Breeders do not stop surprising gardeners with new varieties of tomatoes. Previously, finding the perfect tomato for a particular area was difficult. Difficulties arose with the search for universal varieties of heat-loving culture. Fortunately, those days are in the past. Now, farmers have the opportunity to choose unusual tomatoes, which at the same time do not need special care. These include the tomato variety Yellow striped boar, which pleases farmers with their productivity.
Reviews available on the network confirm that the yellow striped boar variety is fruitful and unpretentious. You can count on a lot of tasty, flavorful fruits. But before embarking on a landing, it is worth familiarizing yourself with a detailed description of the variety of this culture.
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Characteristic and Description
In many seed catalogs, this type of tomato can be found under the name YellowStripedBoar. The main characteristics of the tomato Yellow striped boar can be considered:
- the average length of the growing season;
- bush type indeterminate;
- rare exotic tomato;
- grows well in warm climates in open ground, the middle lane. It is worth giving preference to greenhouse conditions.
This vegetable is the result of the work of Brad Gates, a California breeder who gave the world an unusual tomato that can grow up to 1.80 cm in height. The plant is decorated with an average amount of ordinary foliage typical of a tomato. Considering the advice of specialists, one can not fail to notice that many recommend growing a tomato Yellow striped boar in several stems. This allows a significant improvement in crop yields.
In the description of the fruits of a tomato plant, Yellow striped boar should be distinguished:
- the shape is flat-round, there are specimens that can be called perfectly round without flattening;
- biological maturity is characterized by a beautiful yellow color;
- the fruits are decorated with stripes and strokes that differ in color;
- in the context, the flesh is yellow, but differs by several tones from the skin tone, red stains are observed. Such marbling inside is inherent in the immediate "relatives" of the Yellow Striped Boar;
- one fruit weighs an average of 140 to 250 grams;
- the taste is perfectly balanced notes of sour and sweet.
Tomato varieties Yellow striped boar is famous for productivity. Bushes bear waves, giving the crop gradually. The best landing option is considered a 45 to 60 pattern. But there are some possible changes. Stable yield is observed when planting three plants per square meter.
Landing rules
Planning sowing work is necessary 60-70 days before the transplantation. This time is enough to grow healthy young tomato bushes.
During this time, you can completely prepare the site by digging it and fertilizing it. The main criteria for choosing a place is a sufficient amount of sun and protection from winds and drafts.
Before sowing, you should seriously approach the issue of soil selection. Since garden soil may contain organisms that are dangerous for tomatoes and cause diseases, it is better to choose a ready-made starter mixture for seeds.
Important! A good seed mixture is the composition of peat moss, vermiculite and perlite. The soil is watered in advance. The final product should be evenly moistened, but not raw.
Which container to choose for seeds Yellow striped boar? As long as the tomato seeds receive sufficient moisture, heat and drainage, any container will do. If you reuse old plastic containers, it is recommended that you first sterilize them with a light bleaching solution (5-10%).
Professionals advise sowing 20% more seeds than the number of plants that the gardener wants to grow on the site. Some seeds may not germinate. It is worth considering that the finished seedlings are easy to damage. Therefore, it is always useful to have some spare bushes. Seeds are planted in the soil to a depth of one and a half centimeters. Then the containers or the pallet are placed in a large plastic bag, leaving the end open for air circulation.
After that, you need to wait for germination. Yellow striped boar seed containers are left in a warm place. Light is important for tomatoes, but not at the germination stage. If you maintain the correct temperature, the tomato seeds will germinate within 5-10 days. It is best to maintain a temperature range of 21 to 27 ° C. The lower the temperature, the slower the germination. Temperatures above the maximum allowable temperature to prevent germination. When the sprouts begin to rise, you need to remove the tray from the plastic bag.
The gardener should carefully consider the first seedlings in order to move them in time to a good light source. If the light is not intense enough, the gardener will receive a long thin stalk and the seedling will not be able to survive the transplant.
Care
- An important condition for care is a sufficient amount of sun. Choosing a sunny place on the site is sometimes easier than in a greenhouse. But this remains an important influence factor.
- After a week or two, you can start regular irrigation, delivering water under low pressure to the root system of the tomato. This can be done using a drip irrigation system. It is impossible to say for sure how often it is necessary to water plants of the variety Yellow Striped Boar.
- Farmers should be guided by the dryness of the soil, take into account precipitation, drainage ability of the soil. In a heavy substrate, watering should be done less frequently, while with a light one you will have to supply water weekly, and if necessary, twice a day in 14 days.
- In addition, you will have to regularly use top dressing material in the form of organics and a complex mineral product. For active growth of stems before the flowering period, you can make nitrogen fertilizer once, and then switch to potash and phosphate. Using compost or humus in small quantities is a good idea.
- If every week the farmer does not have the opportunity to feed, you will have to take care of creating mulch. This will allow you to slowly deliver nutrients to the soil under the bushes. Mulch will simultaneously prevent soil overheating in case of heat and take care of controlling the evaporation of moisture.
Harvesting and storage
Tomatoes of the Yellow Striped Boar variety can be stored for two to three weeks. But in this case, you need to collect the fruits before they reach full biological maturity. Storage is carried out at room temperature in dry conditions. Bookmark periodically check for rot on some fruits.
Diseases and Pests
You can prevent the spread of pests by regularly weeding the beds. Reliable “plant companions” in the form of marigolds can be planted next to tomatoes to keep insect infestation under control.
Among the various tomato diseases, tomato of the variety Yellow Striped Boar is not afraid of late blight, cladosporiasis, tobacco mosaic. Other diseases are best prevented by regular watering and proper top dressing, as well as the timely removal of damaged parts of the plant.
Reviews
Veronica:
I grow tomatoes. Yellow striped boar for the second year. In the previous crop yields were low. But I didn’t sin on the variety, because I know that it can really bring a lot of tasty and high-quality fruits. It seems that there were problems with the mineral composition of the soil. This year, she took seriously the issue of nutrition. While there is no reason to complain.
Alla:
The variety is attractive, outwardly unusual. I haven’t grown it in open ground yet, but I'm going to do it next year. Tomatoes do not require special care. In general, everything is standard, as for any tall tomato.
Valery:
Surprised by the stability of the Yellow Striped Boar. For me, the term “rare” cut indicates that the variety needs special care. But this tomato changed my mind about exotic thermophilic vegetables.
Helena:
Thanks to the sister who shared the seeds of the Yellow Striped Boar with me. The wonderful variety coped with drought very well and did not demonstrate resistance to spotted rot, which, fortunately, did not spread.