Which variety to plant in the greenhouse and which in the open field? This question arises every year before gardeners. It is advisable to choose both a delicious and a beautiful kind of tomato. Tomato Major will amaze everyone with its harvest and beautiful pink fruits.
Hybrid tomato variety Major was registered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation in 2009. Breeders of the SeDeK agricultural firm worked on its creation. They managed to get a mid-season fruitful look. According to the characteristics and description of the variety, the Major tomato is intended for greenhouses.
Features of the variety Major
The Major tomato belongs to hybrids. This is indicated on the label with f1. Bush parameters: height - up to 180 cm, strong trunk, forms many stepsons. Formation is done in one or two stems. The leaves are large, dark green, resembling potato leaves.
Flowers are collected in simple inflorescences. Blooms before the onset of frost. The stalk is strong, does not break under the weight of the fruit. In a brush - from 3 to 5 fruits. The tomatoes are round, pink. The taste is sweet, with a slight sourness. Seed chambers are formed up to six. Fruits gain on average 200 grams, some grow up to 300 grams. Since Major is a hybrid, seeds are not harvested from him.
As with other hybrids, the yield is high. Up to 10 kg of vegetables are harvested from one square meter.
Tomato Major seeds
According to the characteristics, the main purpose of the Major tomatoes is the preparation of salads, sauces and tomato juice. Small fruits can be preserved. Due to the dense skin, tomatoes do not crack during pasteurization.
The variety is mid-season. It takes 110-120 days from germination to ripening of the first tomatoes. In the southern regions, it is grown outdoors, in the middle lane and to the north, it is preferable to plant in greenhouses.
Major plants are resistant to verticillium, root rot and powdery mildew.
Growing features
Before sowing seeds, they are treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Hybrid Major is picky about soil nutrition. For this reason, it is better to buy a ready-made substrate. Tomatoes Major should be planted in early March. The treated seeds are deepened into moist soil by 1-1.5 cm. To maintain constant moisture, the box is covered with a film.
After the sprouts appear, the box is rearranged on a lighted windowsill. The temperature should not be lower than 16 C.
Tomato Major in the garden
The signal for making a pick is the appearance of two true leaves. They dive into separate cups, water well. A week before planting in a greenhouse or garden, the seedlings should be hardened. To do this, they simply take the plants out into the open air. Every day, the time spent in the fresh air of the seedlings is increased.
In early June, grown tomatoes can be planted. The scheme of planting in the ground is 50x40 cm. Wood ash is added to the hole. As the plants grow, they are fertilized with organic fertilizers, such as humus, compost. Water as needed, on average 1-2 times a week.
During the season, planting tomatoes 2-3 times is fertilized with complex fertilizers containing potassium and phosphorus.
Diseases and pests
Major tomatoes are resistant to many plant diseases. Gardeners note only the cracking of the fruit.This can be easily fixed by cutting back on watering.
Of insects, the tomato Major is bored only by gnawing scoops and whitefly. To determine if there is a scoop on the site, you should place a jar of water under the tomatoes. You can add jam to the water to attract butterflies. This is done at night. In the morning, the jar is checked for butterflies.
Whitefly on a tomato bush
Prophylactic spraying of tomato plantings with Strela will protect the plants from the attack of scoops. From the whitefly, plants are treated with Confidor. Fufanon, Kemifos, Inta-Vir are used to prevent the attack of these and other insect pests. It is recommended to treat tomatoes with these preparations 2-3 times in a week. Only in this case all insect larvae will die.
Today many people try to do on their site without chemicals. Plants can be treated with folk remedies, for example, a decoction of wormwood. To prepare it, you will need 300 gr. chopped blooming wormwood, a glass of ash and one tablespoon of liquid soap. All this is poured into 10 liters of boiling water, closed and insisted for 5-6 hours. Tomatoes are processed immediately after the infusion has cooled.
This recipe will help with whitefly. For one liter of water, take 2 minced medium cloves of garlic. They are placed for a day in a dark place, filtered and the plants are treated with the resulting solution. This procedure is carried out 2-3 times with a break per week.
Positive and negative sides
The disadvantages of the tomato Major F1 include the ability to abundantly develop stepchildren and the exactingness of watering and feeding. Care will be required when growing plants.
It has much more advantages when growing:
- Resistance to major diseases of Solanaceae;
- High yield;
- Delicious fruits;
- Maintaining integrity during transportation;
- Strong peduncle;
- Beautiful pink tomatoes.
It can take a long time to list the strengths of the variety.
In order to grow a Major hybrid on the site, you do not have to put much effort. It is only required to observe the plants and water on time. Also, do not forget about removing stepchildren and extra leaves. In response to care, the Major variety will reward its owner with delicious fruits.
