Polycarbonate greenhouses allow growing vegetables according to modern technologies, receiving generous crops. However, in addition to the care of plants, much attention should be given to the choice of variety. Find out what sorts of tomatoes to put in a greenhouse to make your work as efficient as possible.
Tomatoes for the greenhouse - varieties
Choosing the seed, pay attention to many factors that guide you to this or that attribute of this variety. According to various signs, it is possible to classify greenhouse varieties of tomatoes as follows:
- The expected yield is often a priority factor of choice. Experienced gardener usually focus on such figures as 12-15 kg of tomato from 1 square meter, and hybrids, the main characteristic of which is the yield, yield 20 or more kg. In addition, they often demonstrate high resistance to diseases and changes in the microclimate in the greenhouse. Such varieties include "De Barao", "Auria", "Banana feet", "Honey drop", "Pink raisins".
- All sorts of tomatoes are usually divided into tall and short . Traditionally it is believed that indeterminate plants of the first group give large yields in greenhouses, since they have a longer fruiting period. Care for such tomatoes must comply with certain rules: for example, it is necessary to regularly remove the stepsons from 5 mm in length, preventing the formation of unnecessary lateral shoots. "Pink Tsar", "Scarlet Mustang", "Mushroom basket", "South Tan", "Midas" are considered one of the best tomato varieties for a greenhouse made of polycarbonate. However, a properly selected variety of short, or deterministic, tomato will also bring its benefits. Such plants usually bear fruit earlier, and on an equal area they can be planted more. This category includes "Dama", "Mit", "Asteroid", "Riddle", "Eleonora" and others.
- The term of fruiting is not less important when choosing a variety. Among the earliest sorts of tomatoes for greenhouses are hybrids "Typhoon F1", "Verlioka F1", "Friend F1", "Semko-Sindbad F1", "Search F1". Among the medium and late-ripening are popular "Hurricane F1", "Renet F1", "Samara F1".
- By the size of tomatoes are also different. Today, at the peak of popularity are large-berry varieties that have a lot of juicy pulp ("Mikado", "Eagle's Heart", "Cap of Monomakh", "Cardinal"). They are intended for harvesting tomato juice, as well as cooking salads. Fruits of medium size are obtained from the varieties "Lampochka", "Peter I", "Slavic masterpiece", "Brilliant". For salting the best are varieties that give a lot of small fruits of the same size - "Slivovka", "Kaspar", "Sugar Plum", "Truffle", "Yellow Drop", "Cherry". Cultivated in greenhouses and cherry tomatoes varieties "Zelenushka F1", "Cherry red", "Golden bead F1", "Bonsai", "Mariska F1".
- Unlike open ground, in a greenhouse it is much more difficult to observe a crop rotation.
Therefore, for cultivating tomatoes, varieties that are particularly resistant to diseases are usually chosen. They are Budenovka, Chio-chio-san, Erema F1, Roma F1, Kostroma F1. - The appearance of tomatoes is also one of the criteria for choosing a variety. In addition to the usual red, pink and yellow tomatoes, the arthropods ("Rio Negro", "Black Prince", "Gypsy", "Raj Kapoor"), greens ("Swamp", "Malachite Box", "Green Sweet White" , "Emerald Apple"), white tomatoes of varieties "White Miracle" and "Snow White". For sale, often choose plum sorts of tomatoes for greenhouses, such as "Benito" or "Valentine".