Any gardener sooner or later may have a desire to try something new on their beds. And, of course, I want to get the best result with the least effort and time.
In the case of tomatoes, the variety of "Diva F1" varieties will be an ideal variant of this embodiment.
After reviewing its description and extremely positive characteristics, one cannot remain indifferent.
Description
Variety "Prima Donna" has certain qualities that help to distinguish it from many other rosy counterparts. This applies to both the external description of the fruit and the shape of the bush itself.
Bushes
The bush of "Primadonna" reaches a height of slightly more than a meter. Upon reaching sufficient growth and the number of fruits on the branches of the plant requires a garter. The bush has a strong, bristly stem, typical of tomatoes, large, dark green leaves.
Each plant has about eight brushes, on which fruits are evenly distributed. This is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the variety "Diva". The formation of a single stalk bush will be especially effective for increasing its fruitfulness.
Important! Tie up a tomato bush should be exclusively synthetic fabric. Any other can cause plant rot.
Fruit
Tomatoes varieties "Diva" have not only a great name, but also an attractive appearance. Fruits have a rounded or slightly elongated shape, with graceful elongation, “nose” at the end. Have an intense bright red color. Fruits reach up to 200 g in weight.
In the description of tomatoes "Diva" there are two amazing features:
- their stalk does not have a green color. This distinguishes them from other varieties of tomatoes, but plays only an aesthetic role;
- in tomatoes "Diva" genetic immunity to cracking. Due to this dense fruits remain intact even with long-term transportation.
It is characterized by typical tomato acidity, thanks to which Diva is ideal for fresh vegetable salads.
They also respond well to heat treatment and do not lose their optimal balance of organic sugars and acids.
Check out such varieties of tomatoes as "Katya", "Tretyakovsky", "Novice", "Golden Apples", "Liana", "Maryina Roshcha", "Barefoot Bear", "Yamal", "Spasskaya Tower", "Verlioka" , "Pink Paradise", "Crimson Miracle", "Cardinal", "De Barao", "Dubrava".
Characteristic variety
Prima donna tomatoes belong to early ripe varieties and are a determinant type plant. Thanks to the efforts of breeders, this hybrid is able to produce a bountiful harvest even in adverse soil. And with proper care, "Diva" is able to give a second harvest in one season. Under natural conditions with a short warm period, this variety of tomato gives excellent results. On average, one square meter of bushes accounts for up to 17 kg of crop.
Advantages and disadvantages
When describing tomatoes "Prima Donna" there are many positive qualities:
- This variety is even suitable for low yield soils.
- It is resistant to many diseases, including verticillosis, cladosporia, fusarium, Alternaria, late blight and tomato mosaic.
- It gives an early and abundant crop - on average, three months after the seedlings emerge.
- The safety of tomatoes increases due to the fact that they do not crack.
- It is not capricious in the care of the plant.
- The fruits have a pleasant harmonious taste.
Did you know? For a long time in Europe, the tomato was considered inedible. It was grown only as an ornamental plant.One of the few disadvantages of these tomatoes is that the "Diva F1" - a hybrid of the first generation. This means that growing from seed will not be possible again. However, this does not spoil the general characteristics of the variety.
Tomato cultivation
Tomatoes "Diva" are among the most unpretentious varieties in the care. This can be easily seen by reading the description of the agricultural machinery of this type.
The choice of location and soil
As for other types of tomatoes, for “Primadonna” a favorable soil characteristic is its high fertility. However, as noted above, this item for the "Prima Donna" is absolutely not fundamental.
The soil should also be not heavy and requires regular loosening. This variety loves heat: the optimum soil temperature for it will be from 20 ° C.
The best predecessors
Carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, onions and legumes will be good forerunners at the landing site.
Sowing seeds for seedlings
Tomatoes varieties "Primadonna" suitable not only for greenhouse cultivation, but also for sowing in open ground.
The soil for planting seeds should be well ventilated and be warm enough. Harvesting seedlings should begin in late April. Seeds are planted to a depth of two centimeters and at the same distance from each other.
Important! Before planting seeds can be soaked for several hours in a solution of potassium permanganate. This will further increase the plant's resistance to many diseases.Then the ground should be watered with warm water and covered with plastic wrap - this will accelerate the emergence of shoots. After their appearance, the film must be removed.
Seedling care
To improve the root system, when the first leaf appears, transplant into separate containers (pick). The seedling is ready for planting in about two months.
Important! If the seedlings use land from the street, it should be boiled with boiling water before use.During this time, you can produce one or two additional fertilizer mineral fertilizers.
Mineral fertilizers include Azofoska, ammonium sulfate, Sudarushka, Plantafol, Ammophos, ammonium nitrate, and Kemira.Before planting bushes in open ground, they should be hardened for two weeks. To do this, sprouts should be placed in a room with a temperature of + 15-17 ° C and gradually increase it above 20 degrees.
After this procedure, the plant will be easier to adapt to the new "living conditions".
Landing in open ground
It is possible to move sprouts into the soil under the open sky only when all the spring frosts pass. The landing pattern is approximately 50 × 40.
The best yield is achieved at a density of three to four bushes per square meter.
Did you know? The fruits of wild tomato weigh only one gram, while thanks to the efforts of breeders some berries of the cultivated varieties reach more than a kilogram in weight.Phosphate fertilizers can be added to the landing wells. Although the “Prima Donna” itself produces an early harvest, it is possible to speed up its appearance if you leave no more than five branches on a bush.
Growing adult bushes
Caring for bushes tomatoes "Prima Donna" does not require much effort, only regularity. They need to be regularly and abundantly watered with warm water. As required, loosen the soil around the stem and weed it from weeds. You should also not forget about fertilizers.
For tomatoes of this variety suitable complex water-soluble mineral fertilizers, mullein. It should be noted that the "Diva" is extremely sensitive to chlorides, and their content in water, soil and fertilizers should be minimal.
Important! When choosing fertilizers for tomatoes "Diva" Keep in mind their low nitrogen content.Although this variety of tomatoes is extremely resistant to most of the diseases characteristic of its fellows, we should not forget about pests. Preventing such a problem will help preventive spraying of plants with special means.
Harvest
Despite the fact that tomatoes "Diva" quite thermophilic, they are able to bear fruit until the cold. And with proper care and early first harvest, the plant can please its owner second. The first ripe fruits appear approximately ninety days after planting.
After that, they should be collected regularly, at least once a week. This will increase the likelihood and speed of ripening of later tomatoes.
The Diva Tomato Variety is a hybrid resistant to many negative factors. It is not only unpretentious in the care, but also gives a bountiful and, no less important, a tasty harvest. What more could you want for your garden?