This tomato is becoming more and more popular every year. The explosion hybrid tomatoes were bred relatively recently, as a salad variety. The culture is distinguished by good taste, ease of care.

Characteristics of tomatoes

Explosion tomatoes are early varieties, have good resistance to light frost and withstand drought.

The tomato crop is given amicably, and quite large - almost 4 kg per bush. With proper care and favorable conditions, higher yields can be obtained.

Bush

Tomato variety Explosion is distinguished by its spreading bush. Usually its height ranges from 50-60 cm, but in greenhouse conditions it is not uncommon - shrubs 1 meter high.

Average leaf density is not very large. The tomato has a simple inflorescence.

Tomatoes

The ripe fruits of the Explosion have different weights. Rounded, slightly ribbed, they weigh 120 g on average, but a lot of fruits reach 260 g.

Tomatoes are dense, fleshy, universal use. Having a good taste, they are suitable for salads, salting. Tomato juice is prepared from tomatoes.

Tomato Explosion

Tomato cultivation

Many gardeners argue that the explosion tomato, as described, is not suitable for greenhouses. It does not always bear fruit well enough in sheltered conditions.

Tomato Sugar brown

This can be easily explained - tomatoes need direct sunlight. This is not a fundamental feature, and if the selection of the place is carried out carefully, the harvest in greenhouses is not at all worse.

Tomatoes are planted by seedlings and direct sowing into the ground.

Seedling method

Tomatoes germinate well. Fresh seeds, without soaking, can be planted right away, and older ones (3-4 years old) need preliminary screening, and then soaking.

Seed preparation

The material is soaked in several ways, as deemed necessary:

  • The grains are kept in a 5% soda solution for 10 minutes, washed and soaked in water until they swell;
  • Spread the seeds in a container with a wet napkin, cover it with a lid on top to prevent evaporation, and leave for 20 hours;
  • Grains are poured into melt water for 6 hours, then they are kept for the same amount, transferring to aloe juice.

Land preparation

For tomatoes, prepare the soil using sod with humus. Sawdust and peat will help to increase looseness.

Of the ready-made mixtures, preference should be given to coconut substrate - it promotes the development of strong roots.

You can use peat tablets, planting 4 seeds on each.

Planting seeds

The optimal sowing time is early March. The depth should be shallow - up to 1 cm. From above, the crops are carefully covered with sand, up to 0.5 cm.

The emerging sprouts really need light. During this period, the lamps are not turned off around the clock and they make sure that the temperature does not drop below + 25 ° C.

After 10-12 days, the temperature is lowered to + 15 ° C, and after another week, it is slightly increased again, to + 19 ° C in the afternoon. At night they leave the old one.

Important! Until the appearance of the first leaf, the tomatoes are not watered, only the drying soil is sprayed.

After the appearance of the leaf, the seedlings are watered weekly. The seedlings are transferred to open ground when they are 55-60 days old.

Seedless way

You can grow a tomato without seedlings, by direct planting in the soil.

Sowing on open ground begins in early May. The beds are prepared in advance, fertilized with ash or bent. In the presence of tall wooden beds, they are prepared as follows:

  • The bottom is lined with humus and grass, sprinkled with black soil. Arcs are installed, film is prepared;

Important! Manure is contraindicated for tomatoes.

  • Sowing is carried out in two rows, with a distance of 0.5 m between them. In each row, holes are made, watered with warm water. Put up to 5 seeds into the hole, sprinkle with earth, watered. Each planting nest is covered with a plastic cup, bottle. Covering material is pulled on top of the arcs.

Culture care

Each vegetable needs some care. For Tomatoes Explosion, as for everyone, watering, weeding, loosening, feeding are important.

Watering

Tomato Danko

Variety Explosion does not tolerate both prolonged drought and stagnant water. He needs a golden mean, so it is better to water him weekly, but abundantly.

Important! The tomato should not need water until the tomatoes appear, so that the leaves do not fly around and the fruits do not grind.

The best option for watering tomatoes Explosion - drip. This option excludes a disease such as apical rot. Tomatoes will respond with gratitude if you add a little ash to the irrigation water.

Top dressing

You need to feed tomatoes every 2 weeks, at least 3 times per season. Any fertilizer is suitable, but nitrogen must be limited. Instead, preference can be given to phosphorus.

The explosion is fed with a solution of dung, magnesium, boron.

Peculiarities of pinching

The stepsons thicken the bush, because of them the fruits become smaller. You need to remove stepsons from the moment they appear. If their size exceeds 5 cm, the plant is injured when removed.

You should not remove all stepsons, so as not to leave the tomato without a crop. You need to check the culture every 8-9 days and, if necessary, pinch.

Diseases of tomato

In the characteristics of the Vzryv variety, the culture resistance to root and apical rot, late blight was noted. Pests can be easily dealt with with insecticides.

Harvesting for storage

Tomato Slot: characteristics and description of the variety

Harvested in warm and dry weather. Defective, flawed fruits are removed first.

For storage, brown tomatoes are harvested. Ripening can take place in a dark place and in the light. Tomatoes ripen in the dark and last longer. They need to be reviewed by removing the defective ones.

For storage, the fruits are spread in a small layer, preferably on paper or cellophane. Harvested unripe fruits are better salted after freezing, since they wrinkle when ripe.

Harvesting

Tomatoes can also ripen on a bush. It is uprooted and hung under a dry canopy.

Advantages and disadvantages

Tomatoes Explosion have a lot of advantages in their characteristics:

  • Simultaneous maturation;
  • Early ripe harvest;
  • Tomatoes are a little sick;
  • Unpretentious care;
  • Good adaptability to the weather;
  • High percentage of ovaries;
  • Tolerates short-term drought;
  • Good fruit taste;
  • The ability to plant seeds directly into the ground;
  • Large fruits;
  • Tomatoes do not require picking;
  • Fruit versatility;
  • The seedless method guarantees a harvest before frost.

The negative aspects include the average yield of tomato and the non-unique, albeit good, taste of tomatoes, obligatory pinching.

Varietal hybrid Explosion is ideal for gardeners who can only visit the site on weekends and cannot devote much time to crops.

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