Tomatoes undersized for open ground without pinching

Tomatoes undersized for open ground without pinching, resistant to diseases, productive, tasty, suitable for preservation, and for salads - is this not a dream of any gardener? Compact, low shrubs that take up little space, are not particularly fastidious in growing, fruitful, stress-resistant, tolerant of cold, heat and minimal maintenance - are there any such, you ask? Of course, our breeders are trying their best, and a lot of such varieties have been bred, and we hasten to share this information with you.

Undersized tomatoes

What are these tomato varieties - a bush height of up to 80 cm, do not require pinching, the bushes are compact, the fruits ripen early, therefore they are rarely prone to late blight. The productivity of many is somewhat lower than tall, but they have many advantages. Ripen early - for many, the period from planting to the appearance of fruits is only 80-100 days, ripening in unison, the fruits are very different - from small to 80 g weight, to large giants weighing up to 1 kg. If you want to grow just such wonderful varieties - the packaging should have the inscription: determinant - these are low-growing, and very early varieties. Even better are “superdeterminant” - these are even earlier ripe, with the smallest bushes from 30 cm tall. They can be planted in open ground, and grown in a small greenhouse.

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Advantages of undersized tomatoes:

• Rarely form stepsons, which greatly simplifies their care.
• Fruits appear very quickly, by the way, if you did not manage to plant on time, or tall varieties for some reason did not take root - you still have time to plant and wait for the fruits from such babies.
• Cold-resistant varieties can be grown without seedling under shelter in warm beds, sowing in April-May. Plants in this way do not outgrow, there is no hassle with transplants, they grow hardened and stress-resistant. Such varieties include Snowdrop, Stolypin, Boni M.

Late Blight Tomatoes

This terrible brown rot - the scourge of all gardeners, often just densely mows rows of planted bushes of tomatoes, which makes gardeners very sad, and it is often useless to deal with this problem, because they often look for varieties resistant to this rubbish. Most of all hybrids are protected from it. Of the usual varieties, Dubok, De Barao Chernye, Tsar Peter, Metelitsa and Gnome are good in this regard; of the newly bred, Alenka, Kibits, Barnaul Canning, Siberian Troika are especially resistant .

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The best varieties of stunted tomatoes for Siberia

In spring - autumn frosts, sharp waves of temperature difference dictate very high requirements for tomatoes for growing in such extreme conditions - but you still want tomatoes from your own garden, because now there are many cold-resistant varieties that are quite successful for growing in the northern regions.

• "Watercolor" - bred by Siberian breeders, reliable, fruitful, bushes up to 40 cm, compact, without pinching. Fruits in the form of cream are perfect for whole salting, the skin is dense, therefore, they do not crack in the sunsets, and in ripening, which is important, they do not lose their taste. Important: resistant to many diseases.
• "Alsu" - large tomatoes up to 800 g in weight, with excellent yield, red fruits, kidney-shaped.
• “Barnaul canning” - bushes up to 38 cm, small fruits, red-orange, disease-resistant variety.
• “Olya F1” is a cold-resistant, disease-resistant, up to 70 cm bushes, mid-season hybrid with a high fruit set, moreover, it is not afraid of low temperatures.
• "Snowdrop" - very early, which is important - incredibly cold-resistant, without pinching, fruits up to 100g.
• "Taimyr" - even when the bush freezes, it does not stop bearing fruit, ultra-ripe, a bush of only 30 cm.
• "Leningrad Chill" - very early, very cold-resistant, not at all stepson.
• "Explosion" - early ripening, cold-resistant, practically not sick.

Tomatoes for Moscow region

For this temperature zone, the following domestic varieties of undersized tomatoes without pinching are perfectly suitable:

• "Mongolian dwarf" is an excellent option for hot adjika and all kinds of sauces, many fruits up to 200 g in weight.
• “Iceberg” - bushes about 50 cm, sweet and sour fruits, up to 200 g, very resistant to late blight.
• "Medok" is a very original tomato in the form of a cucumber, very unpretentious and tasty.
• "Calf's ear" - the fruits are small, up to 100 g, raspberry tender color with redness, sweet and tender.
• “Kibits” and “Alenka” are very early, juicy and sweet, very resistant to late blight.

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Varieties of undersized tomatoes with special differences

I would like to note the varieties:

• "Big Mommy" - matures super early - in 80 days. The fruits are very juicy, sweet, perfect for sauces and salads. We contain a lot of lycopene - the top of usefulness!
• “Openwork F1” is super-yielding, super-resistant to temperatures (moreover, both to cold and heat), fleshy, sweet fruits, are perfectly stored, even in cold conditions.
• "Gaspacho" - advantages for summer residents who rarely go to the plots, as the fruits hold tight, do not crumble at all, do not crack, practically do not pinch.
• “Large-fruited pink honey” - is distinguished by huge fruits, sometimes reaching 1.5 kg, pink, heart-shaped, with a honey flavor - are extraordinary!
• "Mushroom basket" - has an original look. Flat fruits, ribbed like an orange, with a juicy and delicate taste.
• “Nastenka” is good in that it will bear fruit in any conditions, moreover, abundantly, it will not be stepson.

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