How to grow a tomato "Swamp"? Description and characteristics of the variety

The "Swamp" tomato variety is a new direction of work for domestic breeders, it is included in the State Register for Russia, and is recommended for growing in shelters under a film. According to gardeners, cultivation is possible on open ground, but under the weather conditions of the southern regions of Russia.

You will find a detailed description of the variety in the article below. The material also provides information on the characteristics of tomatoes, the peculiarities of their cultivation, resistance to common diseases of the nightshade.

Swamp tomatoes: variety description

A variety of early ripening, ripe tomatoes you will receive in 95-98 days after planting seeds for growing seedlings.

The bush reaches a height of 100-110 centimeters in height when planted on open ridges, in a greenhouse it is slightly higher, up to 145-150 centimeters. An indeterminate type of plant, with an average number of large, typical tomato-shaped green leaves. The sheet is loose to the touch, slightly corrugated.

Refers to varieties of salad use, but according to numerous reviews from gardeners who grew these tomatoes, it showed itself well when salted with whole fruits.

The variety shows the best performance when a bush is formed with two stems. The plant requires the obligatory garter of the stems, as well as the removal of leaves below the bookmark of the first tomato cluster. This variety is characterized by a small number of stepchildren, who are advised to periodically remove.

Characteristics

The country of origin of the variety is Russia. Fruits have a flat-round shape, well-pronounced ribbing. The average weight is 150-220 grams, when grown in a greenhouse, fruits weighing 280-310 grams are noted. Unripe fruits are green, ripe green with pink or yellow blotches, a well-defined dark green spot at the stalk.

Productivity - 4.8-5.5 kilograms on open ground, in a greenhouse 5.4-6.0 kilograms when planting no more than 3 bushes per square meter of land. Fresh tomatoes have a good presentation, does not tolerate transportation well, low performance with long-term storage.

Excellent taste in salads, tomatoes have shown themselves well when canned with whole fruits.

Dignity:

• exotic appearance;
• excellent, sweetish taste;
• versatility of the use of fruits;
• early ripening.

disadvantages:

• the need for tying and pinching bushes;
• poor preservation, friability of fruits.

A photo

Check out the Swamp tomato variety in the photo below:

Growing features

Growing is recommended on the ridges where cucumbers, cauliflower and carrots were previously grown. The variety does not cause much trouble when growing. Needs periodic watering with warm water in the evening, removing weeds, loosening the earth in the holes. It is also required 2-3 times to feed the plants with mineral fertilizers.

A slight increase in yield is facilitated by spraying the bushes with Epin-extra.

Diseases

Some gardeners note the defeat of the roots and ripening tomatoes of the Swamp variety with anthracnose. Anthracnose is a fungal disease of tomatoes. The causative agents of the disease are common almost everywhere. Ripening fruits and plant roots are most often affected.

In fruits, the sites of infection become soft, change color to a brown tint. Subsequently, the color changes to black, the stain dries. Removing a tomato for ripening does not give an effect, on the contrary, it spurs the rapid development of the disease. High humidity in greenhouses also contributes to the rapid spread.

The main methods of struggle include:

1. Seed treatment with immunocytophyte solution.
2. For prophylaxis, spraying with Quadris or Flint preparations.
3. Already infected plants are treated with preparations containing sulfur and copper, for example Tiovit Jet and copper oxychloride.

Not all gardeners are at risk of planting green varieties. Having treated your neighbors - gardeners with ripe fruits of the "Swamp" variety, you can surprise them with excellent taste and unusual type of tomatoes.

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