If you ask to remember any of the varieties of tomatoes, there is no doubt that almost everyone will call "Bull's Heart". The tomato variety "Bull's Heart" is characterized by a special fleshiness, pleasant aroma and wonderful taste. Large fruits of the "Bovine Heart" are used for making summer salads and juice, small - go for canning.
Growing tomatoes "Bull's heart"
Growing tomatoes "Bull's heart" is a very laborious task. Seeds for seedlings are sown in the first half of March to a depth of approximately 3 cm, pretreated with a solution of potassium permanganate and thoroughly washed. After the germination of two real leaves, the shoots are dived . Recommended two-time fertilizing with complex fertilizers. Experienced gardeners for 10 days before disembarkation are advised to begin to carry out hardening. In non-heated greenhouses seedlings are planted in early May, in the open ground - with the onset of stable warm weather - from late May to early June. In the northern and northwestern part of Russia without a film, you can plant only varieties with a medium maturity, late-maturing birds simply will not have time to ripen. At the same time, growing a culture in the greenhouse, you should carry out regular airing, so that the plant does not kill the phytophthora .
Planting scheme: 4-5 plants per 1m². "Bull's heart" refers to tall varieties, so bushes are subject to mandatory garter. When forming a bush, two stems are left: the main stem and the one formed from the first stepson, the other stepsons are to be removed. By the end of July they make a pinch point of growth. To get large fruits, it is desirable to leave no more than 8 fruiting brushes on the plant. Harvesting occurs as the fruit ripens. The timing of maturation depends on the natural zone and the variety of the "Bull's heart".
Subspecies of tomato variety "Bull's heart"
- Tomato "Bull's heart" orange has fruits of the appropriate color with an appetizing view and excellent taste. Large tomatoes have a mass of 300 - 800 g. The variety belongs to the mid-ripening. For the cultivation of earlier tomatoes, agrotechniques are recommended to cultivate the seedlings. The plant is drought-resistant, but often suffers from phytophthora. Orange "Bull's heart" is formed in one stem, tied to the pedestal, the stepsons are regularly eliminated.
- Tomato "Bull's Heart" is black - this variety is a late variety. Bordeled fruits are heart-shaped and very delicate pulp, practically devoid of seeds. The weight of tomatoes is 400 - 600 g. The gardeners are attracted by the fact that the tomato fructifies on all the brushes, and in each brush 2-4 fetuses are formed.
- Tomato "Bull's Heart" is a red-flowered plant with a rather sprawling bush and large scarlet heart-shaped tomatoes. Grade - the medium-ripening. The peculiarity is that fruits of different masses grow on one bush: at the first harvest 600 - 800 g, with further collections - 300 - 400 g. And smaller tomatoes have an oval shape.
- Tomato "Bull's Heart" pink - the culture is named for a rich pink color. Late-ripening varieties with different fruits: on the first hands - 800 - 900 g, on subsequent - the weight decreases, reaching 200 g. The pink "Bull's heart" is almost immune to late blight and is resistant to diseases. It has an excellent taste. Varietal subspecies of tomato "Bull's heart" "Giant" has a crimson color and is medium-sized, which allows it to grow without a film in a temperate climatic zone.
Valuable nutritional and dietary properties of tomatoes "Bull's Heart" make it extremely useful for health. Fruits contain vitamins B, C, K; valuable minerals, pectin, folic and nicotinic acids.