Tomato Azure giant - description and characteristics of the variety

Indeterminate variety. With proper care, the bush can reach two meters in height. On one brush, as a rule, about seven tomatoes are formed. This culture belongs to mid-season varieties. Harvesting can be carried out on 105 days from the moment of planting in open ground.

Fruits have a slightly flattened ribbed shape. Ripe tomatoes are painted in a light red hue. In some cases, tomatoes can weigh one kilogram. A distinctive feature of this culture is its high palatability and a relatively small number of seeds. Fruits do not lend themselves very well to long-distance transportation. To this end, they must be collected in a state of technical maturity. Shelf life should not exceed twenty one days.

Description

This variety is suitable for lovers of exotic tomatoes. The tomato Azure giant belongs to the determinant varieties. Plants, as a rule, do not exceed 1.2 m.

1. Bushes have not too dense leaf cover. On average, up to eight brushes are formed on the shoots, on which 6-8 large fruits are formed. With proper care and a favorable climate, up to seven kilograms of product can be collected from one bush. Ripe tomatoes reach 700 g, on the upper branches about 250 g.
2. The pulp is tender, sweet and sour, with a specific aroma expressed specifically. It contains a significant part of substances valuable to the human body: from 2 to 3.5% sugars, 1.3 - 2.2% organic acids, 0.3% pectin, minerals, vitamins.
3. The shape of the fetus is flattened, slightly ribbed, the color is dark purple. The fruits of the tomato Azure giant will help to decorate and make any festive table unusual. The flesh of these tomatoes is fleshy, moderately dense, has a sweet taste, with a slight pleasant acidity.
4. The fruits are used in the preparation of tomato juice, a variety of blanks, etc. They are also good fresh in salads and snacks. Many housewives prefer to preserve the azure giant tomatoes, in order to diversify the winter atmosphere with their unusual appearance and recall the warm summer days.

Despite the fact that the hybrid is relatively new, it has an honorable place in the list of tomatoes in terms of taste. The first ripe fruits appear in July. Potassium and magnesium accumulate in the fruits. Also, tomatoes contain a large amount of iron and copper. The content of iron and copper in combination with folic acid determine the high benefit of the hybrid Azure giant in anemia.

Hybrid Benefits:

• Unusual appearance.
• High palatability.
• Resistance to transpiration over medium and long distances.
• Long shelf life.
• Resistance to various diseases.

The only drawbacks are the need for tying up and forming a bush.

Features of the structure of the bushes:

1. As a rule, intensive plant growth coincides with the beginning of May or the end of April.
2. Tomato stalks reach 1.2 m in height and, as a rule, branch little.
3. Zhiruyuschie shoots grow excessively from excess nutrition and soil moisture, the fruits on them do not ripen in a timely manner, which in turn adversely affects their productivity.
4. A strong root system allows the formation of powerful stems, it ensures their rapid growth and productivity.

Landing and further care

The cultivation and care of large-fruited tomatoes has some differences from medium-sized and small tomatoes. This culture must be stepson and carefully tied. Otherwise, the stem may not withstand the severity of the fruit.In addition, this procedure will greatly facilitate the watering and spraying of the plant.

1. Tomato Azure giant is grown through seedlings, which are grown under additional lighting. Seedlings are fed with complex fertilizers.
2. Watering the bushes must be directly under the root, otherwise there is a risk of sunburn.
3. As a rule, tomatoes are planted for seedlings no earlier than two months before planting in open ground. No more than three bushes should grow on one square meter. The first days after planting, the plant must be watered more often.
4. If the tomato grows in greenhouse conditions, then you can not limit the growth of the bush, since all the ovaries have time to ripen on time.
5. If desired, it is possible to produce hilling of the bush, as well as its mulching. This will help to achieve maximum yield. With proper agricultural technology, up to six kilograms of product can be collected from a bush in one season.
6. An important agricultural technique is weed removal and regular watering. A good supply of nutrients to the soil will ensure excellent fruiting of the bushes.
7. The plant can be grown without tying, but for convenience when harvesting, cultivation on trellises is recommended.

In order to get more yield from one bush, it is recommended to pinch the shoots. This will cause the formation of side branches. For constant fruiting, the bushes need top dressing, otherwise they will bloom rarely and not abundantly. Fertilizing with complex fertilizers is carried out from May to September - 1 time in 14 days. The plant is very fond of organics. You can feed the bushes with humus or humus.

Diseases

Blight affects not only the fruit, but also flower buds, stalks, young ovary:

1. A brown spot may develop on the stalk, which quickly enough envelops the developing ovary with a ring.
2. At the same time, separate brown spots form on young fruits, which first soften and then grow.
3. The disease is especially harmful by planting in the southern regions, rounded spots form on the leaves. The spots are first brown, and then the white ones have a brown border. With a strong spread of the disease, the spots merge, are the cause of falling leaves.

The causative agent of soft rot is a microscopic fungus:

1. Affected fruits rot and become covered with a thick ceiling, in which there is a microscopic fungus - the causative agent of this disease.
2. The mushroom hibernates on plant debris in the form of mycelium and sclerocytes, which can be viable for many years.
3. When germinating, they form a mycelium and conidial sporulation, thereby providing a primary infection.

Affected bushes are sprayed with 1% Bordeaux liquid with the addition of colloidal sulfur. Effective drugs such as fungicides Horus, Strobi, Rayek, it is recommended to alternate them. By the way, to increase the resistance of plants to diseases, you need to make mineral fertilizers in the form of top dressing.

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