Variety of tomatoes for lazy "Khokhloma"

Love long dense tomatoes - the Khokhloma variety is for you! Summer residents - gardeners will enjoy the variety with constant fruiting and fruit taste. And these are not the only interesting characteristics of the variety.

Read in our article a complete description of the variety, get acquainted with its characteristics, study the characteristics of cultivation and resistance to the main diseases of the nightshade.

Tomato "Khokhloma": description of the variety

“Khokhloma” is an indeterminant (has no end of growth points), not a standard plant, up to 2 meters high. A stem plant is considered to be, if it is compact, short, has a weak root system, while such varieties are usually fruitful and not whimsical. Suitable for "lazy" gardeners.

The variety has leaves of medium size, wrinkled with pubescence, dark green. The inflorescence is simple, it forms over an 8-9 leaf, then follows every 3 leaves. Each brush can have up to 12 fruits, the stalk holds tightly, and tomatoes are not showered. According to the degree of ripening - mid-ripening, fruits are formed on the 115-120 day. Shoots marked friendly. Resistant to some diseases - “mosaic”, late blight, cladosporiosis, fusarium.

Designed for greenhouse conditions. Perhaps cultivation in open ground, but the harvest will be less. With 1 sq. M. you can collect up to 10 kg of tomatoes, with a density of planting in 3 plants per 1 sq. m. With good care more than 5 kg are collected from one plant.

Advantages and disadvantages:

• high yield;
• fruiting whole season;
• taste;
• disease resistance;
• long storage;
• good transportation.

Among the shortcomings there is an excessive density of fruits, not juiciness. Some, by contrast, consider crispness a pleasant feature.

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Description of the fetus:

• The color of ripe fruit is deep red. Immature, like all varieties, light green.
• The skin is smooth, thickish.
• The form is elongated. cylindrical, more than 12 cm long.
• Fruit weight about 150 g.
• “The fruits are small, with an average number of seeds in them.
• By the number of dry substances - low in content.
• Stored for a long time, more than a month, some gardeners note the safety of the fruit until the New Year holidays.
• When transporting do not deteriorate.

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A special feature is the texture of the fruit - dense, crispy. Good long keeping is unique. Use fresh, not bad in sandwiches and salads, do not crawl. In hot dishes retains all the healthy properties and taste. It has a delicate sweet taste.

Fully suitable for conservation, the fruits do not crack and do not lose their shape, which gives the elegance of conservation. Suitable for the production of tomato paste, sauces, not suitable for the production of juices.

A photo

Below you will see some photos of Khokhloma variety tomatoes:

Features of growing

Growing regions: all regions of the Russian Federation, Ukraine. Tomatoes should be sown in a saturated, light ground in March. To disinfect the seeds, wash and plant in a moist soil to a depth of about 2 cm. Watering is not often. Dive at the appearance of the first well-developed leaflet. Water for irrigation should be at room temperature.

It should be hardened seedlings for 2 weeks before landing in the ground. To land at a permanent place with a plant size of 20-25 cm in April. Landing is possible in open ground at the end of May. The precursors of tomatoes in the ground can be cabbage, carrots and onions.

After landing in the heated and fertilized soil, watering, loosening, weeding, feeding, mulching according to the schedule. On average, every fifteen weeks. Mullear is often used as a fertilizer. Suitable and mineral fertilizers. Recommended cultivation in conjunction with the variety "Chukhloma."

You must immediately tie up the plants using separate pegs or vertical trellis. It is necessary to form a bush in 1-2 stems, then to carry out the stading every 10 days. Remove sprouts no more than 3-4 cm long. Otherwise damage the plants.

Read also on our website: how to get a good crop of tomatoes in the open field and year-round winter greenhouses.

And also, the secrets of early farming varieties or how to care for tomatoes with fast ripening correctly.

Diseases and pests

The manufacturer promises greater resistance to many diseases and pests. But prevention does not hurt. However, do not do the spraying often. Perhaps addictive viruses to drugs. Use microbiological agents. “Khokhloma” is an amateur variety. High yield attracts, but the unusual density of the fruit can scare.

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