Determinant tomato varieties almost always form medium or small tomatoes, which are ideal for harvesting. And not every tall variety boasts large bulk fruits that are especially good fresh.
Tomato "Tamara" refers to tomatoes that combine the elegance of the bush and the surprisingly large size of the fruit. The size of the crop will surprise any summer resident, with little care for this variety of tomatoes.
Read the full description of this variety in our article. And also get acquainted with its characteristics and features of cultivation.
Tamara Tomato: variety description
Grade name | Tamara |
general description | Mid-season determinant variety |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 105-110 days |
The form | Flat rounded |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 300-500 grams |
Application | Salads and Juice |
Yield varieties | 5.5 kg from a bush |
Features of growing | Very demanding of fertilizer and moisture. |
Disease resistance | Affected by Verticillus and Powdery Mildew |
The variety is identified as a determinant stem, not more than 80 cm high. Its cultivation does not require additional operations in the form of a garter. However, in some cases (with a high level of nutritional value of the soil and favorable temperature conditions) bushes can reach 120 cm in height, and then the use of stakes or trellis cannot be avoided.
Fruit ripening occurs in the average time after 110 days from the time of sowing. Suitable for growing in greenhouses and in open ground. The resistance to late blight and fusarium wilt is satisfactory.
Fruits of a tomato "Tamara" are red, flat-rounded in shape, fleshy, with a pulp density above average. At the break sugary, with a small amount of protruding juice, bright red. Seed chambers are shallow, 4-6 in one fruit. The size of the fruit is large - the average weight of one tomato is 300 g. The largest copies weigh 500 and more.
Fruits retain taste and product quality in the refrigerator for 3 weeks, transporting is satisfactory.
Compare the weight of fruit varieties with others can be in the table:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Tamara | 300-500 grams |
Tsar Peter | 130 grams |
Peter the First | 30-250 grams |
Black moor | 50 grams |
Apples in the snow | 50-70 grams |
Samara | 85-100 grams |
Sensei | 400 grams |
Cranberries in sugar | 15 grams |
Crimson Viscount | 400-450 grams |
The Tsar Bell | up to 800 grams |
Specifications
The variety is bred by Russian amateur breeders. It was tested in 2010, registered in the state register of seeds in 2013. The tomato is intended for cultivation in middle latitudes. It is zoned for the Moscow region and the middle belt, bears fruit well in Siberia and the Urals.
Fruits of the Tamara variety are notable for pronounced sweetness, therefore the best sphere of their use is salads and juice production. With proper care, one bush brings at least 5.5 kg of full tomatoes..
Advantages: low plant height and no need for tying, no cracking even in conditions of high soil moisture. Among the deficiencies are called weak resistance to powdery mildew and verticillary withering and collapsing of the bush under the weight of the fruit.
You can compare the yield of a variety with others in the table:
Grade name | Yield |
Tamara | 5.5 kg from a bush |
Big Mama | 10 kg per square meter |
Ultra early F1 | 5 kg per square meter |
Riddle | 20-22 kg per square meter |
White filling 241 | 8 kg per square meter |
Alenka | 13-15 kg per square meter |
Debut F1 | 18.5-20 kg per square meter |
Bony m | 14-16 kg per square meter |
Room surprise | 2.5 kg from a bush |
Annie F1 | 12-13,5 kg from a bush |
A photo
In the photo you can clearly see a variety of tomato "Tamara":
And also about varieties of high-yielding and disease-resistant, about tomatoes not undergoing late blight.
Features of growing
The variety of tomato "Tamara", despite the short stature, is able to provide gardeners with high-quality, very large fruits. Unlike other determinant varieties, it may require a garter.
To obtain conditioned seedlings, seeds are sown in mid-March, and young tomatoes are planted in the ground no earlier than the last decade of May or the first - June. The plant forms a fairly strong shtamb, while stepchildren are absent from the bushes. To increase the resistance of plants it is recommended to spud them a little. Tomato "Tamara" is very picky about fertilizers and moisture. For the formation and ripening of such large fruits, it requires additional sources of nutrition.
It is important to plant the soil for planting this crop generously with plenty of organic matter, and during the summer to fertilize the bushes with mineral fertilizers.
Read useful articles about fertilizers for tomatoes.:
- Organic, mineral, phosphoric, complex and ready-made fertilizers for seedlings and TOP best.
- Yeast, iodine, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, ash, boric acid.
- What is foliar feeding and when picking, how to conduct them.
Diseases and pests
The variety is relatively resistant to phytophthora, however, verticillus and powdery mildew can infect it. To avoid infection, the plot is free from plant residues in the fall, and after planting the tomatoes are treated with soil and potassium humate. With the appearance of infections will help fungicides - Bayleton and Topaz.
Among lovers of unusual tomatoes, the fruits of the Tamara variety were awarded the title of steaks for their flattened shape, bright color and fleshyness. The taste of the fruit, despite its large size, is rated very high even by professionals..
Growing a variety is not difficult, but it will not be easy to harvest, let alone consume the entire crop, because its size will increase even experienced summer residents.
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