Unique small-sized fruits, bushes that do not need to remove stepsons. Yes, and the yield is high, all these characteristics are combined in a variety that is called "Cossack".
It is still not yet spring in the state register of the Russian Federation, but, of course, it requires attention.
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Description
It belongs to the early varieties. Bushes are determinant, usually not more than a meter in height. It has high yields, it is recommended for open ground, but can be grown in a greenhouse. The stalk is powerful, medium leafy. Fruits are small in size; their weight varies from 60 to 90 grams. Tomatoes have excellent taste and aroma inherent in tomatoes. Suitable for fresh consumption, as well as for any preservation. Fruits are not subject to cracking.
Bushes love light and heat, this must be taken into account when growing. The variety is highly resistant to common diseases. It transfers temperature drops to +7.
Advantages
- High yield.
- Attractive appearance of the fruit.
- Early ripening.
- Compact bushes.
- Universality of application.
disadvantages
- Demanding on regular watering, afraid of drought.
Growing seedlings
For seedlings, special containers will be needed, it can be a wooden box, plastic containers, seedling cassettes and others convenient for the gardener, but they must be sanitized before sowing. Drainage holes should be located at the bottom.
You will also need special soil for seedlings, or sand mixed with peat in equal amounts, before sowing, it must be moistened.
Seeds are also processed to disinfect them and improve sowing qualities, as well as to reduce the time before germination, they are heated at variable temperatures: for 48 hours at +30 degrees and another 72 hours at +50 degrees.
Thicken the planting should not be, this will lead to stretching seedlings. Before sowing, the proper conditions must be provided:
- Suitable temperature.
- Lighting.
- Air circulation.
Before the first shoots, the temperature in the room where the seed container is located should be about +23, after they appear it can be reduced to +15 in the afternoon, + 10 at night, this temperature regime needs to be maintained for up to 3 days. After the optimum temperature for plants is considered +20 degrees. Watering immature sprouts should be done with a spray gun, they can not be poured.
Also, before the seedlings are transferred to a permanent place they are tempered for 15 days, the first days are taken out into the air for an hour, gradually the time spent on the street is increased. This is necessary in order for the plants to adapt faster in the garden (in the greenhouse) and easier to transfer the transplant.
Landing site preparation
Given that tomatoes love light and heat, they choose a sunny area. Planting bushes after nightshade crops should not be, as they have common diseases that can be transmitted to plants through the soil. The best predecessors for tomatoes are cabbage, cucumbers and legumes.
The land is prepared in the fall, for this it is fertilized with manure and dug up. You can do this in the spring, but no later than two weeks before planting seedlings. Fertilizers are also added to the wells, wood ash is perfect.One square meter can accommodate up to 8 bushes, planting scheme 30 to 70.
Cultivation and care
Further care consists in regular watering 1-2 times a week, it is better to choose evening time or cloudy weather for this. In fertilizing with mineral and organic fertilizers, the first can be carried out 15 days after transplantation, followed by a break of a month.
Every 10 days, it is recommended to loosen the aisles, to hush up the bushes after each watering.
Weed must be pulled out as it grows so that it does not draw useful substances from the soil. The variety does not need to pinch and install supports, but some gardeners still do it.
Conclusion
Variety "Cossack" has a fairly attractive characteristics, and in the care is not particularly picky. Many praise him for his high productivity, of course, in order to be sure of this, you need to grow him yourself.
Reviews
Yana 35 years old
“Cossack” planted this year for the first time, in general I liked the variety. Seedlings grew healthy, when transplanted quickly adapted, in the care is not whimsical. There are a lot of tomatoes on one bush, they just taste delicious, juicy with acidity. I will plant next year.
Anatoly 55 years old
An employee gave my wife seeds of tomatoes; at first I didn’t even want to sow them. But since I did not find the seeds of one of my favorite varieties, I decided to try to plant these. The variety is called "Cossack", germination, by the way, is excellent, seedlings quickly grew and developed, dived at the stage of 3 leaves, planted in the greenhouse in May, already at the end of June picked the first ripe tomatoes, which tasted great, small, fine, go to banks during conservation. I liked it, did not regret that I planted it.
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