Tomato "de barao" is an excellent breeding variety that many gardeners simply forgot about. Late-ripening tomato is stored for a long time and is perfectly preserved. It is resistant to late blight and dampness. It is difficult to grow indeterminate varieties, they require competent picking, tying and special care. In this case, you can get a rather big harvest.
Varieties of the same variety
This variety has several varieties. Mostly breeders changed the color of this wonderful tomato. Elongated, sometimes pear-shaped and teardrop-shaped fruits can be pink, orange, bright red and burgundy. There are striped and yellow varieties. The tomato "de barao golden" looks beautiful on the bush. Its bright yellow color will make your homemade preparations very original. The variety is also rich in carotene. A discovery for gardeners was the black de barao tomato. This is a salad, late-ripening and large-fruited tomato variety suitable for open ground.
The most successful type of tomato can be called "de-barao royal". Improved palatability allows you to use it for salads. A distinctive feature that distinguishestomato "royal de barao", is the smoothness of the shape and a small spout at the bottom. The fruits of this variety are larger and can reach 130 grams, but all the unique properties of the variety are preserved.
The giant de barao tomato boasts a large size. The fruits of this variety have a sweet taste, juicy, fleshy, but large, so they are not used for pickling. The tomato "de barao pink" has an unusual color. Reviews of gardeners praise its wonderful taste. The fruits of the pink variety are also larger in size. The skin of pink tomatoes is denser. This variety is also suitable for canning. With the right agricultural technology, it is possible to collect up to 15 kg of fruits from one square meter of the greenhouse.
Tomato "De Barao". Description
Combines all kinds of fruit shape, often it has edges and looks like it was crushed. On average, fruits have a mass of 58 grams. When ripe, usually the top of the "cream" stays green longer than the tip. The fruits are dense with a minimum number of seeds, the pulp is watery, the taste is sweetish. The leaves are large, light green. A distinctive feature of the variety was a long stem, on which brushes form as they grow. Such a tomato can bear fruit for a very long time. Provided that the plant is tolerant of frost, the yield increases by an order of magnitude. It is this property that makes the de barao tomato variety the best.
This wonderful tomato is not a hybrid. The plant is characterized by high productivity. The late-ripening variety is resistant to late blight. The plant is resistant toshade, humidity. The variety is demanding on watering, garter and pinching is necessary.
Are there any disadvantages?
All varieties have their strengths and weaknesses. Before growing a particular tomato, you should study them:
- Of course, you can plant a few bushes in the open field, but a greenhouse is required for a larger crop. Moreover, the greenhouse should be high, even better if the greenhouse is heated.
- Most of the varieties based on the “de barao” tomato variety are famous for their very juicy and tender pulp, not suitable for canning as a whole. Sauces and tomato paste are made from them, since seeds in a tomato are the minimum amount.
- Neighborhood with an indeterminate variety can damage other tomatoes. Large, spreading lashes will simply block the light for other plants in the greenhouse. Plant tall varieties on the less lit side, or use a separate greenhouse for them.
- Plants need more space when planting.
- Many note among the shortcomings of the variety the presence of a hard skin around the stalk. The top of the tomato remains green for a long time, can become rough and cracked.
Tomato "De Barao" growing
After the appearance of the first shoots, at least 110-120 days will pass before ripening. It is possible to sow seeds for seedlings from the end of February (regular varieties begin to be sown in early March). Before planting, treat them with a solution of potassium permanganate, and then rinse with water. Place seeds no deeper than 3see
In May, when the age of 60-65 days is reached, the tomato is planted in greenhouses. The lower stepchildren are removed, the whip is tied up. Tomatoes are watered regularly with warm water. The whip grows up to 2 meters, it can be launched horizontally. Each brush will give 4-5 fruits. The variety has very good binding. This property is especially well manifested by the golden de barao tomato. All brushes before the start of frost will produce a crop. At the end of August, all poured fruits are removed for ripening. Just formed and flowering brushes can be pinched. The remaining ovaries will be able to pour.
Some secrets of growing indeterminate varieties
Not all summer residents know how to properly grow this indeterminate variety.
A good harvest can be obtained by knowing a few simple secrets:
- Sow seeds for seedlings early.
- After the flowering begins, provide the plant with mineral top dressing.
- Tie up, put pegs in, don't wait for the trunk to break. Here is how gardeners describe the de barao pink tomato: “The plant is strewn with small pink cream. He just needs to be supported.”
- Remove large, whitened fruits to ripen in boxes. Put one ripe tomato or apple in a box with ripening tomatoes, leave the vegetables in a dark, warm place. They will ripen faster.
- Water the plant with warm water, loosen the soil, feed until autumn.
- You can plant the plant along the wall of the house or the fence on the sunny side. Even such a bushwill give up to 4 kilograms of tomatoes. By planting a de barao giant tomato, you will also get especially large fruits.
- The stems that have grown in poor lighting conditions are pruned before planting. The crown (the last 15 centimeters) is broken off, the lower leaves are removed from this process, put in water to form roots. An ordinary plant gives brushes after 7-8 leaves. Tomato "de barao black" - a determinate plant, gives an inflorescence only after 9-11 leaves. Broken off the top will give a bunch of inflorescences almost immediately.
Simple rules will increase the yield and better preserve it. When caring for this variety, you can use a minimum of chemicals. Timely pruning and pinching will make growing tomatoes a pleasure.
Fight against late blight
All gardeners know what an insidious disease this is. It affects already poured fruits and ovaries at the very moment when we are waiting for the harvest to ripen. The reasons are called cold and dampness. In fact, late blight is a fungus Phytophthora infestans. Fungus spores are found even on tomato seeds. For many regions, the disease has become a real natural disaster.
Neither agricultural technology nor chemistry can completely rid your garden of this pest. Other crops, such as potatoes, are also susceptible to late blight. The most effective method of struggle is an integrated approach. In order to stop the spread of the disease to the entire site, use disease-resistant tomatoes. Such a variety is, for example, the de barao pink tomato. Reviews of gardeners satisfied with the variety directly indicatethis.
Additionally, high plant growth helps to protect the crop. The fruits are high off the ground and do not come into contact with spores. Mulching the soil after watering, airing and tying up plants can further reduce the risk of disease. Trimming extra leaves and pinching stepchildren are a must, as it will be damp in a greenhouse thickened with greenery.
Royal garter
The right garter, in general, plays an important role. It is not only the stem of the plant that needs to be lifted from the ground. Substitute pegs or pull up brushes with ripening fruits. This should be done carefully. It is best to use a special twine. By limiting contact with the ground, you protect the crop from pests.
Staging
Staging is also important. Excess green mass will not affect the yield in any way. The total weight of fruits on a properly dived and "wild" plant will be the same. But who needs small, unripe fruits in large quantities, collected in the fall? It is good if there are few tomatoes, but the fruits will be larger and ripen on the bush. To do this, you can remove not only the side shoots from the sinuses (stepchildren), but also pinch off the extra brushes, leaving the fruits already set. The time of the onset of cold weather is almost always predictable, and it makes no sense to wait for new ovaries that still do not ripen. It is better to let the main mass of tomatoes pour juices.
How to pinch correctly
Pinching is done by hand, it is necessary to leave a stump about 3 cm in size to preventfurther growth of stepchildren. If you are already familiar with the indeterminate variety, then it is easy to grow a de barao pink tomato. Reviews of summer residents confirm this.
Advantage of breeding varieties
With the appearance of a large number of hybrids in the seed market, old varieties began to be forgotten. Breeding is a long and expensive road, it is easier for producers to launch the next fashionable hybrid on the market.
Although breeding varieties have a number of advantages:
- You can extract the seeds yourself from ripe, large fruits.
- Such seeds are stored longer. Germination does not deteriorate over time.
- Great taste, keeping quality and suitability for canning combined in one variety.
- You can try different variations of an already familiar strain without changing your growing technique.
- All useful and successful characteristics are well fixed genetically. While in hybrids, some useful properties can be replaced with features that are not at all characteristic of a tomato. For example, in order to increase productivity, hybrids are bred that form several brushes from one sinus. At the same time, the size of the fruits and their quality go by the wayside.
- You will always find a familiar variety, bred with the help of selection, on the store shelf, while hybrids are constantly changing, sellers and producers are chasing fashion, releasing a new variety with unpredictable results.
