Characteristics and description
Packing the seeds and describing them, “Aelita” presents the variety as having an average ripening period, and those who have already grown it fully confirm the ripening period of the fruits.
The tomato is recommended for growing in film greenhouses, and in this case the harvest can be obtained much earlier, as well as in open ground on the private farms of citizens, summer residents and vegetable growers.
Description of the bush
According to reviews, the vegetative form of the plant is tall and indeterminate.
The leaf blade is green, not large, and the whole plant has few leaves. The leaf does not prevent the tomato fruit from exposing the barrel to the sun and being caressed.
The first inflorescence is laid above the 7-9 leaf, then after 2-3.
Fruit
The tomato fruits of this variety are large. The average weight is 250-300 g. The mass of the lower fruits often reaches a weight of 400 g, but the bush can produce 1-2 of these.
Heart-shaped tomatoes. At the same time, the lower fruits do not always resemble the shape of a heart, but the higher they are, the fruit becomes smaller, but not less than 150 g and certainly “hearty”
Their skin is smooth, without ribbing and a green spot at the base.
The color of the tomato is deep yellow in technical ripeness, and at full biological ripeness it is bright orange.
The fruit is quite dense. After lying for a short time it becomes a little softer, but many vegetable growers complain about excessive dryness.
The cut shows the tomato pulp without clear boundaries of the seed chambers.
Vegetable growers especially like the taste. Although those who have been sowing their seeds for many years have claimed that when they update the variety, they get fruits with a completely different taste, not similar to the old and favorite variety.
claims that tomato fruits have a high content of beta-carotene and other vitamins. That is why the variety is recommended for dietary and baby food.
When growing “King of Siberia” tomatoes, reviews also indicate that the fruits are tasty and fleshy. The balance of sugars and organic acids is so optimal that vegetable growers prefer this variety again and again.
The fruits are used mainly as salads. However, excess produce can be used to prepare tomato products. As a disadvantage, we can say that sauces and ketchups will require the addition of other varieties of tomatoes, since the products will be pale, unsaturated in color.
Maturation
The ripening period is extended over time. The variety does not ripen quickly, so experienced vegetable growers recommend harvesting during the period of technical ripeness.
Ripening begins with the lowest and largest fruits and gradually moves upward.
The earliest varieties
Already at the beginning of summer, when grown under film through seedlings, these tomatoes produce unusually tasty fruits. Having sowed the seeds in cups in March, the first fruits can be on the table already in June. Let's look at the most popular varieties and their descriptions.
Tomato The monastic meal rightfully has divine origin. Its unusual, perfectly round fruits, similar to oranges, captivate the eye when the leaves are practically invisible on a short plant when they are fully ripe. The fruits are superior in taste and vitamin value to other orange-fruited varieties, however, they crack with irregular watering. The yield is low, but the fruits are large, up to 400g, and can be used for dietary nutrition. At the same time, ripe fruits have fleshy pulp and durable skin, which allows them to be transported to places where there is a shortage of tomatoes. It is advisable to grow it under film, since the variety is not very resistant to diseases, but it ripens quickly enough, so it manages to yield the harvest before the massive spread of tomato diseases in the summer.
Tomato Orange is a variety for those who want to get healthy fruits with a high content of beneficial provitamin A - up to 4.3 mg% - before anyone else. The compact bush allows it to be grown without being tied to a support, but requires protection from diseases in the form of preventive treatments with pesticides. Despite the small round fruits of about 90 g, it produces a yield of up to 5 kg per square meter. In this case, it is necessary to give 3-4 fertilizing fertilizers. Perfectly used for both fresh consumption and canning.
Resistance to pathogens and pests
It is no coincidence that the variety is called “King of Siberia”. The tomato tolerates temperature changes well, as well as deviations from optimal humidity levels.
The variety rarely succumbs to attack by fungal infections, even during prolonged cold spells and significant precipitation.
No particular love of pests for the variety was noticed.
Those vegetable growers who constantly keep the situation under control and engage in regular treatments against fungal diseases claim that the “King of Siberia” never gets sick.
Features of cultivation
The tomato variety “King of Siberia” has a medium ripening period; therefore, in order to speed up fruiting, you need to sow as early as possible. If it is not possible to use phytolamps for additional illumination, then the optimal time for sowing is early March.
When growing, it should be taken into account that the variety is large-fruited and requires a lot of nutrients, which means more attention should be paid to the preparation of the soil mixture and fertilizing.
Growing seedlings
The yield of tomatoes depends on how well the seedlings are grown.
Warming up the seeds
In order for the seedlings to appear quickly and uniformly, the seed should be warmed up. To do this, we proceed as follows.
- Soak tomato seeds in a manganese solution (0.1 g per 100 g of water) for 15 minutes;
- Rinse under running water through a strainer;
- Place in a damp cloth;
- Wrap in a plastic bag;
- We send it to a place where the temperature will be within 24-26 ᵒC.
After 3-4 days of such warming up, all living seeds will show signs of life, and these are the ones that are sown.
Soil mixture
To sow correctly and grow seedlings without additional fertilizing, buy the soil in a specialized store, or prepare it yourself according to the following recipe:
- fresh compost - 1/3 bucket;
- ripe humus - 1/3 of a bucket;
- garden soil - 1/3 bucket.
- sand - 1 kg;
- stove ash - 0.5 kg;
- superphosphate - 50 g;
- ammonium nitrate - 50 g.
After thoroughly mixing everything, you must allow the soil mixture to rest in a frost-free room for at least 2 weeks.
Sowing
You can sow seeds in a common container. To do this, fill the tub with soil, compact it and place the hatched seeds on the surface at a distance of 2.5-3 cm from each other.
Sprinkle 1-1.5 cm of soil and spray with warm water from a spray bottle. Cover with film or glass and place in a place where the temperature throughout the drain is within 24-26 ᵒC.
After 5-6 days, shoots will appear.
Care
As soon as the seedlings of 90% of the seeds are visible, the temperature needs to be lowered and the illumination increased. Place the container in the brightest place. The temperature during the day should be 16-18ᵒC, and at night 12-14ᵒC. Such an event will not allow the sprouts to stretch out.
After 3-4 days, we raise the temperature by 3-4 degrees and do not change it until the end of the seedling period.
Watering is carried out with warm, settled, preferably rainwater.
Dive
In the phase of two true leaves, we dive into individual cups. Having filled the container halfway with soil, take out the sprout and tear off 1/3 of its roots. This action will convert the taproot system into a fibrous one, and increase the area for nutrient absorption.
Having planted the sprout, sprinkle it with soil right up to the cotyledon leaves and compact the soil. We water it.
Since we did not completely fill the cup with soil, this will allow us to add more soil mixture as the plant grows.
Transshipment
Considering that the “King of Siberia” tomato is tall and large-fruited, during the seedling period it needs to grow as large a root system as possible. To do this, it is necessary to transfer the plant into a larger container.
If the tomato was initially picked into a container of 200 g, then for transshipment we select 500 g. Having taken out the root system, without destroying the earthen clod, we put it in a larger glass and add nutritious soil.
This procedure will allow the plant to create an additional root system, and the plant will not be so tall. Some vegetable growers practice sowing early, and tearing off the lower leaves and planting them deep in the ground.
If the plant becomes very elongated again, you can carry out another transfer into a 700 ml container.
Transplantation into the ground
Seedlings ready for transplanting into the ground should have a height of 25-30 cm and 7-8 well-developed leaves.
When choosing a landing site, the following requirements are imposed on it; the place must be:
- light;
- protected from northern winds;
- without nightshade predecessors;
- do not have the possibility of stagnation of water.
If there is no desire or opportunity to fertilize, then the transplant should be carried out in a soil mixture prepared as for seedlings. To do this, dig a hole at the selected planting site, select soil, and fill it with soil enriched with nutrients. Seedlings are planted in it so that the earthen ball on the root system does not lose its integrity.
The planting pattern for a tall tomato is selected within 50 x 60 cm.
Care
In order for a tomato to produce its full genetic potential in the form of a harvest, careful care of the plantings is necessary.
Watering
Nutrients enter the vegetative system through the root system only in dissolved form.
As soon as the earthen lump under the plant dries out, growth stops, flowers and buds fall off. Plant cells begin to age, the growing season ends. That is why maintaining optimal humidity near the root system is the most important point when caring for tomatoes.
Watering should be rare 2-3 times a week, but very plentiful, with complete wetting of the earthen clod.
Formation
A tall, large-fruited plant forms only one shoot. This means that all stepsons must be removed at the moment when their size has reached 2-3 cm.
When planting seedlings, supports are installed at the same time, with the help of which the plants will be fixed.
You also need to take care of the garter material in advance, since fruits weighing 400 g or more will not be able to hang on the shoots on their own and will need fixing.
The plant needs to be tied as the shoot grows.
At the end of August, the top of the tomato needs to be pinched. This will stop the growth of the shoot, and will give the opportunity to gain marketable mass and ripen the fruits that have already set.
To speed up ripening, you can harvest the tomato in the technical ripeness phase and ripen it already in room conditions.
Reviews, who planted
Mikhail Nikitich Kirov
With all my love for tomatoes, I suffer from an allergy to all red varieties of this wonderful vegetable, and therefore I have to grow exclusively yellow tomatoes. As a gift from a relative, I received the seeds of the King of Siberia. All my efforts spent on planting and caring for the plants bore fruit in the form of an amazing harvest, which I liked in all respects: from the size of the tomatoes to their unique taste.
Larisa Ivanovna, Ulyanovsk
All my life I have specialized in growing unusual and new varieties of tomatoes, which is how the King of Siberia came to me. Perhaps it can be called the most amazing. The fruits are huge in size with brightly colored skin. I really liked the variety’s resistance to temperature changes, which is relevant for our region.
