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Oddly enough, spring comes on March 1st every year, and this year is certainly no exception! Soon, very soon, the snow will melt and expose the orphaned beds in the gardens of Russians. And your hands will immediately itch and you will want to immediately fill them with plantings. But before that, you first need to grow seedlings so that you have something to plant in the beds and greenhouses. And, of course, first of all, the question arises: what varieties of tomatoes should be grown this year? There are so many of them that you can get confused.
Naturally, every self-respecting vegetable grower keeps in his stash several favorite varieties of tomatoes that have shown their best side, but every year, through the efforts of breeders, more and more new ones appear. What if there is something unusual among them that even the closest neighbors have not yet grown? Therefore, now I would like to talk about the Dean tomato variety, the photo of which is located below.
Description of the variety
The Dina tomato is a mid-early variety, from sowing the seeds to full maturity it will take 85-110 days, this period depends on the region where the Dina tomato variety is grown. Not a hybrid, but a variety, which means you can leave seeds from it. The bush is low (50-70 cm), which gives an advantage in care, with average branching, not standard.It is grown in a greenhouse, but also tolerates open ground. The Dean tomato fruits have a beautiful yellow color, quite large (120-160 grams), even, smooth, shaped not like a ball, but an ellipse, and have a pleasant sweetish taste.
The combination of yellow Dean tomatoes with red varieties of tomatoes will make a jar of pickles look elegant, which will have a beneficial effect on your mood. The Dina variety of yellow tomatoes is productive - one bush produces about 4 kg of wonderful fruits.
Advantages over other varieties
What are the advantages of the Dina tomato variety:
- resistance to septoria and macrosporiosis;
- high carotene content;
- good drought tolerance;
- consistently high yields;
- long shelf life;
- good transport tolerance;
- excellent commercial qualities;
- long fruiting.
What are the differences between yellow and red tomatoes? It's not just about the color. Important beneficial substances are contained in both tomatoes in different quantities.
In addition, the calorie content of yellow tomatoes is much lower than that of red ones. The content of substances that can cause allergies is also low, unlike red varieties.
Signs of diseases and ways to combat them
The disadvantages of yellow Dean tomatoes include the possibility of late blight, watery rot and blossom end rot.
Late blight
When brown spots begin to appear on tomato leaves, it means the plant is already sick.Soon the fruits will be covered with the same spots. Subsequently, they become deformed, become ugly and begin to rot, emitting an unpleasant odor. To prevent the spread diseases on tomatoes Dina, you can use special preparations that are sold in gardening departments.
Watery rot
This disease occurs due to sucking or gnawing pests, such as cutworm caterpillars. Most often, the lower part of the stem is affected - it softens, turns brown, decomposes, becoming liquid and emitting an unpleasant odor. Infection of the Dina tomato fruit begins in the area of the stalk or at the site of the wound - it becomes covered with watery spots, then the tomato softens and rots. The most important thing is that the soil under such plants, as well as plant debris and even seeds, retain the infection. Therefore, in order to combat watery rot, you should:
- thin out too thick plantings;
- remove affected plants;
- carry out the necessary measures to destroy cutworm caterpillars;
- collect affected fruits;
- After harvesting, remove all plant residues and neutralize the soil.
Apical rot
A dark spot on the top of the fruit is the first sign of blossom end rot. This spot becomes darker over time and seems to fall inward, causing the Dean tomato fruit to dry out and harden. Usually this disease is not widespread; it manifests itself on individual fruits, at most on a hand. By regularly inspecting plants and promptly removing affected fruits, you can prevent the spread of blossom end rot. To save Dean's tomatoes, you need to water them with calcium nitrate and chalk suspension.
Many summer residents do not want to grow tomatoes precisely because they are susceptible to the above diseases. But today there are a lot of remedies, the timely use of which will save tomato planting from such diseases. In the end, you can turn to traditional methods of fighting diseases. Here are just a few of them.
Folk remedies for combating late blight and rot on yellow tomatoes
- Using garlic. Garlic has a detrimental effect on fungal spores. The first time you need to spray Dina tomatoes before the fruit ovaries begin to appear, the second time - after 8-10 days. Further spraying is carried out every two weeks. To make a solution for spraying Dean's tomatoes, you should chop the garlic, take about a glass and pour it into a bucket of water. After a day, strain and dilute about two grams of potassium permanganate in this infusion.
- With salt. Dilute a glass of regular salt in a bucket of warm water and sprinkle Dean’s tomatoes with this solution. This spraying will create a kind of protection for the plant in the form of a salt film. But since this measure is only disease prevention, leaves with signs of disease should be removed before spraying.
- Using kefir. Ferment kefir in a warm place for 2 days, pour one liter into a bucket of water, mix very well. Spray Dean tomato seedlings with this mixture two weeks after planting in the ground. Then spray every week. This remedy is also a disease prevention.
If you do not forget to hill up, loosen the soil, feed and water Dean’s yellow tomatoes in time, then this variety will thank you for such care with a rich harvest of incredibly tasty and healthy fruits.
Reviews of the tomato variety Dina
I grow the Dina variety in open ground as the main variety of tomatoes. The quality of the fruit is very good - even, without diseases. They are especially good in salads, and also in pickles. In the open ground conditions of the Moscow region they produce a good harvest.