Today, many varieties of different vegetables are grown in gardens and fields. One of the most favorite plants of domestic summer residents is a tomato. It is cultivated in different varieties. The Budenovka tomato is popular. The features of growing this vegetable will be discussed further.
Variety description
Considering the features of a vegetable crop, you need to start with a description of the Budyonovka tomato. This is a mid-season hybrid with large weighty fruits. In appearance and taste, they resemble the well-known bull's heart tomato. The main characteristics and description of the Budenovka tomato variety make it very attractive to gardeners, as it is unpretentious, high yielding, resistant to late blight and easy to care for.
This variety is indeterminate, that is, its growth is unlimited. If it develops in favorable conditions without any restrictions, it can grow up to 4.5 m in height. To prevent this from happening, pinch the tops of the bushes, and the height of the shootsusually up to 1.7 m. Therefore, plants need to be tied to a support and stepchild, leaving two or three stems.
The bushes are distinguished by a strong and well-developed root system. Leaves few, medium in size. Inflorescences of intermediate type. The first of them is laid over the tenth sheet. Subsequent inflorescences can be observed every three leaves.
Variety Benefits
The main characteristic of Budyonovka tomatoes is early fruit ripening and high yield. Tomatoes ripen for about 110 days. One plant can produce an average of 6 kg of tomato, and sometimes more, depending on growing conditions.
The variety is suitable both for growing in open-air beds and in a greenhouse. At the same time, it is unpretentious and even in rainy seasons pleases with rich harvests. It is especially valuable that the fruits do not crack at high soil moisture.
This tomato has a high resistance to various tomato diseases, especially to late blight, which saves both the physical labor costs of growing it and the monetary costs of disease control. All this makes this variety very attractive for gardeners.
Description of fruits
In open beds, the fruits of the tomato "Budyonovka" begin to ripen closer to August, pouring out with appetizing pink-red ripeness. Their shape is both rounded, with an elongated nose like a heart, and resembles a headdress, after which it was actually named.
The fruits are quite large. Their diameter usually reaches fifteen centimeters. Fruits weigh 280-320 g, and sometimes more. Tomatoes are fleshy, with a dense skin, sugary, with a pleasant sourness. Perfect for fresh salads, as well as for preservation for the winter, as well as for fresh freezing. Fruits are rich in minerals and vitamins, making them an essential component of the diet.
Seeds for seedlings
Any gardener knows that the best seeds are those that are collected on their own in their garden. This statement fully applies to tomatoes of the Budenovka variety. To obtain high-quality seed material, you need to choose the largest tomato without any damage and let it fully ripen without removing it from the bush. The pulp with seeds will need to be carefully removed. The material is poured with water and left in a transparent bowl in a warm place.
After a week, this liquid will turn sour and the grains will float. They are washed, laid out on a clean sheet of paper and dried in a ventilated room with low humidity. Store the seeds in a glass, hermetically sealed container, filling it halfway.
In March-April, depending on climatic conditions, the collected material is sown for seedlings. Sowing is carried out 62-68 days before the intended planting in the soil in the garden. Before planting, the seeds are discarded, first visually. Then they will need to be added to a 1.5% solution of kitchen s alt. Material unsuitable for planting floats. He althy grains that have settled to the bottom should be washed and treated with an antiseptic (a weak solution of potassium permanganate).
For faster germination, before sowing, you can place the seed for several days in a damp cloth.
Seeds are sown in soil warmed up to 20-25 degrees, deepening by about 50 mm. To speed up germination, you can cover the crops with glass or plastic wrap for several days, until the seedlings hatch. Seedlings dive at the stage of two full leaves.
Planting seedlings
Seedlings are planted at a permanent place of growth when the first brush with color appears. By this time, there are approximately 11 leaves on the bushes. Tomatoes are planted in open ground only after spring frosts. This variety loves fertile soil and thrives best where zucchini, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower or parsley grew before it.
Plant seedlings in holes measuring 30 x 60 cm, to a depth of no more than two centimeters. Proper planting of the Budyonovka tomato involves placing three bushes per 1 m² of land, and four when forming into one stem.
Before starting the process, a handful of humus or superphosphate should be added to each well. Further care for tomatoes consists in proper watering, weeding, pinching, feeding and preventing diseases and pests. Tomatoes, as they grow, require a mandatory garter to the pegs so that thin tall stems do not break.
Water andfertilizer
When growing any vegetable crop, it is important to study its description and care. Tomatoes "Budenovka" require abundant watering at three stages of development - during flowering, the formation of ovaries and in the active phase of fruit growth. You need to water carefully, bringing moisture under the root. Do not allow liquid to enter the leaves. After watering, the soil should be loosened and the lower leaves removed. You can keep sufficient moisture under the bushes by mulching the beds with compost.
A few days after the seedlings are planted in the ground, it is recommended to fertilize the soil with nitrogen preparations. Further top dressing is applied when the buds appear (approximately 20 days after planting), and the next - at the stage of fruit set.
For this, it is best to use manure or eggshell infusion. Mineral bait should be used only if the bush is not sufficiently developed, and also in case of its weak fruiting.
Approximately once a week, tomatoes should be sprayed with an antiseptic infusion (can be made from garlic or other disinfectants) to prevent diseases and control pests.
How to increase the yield of a variety?
The yield of Budyonovka tomato can be increased in the following ways:
- to speed up the ripening of fruits, it is necessary to remove stepchildren that grow near the leaves in time;
- to stimulate the formation of lateral roots for a better supply of nutrients to the plant when planting seedlingspinch the main root;
- also, to form a stronger root system, lateral roots are cut as they grow;
- pinching the top of the central stem to stimulate the formation of additional fruit-bearing side shoots;
- to increase the degree of illumination of the plant, you should remove excess leaves in time;
- for more complete pollination during flowering and an increase in the number of ovaries, you should lightly tap on the stems of tomatoes;
- by the end of the season, remove flowers that have not had time to form an ovary.
These simple steps will help increase your yield. Tomato develops faster.
Ripening Feature
Tomato "Budyonovka" is distinguished by one non-standard feature. Fruit ripening occurs from within. That is, the top of the tomato is still green, but inside it has already ripened. Therefore, the fruits are plucked in a brown form. They are left for several days in a well-lit place for the tomatoes to ripen and turn red.
The presented variety has practically no negative reviews. All gardeners praise it as a universal type of tomato, successfully combining a lot of positive qualities. Even a novice summer resident can grow such tomatoes.
