Description of tomato Grandma Frida, reviews of those who planted

Every year, American breeders introduce new varieties of tomatoes. One of the recently bred was the tomato "Grandma Frida." The popularity of culture quickly spread throughout the world; in Russia, the variety was no exception.

Characteristics and description of tomato

Variety "Grandma Frida" will please you with sweet, moderately large tomatoes. It is recommended to grow a tomato under film shelters, only in the south of Russia can plants be planted in open ground. The variety is mid-ripening, the fruit ripening period is 120-130 days from seed germination. Seedlings are transplanted 60-65 days after planting seeds. Special care for the plant is not required. The variety has good immunity to diseases and pests.

The fruits are tied flat-rounded with ribbing at the edges. The average weight of a tomato reaches 200-400 grams. The pulp is fleshy, juicy, a small amount of seeds. Tomatoes have a pronounced aroma and sweet and sour taste. Productivity from one bush is 4-5 kilograms. Tomatoes in biological ripeness acquire a deep red color, a yellow spot may remain near the stalk. The skin is dense, cracks may appear due to excess moisture. Watering a tomato is reduced 10-15 days before the fruit ripens.

Bushes grow tall, 1.6-1.8 meters. The plant must be tied up and stepsoned. A bush is formed in two stems. Tomato reacts positively to top dressing. Fruits are used for processing into tomato paste, juice, and preparing fresh salads.

Tomato "Grandma Frida" - advantages and disadvantages

In the process of breeding varieties, breeders tried to take into account all the factors that negatively affect the development of tomatoes. Consider what positive aspects have been instilled, and which disadvantages, unfortunately, have remained.

Benefits:

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• fine delicate taste of fruits;
• resistance to diseases, pests;
• unpretentious in leaving;
• the fruits are large, fleshy;
• stored for a long time;
• yields are high.

The only drawback of the variety is its increased sensitivity to temperature extremes. It is impossible to grow on open ground in the middle and northern strip of the Russian Federation, plants will die.

Growing and caring for a tomato in a greenhouse

The process of growing tomatoes will take the whole spring and half of the summer. It all starts with planting seeds in the prepared soil. Consider the basic tips for cultivating a tomato.

1. Prepare the soil for sowing seed. Dig up the soil, dig up, add organic fertilizers (rotted humus, peat), disinfect. To combat pathogenic bacteria, use proven drugs of biological origin - Fitosporin, Bactofit. Processing is carried out 7-14 days before planting a tomato.
2. Before sowing, seeds should be soaked in the growth stimulator “Epin”, “Zircon” (any other) or in a garlic solution (25 grams of mashed garlic is dissolved in 100 ml of water). You can also disinfect potassium permanganate seeds, but you can’t buy potassium permanganate without a prescription.
3. Seeds are planted to a depth of 2 centimeters. The temperature in the greenhouse should be + 25-27 degrees, with air humidity 60%. After a week, the first sprouts hatch. The tomato emerges amicably.
4. When the first leaves appear on the sprout, it must be dived into separate pots. They are transplanted with part of the land from the greenhouse. Plants are watered only with warm water. It is not worth pouring young tomatoes so that the root system does not rot.
5. Before transplanting seedlings into the greenhouse, it is necessary to dig up the earth, to add peat, mineral fertilizers. The soil should be loose, so that more oxygen from the atmosphere reaches the root system.
6. 4 sprouts are placed on one square meter. After transplanting, they must be well poured with warm water.
7. The soil under the plants is mulched with straw, hay, and rotted sawdust. Mulch will retain moisture, prevent the roots of tomatoes from overheating.
8. Bushes are watered every 5 days, water consumption is 5-6 liters per plant.
9. When the tomato reaches a height of 25-30 centimeters, the first garter to the support is made. The stem is tied with a rope, twine. It is impossible to pull the plant with a rope, so as not to provoke the death of tissues due to the stop of the movement of juice through the cells. As you grow, cut off or cut off the stepsons.
10. At the beginning of summer, the first tomatoes should be tied. In order for the fruits to gain their weight faster, it is necessary to fertilize the soil. The composition of the fertilizer must contain magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, manganese, iron.
11. The first tomatoes begin to ripen by the end of July, peak yields occur in August. Fruits tomatoes until mid-September.
12. To keep the tomatoes longer they are picked a little unripe and placed in storage in a dry, cool place.

Reviews of gardeners

Ksenia Antonovna, Smolensk region.

Tomato "Grandma Frida" was grown in a greenhouse, as manufacturers recommend. The climate here is not very warm, so almost all the tomatoes I plant in the greenhouse. In leaving the plant was unpretentious. The fruits grew quite large, tasty. I used the whole crop for processing into tomato juice and pasta. Over the entire period, the plant did not get sick, pests did not appear.

Igor Alexandrovich, Tver region.

Every year I plant about 10 new varieties of tomatoes. I grow them under film shelters: they ripen faster, the threat of crop loss is reduced, due to the variability of weather conditions. Last year, he wrote the tomato "Grandma Frida." The fruits ripen large, taste sweet and sour, juicy flesh. The variety was tall, established a support and tied up stems. It was not necessary to take special care of tomatoes. I recommend the cultivation "Grandma Frida" to all lovers of high-yielding tomatoes.