. And in a saline solution, sorting is carried out into full-bodied (more viable) and puny (less viable) seeds.

In order to prevent fungal diseases, it is recommended to disinfect planting material and the soil in which they are sown. The seeds are placed for 30 minutes in a weak solution of manganese.

If the soil is purchased, you don’t have to carry out disinfection, but pour boiling water over the prepared soil for planting yourself, then dry it.

Before sowing, soak the seeds in a solution of growth stimulator Zircon (1 drop per 100 ml of water) for 8 hours. This promotes improved plant development and nutrient saturation.

Sowing seeds for seedlings

Seeds for seedlings are sown in prepared containers with soil in the 3rd decade of March. The seeds are placed in the soil at a distance of 1.5-2 cm from each other, with a row spacing of 3-5 cm.

The boxes are covered with film and placed in a warm place. After the first seedlings appear, the film is removed, the seedlings are regularly watered and rotated relative to the sun, making sure that the sprouts do not stretch.

Picking is carried out in the phase of 2 true leaves. After 2 weeks, fertilize with a urea solution (1 tbsp per 10 liters of water).

Seedling care

For the friendly and effective development of seedlings, certain requirements must be met:

maintain the room temperature at 22-24ºС;
carry out additional illumination of seedlings, because daylight hours should last about 12 hours;
water with warm, settled water from a spray bottle as needed.

Transplantation into the ground

After the seedlings reach two months of age, they begin to be planted in a permanent place (in the garden or greenhouse).

Plants are called seedlings from the moment of their germination to the picking. After they have been picked (planted), they are called seedlings.

Dig up the bed well, add manure, sand or peat to it. The predecessors for tomatoes are cabbage and garlic. The soil is fertilized with compost.

The best predecessors for tomatoes are cucumbers and legumes. A lot of organic matter is usually added to cucumbers, and legumes (beans, peas, Russian beans, cowpeas, vetches, etc.) have the ability to absorb atmospheric nitrogen from the air (and there is 78% of it) and accumulate it in their roots.

The holes are prepared according to the 40x50 cm pattern. The seedlings are deepened by 20 cm and watered abundantly with warm water.

Areas of application

Already during breeding work, each crop is given a specific purpose. Therefore, plant varieties should be purchased according to their economic purposes. If you are a salad lover, then you will need other varieties of tomatoes. You should set aside space on your plot for crops that produce large, sweet fruits. Judging by the varietal characteristics and reviews, the “rich house” tomato is more suitable for preservation. Due to the fact that its fruits are small, they are easier to put in a jar. Tomatoes make very tasty preparations for the winter: juice, paste, adjika. You can also use them to prepare nutritious purees for babies. Excellent transportability of fruits is also indicated in farmers’ notes. This means that these unpretentious vegetables can also be grown for sale.

Features of the variety

The standard variety has already established itself as a non-capricious plant. Since 2011, it has been listed in the country’s State Register as a crop that can be planted in early spring in unheated greenhouses for mass cultivation, as well as for growing in households.

Low-growing bushes reach a height of 44-46 cm. The leaves are dark green, quite large, carved. The stem is powerful and stable. The variety is distinguished by intermediate flowering and low branching. Let us highlight the main characteristics of a tomato:

a persistent hybrid with good immunity to disease;
high-yielding (one bush can produce a little more than 1 kg of fruit);
early ripening determinate variety with gradual ripening of fruits;
the culture does not need pinching and gartering;
fruits can be harvested 90-100 days after the appearance of the first shoots;
the opportunity to get tomatoes by growing them on the balcony;
beautiful appearance, bushes with fruits look bright and decorate the beds.

You can evaluate the yield of Bogata Khata tomatoes from photographs (reviews from farmers also confirm this advantage of the variety), in which the crop demonstrates the abundance of its fruits. The gradual growth and ripening of tomatoes makes it possible to enjoy fresh salads from them for a long period.

Description and characteristics of the variety

The standard hybrid of the first generation Bogata Khata f1 belongs to the determinant group. Maximum growth does not exceed 35-40 cm. Tomatoes are early ripening, the first ripened fruits are obtained 95-100 days after germination. The bush, although small, is very strong, compact and does not produce stepsons, which makes working with it much easier.

The lack of fertilizing has a negative impact on the quality of the fruit. The pulp will be more watery and will lose most of its flavor.

The foliage is light green, carved, medium size. The inflorescence is simple, produces up to 5 flowers. The fruit cluster is strong, well developed, and bears 3-5 small tomatoes. The fruits are dense, round, even, bright red in color. The skin is thick and does not crack when canned whole. The cut shows that the tomato has dense pink-red pulp and 5 chambers with seeds.

Fruit characteristics

Pay attention again to the photo of the “rich house” tomato. The description of the variety and reviews give the corresponding characteristics of the fruit. They are quite elastic, at the ripening stage they have a red, very rich color. The fruits are distinguished by their round shape, pronounced taste and aroma characteristic of this culture. The pulp is fleshy and sweet. The peel is dense and smooth. The average weight of one fruit is 70 grams. Inside they consist of 3-4 nests and have a slightly ribbed structure. Even at the ripe stage, tomatoes tolerate transportation well and are stored for a long time.

Advantages and disadvantages

Pros:

The bush is low-growing; it can even be grown on a balcony or loggia in an apartment.
Early fruit ripening.
Standard tomatoes almost never branch; there is no need to regularly branch them.
Resistant to most fungal infections.
They are stored for a long time.
The fruits have an excellent taste and are sweetish.
Can be used for pickling.

Minuses:

A short period of fruiting relative to indeterminate varieties.
Ripening occurs gradually; it is impossible to immediately obtain a large volume of fruit.
The root system is superficial, tomatoes are demanding of watering and fertilizers.

Productivity

The amount of fruit obtained from a crop usually depends on the region where it grows and proper care. In the south of the country, tomatoes are grown in open ground, and they produce rich harvests. In the middle zone, the film method is used, and in risky farming areas, tomatoes are grown in greenhouses. With proper care, you can get more than 1.5 kg of fruit from one bush. For a short hybrid, this figure is quite impressive. If you follow the rules of agricultural technology and do not experiment with thickened plantings, then you can harvest about 7-8 kg of tomatoes from one square meter.

Features of cultivation and care

Tomatoes of this variety are grown according to the standard method, but there are still some peculiarities.

Seeds are planted in seedling boxes no later than 55-60 days before planting the seedlings in a permanent place of growth.

The seeds of this variety have weak germination energy, and sprouts emerge from the ground very slowly and unevenly. For this reason, planting material must be soaked in a growth stimulator before planting in the ground.

Tomatoes need balanced, fertile and light soil. It can be purchased in specialized stores, or you can prepare it yourself.

To do this, mix:

garden soil;
river sand;
wood ash;
humus.

All components are taken in equal parts.

The seed planting depth is 1-1.5 cm. The containers with the plantings are covered with film and put in a warm and dark place. When the sprouts hatch, the film is removed, and the containers with the plantings are transferred to a well-lit place. Growing seedlings are provided with an air temperature within +15-+20 degrees. At this temperature, the root system will develop well and the seedlings will be strong.

Water the plants as needed - when the top layer of soil dries out. After the first true tomato leaves appear, the seedlings are planted in separate containers.

Puzata Khata tomato seedlings look much weaker compared to other varieties, so they are fed with a small amount of fertilizer once a week. Humates with microelements or biological products are used as fertilizers. Plants begin to be fed 7 days after picking.

If you plan to plant tomatoes in open ground, choose a sunny area without drafts.

Seedlings are planted in the garden at two months of age. The soil for planting is prepared in the fall. The variety grows well in nutritious soil with plenty of humus. When digging, add humus (10 kg per 1 sq. m) and wood ash.

Before planting, the soil is moistened abundantly with warm water. Plants are placed at a distance of 75-80 cm from each other. It is recommended to plant no more than three bushes per square meter.

When planting, granular superphosphate and potassium nitrate are added to the holes.

It is very important to mix them well with the soil in the hole, otherwise the tomato roots will get burned

The day after planting, the seedlings are well watered. Further watering is carried out only after 5-7 days.

In hot and dry weather, plants are watered every 3-4 days. The water is taken warm and settled. Water the bushes at the roots.

The Puzata Khata variety requires frequent feeding. Nitrogen-containing fertilizers are used until mid-July. They are used three times during the season:

during the period of active growth of bushes (two weeks after planting);
during the period of bud formation;
when the first fruit ovaries appear.

From the second half of summer, only mineral fertilizers containing potassium and phosphorus are used. Feed the plants every two to three weeks.

It is necessary to tie not only the stems to the trellises, but also the clusters with fruits, since due to their large size and weight, tomatoes can break off along with the branches.

Form bushes with 1 or 2 stems. When molding into 2 stems, one stepson is left, which is located under the first flower cluster. All other stepsons and lower leaves are gradually torn off. When molding into 1 stem, all stepsons must be removed in a timely manner, not allowing them to grow more than 10 cm.

Also, during the entire period of tomato growth, pinching, weed removal, mulching and loosening are carried out. Tomato bushes will develop better if, after watering, the soil around the trunk is well loosened.

Tomatoes ripen unevenly, so in case of a sudden cold snap, additional shelters for the bushes are prepared in advance.

Care requirements

To get a high yield, you should initially take good care of your tomato bushes. It is important to remember that for seedlings you need to sow new seeds, which must be purchased every year in the store. Seed material collected independently is not used when planting hybrids. It’s worth mentioning right away about the increased demands of plants on fertilizing. The lack of fertilizers negatively affects not only the crop yield, but also the taste of the fruits themselves.

If we compare the descriptions and reviews of “rich house” tomatoes, it becomes obvious that the crop can normally survive a lack of moisture and is resistant to diseases. This makes it especially valuable for mass production of fruits for sale. It was noted that the crop does not like acidic soils and at each stage of its development requires complex fertilizers.

Harvest and storage

The harvest ripens in June-August. Check the bushes daily for fully ripe fruit. Store the harvested crop in a shaded place in boxes. Bogata Khata tomatoes have good keeping quality, so they can be stored whole until autumn without any problems.

We advise you to learn how to store tomatoes at home.

In order for the yield of the Bogata Khata tomato variety to be high, regularly care for the plantings. Don’t forget about watering, fertilizing and disease prevention. Proper care will ensure a large quantity and excellent quality of fruits.

Sowing seeds

Planting material to obtain seedlings must be sown in separate containers. For the middle zone, this time falls on March 15. Young seedlings are picked when the second true leaf appears. After 10 days, the plants should be fed with a special complex fertilizer. On days 56-57 they can be planted in the garden. It is recommended to place the bushes in the garden bed in a checkerboard pattern, with the calculation of 5 seedlings per 1 m2. The optimal distance between crops should be maintained so that they receive a sufficient amount of light and heat.

Nuances of planting and care

This tomato variety is grown in seedlings. In this case, seed material is planted for seedlings approximately 55-60 days before the intended transplantation of seedlings to a permanent place.

You can use both purchased seeds and those collected from garden beds for planting. In the latter case, before planting, the seeds should be kept in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour for pickling.

For planting tomatoes, it is better to use containers with a side height of about 20 cm. The soil mixture can be purchased at a gardening store or prepared yourself. To do this, take humus, sand and leaf soil in equal parts.

After planting the seed, the containers are covered with polyethylene and placed in a warm, dark place. Usually seeds germinate within 4-6 days after sowing.

Then the polyethylene is removed and the containers are transferred to well-lit window sills. Approximately 1.5 weeks after the sprouts appear, they should be fed with complex mineral fertilizer or humate solution.

When the first true leaves appear on the seedlings, they should be transplanted into separate containers. Transplanted plants should be removed for a week in partial shade so that the seedlings are not exposed to direct sunlight. After the picked seedlings have acclimatized, they are again fed with nitrogen-containing fertilizers such as urea or humate.

By the time the seedlings are transplanted into garden beds, the plants should have at least 4 true leaves and ovaries of flower clusters. At the same time, the seedlings must be hardened - they had to be taken out into fresh air for 10-12 days, first for half an hour, and then the time the plants spent outside was gradually increased.

After the plants are transplanted to a permanent place, they should be shaped. This tomato variety is usually grown with a single stem. In this case, all stepsons on the central stem are removed. If Puzata Khata tomato bushes are formed into two stems, then the first stepson is left, from which the second shoot will grow. The remaining stepsons on such bushes must also be removed.

Important! If pinching is not carried out, then a large number of lateral stems grow on the bushes of this variety. Therefore, too many fruits are formed on the bushes, which will be smaller, and they will take longer to ripen. This tomato should be watered regularly and moderately

It is especially important to water the bushes in a timely manner at the time of flowering and the appearance of ovaries. If there is too little watering at this time, the flowers and ovaries may fall off.

This tomato should be watered regularly and moderately.

Therefore, the regularity of watering should be approximately once every 6-8 days, with 5 liters of water added to each bush.

To ensure that moisture evaporates more slowly, after each watering you should mulch the root zone of tomato bushes with straw or peat.

After tomatoes of this variety begin to actively ripen, the amount of watering should be sharply reduced, since excess moisture will lead to cracking.

As tomatoes of this variety grow, they should be fed several times with fertilizers containing potassium and phosphorus. They should be applied before flowering, at the time of ovary formation and at the time of active fruit ripening.

Pest and disease control

In order for “rich house” tomatoes to look the same as in the photo, you need to learn some useful tips from the reviews of summer residents that will help you avoid mistakes and grow healthy bushes. The most minor problem that gardeners have to face is cracking of fruits. To avoid such a negative phenomenon, you need to ensure humidity in the greenhouse or regulate watering in the open ground. Tomatoes can be affected by dry spotting. In this case, the drugs “Antrakol” or “Tattu” will help to save the plants. If plants are treated in a timely manner with disease prevention agents and fertilized, this will protect them from various damages.

Among the pests, slugs and cutworms like to visit tomato bushes. The latter can reach crops grown in greenhouses. There is a special remedy against the cutworm – “Arrow”. If this pest is detected, it would be good to take preventive measures, otherwise such trouble may befall your tomatoes next year. After harvesting, you need to dig up the soil, carefully select all the insect larvae from it, and then treat the soil with Arrow.

Gardeners have to fight slugs mechanically. To make your work easier, you can isolate the soil. Tomatoes are attacked by the Colorado potato beetle only in the southern regions. If you do not take the necessary measures, you can suffer significant damage to the harvest. To destroy these pests, the drug “Prestige” is used. When growing tomatoes on a loggia, no significant problems with pest invasion or damage to the bushes by any disease were found.

Nuances of cultivation and care

Growing of “Puzata Khata” tomatoes takes place using technology that has been proven on other varieties. There are also features. Let's look at them.

How to grow seedlings?

Puzata Khata is an independent tomato variety. They are not hybrids that pinch. This means that they can be grown from store-bought seeds collected from your own garden bed or from friends.

When is the best time to start germinating seeds? 60 or up to 65 days before the intended planting of seedlings in a greenhouse or open ground.

The sprouts will sprout and should be placed under bright light. The temperature should be 5 to 10 degrees lower than before. This promotes better development of the plant’s roots and will increase its resistance to harmful environmental influences and diseases.

After the leaves appear on the sprouts, I plant them in separate containers. 7 days will pass, the seedlings are picked and fed. Take a small dose of fertilizer, for example, Baikal, Siyanie or others.

Planting in soil and care

The Puzata Khata tomatoes will grow and will need to be tied up. Therefore, seedlings are planted right next to the trellis, then it is easier to tie up the stems and trim them. It is optimal to place 3 tomato bushes per 1 m2.

It is optimal when the gardener leaves 1 or 2 stems for active growth. In addition to the main sprout, there will be 2 stepsons, which have grown 1 cluster with flowers. Other stepsons with leaves below are removed. If the owner leaves 1 stem, then he removes all the stepsons before they become longer than 10 cm.

Tomatoes grow large on those bushes where 1 stem is left. If there is not enough space in the greenhouse or garden bed, then experts recommend leaving 1 trunk in each bush.

After the seedlings are planted in the ground, several more feedings are required during the growth process. Water the tomatoes daily with warm water. In summer, when it is very hot outside, you can water the bushes more.

The fruits ripen unevenly. They can be picked greenish and placed on the windowsill where they ripen. When it freezes, the bushes need to be covered with film.

Soil requirements

Even novice gardeners can grow this variety of tomatoes. It is resistant to diseases, tolerates light frosts and is unpretentious. An important condition for plants is fertile soil and control of its acidity. In the fall, you need to add manure and sand to the area where you plan to plant tomatoes. When growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, the soil needs to be enriched with peat and sand added to it. It needs to be dug up several times.

When, after planting in a permanent place, the seedlings become stronger, the soil around each bush needs to be loosened and covered with mulch. Plants should be watered twice a week.

Landing in the ground

Tomatoes are transferred to the beds at the age of up to 2 months. Work is carried out in May-June after the soil and air masses have warmed up.

The area for Bogata Khata tomatoes is prepared in the fall. The culture prefers fertile, light soil and plenty of sunlight. The top layer of soil in the greenhouse is completely replaced.

Advice! Good predecessors for tomatoes are cabbage, onions, garlic, root vegetables, and legumes. After eggplants, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes, the crop is not planted.

The soil is dug up and fertilized with compost in the amount of 4 kg per 1 sq. m. From mineral fertilizers, add 25 g of superphosphate and potassium salt. In spring, the soil is loosened with a rake.

Plants are placed in increments of 40 cm; when planting in rows, a gap of 50 cm is maintained. Holes up to 20 cm deep are prepared in the garden bed, where the tomatoes are placed. The roots are covered with earth, after which the plantings are watered abundantly.

Reviews

The plant is very popular among farmers and lovers of small fruits. Since the information coming from farmers who have already grown this crop is of considerable value, let us summarize the reviews about the “Bogata Khata” tomato variety. In general, there have been no bad responses to low-growing hybrids. Gardeners are pleased that about 15 fruits can be harvested from one bush. Many people like the compactness of plants. Despite their short stature, farmers still recommend tying them up so that the shoots do not break off under the load of fruit. Supports are installed under the branches, and the powerful trunk is tied with a rope.

Tomatoes respond normally to spontaneous drops in temperature and tolerate cool spring nights well. The good news is that the fruits ripen early - this makes it possible to replenish your diet with fresh, healthy vegetables already in the middle of the warm season. At the same time, farmers emphasize that you can get the maximum benefit from the variety only if you feed the bushes in a timely manner. Basically, all problems with plants arise due to lack of attention on the part of the gardener.

Caring for a tomato variety

Caring for Bogata Khata tomatoes is simple - the variety is resistant to many diseases, standard watering is required, and pinching is not required at all

However, tomatoes are demanding when it comes to feeding, which you should pay special attention to. In addition, the gardener should not forget about the prevention and treatment of those diseases to which the variety is not resistant

Important! You cannot water tomatoes on the leaf. The sun's rays hitting water drops can cause leaf burns.

Fertilizers and watering

To get a large harvest of tomatoes, farmers make sure to fertilize the bushes. The Bogata Khata variety is one of those for whose development fertilizing plays an important role.

The fertilizer application scheme is as follows:

1–1.5 weeks after planting in a permanent place;
at the beginning of flowering;
during the period of setting tomatoes;
with active maturation.

Alternate organic and mineral fertilizers.
During the growing season, the bushes should receive the full range of fertilizers. So, during the period of shoot growth, plants are fertilized with a solution of manure or nitrogen agents. They promote the growth of stems and leaves. When the bushes grow, preparations based on phosphorus and potassium are used. Watering is also important for tomatoes. Moisten the soil by irrigation under the bush. The water should be warm and settled. Learn about the features of fertilizing tomatoes.

The humidification scheme is as follows:

the first watering after planting is carried out after 1–1.5 weeks;
Before flowering, water the bushes every 4 days, pouring 2 liters of water under one plant;
during flowering, up to 5 liters of water are poured under each bush at the same frequency;
During the period of active fruit ripening, reduce watering to 3 liters per bush once every 3 days.

After each irrigation, the soil must be loosened and the beds must be weeded.

Stepping and bush formation

There is no need to shape and plant bushes of this variety. Only wilted and dry leaves should be removed. Additionally, you can tear off the bottom row of foliage.

Diseases and pests

The Bogata Khata variety is resistant to Fusarium wilt, but Alternaria blight can affect the bushes. To treat the crop, use biofungicides, for example, Fundazol or Bordeaux mixture.

Of the parasites that can affect the culture:

Colorado beetle;
scoop;
slugs