Tomato Salute: description and characteristics of the variety, yield with photo

Greetings, dear readers and gardeners. The summer season will soon come and it's time to start buying seeds. Let's look at the characteristics of the Salute (or Fireworks) tomato.

This article will tell you what features the Salyut tomato variety has, how best to care for it and what time to plant it in the ground.

Characteristic

First of all, it is worth saying that this variety is mid-season, maturation will take a little more than 120 days. You will know that the tomatoes are ripe when they are juicy and red-pink in color. There is also a color of the variety, which is distinguished by originality due to stripes of yellow specks.

The fruits are medium-sized, fleshy, ideal for canning or roasting. The taste is quite good, so tomatoes of this variety are also used for eating raw, for example, in salads. Tomatoes are strong, so they are well transported and stored for quite a long time. The height of the bush is average, about 30 cm, about 5 inflorescences are formed on the brush.

Honey Salute

There is a special type of tomato belonging to the same variety. Honey tomatoes are characterized by:

• yellow-red color;
• large size;
• unusual taste.

The fruits of this variety have honey-sweet notes, so they are most often used for making cold sauces or unusual dishes.

Unlike the classic Salute, yellow tomatoes need more care. Their fruits are much softer and more prone to infection.

Harvest

The yield of Salut tomatoes is high, the bushes are wide and strong, and bear fruit well. In addition, the fruits ripen gradually, so that the crop is usually harvested several times. The bushes will be sprinkled with fruits like fireworks, hence the name of the variety. From a pair of bushes, on average, you can collect 7-8 kilograms, moreover, each fruit separately weighs about 40 grams. Based on this, you can judge the number of fruits yourself.

Ground

This tomato variety is designed for growing in warm climates. Most often it is grown in the south of Russia or in the Moscow region. In regions with average temperatures, this variety is best planted in:

• greenhouses;
• greenhouses;
• for film coating;
• spunbonded.

With sufficient warming of the soil and warm air, the tomato will grow well and bear fruit.

It is recommended to plant sprouts in hotbeds or greenhouses because the fruits are easily infected with various infections. In addition, it is possible to insulate the earth due to the film coating. In addition, condensation will form under it, which will provide additional moisture to the plants. And on hot days, a greenhouse or spunbond will help shelter the bushes from the scorching sun.

Landing

It is better to plant it in the soil later, when the earth warms up, this should be done at a distance of 30-40 cm from each other. It is better to plant and pick after the first leaves appear on the shoot, according to the description, this happens about a month after you planted the seeds.It is better to start planting seeds already in March-April, so that the harvest will please at the height of summer.

The first month, the seedlings should germinate at home, as the shoots will be rather weak at first.

Sprouts need to be planted, although the size of the bushes is not at all that big, however, the root system needs a place to grow and get stronger.

It cannot be said that this variety does not require care, it needs periodic watering, cutting off excess stalks. It is also recommended to occasionally water it with solutions with mineral fertilizers. Stems can be further strengthened by tying to a support. To do this, use a stick on which you can put a fruiting brush so that it does not hang down to the ground.

Customer Reviews

According to customer reviews, the Salyut tomato variety has a high yield and with it there is no need to worry that the fruits will be of poor quality or they will not exist at all.Many have made it their favorite and continue to plant it annually. And they are satisfied, even in comparison with the new seeds that are being sampled.

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