Ox heart tomatoes

«Bull's heart" is a variety of fleshy tomato that best suits the taste of Mediterranean tomato varieties. Moreover, all fruits usually have an irregular shape, contain a smaller volume of liquid compared to other varieties and therefore have a sweetish taste.

Content:

• Characteristics of tomatoes of the ox heart variety
• Features of this variety of tomatoes
• Agricultural technology for growing tomatoes

Characteristics of tomatoes of the ox heart variety

The plant of this variety is a determinate, spreading, vigorous bush, the height of which ranges from 150 to 170 cm. The average yield is 3.5-5 kg ​​per bush when grown in open ground and 8-12 kg per bush - in protected conditions (greenhouses, greenhouses). Recommended for cultivation in open ground in the south of the country and in film greenhouses in central Russia.

The variety is a mid-season tomato, that is, fruit ripening occurs on days 124-132 after germination. The peculiarities of the variety include the presence on one bush of tomatoes of different weights and shapes: on the lower inflorescences up to 3 largest fruits and a flatter shape are formed, and on the next inflorescences smaller oval-shaped fruits weighing up to 100 g are formed. The variety is a fleshy variety with a dark crimson color.

Currently, breeders have bred a large number of subspecies of bovine heart; in addition to the red color, there are varieties with:

• black - Brad's Black Heart;
• pink – Abakan pink, King London;
• yellow - Brown's Yellow Giant;
• white fruits - White Oxheart.

Features of this variety of tomatoes

This variety is loved by many tomato lovers. It has probably the largest fruits and is incredibly tasty compared to others. Sometimes a “bull’s heart” can reach half a kilogram in weight. You can’t pickle such tomatoes, because this treasure won’t fit in a jar. Therefore, they use it primarily for eating.

In the summer, when the heat forces people to hide in the shade of trees, in the garden at the dacha, a large juicy tomato with salt is the most delicious dish. The “heart” can be used to make very good salads. Seasoning it with herbs, vegetable oil or sour cream, you will get a lot of pleasure and healthy vitamins.

Growing tomatoes on your own plot is a very responsible matter. They need the caring hand of their owner. Very it is important to choose good seedlings – sometimes beautiful green sprouts from the market give a very meager harvest. This can happen if the person who grew them overdoes it with fertilizers. In general, tomatoes need fertilizing. But in moderation and on time. If you have gone too far with phosphorus and potassium, add some ash for a moderate nitrogen background.

Due to the presence of fairly tall stems, the ox heart needs to be tied up for stability. This late-ripening variety is quite resistant to diseases and pests, but sometimes it is also overcome by enemies. The main one is late blight, which appears as a result of stagnation of cool moisture. To avoid this, you need to ventilate greenhouses.

If you grow tomatoes in open conditions, water them mainly on sunny days in the afternoon, retaining moisture in the soil (for example, using cardboard), but not allowing it to spread to the fruit ovaries.

Agricultural technology for growing tomatoes

Tomatoes of this variety require light, highly fertile soils.

Seeds for seedlings begin to be sown in early March to a depth of 3 cm, and before sowing, the seeds must be treated with potassium permanganate and washed with clean water. Dive plant needed in the germination phase of 2 true leaves. Also, to obtain more powerful and strong seedlings, the plant must be fed 2-3 times with a complex of fertilizers, and a week before planting it must be hardened off.

Seedlings can be planted in heated greenhouses from the beginning of April, and in unheated ones - at the beginning of May or at the age of 60 days. In this case, it is necessary to adhere to the planting scheme, which is 40x50 cm or 4 plants per square meter.

Bull's heart is a tall variety of tomatoes, during the formation of which two stems can be formed: the main one and the second, which is formed from the first stepson.

The remaining stepsons and lower leaves must be removed, as the development of the plant will slow down, and the fruits will begin to ripen much later and will be less than the declared characteristics. To obtain ideal fruits, it is necessary to limit the growth of the plant - leave no more than 8 clusters of fruits on the bush.

Further care for tomatoes consists of regular watering using warm water and 2-3 plant feedings during the growing season. It is advisable to use special complex mineral fertilizers for fertilizing, which would contain a full complex of NPK and microelements necessary for the nutrition of vegetable crops.

The bull's heart tomato is a reliable, time-tested, high-yielding variety that guarantees a high-quality harvest when planted throughout Russia.