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When choosing a vegetable crop for cultivation in a greenhouse, you should pay attention to the Minusinsk balls tomato. The variety is characterized by stable yield and a high percentage of disease resistance. When cultivating it, you need to take into account the main characteristics on which the growth and development of bushes depends.
History of selection
The variety Minusinsk balls is not included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements. But positive reviews from gardeners increase interest in the tomato and thereby contribute to its spread throughout Russia. Even in the conditions of Siberia and the Urals, providing decent conditions for the plant is not a difficult task. Therefore, the summer resident can only decide and choose the most suitable option: greenhouse beds or open ground.
Residents of Minusinsk and guests of the city annually celebrate Minusinsk Tomato Day
Description and characteristics of tomatoes of the Minusinsk balls variety
The indeterminate tomato variety Minusinskiye Shari is distinguished by its tall bushes. Their height is 1.8 m or more. The plants have straight, powerful shoots with medium density. Tomato leaves are medium-sized, intensely green in color. As the brushes mature, the bushes are pinched, starting from the bottom.
The fruits of Minusinsk balls have a round shape and weak ribbing at the base. Upon reaching biological maturity, they change green color to a beautiful pink-red hue.
The cut pulp is sugary and has few seeds, which makes the fruit suitable for processing. The taste is sweet with a predominance of light sourness. The skin is quite dense, elastic, and not prone to cracking.
Tomatoes really look like balls, hence the name of the variety
When it ripens
Ripe tomatoes from Minusinsk balls begin to be harvested with the onset of August. The growing season of a tomato is 110-122 days, which indicates the mid-ripening of the crop.
Tomato yield Minusinsk balls
The yield of the variety is 4-6 kg of fruits per bush. The plant prefers loose and fertile soils, sun, and moderate watering. Under such conditions, it is possible to maintain a high level of tomato productivity.
Resistance to adverse factors
The Minusinsk balls variety is not resistant to low temperatures. In conditions of high humidity, bushes may suffer from fungal diseases.
Tomatoes are afraid of drafts, and in shaded areas they grow smaller and sweeter
Growing regions
In cold regions, it is recommended to grow this variety in a greenhouse. This is due to the susceptibility of tomato to negative environmental influences. In the south of the country, the Minusinsk balls tomato variety will delight you with a bountiful harvest in open beds, without much loss.
For comfortable conditions, the plant should be provided with a sufficient supply of nutrients and moisture. Drip irrigation would be a good option. This way, water will flow directly to the roots of the plant without touching its leaves.
Purpose and application
Minusinsk ball tomatoes are used to prepare fresh salads. Juicy sweet fruits can be processed and made into ketchups, adjika and rich juices based on the pulp.
Advantages and disadvantages
The main value of the variety lies in its pleasant taste. The fruits are juicy and fleshy, versatile in preparation.
Minusinsk ball tomatoes are not afraid of long-term storage and transportation
Pros:
- good keeping quality;
- large fruit;
- content of vitamin and mineral substances;
- versatility of cultivation;
- strong immune protection.
Minuses:
- exactingness towards stepsoning and shaping;
- need for support;
- poor resistance to weather conditions.
When and how to plant
Special plastic boxes are used to grow tomatoes. Unlike wooden ones, they do not swell from moisture. Next, they are filled with nutritious moist soil and seeds are sown into the depressions made to a depth of 9 mm.Transparent glass is placed on top of the boxes and left until sprouts appear.
Caring for seedlings involves morning watering. The soil should not be too wet. Therefore, you should make sure that it is sufficiently dry between waterings.
If there is a lack of natural light, plants must be illuminated with special lamps. Without additional light, tomato seedlings will be weak. The lighting should be diffused, then the seedlings will not stretch.
Tomato seedlings need to be hardened off by ventilating the room, and in spring, on the loggia for 1.5 hours. The main thing is that there is no draft or wind where they are located.
Tomato seedlings are planted in protected soil until May 20. Plants are planted in open beds after night frosts, around the beginning of June.
The area for planting tomatoes is prepared in the autumn and mineral fertilizers, coarse sand and humus are added during digging. In the spring, the soil is dug up again and 15 grams of superphosphate and half a glass of wood ash are added to 10 kg of soil.
In the prepared area, holes are formed with a depth of 25 cm and a width of 10 cm.
Features of care
Tomato bushes are formed into 1-2 stems. In the southern regions, many prefer to grow the plant in three shoots. In this case, the yield increases, but the fruits become smaller.
For better adaptation of tomatoes in a new place, no watering or fertilizing is carried out in the first two weeks. In the future, liquid organic or mineral compositions are used. To prepare the solution, dilute 500 ml of mullein in 10 liters of water and water the plants.At the stage of the appearance of the ovary in tomato bushes, it is appropriate to apply fertilizers with a high content of potassium and phosphorus.
The soil is moistened as needed, avoiding stagnation of water near the roots. Tomatoes are watered in the evening when there is no sun.
Prevention of diseases and pests
For the prevention of late blight, the fungicides Quadris, Fitosporin, Trichocin, Ecosila and Bordeaux mixture are effective.
Treatments are especially necessary during periods of prolonged rains, since increased soil and air humidity are favorable conditions for the development of late blight.
Among the insects, aphids, Colorado potato beetles and spider mites can attack tomato.
In case of pests, the bushes are sprayed with insecticidal preparations Komandor or Karbofos
Conclusion
The Minusinsk balls tomato is increasingly appearing on the plots of Russian summer residents; they are attracted by the taste and beneficial properties of the fruit. After planting, the plant quickly takes root in the soil and pleases with a large harvest. With preventive measures, bushes are not damaged by diseases and pests.
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