And to grow such tomatoes in your own area is also a balm for the soul, to watch how this powerful plant develops, thanks to your efforts, is doubly pleasant. For those who are just about to decide on seed planting Tomatoes of this variety for seedlings, or purchase ready-made, for the purpose of growing on your own site, we offer brief information and advice from experienced gardeners. Tomato “Bull’s heart” characteristic and description of the variety, which we give, has some drawbacks, which, as a rule, no one wants to pay attention. This neglect of disadvantages is associated with a great advantage of the favorite qualities of tomatoes of this variety.
Taste characteristics
We emphasize once again that this tomato variety is so popular that everyone is well aware of the taste qualities of its fruits, however, to complete the picture described in this material, it is simply necessary to mention the taste qualities.
Especially popular are the fruits of the pink variety of tomatoes "Bull's Heart", they have the richest flavor range with a combination of sweet and a little sourness. A certain presence of a pleasant and barely perceptible acid in the flavoring bouquet of a tomato advantageously dilutes the sweet taste, emphasizing its piquancy.
Chambers with a small amount of juice and seeds are located immediately behind the outer layer of the peel with the pulp, and the center is an incredibly delicate pulp with no veins and seeds. It is for this, magical taste, middle of tomato that we loved this variety so much that we are only ready to give preference.
Tremendous work has been done by breeders to create the largest possible variety of fruits. the best tomato varieties of 2016, as a result of this work, quite spectacular fruits of yellow, white and even black appeared. A salad from such a variety of bright tomatoes looks incredibly attractive and appetizing. However, it did not succeed in surpassing the original pink variety in taste; the Bull's heart tomatoes, characteristics and description of the variety (photo) remain beyond competition.
The fruits of this tomato variety are used for salads, and you can also enjoy them without any preparation with other ingredients and spices, this variety of healthy vegetable is quite self-sufficient. For canning, it is also perfectly suitable, but not in its entirety, due to the impressive size of the fruit.
Grade description
The tomato variety bovine heart is a determinant sprawling bush that stops growth after the formation of 5 - 6 fruiting brushes; the variety belongs to late ripening. With a high-quality, healthy state of seedlings, as well as observing all the rules of agricultural technology, the plant turns out to be quite powerful, with long thick side shoots. The bush of this tomato variety is quite high, reaching a height of 170 cm when developing in open ground, and in greenhouses it can grow up to 2 meters, with a vegetation period of 3 - 3.5 months.
The permanent variety of tomatoes, the bovine heart has dark raspberry flesh, the shape of the fruit is quite diverse even on one bush, and you can not even call it ideal, which gives the tomatoes of this variety a special outward appeal. Tomatoes “Bull's heart pink” are especially large (the characteristics and description of the variety are described in detail) located on the lower brushes, their weight reaches 400 g. The remaining fruits are minced at each level and the smallest are 100 g. This one is suitable variety of tomatoes for growing in a greenhouse.
Productivity is good, ranging from 3.5 to 5 kg in open ground, in the greenhouse, from the same bush, you can collect twice as much. However, such a high yield is associated with a large fruit size, and many ovaries on one bush will not work with any care, which undoubtedly can be attributed to the disadvantages of this variety.
The disadvantages include the high demand of the plant for top dressing, as well as susceptibility to diseases, especially late blight, which must be taken into account when growing a bull’s heart in tomato production in order to respond and take agricultural measures in time.
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