Varieties of favorite tomatoes we have an unthinkable amount. Choose suitable is sometimes just difficult, and the inscriptions on the packs with seeds are not always clear. So, sometimes an inexperienced summer resident puzzles the concept of "determinant". We will try to explain popularly what the determinant variety of tomatoes means.
What does the determinant tomato variety mean?
The determinant word originated from English determine. Thus, the determinant variety is a plant with a limited or defined growth. As a rule, tomatoes have early ripening varieties, whose fruits ripen already on 90-95 days. Plants stop the growth of the stem after they have a certain number of brushes (usually 4-5). Most often, these are low-growing tomatoes, the height of their stem reaches 35-50 cm, rarely 70 cm. The top of the stem is crowned with an inflorescence. Sometimes on tomatoes of the determinant variety, up to 8 inflorescences develop, which grows every 1-2 leaves. Distinguish, by the way, determinant and, so to speak, super determinant tomatoes. The latter are considered very early varieties, which do not require pasynkovaniya. However, the size of their fruit is small, and the height of the bush is low. The bushes are simply determinant tomatoes higher. Such tomatoes require pasynkovanie and can form a second stem.
As the determinant varieties of tomatoes are early-maturing, they are grown mainly in the open ground. Only in the northern regions is it possible to grow in greenhouses. The seedlings are placed at a distance of 45-60 cm from each other and at a distance of 50-70 cm between the rows.
The best sorts of determinant tomatoes
The determinant varieties of tomato are many. Larger fruits in varieties Wizard, Snow Maiden, Amur Bucket and Nose . Juicy fruits are distinguished by varieties Alpha, Maksimka, Sanka and Kukla F1 . Well kept and transported transportation of tomatoes varieties Marisha, Legionnaire F1, Cupid F1, Don Juan, Aphrodite F1 . Valentina and Gina are resistant to cracking.