Tomato "Bull Heart" has long and deservedly gained popularity for its taste, unpretentiousness in cultivation and a host of other advantages.
“Bull's heart” is a non-hybrid plant that can be propagated by seed. They retain all varietal quality. Hybrids of the same name are absent.
The variety is moderately resistant to tomato diseases, in particular, to late blight and cracking of fruits, unlike other subspecies of “Bull Heart”.
Tomatoes Bull Heart Pink: variety description
Tomato "Bull Heart Pink", variety description: tall, strong bush suitable for cultivation in the greenhouse, and in open soil. The plant is determinant, reaches a height of 140 to 180 cm. Since the bush is not standard, it needs garter and pinching. “The pink heart of a bull” belongs to mid-late tomatoes, in which fruits ripen at 123-134 days from the moment of sprout appearance.
Pink fruits can be attributed to the giants, because their weight reaches more than 600 g. Moreover, on one bush there can be both huge tomatoes, as well as small ones, whose weight will not exceed 100 g. Large fruits appear on the very first inflorescences, on the next they begin to shrink.
Tomatoes have an irregular heart-like shape. Each has from 2 to 4 cameras. The fruit is sweet with spicy sour taste and juicy flesh. The saturation of the taste is given by the dry substances (about 5%) contained in the fruit.
Subspecies refers to non-tomato tomatoes that are poorly preserved after harvest. Mature fruits can lie no more than 10-16 days.
Specifications
Tomatoes “Bull's Heart Pink” are more suitable for the southern regions with a mild warm climate. However, the variety is grown even in Siberia. In areas with cold winters, tomatoes have time to ripen from the first brushes. The remaining fruits reach blanchevoy maturity.
Tomato variety "Bull's Heart Pink" is counted among the high-yielding. With one bush you can get an average of 4.5 kg in open ground and up to 15 kg when grown in a greenhouse. "Pink Bull Heart" has long been recognized as one of the best varieties of tomatoes.
He has many advantages:
- great taste;
- high seed germination (85-90%);
- good yield;
- drought tolerance.
Against the background of such remarkable qualities, we can say that the variety has almost no flaws. Only the height of a bush and the presence of a multitude of stepsons can be nominally classified as the latter. As well as a noticeable sharp chopping of the fruit as the shoots grow. If the first brushes from the inflorescences will produce large tomatoes, then the subsequent ones are formed much smaller.
Tomato "Bull heart pink" is suitable for any culinary processing. It can be eaten raw, used in salads and other dishes. Smaller fruits are used for preservation, and pastes and juices are made from large ones. “Pink Bull Heart” is a universal tomato.
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Features of growing
Seeds for seedlings are sown at the end of March, embedded in the ground at 15-25 mm, dive made at stage 1-2 true leaves. Before transplanting into the ground, seedlings are fed 2-3 times with a complex of special fertilizers intended for seedlings. Before planting in open soil, the plants are hardened for 8-12 days.
On 1 square. m. you can settle no more than 3-4 bushes. The optimal landing pattern is 35 × 45 cm. Immediately next to the young saplings are placed props to which later sprouts need to be tied. Bushes can be transplanted to heated greenhouses as early as April, into open land only by the end of May.
Usually form a bush of two shoots: the main and grown from the first stepson. All remaining stepchildren, as well as the lower leaves must be removed. In order for the bush to develop normally, and the tomatoes have ripened, 6-7 fruit brushes should be left on it. Watering should be constant and regular, frequency 2-3 times a week. You can water only at the root, so as not to provoke an attack of disease.
At the developmental stage of the stalks, it is advisable to feed the bushes with organic fertilizers; when the inflorescences appear and the fruits form, it is recommended to add chicken manure infused in water. Before use, it must be diluted with water in the ratio of 1:20, so as not to burn the bushes.
Diseases and pests
The grade "the Bull heart pink" is steady against a fitoftoroz. However, he is not immune from other diseases. It can attack fungal rot in the presence of high humidity.
Gray rot manifested by the formation of brown spots on the leaves and stems, covered with a fluffy bloom of gray. All affected areas should be immediately cut, leaving only healthy tissue. Shrubs process systemic fungicides (Skorom, Ordan, Fundazol, Previkur) or copper preparations.
Brown spot (cladosporiosis). On the surface of the leaves appear yellow spots of different sizes, which gradually grow, and the leaves fall away. Then the flowers and fruits begin to dry. For prevention, seeds are treated with Bravo, and infected plants are treated with copper preparations.
Aphid - One of the main pests that attack tomatoes. Small green insects settle on the inner side of the leaves and greatly slow down the development of plants. To get rid of them, it is necessary to treat all plantings with insecticides such as Confidor, Akarin, Decis.
Cotton and Tomato Scoops. Adult butterflies of nondescript species do not cause harm. The leaves are actively eating their caterpillars. In the fight against pests will help Aktophit, Zolon, Detsis Profi, Karate.
“Pink Bull Heart” is a wonderful variety of tomatoes of universal use, which has almost no flaws. It is characterized by high yield, resistance to diseases and pests, remarkable taste properties.
