Tomato Leningrad chill: characteristics and description of the variety with a photo

Lovers of low-growing tomato bushes will like the Leningrad chill tomato. It is unpretentious in care and pleases the owners with stable crops. These little tomatoes will decorate your dinner table and look great in pickled jars. The variety was bred by breeders of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics.

Characteristics of the variety

Shrub undersized - grows in length up to 30-35 centimeters, determinant. It is grown up in an open ground, possesses cold resistance. It has early fruit ripening. In the northern regions of Russia, the first tomatoes turn red in early July.In August, all the tomatoes on the bush will ripen. A plant of medium leafiness, it is not necessary to pinch this variety, since only three brushes with fruits are formed during growth. 8 fruits are formed on one brush.

Tomatoes are bright red and small in size. One fruit weighs from 60 to 80 grams. When ripe, there is a dark green spot near the stalk, the unripe fruits are brown with dark green patches. Tomatoes are round in shape, the pulp is dense. The taste of the fruit is tomato sweet with a pleasant sourness. Used universally.

With proper cultivation and care of plants, the variety produces up to 3 kilograms of fruit per square meter. Resistant to cold weather, so it is mainly grown in open areas.

Good qualities

Gardeners who planted, in the reviews of the variety note many positive qualities:

• early ripening;
• cold resistance;
• does not suffer from Fusarium due to early ripening;
• excellent taste;
• universal use;
• easy to grow.

This variety can also be grown in a greenhouse if desired, but you need to open doors and windows to let insects into the room.

Tomato cultivation

Like other varieties, Leningrad chill is grown in seedlings. To grow seedlings, you need to plant seeds in fertile soil in mid-March, water by spraying (so that the earth does not stray into a lump), cover with foil and wait for germination.

After the sprouts appear, the film is removed, and the seedlings are placed in a sunny place for further cultivation.As soon as two permanent leaves appear on the bushes, the seedlings dive into separate pots. Now peat pots have become popular, when planting plants on the site, you do not need to injure the root system with transplants - the pot with the plant simply digs into the hole and the tomato continues to grow in its usual conditions.

Plants are transplanted to the beds in late May - early June, when the weather outside reaches 25 degrees. After transplanting, the plants need care and garter, otherwise the bushes will fall to the ground from the wind and under the weight of the fruits.

Plant care

To grow a quality crop, you need to carry out the following care activities:

1. Water and weed beds.
2. Loosening and fertilizing the soil.
3. Tomato tying and harvesting.

You also need to inspect plants for diseases: top and root rot, fungi.

Variety reviews review

The variety is not very popular due to the fact that it gives a low yield, unlike greenhouse tall plants. But there are also adherents of this variety who leave only positive reviews about the tomato.

Maria: “I love low-growing tomatoes for their ease of care, I often plant 5-6 bushes of the Leningrad chill in the beds. They grow well, do not get sick, and stay firm during night frosts. I like their fruits: small, neat, they look beautiful in jars. Ideal for whole fruit pickling. The taste is the same as twenty years ago - sweet-sour, tomato, real. You can’t get them in a greenhouse, so I try to grow low-growing varieties on the street.”

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