Features and description of the variety of national tomatoes: we grow "Russian Size" F1

Truly tomato "Russian size" lives up to its name.

Large-fruited, sweet, fruitful, it is grown not only by gardeners. Farm and greenhouse farms and enterprises cultivate it on an industrial scale.

In this article we will tell you why this variety is so fond of gardeners. Here you will find a complete description of the variety, its characteristics, features of cultivation and care, learn about the abilities of these tomatoes to resist diseases and pests.

Tomato "Russian size": description of the variety

This is a hybrid bred by Russian breeders and listed in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2002.

Tomato supergiant "Russian size F1" - indeterminantny plant, reaching 150-180 cm in height. Differs in high productivity, is suitable for cultivation throughout all territory of Russia in greenhouses and under film coverings. In the open ground is not grown.

"Russian size" - late-ripe tomato, the fruits ripen 125-128 days after full germination. As a hybrid, resistant to many diseases.

We bring to your attention useful information about what determinantal, semi-determinant, superdeterminant and indeterminant varieties of tomatoes are.

As well as a few articles on high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties.

Specifications

The ripe fruit of the tomato "Russian size" has a red color and weighs from 650 g to 2 kg. The surface is slightly ribbed, the flesh is juicy, sweet, the shape is round, slightly flattened. Fruits are small, have 4 sockets. 2-3 tomatoes grow on a brush.

You can compare the weight of fruits with other varieties in the table below:

Variety tomato "Russian size" is grown only in closed ground. Because of the high stem requires tying. And tie him up within a few days after transplanting.

The plant is medium branchy, but differs in a large number of leaves. When grown, it is formed into 1 stem and regularly stepsons. Lower leaves before the first flowering brush break. At the end of the growing season, pinch the growing point.

"Russian size" is distinguished by a high yield of 7-8 kg per 1 square meter. The planting pattern is 50 x 70 cm, the planting frequency is no more than 2-3 bushes per 1 square meter. m

You can compare the yield of this variety with others in the table below:

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What Russian Size tomatoes look like - a photo of tomatoes:

Features of growing

Let us turn to the description of the cultivation of tomatoes "Russian size". Like all giant tomatoes, "Russian F1 size" sown on seedlings in early April. In May, seedlings are transplanted into a greenhouse. In order for large fruits to have enough light, air and space, they should be planted as little as possible.

You can not over feed plants with organic fertilizer with a high content of nitrogen.. Prefer potassium and phosphate dressing and use fish meal.

Read also about such dressings as iodine, yeast, hydrogen peroxide and ammonia.

After the first fruit is fastened on the first hand and grows to the size of a nut, you can remove most of the flowers and ovaries, leaving only the largest and healthiest, so that you can get only a few, but huge tomatoes from 1 bush.

On our site you will find useful articles about watering, mulching and pasturing tomatoes.

And also you can get acquainted with the subtleties of the technology of growing early varieties of tomatoes.

Diseases and pests

The variety is resistant to fusarium, cladosporia, and tobacco mosaic virus. On our site you will find a lot of useful information about the most common diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses and methods of dealing with them. And also about which varieties are the most resistant to diseases and at the same time give an excellent harvest, and which are one hundred percent resistant to late blight.

In the table below you will find links to tomato varieties with different ripening periods:

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