One of the most consumed vegetables we have is tomatoes . Juicy, delicious, they are universally used for food in the form of processed or cheese. Yes, and varieties of tomatoes are many, for every taste and for a different purpose. Often in the beds you can see dwarf varieties of tomatoes for open ground, that do not need pasynkovanii. Let's consider their features, advantages and the brightest representatives.
Features of low-growing tomatoes for open ground
Low-growing tomatoes grow below 1 m. This is a determinant group of varieties, characterized by a low level of branching of the stem. This is why the stepson does not develop in the sinuses. And, accordingly, such procedure, as pasynkovanie, that is, the removal of unnecessary branches, which take a part of the nutrients to themselves, is not needed.
This is the main advantage of low-growing tomatoes without pasynkovaniya for open ground. They, as a rule, do not have a lush greenery, but fruits of predominantly large sizes are formed. In addition, the height of such varieties is low, the bushes themselves are low and compact, and also usually take up little space in the garden. And if you talk about the need for support and garter, then such aspects of care if necessary, then no more than once in a season.
Due to the rapid maturation of the bushes of determinant varieties are less susceptible to such a dangerous disease as a phytophthora capable of hitting the whole crop by the end of the summer.
Varieties of undersized tomatoes without pasynkovaniya
The variety of this varietal group amazes imagination: various forms, fruit colors and taste. We will introduce low-fat tomatoes, based on the timing of their ripening.
Among early low-growing tomatoes for open ground, the following varieties are popular:
- "Tsar Bell", featuring elongated fleshy fruits with a mass of up to 400 g with a sweet taste;
- "Watercolor" with small plum fruit up to 120 g, suitable for pickling;
- "Golden Stream", fruitful elliptical beautiful orange tomatoes weighing up to 70 g of universal purpose;
- "Krakovyak" with flat-round fruits up to 70 g, differing in the delicate and delicate taste of pulp.
- "Red Fang", giving small finger-shaped fruit weighing up to 40 g;
- "Skorospelka", fruit bearing sweet tomatoes weighing up to 200 grams on bushes growing to 70 cm;
- "Supermodel", pleasing cute fruits of unusual elongated form weighing up to 120 g;
- "Eldorado", which allows to collect orange-yellow round fruits weighing up to 250 g.
To medium-sized low-growing tomatoes for open ground it is possible to carry the following grades:
- "Mirage", bringing beautiful commodity round fruits of bright red color to 250 grams in weight on a bush rising to 60 cm;
- "Golden Autumn", featuring orange oval-cylindrical tomatoes weighing up to 150 g with dense skin and increased content of beta-carotene;
- "Gina" and "Gina TST", allowing you to collect sweet bright red fruits with a juicy pulp and weighing up to 250 grams;
- "Knight", high-yielding, fruit bearing large fruits (up to 140 g) beautiful round shape;
- "Samurai", salad, pleasing not only gently pink fruits of beautiful round-heart-shaped, but
and their large size - up to 300-400 g.
Among the late-ripening low-growing tomatoes, which do not need pasynkovanie and grow in the open ground, you can name the following:
- "Tsar's gift", distinguished by ribbed fruits of rounded-flattened form with saccharine flesh;
- "Bonsai", which brings small sweetish tomatoes of red color weighing up to 30 g.
The variety of low-growing tomatoes allows you to plant on your own beds those varieties that suit your preferences.