Surely, any experienced gardener will not be able to imagine his garden without several bushes of tomatoes. Before you find a suitable option that requires minimal care, you need to familiarize yourself with the characteristics and description of the variety, reviews about the yield and shape of the fruit. According to some experts, the most popular and unpretentious tomatoes are Diabolic.
This variety belongs to mid-season tomato varieties that have determinant carpal features. In simple words, their growth stops at the moment when the first flowering appears on the bushes. In order to learn more about this variety of tomatoes, we recommend reading this article.
Grade description
For the first time, the variety became known thanks to the Japanese company - Sakata. Such tomatoes are suitable for growing not only on the open ground, but also in the greenhouse. Depending on the growing conditions, the height of the bush can vary from 1.2 m to 1.6 m. The leaves of a tomato are medium in size, and the fruits are arranged in clusters and ripen almost simultaneously.
The main characteristics of the variety include:
- powerful and deciduous bushes;
- complex inflorescences;
- increased productivity (more than 10 tomatoes from the bush).
In shape Tomatoes Diabolic resemble elongated cream. On average, their weight is about 150 g. During ripening, the fruits turn bright red and contain 3-4 seed chambers. To form the correct bush, experts recommend leaving no more than three stems, the rest break off. Ripening period is mid-ripening (100-110 days), therefore this type of tomato can be grown in any region.
Care
It is worth remembering that tomatoes do not like excessive stagnation of moisture in the soil, so you need to water the bushes sparingly. In addition, it is important that the water in no case falls on the leaves, as the plant can get late blight. A day after watering, you can fluff up the earth around the seedlings and cut off the weeds. The next watering should be when the soil is sufficiently dry.
Now let's talk about feeding tomatoes.
It consists of several important steps:
- Fertilize seedlings immediately after placement in the ground.
- The second solution is used during the appearance of buds.
- The third time they are fed with the appearance of the ovaries.
- For the fourth time we fertilize seedlings 2 weeks before harvesting.
In addition, there are special solutions with which you can increase the resistance of the bush to diseases and adverse conditions.
Consider several effective fertilizer options for this variety of tomatoes:
- The solution from the top rot. To do this, you need 1 tablespoon of calcium nitrate, which must be diluted in 10 liters of clean water. This solution must be used during the flowering period of tomatoes. On one bush you need to spend no more than 1 liter.
- Mortar with wood ash. This feeding method is best used during the appearance of the ovary on the bushes. We take 2 liters of wood ash and 10 g of boric acid. Then add the elements to clean water (10 l). After all the elements are mixed, you need to leave the liquid for a day.
- Mineral fertilizers. We use them when ripening fruits.For the solution we need: 2 tablespoons of superphosphate, 1 tablespoon of potassium humate and 10 liters of water.
Benefits
The main advantages of the variety include:
- wide adaptation;
- heat resistance;
- high productivity (up to 10 kg from one bush);
- long shelf life and transportation of fruits;
- resistant immunity to many diseases.
Experienced summer residents note that the tomato Diabolic develops equally well both at high and at low temperatures. In addition, the main advantage is resistance to various types of diseases: septoria, fusarium wilt, root nematode, etc.
disadvantages
Despite the large number of advantages, this variety of tomatoes has one drawback. Seedlings are very fond of light, and even a small shadow can lead to a significant decrease in yield. Therefore, experts recommend choosing a place for planting tomatoes more carefully.
Landing time
Tomatoes tolerate frosts rather poorly, so the middle or the end of May (the 15th – 25th day) is considered the optimal time for planting in open ground. In addition, you must follow a special scheme that indicates the correct placement of bushes on the site. It is important to remember that tomatoes grow tall and large, so they need to be planted 40 x 60 cm from each other.
Reviews
Vasily, 65 years old, Krasnodar:
“Somehow I got into a conversation with my neighbor in the country. We have been discussing various varieties of tomatoes for quite some time. And he recommended that I try the Diabolic variety. After I got acquainted with its characteristics and studied the descriptions in detail, I still decided to buy seedlings. In late May, I planted bushes in the ground. The first ripened fruits appeared about 2 months after planting. I was very pleased that the tomatoes were not sweet, so this variety really came to my taste. ”
Marina, 50 years old, Armavir:
“Last year, I planted several bushes for testing. The results exceeded all my expectations - the seeds sprouted without exception. There were no problems with seedlings either. The bushes were quite tall and gave a lot of ovaries. But since I dropped them off very late, not all of them managed to mature by the deadline. Despite this, with one brush I collected about 10 large “creams”. I was very pleased that all the fruits were with a flat and smooth surface. In addition, the bushes completely painlessly survived the sudden changes in temperature in late August. And if it were not for the approaching frosts, then I could pick up tomatoes before mid-autumn. Of course, I didn’t really like the taste in fresh tomatoes. But the conservation turned out to be excellent. ”
Sergey, 55 years old, Voronezh:
Our family plants tomatoes in order to enjoy their taste throughout the year. Every season I try to choose the most delicious varieties of tomatoes, but as it turned out, they are not always fruitful. And when I heard positive reviews about Diabolic, I decided to definitely try it. And never regretted. Indeed, all the characteristics were justified, and the fruits were successfully applied in home preservation.
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