The Big Zack tomato variety was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest tomato. Despite the fact that caring for fruits requires a lot of attention, even beginners can cope with its cultivation.
Tomatoes of this variety can be found in all corners of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine and some other foreign countries. But most often it is grown all the same in the USA and Canada.
Content
Advantages:
- high productivity - up to 5 kg from one bush;
- large fruits - up to 500 g;
- they are very tasty, do not crack;
- can be grown both in a greenhouse and in open ground.
Disadvantages:
- it is required to stepchain several times during the season;
- need frequent feeding;
- treatments against pests and diseases are required.
Description
The real name of the variety is Big Zac. It grows in central Russia, as well as some Baltic countries, Belarus and Ukraine.
Today it is the largest variety of tomatoes. From one bush you can collect up to 6 kg of the crop!
This variety was developed by Mini Zacharia, who lived in the USA. Tomato has been holding the title of the largest variety in the whole world for 10 years.
Characteristic
- In height can reach 2 meters.
- A garter to the support and stepsoning several times a season are required.
- Fruits are suitable for fresh consumption, for squeezing juices and pickling.
- Fruits well if planted in a greenhouse.
- The fruits are sour.
Sowing and planting in open ground
- Sowing seeds should be 2 months before planting in open ground.
- Seedling care is usual: watering and loosening the soil. The location of the seedlings is on the windowsills of the south, southeast and southwest orientation.
- Planting in open ground and in a greenhouse is important after the threat of return frost has passed.
- Immediately after landing for a week or two, it is advisable to cover it with a spanbond.
- For 1 square. meter will develop well no more than 2-3 bushes of tomatoes.
- After planting around the bushes - make holes and fill with water. Then you need to water the plants all the time in them.
- After landing, immediately tie up to the support.
- The best yield can be obtained by forming a tomato in 2 stems.
- After the appearance of the first flower brushes and tying the fruit on them, the leaves located below should be removed. Above the brushes then remove them through one or two.
Tomato Care
- Big Zack loves water. If tomatoes grow in a greenhouse, they need to be watered every 2-3 days.
- Be sure to fertilize and disinfect from diseases and pests.
- It is better to grow a tomato in 2 trunks - more likely a good harvest.
- Several times during the season the tomato should be stepson.
- If a tomato grows in a greenhouse, it must be opened for several hours.
- The temperature for a good development of the plant, ideally - + 22-24 degrees.
- For the prevention of late blight, it is good to spray the bushes with an aqueous solution of whey (1 liter per 12 liters of water) once every 12 days (after fruit setting).
- If the soil is poor, be sure to apply complex mineral fertilizers once per 2 weeks (according to instructions).
Three soil improvement tips
- The most popular way is to pour manure over the winter and cover it with foil. In the spring, dig manure into the soil.
- If tomatoes have been growing in the greenhouse for more than a year, it is necessary to add mineral complex fertilizers to the soil to improve the soil, following the recommendations in the instructions attached to them.
- Most often, summer residents complain of acidic soil.In such cases, fertilizers with less nitrogen should be selected. And once a year, add ash or dolomite flour (1 kg per 2-3 sq. M).
Reviews
Maria Viktorovna, Moscow region
You may be interested in:I have been growing such tomatoes for several years. On average, about 7-9 fruits grow on the whole bush. The mass of fruits is 300-500 grams. Blush right on the bush, no need to pluck and put on the windowsill to lay. In general, the variety pleased me.
Yana Igorevna, Ulan-Ude, Eastern Siberia
Despite our rather harsh climate, Big Zak has grown remarkably. At the same time, the bed with him was in partial shade, there was little sun. The fruits ripened wonderful. Oddly enough, a very unpretentious plant.
Lyudmila Pavlovna, Vitebsk
Grew Big Zach. Bushes are almost 1 meter tall. The fruits pleased, large. Weighed up to 350 grams. Very tasty. Moreover, it was grown in open ground.
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