Tomato Pride of Siberia, variety characteristics, productivity, advantages, care rules
The Pride of Siberia tomato has excellent taste, high yield and large, bright fruits.
Therefore, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with this variety in detail; it is quite possible that you will want to plant it on your plot this year.
Content:
- Tomato Pride of Siberia, description and photo
- Plant characteristics, yield, taste
- Pros and cons of the variety
- Diseases and pests
- Care instructions
- Harvesting, storage, transportation
- Reviews from gardeners about the Pride of Siberia variety
Tomato Pride of Siberia, description and photo
The Pride of Siberia variety was bred by breeders in 2006; it turned out so good that it quickly gained popularity among lovers of large-fruited tomatoes, and even surpassed its relatives in demand.
Features and Description:
- The tomato bush is determinate.
- The variety is large-fruited, early ripening. The growing season lasts from eighty-five to one hundred days.
- Cultivation is carried out in greenhouses, or in an open area.
- High level of resistance to various plant diseases.
- It is necessary to plant according to a certain pattern, no more than five bushes per square meter.
- The harvest is stored for a long time.
Plant characteristics, yield, taste
Characteristics of tomatoes:
- When ripe, the fruits acquire a rich red color.
- The shape is pumpkin-shaped, slightly flattened, sometimes round.
- The height of the bush is one hundred and fifty centimeters.
- The peel is delicate, soft, but at the same time tight.
- The fruits are mostly large, the weight ranges from seven hundred and fifty to eight hundred and sixty grams. Sometimes the fruit weighs nine hundred grams or more.
- The fruits are multi-chambered, with six to seven chambers.
- Dry matter – 6 percent.
Tomatoes have high taste qualities. The pulp is very tender and juicy. The product makes delicious summer salads, lecho, juices, and pasta. Tomatoes are used to prepare hot and cold dishes.
Productivity is high. With proper care and compliance with all the nuances when planting seedlings, tomatoes will bear up to four to five kilograms per bush. From one square meter you can collect about twenty kilograms. Not all tomatoes can boast of such fruiting.
The pride of Siberia, when collected in a timely manner, is stored for a long time and does not lose its presentability during long-term transportation.
Let's watch an interesting video about the Pride of Siberia tomato harvest:
Pros and cons of the variety
This tomato mostly has positive reviews and excellent characteristics.
The advantages of tomato are as follows:
- high rates of fruiting; if the crop is cared for according to the scheme, it can exceed the owner’s expectations;
- large mass of fruits;
- excellent taste;
- high disease resistance;
- presentable appearance and long shelf life;
- early ripening (when the outside temperature and climate are suitable, tomatoes can ripen fourteen days ahead of schedule).
Negative sides:
- due to the large weight of the fruits, the bush needs regular care and tying up the branches, it is necessary that they are in an upright position (the branches are weak and break without garter);
- not suitable for preservation in its entirety;
- If the climate, site, and care are not suitable, the yield will be small. This problem also arises if many seedlings are planted in a small area at the same time.
Gardeners do not pay attention to the above minor nuances, since the advantages outweigh all the disadvantages.
Diseases and pests
This crop has strong immunity to many diseases characteristic of early tomatoes. However, in rare cases, infection is possible. Any crop cannot have 100% protection against all types of diseases, the same applies to Pride of Siberia tomatoes.
This often happens if the bushes were left unattended, planted in poor soil, or next to a crop that is susceptible to many diseases, such as potatoes.
The pride of Siberia is most often subject to a disease that leads to cracking of the fruit. This problem often occurs due to excessive watering.
If you stop watering the tomatoes and feed the soil well, the cracking will stop. Products containing saltpeter are used as fertilizers.
If we talk about insect attacks, shrubs can suffer from wireworm attacks. This is especially true for growing crops in open soil.
To avoid this, all seeds are treated with folk remedies before planting.
You cannot plant tomatoes in places where potatoes were previously planted, or next to potato beds.If an attack occurs, you need to cut off several fruits, string them on a wooden stick and bury it in the ground, where a lot of wireworms have accumulated.
The insects will flock to this place in a couple of days and completely adhere to the stick. The branch is taken out of the ground and burned.
When grown in a greenhouse, tomatoes may suffer from attack by the greenhouse whitefly. To cure the crop, it is important to treat the bushes with a special preparation, for example Confidor.
To prepare the solution, use 10 liters of liquid and 1 ml of the drug. The raw materials are mixed and sprayed. This dosage is sufficient for a large area.
If you carry out preventive manipulations in a timely manner, properly water and fertilize the soil, insect damage will not occur.
Care instructions
For seedlings after disembarkation, care is required. If you leave everything to chance, the tomatoes will be small and the yield will be minimal.
Gardeners recommend following the steps indicated in the table.
| Components of proper care | What you need to do |
| Bush formation | Many people believe that if the bush is determinate, then shaping is not necessary. It is not always so. In this case, it is recommended to grow tomatoes with two or even one stem. Additional side shoots are pinched until they grow more than 3 cm. If this is not done, many fruits will form on the bush at the same time and their mass will be small |
| Watering | Tomatoes love water, so seedlings need abundant and frequent watering. Warm or rain water is used for irrigation. Watering is carried out early in the morning, while the sun is not yet scorching the plants. |
| Fertilizer application | Various mineral complexes are used as fertilizing. For fertilizers in a greenhouse, it is ideal to use bird droppings, mullein (pre-dissolved in water) or rotted manure. During the ripening period, tomatoes are fertilized with solutions containing phosphorus and potassium. These substances improve the taste of the fruit. Saltpeter is added in case of cracking of fruits. |
| Regular ventilation | This procedure is carried out when tomatoes are grown in greenhouses. It is performed to prevent the development of late blight or rot. Plants are not indifferent to the level of humidity; condensation or excessively humidified air should not be allowed to accumulate in greenhouses |
Following these recommendations allows you to achieve good results - a bountiful harvest, tasty and juicy tomatoes.
Let's watch another video about Pride of Siberia tomatoes:
Harvesting, storage, transportation
Ripening occurs quite quickly; tomatoes are picked when ripe, when the flesh becomes soft and the skin is red.
After harvesting, the harvest is placed in plastic or wooden boxes, then the containers are placed in a cool and dry room. It is important that the boxes are clean so that the product does not spoil.
Thanks to their good preservation and thick skin, tomatoes can be transported over long distances.
Reviews from gardeners about the Pride of Siberia variety
Gardeners respond positively to the Pride of Siberia variety. If there are negative reviews, then after looking into it, it turns out that the reason is not the variety, but improper care or other external factors.
Here are some reviews from gardeners.
Natasha, 56 years old from Kemerovo: I live in Siberia. Our climate is harsh, so we grow tomatoes only in greenhouse conditions.I have been growing tomatoes for more than 10 years, but I have never seen such gigantic fruits. Our summer is short, so the fruits are often unripe, not so sweet and tasty. Due to the fast growing season, this species ripens quickly, so it is possible to collect an excellent ripe harvest before the end of summer. The height of the bushes is more than 170 cm; each bush bears up to 12 tomatoes. One tomato weighed almost a kilogram, the rest at least seven hundred grams. It is impossible not to note the high taste qualities, the pulp is juicy and sweet, the taste is excellent! I recommend this variety to everyone.
Marina from Nizhny Tagil: For a very long time I was looking for a tomato that would be distinguished by good yield, large fruit and at the same time excellent taste. The Pride of Siberia meets all these parameters. I was not mistaken in my choice. When growing seedlings, I followed all the recommendations, thanks to this I was able to harvest up to twenty kilograms of tomatoes from four bushes. The whole family ate tomatoes in their pure form, and I also prepared delicious ketchup and lecho for the winter. Next year I will buy these seedlings again.
Elena from the Chelyabinsk region: Due to difficult climatic conditions, it is quite difficult to grow tomatoes and other vegetables. Therefore, we are very scrupulous in selecting varieties of vegetable crops. The Pride of Siberia variety was invented by breeders specifically for growing in a greenhouse, just what we need. The tomato ripens very quickly, the harvest is large, it is stored for a long time, can be transported, I have not encountered any diseases, so I was left with only positive emotions. I will use seedlings next season.
So, for those who like to enjoy tasty tomatoes in the summer, a large-fruited early variety has been bred - Pride of Siberia.
Giant tomatoes attract not only their appearance, but also their excellent taste.
The main thing is to create optimal conditions during the cultivation of the variety, and to properly care for it throughout the entire period. A good harvest will not keep a hardworking owner waiting long.
