Gardeners are constantly in search of an early productive variety of tomatoes, which can be planted directly into the ground. Such a variety exists - these are the "King of the Early" tomatoes.
Description
"The King of the Early" - srednerosly high-yielding variety of early ripe tomatoes, which is great for planting in open ground.
Bushes
Plant semi-determinant (with growth restriction). The bush is compact, but powerful enough. The leaves are thick, the usual "potato" type, green. The height of the stem - from 50 to 80 cm. 
Fruit
The fruits are red and smooth, flat-rounded in shape, weighing from 150 to 350 g. The pulp of this tomato is fragrant, juicy, sweet, with a good tomato flavor. Fruits tolerate transportation and have excellent keeping quality.
Did you know? Tomato juice helps to cope with stress.
Characteristic variety
The "king of the early" has high characteristics, and especially attracts gardeners in the description of the variety of these early tomatoes of Siberian selection, the item "combination of large-fruited with short stature".
Tomatoes of this variety bring a bountiful harvest, are great for preservation, have an excellent taste of eating fresh and in salads, they make delicious juice. Seasonal yield - up to 7 kg per 1 square. m
Important! It is impossible to water tomatoes abundantly in a cool spring - this lowers the temperature of the soil, which makes fruit set worse, its maturation is late and the early harvest falls.
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of a grade "King early":
- keeping quality of fruits;
- resistance to fungal diseases;
- the ability to drive seedlings for planting directly into open ground;
- good yield;
- early ripeness;
- joint return of the harvest - several brushes are tied simultaneously.
The disadvantages of the variety include:- somewhat lower yields - after cessation of growth in height (completion), the tomato can barely give a new ovary;
- because of the almost simultaneous formation of brushes, the plant requires enhanced mineral fertilization, so more fertilizer needs to be applied;
- it is required to actively form the plants, carrying out the pinching, so as not to overload them with forming fruits;
- Despite the resistance to fungal diseases, ovary-laden plants have reduced resistance to infections — intensive use of plant protection products is required.
Important! Of great importance is the quality, timely planting of tomatoes in a permanent place.
Features of growing
The early ripe grade of King of the Early tomatoes is the best suited for planting directly in open ground or, for getting a very early harvest, under film covers. 
Important points when growing tomatoes of this variety:
- seeds for seedlings are sown two months before planting in the garden;
- seedlings dive after the formation of two true leaves;
- when planted, they proceed from the rate of placement of 6 plants per 1 square meter. m;
- for early tomatoes it is better to choose a plot with light soil, protected from the wind, preferably on a slope facing south, where the soil is heated by the sun;
- further care consists in timely watering and weeding, loosening the soil to reduce moisture loss, feeding the shrubs with mineral complex fertilizers, preventing various diseases and destroying pests.
The ripening of tomatoes begins one hundred days after the appearance of full shoots. Did you know? The best way to accelerate the ripening of tomatoes is to put them near bananas or apples. These fruits produce ethylene gas, which accelerates the ripening of tomatoes.
Separately about diseases and pests
Diseases and pests cause considerable damage to tomatoes, so they require protection from seed germination before the end of the garden season.
Common diseases include: Late blight. When blight on the fruits of tomatoes appear brownish-brown spots of rot, and the back side of the leaves covers a whitish bloom. Three weeks after planting in the ground, the plants are treated with the drug "Barrier", and a week later - the "Barrier".
In the subsequent planting, it is treated twice with "Oxyhom" with a weekly interval between sprays. From natural remedies against late blight effective garlic infusion. 
Fusarium On diseased plants, the lower leaves first turn yellow and wither, then the leaves on the other branches begin to die. The root neck of the bush is covered with a pinkish tinge. The emergence of fusarium is promoted by over-wetting of the soil and an excess of nitrogen salts.
To prevent fusarium, planting should be thoroughly tucked up and treated with a sprayer to treat them with Barrier and Chom protective preparations solutions. 
Blackleg - A common disease affecting the bushes of tomatoes and their seedlings with excessive watering. Symptoms of the disease are blackening of the stems near the ground and small spots abundantly covering the leaves.
Usually, seedlings affected by this disease begin to dry and die soon. In order to prevent the disease of the black leg, it is necessary to air the rooms with seedlings well, give moderate watering and treat the seedlings with potassium permanganate - seedlings are watered with a weak solution of potassium permanganate (prepared by dissolving 1 g potassium permanganate in 10 liters of water). 
Tomatoes have a lot of various pests, the most malicious of which are:
Medvedka. Brown-colored insect with a body length of up to 5-6 cm. Medvedka digs passages near the surface of the soil, arranging minks at a depth of about 15 cm. The pest gnaws the roots of seedlings and young plants, which leads to their death.
They fight with Medvedka, spilling the soil with a solution of vinegar, pepper extract, introducing the insecticide "Thunder". 
Slugs devouring both the fruits and the leaves of the tomatoes, after which the damaged areas begin to rot. To get rid of slugs, the ground next to the bushes is sprinkled with ground pepper (a teaspoon of pepper per 1 sq. M) or a mixture of tobacco dust, ash and hydrated lime, and the soil around the plants is sprayed with a fresh solution of lime. After watering the soil in the beds are well loosened. 
Spider mite - the smallest insect that looks like a bright spot on a plant. Mites swirly the leaves and twigs of tomatoes with a spider web and suck the juice from the plant.
The affected leaves are covered with extensive yellow spots and dry out, with punctures made by a tick visible on the upper part of the leaf. To destroy the mite, tomatoes are treated with garlic infusion or "Malophos". 
If you are interested in the opportunity to grow early ripe tomatoes and get a good harvest in early summer - the King of the Early tomato from the Siberian Garden agricultural firm is exactly what you need.
