Super yielding tomato De Barao Giant

The time when you need to sow tomatoes for seedlings is getting closer, so right now it is worth starting to select and purchase seeds. At first glance, this is very simple: even inexperienced gardeners can read reviews about varieties of tomatoes in different sources. But in fact, every year it becomes more difficult to choose the right variety of tomatoes. Sellers, in order to attract buyers, try to expand their assortment, and in order to navigate in it, you need to have a guide so that the selected variety meets our expectations. But there is one variety that is known to all gardeners - De Barao giant tomatoes. Their description, as well as the features of agricultural technology, are set out in this article.

Description

For the De Barao giant tomato variety, powerful, tall plants are characteristic. They are undemanding to care for, as well as resistant to various types of diseases. The distinctive qualities of De Barao giant include its cold resistance and shade tolerance.

This variety is considered one of the most popular varieties for cultivation in greenhouses. It is a late-ripening variety that is recommended to be bred outdoors. From full sunrise to the beginning of ripening, 125 days pass. The plant is classified as indeterminate, its height can reach more than 2 meters. The fruits, which weigh 70-190 g, look like a plum. They are dense, red in color and have a green spot where the peduncle is attached. Late blight is practically not terrible for a plant. The yield is 5.5-6.4 kg / m². Both fresh and canned fruits have excellent taste.

Advantages

According to the reviews of experienced gardeners, the advantages of De Barao giant tomatoes are not so many, but they are significant. These include:

• high productivity;
• fruits are suitable for whole-fruit canning;
• wonderful taste.

Growing features

There is nothing difficult in growing De Barao giant tomatoes. For seedlings, seeds must be sown in boxes in early March. To prepare a nutrient substrate, you need to take the same amount of garden soil and leaf humus or manure, it must be crumbly. In the resulting mixture, you need to add 15 g of potassium chloride and the same amount of urea, 50 g of superphosphate and 1 glass of ash. After that, mix the mixture thoroughly and pour it into the boxes. Then the seeds are sown, while also sprinkled with the same composition. The mixture layer should be 5-6 mm. Water the seeds with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. The solution must be warmed up before use. In order not to wash out the seeds, it is better to use a teaspoon for watering. After that, the boxes are covered with plastic wrap. This is necessary in order to maintain the desired temperature and severity. Now the seed boxes are placed on the windowsill. During the week, the first shoots appear, which must be watered once every two days.

Tall seedlings are fed every 10 days. As soon as the days are warm, the seedlings can be taken outside for hardening. But you need to be very careful and make sure that the seedlings do not remain in the fresh air during the sun. Tomatoes begin to be planted in the ground at the end of April.Initially, the seedlings are planted in a greenhouse to protect them from the night cold. The greenhouse should be opened during the day and closed at night. Tomatoes are planted in open ground only in the second half of May. During planting, each hole should be watered with water, but it is imperative that the water does not wash away the plant.

De Barao giant tomatoes need to be pinned all summer. And the flowering of this plant will be observed even in the first days of autumn. And if it is warm, then the tomatoes will bear fruit until October.

Video "Tomato variety De Barao"

The video shows a tall De Barao giant tomato bush; you can see the yield from the bush.