Most often, it is red tomatoes that are found. You can also find pink vegetables. But, the most striking representatives of the tomato world are considered the yellow fruits. They attract not only with their unusual appearance, but also with their taste. The most striking representative of the family of yellow tomatoes is the lemon giant giant. Why is the characteristic of this variety attractive?
- Characteristics of the tomato
- Description of the bush
- Description of the fruit
- Positive and negative sides
- Growing rules
- Impact of diseases and parasites
Description of the tomato Giant Lemon
Characteristic of the tomato
Lemon giant was bred by breeders in Russia. It can be grown not only in greenhouses or other warm rooms. It is excellent ripening in the open ground, and if you bring green fruits into the house, they will ripen themselves soon at room temperature.
It can grow under any climatic conditions. The main thing is to have proper proper care. Description of Giant tomatoes lemon says that they belong to the family of large fruits, and are mid-season.
Description of the bush
The bush belongs to indeterminate crops, and has an average number of leaves. If the conditions of the bush and the climate are good for the bush, then its height will reach 2-3 m. The fruits are formed on the brushes, the number of which is 5 per 1 bush.
The bushes are not very spread over the soil. Therefore, it will be convenient to harvest and carry out all the care procedures.
Description of the fruit
Each fruit has large dimensions and has several sections. Its shape is slightly rounded and slightly flat. At the base of the stem, the tomato may have a ribbed surface. On average, the weight of an individual fruit can be about 600 g.
Its color can be bright red or slightly muffled. Despite the fact that the inside is quite juicy, there is little water in it. The taste is sweet, but there is a small proportion of acidity. The skin of the tomato is quite dense, which helps it maintain its appearance and not crack. Due to the large number of vitamins and amino acids in tomatoes, the Lemon giant can be consumed with insufficient amounts of vitamins in the body.
Not only delicious salads or soups can be prepared from such tomatoes. They are great for making mashed vegetables or freshly squeezed juice. Quite often they are consumed fresh or canned for the winter.
Positive and negative sides
Giant lemon varieties have a fairly large number of positive qualities. The main advantages are considered to be:
- fruits have high taste;
- high level of yield;
- giant Lemon tolerates transportation well, and can be stored at home for a long time conditions;
- high in vitamins and amino acids;
- are not affected by disease.
The variety has a high yield
It is customary to attribute the main disadvantages of the variety to the fact that this type of plant requires regular top dressing and high-quality watering. If you do not comply with all these requirements, the fruit will begin to fill up with water and yield will decrease.
Growing Rules
Seeds should be planted in greenhouses in early spring. Before this, all seeds should be soaked with special growth enhancers. If you use seeds from your own tomatoes, you need to immerse them in potassium permanganate for a while to kill all signs of infection.
Make sure that there is not a lot of water in the ground. The soil must be loose. A small amount of sand can be added to each well to reduce the amount of water. Seeds should be planted to a depth of not more than 1.5 cm. In order for the seeds to sprout, the temperature should be about 23 ° C. As soon as the first leaves begin to appear on the stems, you need to plant each seedlings in a separate pot.
If you are going to plant seedlings in open ground, you need to follow the correct order. On 5 m2 there should be no more than 15 bushes. As soon as the height of the bush begins to increase sharply, they need to be tied to special supports. This will reduce the risk of injury to the fetus. Do not forget to remove the shoots so that there are no more than 2 stems in the bush.
Exposure to diseases and parasites
It is believed that the tomato variety Giant Lemon is not exposed to parasites or diseases. Neither mites, nor mosaics, nor fungi can affect it. But, one should not forget about prevention, so as not to jeopardize future productivity.
For preventive purposes, several important manipulations can be performed. First, do not forget that before planting seedlings or seeds in the soil, you need to loosen it a little. For this, special tools are used that can pierce the soil. Secondly, all soil in greenhouses is treated with a special solution of manganese or copper sulfate. This will kill all the negative bacteria that were stored in the ground, and all the eggs of insects. In addition, this will increase the immune system of the tomato.
Also, help can come special preparations for spraying the bush. You can use home remedies. You can make a special weak solution of potassium permanganate or use biological preparations that are not with contain no toxins.
Insecticides will also come to help in controlling insects. They should be used only when the plant begins to bloom. After that, already flowering plants can be sprayed with special tinctures from celandine or chamomile.
