Blagovest tomato varieties
For gardeners, the blagovest tomato is one of the most suitable vegetable crops for growing in a greenhouse. Gardeners' comments on the f1 variety of tomato cultivars indicate its early maturity and high yield.
Blagovest tomato varieties
About the Blagovest f1 variety
Gospel tomatoes grown by many gardeners are described as a greenhouse vegetable crop. You can see what vegetables look like in photos and videos.
When grown outdoors, especially in a region with a cool climate, yields are significantly lower than you can get when planting seedlings in a greenhouse.
The yield of blagovest tomatoes is up to 5-6 kilograms from one bush in one gardening season. Agrofirm "Gavrish" sells seeds of highly productive vegetable tomato crops, which are distinguished by good germination.
The f1 hybrid culture is one of the early maturing varieties. Ripen from the moment the seeds are planted until the first tomatoes appear in the greenhouse in 12-13 weeks.
Characteristics of gospel tomatoes:
- fruit weight ranges from 80 to 150 grams,
- the color of the tomatoes is bright red, the vegetables have a perfectly smooth round shape and a smooth surface,
- leaf plates of medium size, with a gray-green glossy shade, with medium corrugation,
- the inflorescences are intermediate, the very first are located above the sixth or seventh leaves, all the rest are formed with an interval of one or two leaves,
According to gardeners, the Blagovest tomato variety is ideal for conservation, as it has a characteristic sweetish taste with acid inherent in vegetable crops. With its taste, it is somewhat reminiscent of such vegetable crops as benito and polbik.
Features of germination of seedlings
Good harvest when properly planted
For tomato hybrids, which include the Blagovest tomato, seedlings properly grown from seeds are of no small importance:
- the initially purchased seeds are inspected for the presence of mold or the presence of black spots, after which they are soaked in a weak solution of manganese for a quarter of an hour,
- the processed seeds are planted in the desired container, for which wooden boxes or plastic pots are suitable,
- mixtures with earthy humus are ideal as a soil layer,
- seeds are planted at a distance of at least 1.5-2.0 centimeters and sprinkled on top with a small soil layer, moistened with warm water.
When the first foliage appears, individual plants should be placed in different containers. At the same time, the first feeding of the vegetable crop with mineral complexes takes place.
The procedure for planting seedlings in a greenhouse
1.5 months after planting the seeds, the seedlings of the Blagovest tomato variety are suitable for transplanting into greenhouse conditions. However, until this moment, a couple of weeks before the plant is planted in protected ground, the tomatoes are hardened - containers with seedlings are placed in direct sunlight in the open air for 2-3 hours.
Before planting each tomato bush in greenhouse conditions, holes are made at the rate of no more than three bushes per square meter of area. A stick is stuck near each hole, which will later become a support for a growing plant.
If the density of planting of tomatoes of this variety is violated, its yield is noticeably reduced.
When planting seedlings, some gardeners place two bushes in one hole at once for the subsequent formation of a single stem from them. According to the reviews of practitioners about the gospel tomatoes, this method of growing allows to increase the yield of the variety.
Care features
According to the description, the blagovest tomato bushes are of the determinant type, but they grow up to 1.5-1.7 meters. Such a height of tomatoes requires a mandatory tie to the supports.
You can form plant growth in 1 or 2 stems:
- in the first version, without exception, all lateral shoots appearing from the leaf sinuses - stepchildren are removed,
- in the second version, one stepson should be left under the first flower brush.
Tomatoes show the greatest growth and high yield rates during the formation of a plant not in 1, but in 2 single stems, when the central one passes into the side.
It is necessary to tie up not only the stems directly, but also the brushes with fruits, since their massiveness and a large number lead to frequent breakages. How to tie bushes with tomatoes correctly can be found in the video.
To direct the growth of the plant from the main stem to the side, the stepsons are plucked until a brush is tied on the main stem. The stepson formed under this brush with inflorescences is not removed.
As the reviews of the tomato are advised by those gardeners who are engaged in cultivating the variety, in order to ensure yield, it is necessary to adhere to a number of basic rules for caring for tomatoes:
- the hybrid does not react well to excessive humidity and is equally bad for drought: with excessive moisture, the fruits of the message crack, and with a lack of water, the bushes crumble, therefore the plant should be watered once in 1-2 weeks, doing it abundantly with warm water,
- constant air circulation should be organized in the greenhouse, especially after watering has been carried out, for which it is necessary to keep the greenhouse door open, closing it only at night,
- After irrigation, the surface of the soil layer should be loosened to avoid the formation of hardenings that prevent air from penetrating the root system of the plant; to ensure yield, the gospel tomatoes require regular feeding, numbering at least three times in one gardening season.
Among the shortcomings of the tomato cultivar blagovest, the low resistance of the vegetable crop to diseases is noted, which is solved by taking preventive measures against pests and infections.