When you have to choose a variety of tomatoes for growing on your plot, many factors influence your choice: the purpose of the crop, the yield, the capriciousness or unpretentiousness of the crop, the simplicity or difficulty in care. The variety, which will be discussed, has a high yield, resistance to stress, versatility, easy care. It's all about Rio Grande Original Tomatoes.
Variety description
And gardeners, and professionals, farmers often choose the grade "Rio Grande".
Did you know? The name Rio Grande are two rivers (in North and South America), a city and port in Argentina.It is intended for the cultivation of tomatoes and in the open field, and in greenhouses (with special care - even on the balcony). Maturing terms are average. Description of the tomato variety "Rio Grande" includes the characteristics of the bushes and fruits.
Bushes
Shrubs deterministic type. They are compact, nerazladistye, up to 70 cm in height. They do not need tying and staking. Have a moderate amount of foliage, characteristic of the form of tomatoes.
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Fruit
The fruits are folded in clusters of 8-12 pieces, their shape is oblong, oval. Have a thick skin. Fruits are dense, fleshy, inconspicuous, with a small number of seeds.
The color of the ripe fruit is deep red. Their weight - up to 150 g, but more often - medium-sized. Taste - traditional tomato with sourness.
The first ripening occurs 120 days after sowing. Further formed almost throughout the summer. 
Characteristic
Characteristics of tomatoes "Rio Grande" is practically positive in all respects.
Did you know? Variety "Rio grande" bred by Dutch breeders.The variety is resistant to heat and drought, to many diseases and parasites. Even when grown in large field areas, it can stand for a long time in the open sun.
Fruits easily transfer long transportations. They are well kept. Plucked in green, ripen, and in optimal conditions remain as long as 2-3 months.
In use - universal. These tomatoes are eaten in a different form:
- raw
- canned whole;
- canned in processed form;
- dried;
- dried
The variety can grow in both southern and temperate latitudes, that is, it is resistant to difficult climatic conditions. Even if the weather does not allow all the fruits on the bush to ripen, they ripen well.Did you know? Tomatoes "Rio grande" You can keep it fresh for such a long time that it will even decorate your New Year's table.Tomato "Rio Grande" has a high yield. From one bush can collect up to 8-10 kg of tomatoes.
Advantages and disadvantages
Like any other variety, Rio Grande has a number of advantages and disadvantages.
Grade advantages:
- unpretentiousness to climate;
- unpretentiousness to conditions (a field, a kitchen garden, the greenhouse, a balcony);
- ease of care;
- drought tolerance;
- resistance to diseases and parasites;
- the possibility of mechanical cleaning;
- trouble-free transportation;
- high yield;
- fruit density;
- fleshy fruit;
- suitability for conservation;
- multivariate processing;
- long preservation of fruits;
- maturity of tomatoes removed from the bushes;
- great taste, etc.
Lack of one: malachnosti.Growing seedlings
Tomato "Rio Grande Original" - is a universal culture in terms of growing. You can grow tomatoes by planting seeds right into the ground, and you can seedlings.
Learn more about the secrets of growing seedlings of tomatoes, about when to feed seedlings, about the rules of planting.If you decide not to bother with seedlings in boxes or in a greenhouse, then plant seeds in open ground.
This will delay fruit ripening in time, but it will save your time and energy in early spring.
Important! The main thing when planting seeds in open soil - correct temperatureThe air temperature neither day nor night should not fall below + 10-12 ° C. Soil temperature - 14-15 ° C. If you start harvesting you want early, then choose a seedling method.
Timing and Substrate Requirements
Before planting seedlings need to prepare the soil in tanks. It should be a light loose mixture (in the ratio 3: 2: 1):
- turf ground;
- humus;
- small amount of sand.
Seed preparation and planting
Some experienced gardeners recommend placing the seeds in wet gauze for a day before planting.
Important! Seeds purchased in specialized stores do not need preprocessing.It is necessary to plant the seeds to a depth of 1-1.5 cm. So they will easily germinate. Lightly sprinkle on top of the soil. Do not clap. Moisturize better with a spray bottle so that no earth crust forms.
It is better to cover the container with a film and place it in a warm place for 5-7 days. Do not disturb without the need. During this period, seedlings appear. After the seeds have germinated, the film must be removed.Seedling care
Care of the seedlings of tomato seedlings is simple. First of all, it is necessary to provide good illumination, favorable temperature and humidity.
Boxes with seedlings need to put into the light, otherwise the shoots "reach out" and these "strings" can never gain strength. The favorable temperature for seedlings is 22-25 ° C.
It is necessary to moisten the soil as the top layer dries. To avoid the stress of cold water for sprouts, water for irrigation needs to be defended and reheated slightly. 
When the third leaf appears, the plants need to be stopped, spreading out in separate containers.
Transplantation to produce with an earthy ball. After that, fertilize with mineral fertilizers. By planting in open ground seedlings need to prepare.
Firstly, 10-15 days prior to the landing, begin hardening. Every day for 2-3 hours tomatoes out in the street, if the weather permits. Secondly, before planting it is necessary to feed with complex fertilizer.
Landing in open ground
Planted seedlings can be planted in a greenhouse as early as April, and into open ground at the end of May (in colder areas at the beginning of June). The main thing is to pass the time of night frosts.
To do this, from each individual tank you need to remove the plant along with the earthy clod and place it in the prepared hole in the garden. Next, you need to pour and sprinkle the tomato with earth, slightly condensing it. 
Planted seedlings need to scheme 50 × 50.
Important! Planting tomatoes is better in areas where they grew cabbage, legumes, spicy herbs.
Peculiarities of care
In the open ground, tomatoes need watering, weeding, loosening and feeding. Rio Grande tomato bushes are indestructible, so it is easy to weed them without damaging the branches. Weeding will have at least 3-4 times per season.
Tomatoes should be watered moderately, regularly, although the variety is drought-resistant. Since watering is done at the root, the soil around the bush should be loosened in a day.
After 2 weeks after planting seedlings need fertilizing phosphate fertilizer. When there are flowers and the first "berries" - potash.
Pests and Disease Varieties
The variety is relatively resistant to diseases and pests, but still there are troubles. The most common diseases of tomatoes are white and gray rot, late blight. 
Preventing the soil with a solution of copper sulfate will help prevent the disease, and Fitosporin will help to cure the plant. Among the pests of tomatoes can be called aphid and naked slugs. A solution of household soap will help to fight with aphids, and with slugs - a solution of ammonia.
The variety "Rio Grande" is so easy to care that even beginning gardeners will be able to grow it. Even if you somehow made a mistake, somewhere overlooked, you can still get a good harvest.
