To date, there are thousands of tomato varieties. And annually their ranks are replenished with new representatives. Many tomatoes look like other vegetables, fruits and berries. Pepper tomatoes resemble pepper. These varieties are popular among gardeners because of their high yield, and their hostesses are valued for their excellent taste.
Appearance and description of the variety
There are a lot of pepper varieties of tomatoes. Tomato "Pepper-like giant" is one of them, and the description of this variety has several features:
- it is intended for cultivation in greenhouses, and grows in the southern areas in an open ground;
- indeterminate: in greenhouse conditions with proper care can grow and bear fruit more than one year;
- tall: the height of the bush - 1.5-2 m, needs a garter. Branches with large leaves of dark green color;
- mid-season: begins to bear fruit in 100-120 days;
- productivity: 6-9 kg from 1 sq. m with good care.
Did you know? Indeterminate tomato varieties have unlimited growth, they grow indefinitely if the greenhouse has a suitable climate.
Fruit Characteristic
Pepper giant tomatoes are easy to learn:
- the form is pepper-shaped, strongly extended (to 15 cm);
- berries are large, weighing 150-250 g;
- the color of the ripe fruit is uniformly red, the surface is smooth;
- the pulp is dense, fleshy, there is little seed;
- taste is pleasant, sweet: contains more sugars than other tomatoes;
- easy to transport due to thick peel.
Did you know? Up to the 18th century, tomatoes acted as ornamental plants, and their berries were considered poisonous.
The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Benefits
- suitability for cultivation both in protected and open ground;
- high yield;
- good transportability;
- beautiful presentation of fruits;
- good taste;
- universality of use.
Lack of variety: There are no pronounced deficiencies in this variety, and there is no information about the diseases and pests to which Perceous Giant tomatoes are susceptible or, on the contrary, they can resist. From the practice of some gardeners it is only known that their fruits are affected by vertex rot, the cause of which is the lack of irrigation and the absence or excess of minerals, or rather calcium. Protecting plants from this disease can, if properly care for them: water regularly and properly fed.Check out the best varieties of tomatoes for Siberia, the Urals and the Moscow region.
Features of growing
- Seeds need to sow in March, 60-65 days before landing in the ground. A seed box covered with film is placed in a warm place. When sprouts appear, it is opened and placed on the windowsill on the sunny side.
- Seedlings diving into cups after the appearance of 1-2 true leaves. It is desirable a week before transplanting hardening shoots every day.
- Landing in protected ground is carried out in May, when there are 5-7 leaves and 1 flower brush in the seedlings, and in open ground - in June. Plants need to plant according to the scheme 60h50 cm and no more than 4 pieces per 1 square. m
- Care simple. From the very beginning, bushes should be formed into 2-3 stepsons, the rest of the shoots should be eliminated. The more stems a plant has, the less yield it will give. Bushes grow tall, so they need to tie up. We need weeding and hilling of bushes to make the root system stronger and more powerful. And for the bushes to develop normally, you need two or three times a day feeding with complex mineral fertilizers.
- Watering It is carried out 2-3 times a week in the evening with heated distilled water. When the earth dries out, it needs to be loosened.
The following varieties of tomatoes can be attributed to the indeterminate: "Koshivapy Bear", "Evpator", "Rapunzel", "Jubilee Tarasenko" and "Cosmonaut Volkov".
Maximum fructification conditions
On the bags of seeds, the producer points out: 5-9 fruits are fastened on one hand, each weighs up to 250 g. But, judging by the opinions of gardeners, there are other results in practice. Often the reason lies not in the poor quality of the seeds, but in another. All varieties of tomatoes need nutrients, especially during the formation and ripening of fruits. If they are missing, reduced productivity of the bushes. And correctly feeding tomatoes "Pepper giant", you can stimulate fruiting and increase yields. It is recommended to feed the tomatoes in 3 stages:
- 10-15 days after planting in the ground to help the plants adapt and grow the root system. During this period, bushes especially need nitrogen and phosphorus. It is recommended to make liquid organic fertilizers (solutions of manure, chicken manure or herbal infusion), you can add mineral fertilizers.
- Before or during flowering: this will encourage more berries to form. Now tomatoes need potassium and phosphorus, but you need to minimize the amount of nitrogen. You can use the superphosphate (1.5 months before harvesting). Harmless folk remedies are effective during this period: yeast top dressing (10 g of dry yeast and 2 spoons of sugar for 10 liters of water, insist on the sun for 2-3 hours, dilute with water 1:10 and water), milk supplements (4 liters of water, 1 l milk and 15 drops of iodine, spray), boric acid (5 g / 10 l of water, spray plants). But there are ready-made preparations that contribute to fruit set: "Ovary", "Bud", "Ideal", "Senor Tomato", "Appin".
- During the fruiting period, to improve the taste of tomatoes and increase yield. Mineral fertilizers (superphosphate or nitrophoska with sodium humate) and organic (solutions based on ash, iodine, boron, manganese) are suitable.
Important! Tomatoes in greenhouse conditions are especially needed for such thorough feeding, because due to the increased humidity and warm air, the amount of greens on the bushes increases, and the fruits - decreases.
Harvesting
Harvest in greenhouses can be in the middle of July, and in the open field - a little later. Like in other indeterminate varieties, in the “Pepper-like giant”, fruiting stretches before the onset of autumn frosts. During this time from 1 km. m can collect up to 9 kg of berries, if the care was proper.
Important! It is recommended to remove the inflorescences that appear in August: the new fruits will not have time to ripen before the cold. It is also necessary to pinch the tops of the bushes so that they do not grow further and do not spend their strength on it.
Fruit use
Tomatoes "Pertvidny Giant" have a pleasant sweet taste with a slight sourness, therefore, they are happy to eat it fresh and are used to make fresh salads. Dense, fleshy fruit pulp and a small number of seeds make them suitable for stuffing, roasting, pickling, salting, canning (both in general and ground form). Mature berries contain a lot of sugars, so baby food, juices and mashed potatoes are made from them. “The pepper-giant” is one of the wonderful tomato varieties, competent cultivation of which will surely bring good results.
