All tomato lovers have different tastes and opportunities for growing. Someone likes huge pink lettuce tomatoes, and for others it is more important to grow cream, which will be stored for a long time.
For lovers of neat shrubs of medium height in their beds and for gardeners who want to get a harvest of delicious sweet tomatoes there is a great hybrid, it is called “Volgograd 5 95”. This type is well suited for beginners and lovers with a small space in the greenhouse.
Read the full description in our article. We also prepared for you its main characteristics and characteristics of cultivation.
Tomato "Volgograd 5 95": description of the variety
This is a mid-late hybrid, from the moment the seedlings are planted until the first ripe fruits appear, 115-130 days pass. It has the same hybrids F1. Indeterminate bush, shtambovy, sredneoblichny. The foliage is light green. Like many modern hybrids, it is well resistant to fungal diseases and harmful insects.
Recommended for planting in open ground, but many grow tomatoes in greenhouses and on the balcony, thanks to the growth of plants 70-80 cm. Ripe fruits of red color, round in shape, flattened, slightly ribbed. The taste is typical for tomatoes, pleasant, sweet and sour, well pronounced.
Tomato weight ranges from 80 to 120 grams, with the first harvest can reach 150-170 grams. The number of chambers 5-6, the dry matter content up to 4.5%, sugars 3%. Harvested fruits can be stored for a long time and carry long transport in boxes.
Specifications
The variety tomato "Volgograd 5 95" is a representative of domestic breeding, obtained at the experimental station of VIR by the selection method from a hybrid Kuban x Chernomorets 175. The variety was zoned in 1953. Since that time it has enjoyed steady demand from farmers and summer residents, thanks to its high commodity and varietal qualities.
"Volgograd 5 95" - a tomato of this variety, which is more suitable for the southern regions, there is marked the highest yield. Ideally suited Astrakhan, Volgograd, Belgorod, Donetsk, Crimea and Kuban. In other southern regions also grows well. In the middle lane is recommended to cover the film. In the more northern regions of the country, it grows only in heated greenhouses, but in cold regions, yields may fall and the fruit taste deteriorates.
Tomatoes of the hybrid variety "Volgograd 5 95", due to their size, are very well suited for the preparation of home canned food and barrel pickles. Will also be good and fresh. Juices and pastes are very tasty and healthy.
In the open ground with each bush can collect up to 3 kg of tomatoes, with the recommended density of planting 3-4 bush per square meter. m, thus, goes up to 12 kg. In greenhouse shelters, the result is higher by 20-30%, that is, about 14 kg. This is certainly not a record indicator of yield, but still not so bad, given the low growth of the plant.
Among the main positive qualities of this hybrid note:
- very high disease resistance;
- resistance to temperature fluctuations;
- high varietal properties of fruits;
- early ripeness;
- friendly ovary and ripening.
Among the shortcomings can be identified weak branches and hands, not very high yields and demands for dressings.
Features of growing
"Volgograd 5 95" does not differ special qualities. The plant is short, brush densely hung with tomatoes. It should also be noted early ripeness and resistance to temperature extremes. The trunk of the bush "Volgograd 5 95" needs a garter, and the branches are in props, as the plant is not very strong, with weak branches. Seeds are sown in March and early April, seedlings are planted at the age of 45-50 days.
To soil undemanding. Loves complex feeding 4-5 times per season. Responds well to growth stimulants. Watering with warm water 2-3 times a week in the evening.
Diseases and pests
Those who grow "Volgograd 5 95" rarely have to deal with diseases. It usually comes down to prevention. Measures such as: airing greenhouses, observing the irrigation and light regime, loosening the soil will serve as an excellent protection against diseases.
Most importantly, it eliminates the need to use chemicals in the event of illness. As a result, you get a clean product, useful for adults and children. In very rare cases, root rot may be affected. They combat this disease by loosening the soil, reducing watering and mulching. Chemicals are not used.
Of the harmful insects often damaged by aphids and thrips, against them successfully used drug "Bison". In the open ground is attacked by slugs, they are harvested by hand, all the tops and weeds are removed, and the ground is sprinkled with coarse sand and lime, creating unique barriers.
As follows from the general review, "Volgograd 5 95" is suitable for beginners and gardeners without growing experience. Even those who tackle tomato seedlings for the first time cope with it. Good luck and have a good holiday season!
