Features and subtleties of growing tomatoes "Dobrynya Nikitich"
Tomato "Dobrynya Nikitich" is familiar to many farmers, gardeners and gardeners who are especially interested in domestic products, derived by Russian breeders.Dobrynya Nikitich is a varietal type of tomato that does not have hybrid modifications. It is necessary to consider in detail the main characteristics of this plant, its pros and cons, as well as its features and subtleties of growing in greenhouse and home conditions.
Characteristics and description
Tomato "Dobrynya Nikitich" was bred specifically for greenhouse cultivation, but in many regions of our country with good weather conditions and climate it is grown on open ground. This variety is perfect for year-round cultivation in heated greenhouses. Bushes of tomatoes grow about two meters, which is why they are very important to tie up to specially prepared supports. The seedlings “Dobrynya Nikitich” are light green in color; when the plant begins to grow, the color changes and becomes saturated green. The leaves themselves are elongated shape.
Tomatoes are large, slightly flattened. They taste very juicy. The color of ripe fruit is pink. This variety of tomato is valued not only for its excellent taste and smell, but also for the huge amount of useful vitamins. Most often it is used in salads, often it is made from freshly squeezed juice. Sometimes fruits canned.
Mostly on the Internet you can find only positive reviews. Many farmers and amateurs are satisfied with the qualities of the variety. Dimensions also can not but rejoice: after all, mostly ripe tomatoes weigh about 200-400 grams.
The average yield, according to many experts, ranges from 10 to 15 kg per square meter. Dobrynya Nikitich is easily transported, but the storage periods leave much to be desired, since the fruits deteriorate very quickly.
Growing nuances
To get a fertile harvest, you should explore some of the features and subtleties of growing this variety of tomato. The period of growth varies from 100 to 115 days. Planting is carried out using a special technology 50 to 50, since this variety is considered tall. For a good harvest and fruit, it is recommended to form a stem in one or two trunks. To make the tomatoes bigger, you need to pinch the stems. The lower leaflets of plants in the greenhouse should be removed, which allows to improve the fruit ovary and accelerate natural ripening.
Equally important in the cultivation of tomatoes is their proper fertilizer and regular watering. In addition, no one excluded the treatment of plants from pests that can spoil not only the leaves, but also ripe fruit.
- Soil mulching used with the planting of plants in the greenhouse or open ground. The best option is to use small mulch. With her, the easiest way to loosen the earth.
- Top dressing with vitamins, fertilizers and minerals should be produced at least 3 times for the whole process of growing tomatoes. However, excessive fertilizer can harm and spoil the future of tomato bushes.
- Any organic fertilizer can be added in the whole process of growing plants. Any dressings always increase yields. The first fertilizer can be applied to the ground before planting seedlings into the ground.
All farmers, many farmers advise before growing vegetables to read the relevant literature on the topic, to avoid further banal mistakes.
Care
It would seem that there is nothing difficult to grow tomatoes, but there are also pitfalls. About tomatoes "Dobrynya Nikitich" should know the following important points.
- they are warm and light-loving - if grown in cold time in greenhouses, they should have a constant, comfortable for plants, temperature regime: preferably from +17 to +22 degrees;
- it is possible to prolong daylight hours for accelerated harvesting by 4–5 hours; in the autumn-winter period, the extension of this time is allowed up to 8 hours;
- watering tomatoes is recommended with room temperature water - in a good scenario, it should be warm, about +20 degrees, but not lower than +10 degrees;
- in order to get a good harvest, it is best to alternate watering the plants along with loosening the ground, which will protect the plants and the soil from all sorts of mycotic diseases;
- air humidity in greenhouses, in which this tomato variety is germinated, should be about seventy percent; too high humidity is fraught with the development of fungus, moreover, it contributes to poor pollination of plants, and if the humidity is, on the contrary, very low, then it will also not lead to a good harvest, since pollen will scatter and pollination will not occur.
It should be noted that only a balanced temperature and humidity, as well as regular watering and fertilizer will help get a good and prolific crop of tomatoes “Dobrynia Nikitich”.
Expert advice
To get a high crop of tomatoes at home, You should listen to such expert advice as:
- if you plan to plant tomatoes at home, then the best thing in the garden is to choose for them the most calm and calm place, which is well lit by the sun during the daytime;
- on loamy soils the tomato will germinate best of all;
- To obtain a rich crop of seedlings should be planted in the ground in early May; if the warm weather does not come, then you should take care of the plants, covering them with a protective film;
- that the bushes of tomatoes do not interfere with each other, the seedlings should be planted, approximately maintaining a distance of 50 centimeters;
- seedlings can be planted in the open ground no earlier than one month after its emergence;
- as for the seed pots, they should be about 10 by 10 cm, the pick is done at the moment when the first few small leaves have been formed.
In the next video, see the process of planting tomato varieties "Golden Ball" and "Dobrynya Nikitich" for seedlings.