Fans of unusual tomatoes will be delighted with the banana legs tomato. The variety was bred in 1988 in America. In Russia, the tomato quickly spread throughout the country. The original name of Banana Legs is derived from the bizarre shape of the fruit.
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Characteristics of the variety "Banana legs"
Tomato can be grown in any region of the country. The plant is especially popular in the South and in the Middle lane. The determinant plant is unpretentious in care. The tomato is mid-season, can be grown on open and closed ground. In the garden, bushes grow 70-90 cm long, and in a greenhouse up to one and a half meters. The stems are thin, but stable. Due to the large number of fruits, the plant must be tied to a support.
The shape of the tomato is unusual, in external parameters resembles a Christmas tree toy - an icicle. The color is bright yellow, immediately attracts attention to the garden. On one brush 7-13 tomatoes are tied, which cannot please. The taste of tomato is delicate, with light notes of citrus fruit. The fruits ripen together, which allows not only to eat them fresh, but also to immediately make preparations for the winter. The weight of the fruits in the greenhouse reaches 130 grams, and on open ground less, 50-80 grams.
The pulp of ripe tomatoes is fleshy, shiny, juicy. In a section, a tomato resembles an exotic fruit. The skin of tomatoes is dense, so they are great for whole-canning. Tomatoes can be transported over long distances; the presentation is preserved for two weeks. Productivity from one bush is 4-5 kilograms.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The selection of vegetable seeds begins with an introduction to the characteristics of the variety, its advantages and disadvantages. Among the main advantages are:
- unpretentiousness in leaving;
- high yield;
- friendly ripening of fruits;
- attractive coloring and unusual shape of tomato;
- pleasant fruity taste;
- resistance to late blight and other diseases;
- quickly adapts to various climatic conditions.
If you follow the rules of agricultural technology, then there are no problems with the plant. No flaws for the variety are observed.
Useful! To keep the tomato longer, it is harvested unripe.
Tomato cultivation
- First you need to think about where you will sow the seeds for seedlings, and then prepare this place. For a small garden, you just need to plant seedlings in a greenhouse, which you can build yourself.
- Tomato loves loose soil. To achieve friability, peat or rotted sawdust is added to the soil. For a small greenhouse you will need 7-10 kg. peat.
- Soil under seedlings must be decontaminated. Verified is a solution based on potassium permanganate. One percent potassium permanganate shed the soil a week before planting seeds, so that all bacteria die.
Disinfect the soil and increase the beneficial microflora will allow the use of the drug "Trichodermin." The solution is prepared at the rate of 1 gram of substance per 1 liter of water. The soil is watered or sprinkled abundantly.
- Seeds before sowing can be soaked in a solution based on three percent hydrogen peroxide. Take a 3% bottle of peroxide, heat the liquid to + 30 ° C, place the seeds in the solution for 10 minutes, then dry them.
An inexpensive way to protect seeds from bacterial diseases is to soak them in aloe juice. You will need aloe branches that have been lying in a dark place for a week, they are rubbed into gruel and add water. The ratio of aloe juice and water is 1 to 1. Soak the seeds throughout the day.
- Planting material is sown in a well-heated greenhouse to a depth of 1-2 centimeters. The air temperature should be at +25 degrees.
- Sprout the seedlings with warm water once every two to three days. The soil needs to be monitored, it is not necessary to overmoisten it strongly, so as not to provoke root rotting.
- Plants are planted on the bed after reaching 65-70 days from the moment of seedling emergence.
- An hour before planting seedlings prepare holes. Make small holes, pour them abundantly, add mineral fertilizers (1 teaspoon per well). One plant is placed in each well.
- Tomato will be taken at best a week. After that, you need to immediately install the support, so that then you do not damage the roots.
- Form a tomato in 2-4 stems. Necessarily plants need to be stepsoned and tied to a support.
- Water the culture with settled water, once every 5-6 days. So that moisture from the soil evaporates less, it is recommended to mulch the earth. Shelter of the soil will maintain the thermal balance of the soil, the roots of the plant will be more protected.
- Fertilizing is carried out with complex fertilizers (10 grams per plant) or organic fertilizers (fresh mullein, diluted in water, with which the tomato is watered under the root).
- No need to prevent weeds. For the entire growing season, beds should be weeded at least 3-4 times.
- For better plant health, you need to loosen the soil so that the root system is saturated with oxygen.
- Ripe fruits are harvested when they become bright yellow and slightly soft to the touch.
Reviews gardeners
Fedor Vitalievich, Oryol Oblast.
Tomato "Banana legs" like because of the high yield and pleasant taste. The plant is unpretentious in care. I have been planting tomatoes for the past three years, no shortcomings have been noticed. If the seedlings are strong, then there are no problems with it. To attacks of diseases resists perfectly. The wife likes to make various delicious sauces, covers the fruits whole. I have not yet met a more ideal yellow tomato, I will continue to grow it in the future.
Lilia Kirillovna, Orenburg region.
Variety "Banana legs" attracts with yellow, unusually shaped fruits that can be widely used in cooking. Tomato is resistant to disease. The fruits are small, ripen in unison. I like that they are almost the same size. Tomato "Banana legs" is a good variety that fully justifies the investment.
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