Tomato Solaris: description and features of growing a variety with a photo

Tomato Solaris - mid-early variety of Moldovan selection. The description on the packaging of seeds from many manufacturers guarantees high marketability and fleshiness of the fruit. This information is confirmed by the reviews of those who have already tested the variety.

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Solaris surpassed the well-known Moldavian Perseus in many ways. The bright red tomatoes of Solaris do not have a green spot around the fruit stem characteristic of Perseus, and significantly exceed it in yield. However, quality indicators make both tomato varieties suitable for long-term storage and transportation.

Solaris is approved, according to the register of the Russian Federation, for cultivation without shelters in the North Caucasus and East Siberian districts. Suitable for commercial cultivation and mechanized harvesting. The main characteristics of the fruit:

large (up to 170 g);
storage (stored up to four months);
tastes sweet with a little sourness;
fetus has 3-4 chambers;
tomatoes are used for making fresh salads and preserves, tomato juice.

By substance content:

sugar 3.3%;
dry matter 4.9%.

Tomatoes Solaris flat-round shape, weak ribbing, smooth skin. 5-7 pieces are tied on the hands. Productivity from 1 square. m 6 kg, from 1 hectare harvested up to 539 q.

Biological features of the plant

The bushes are determinate, do not grow above 80-90 cm. The foliage is medium, the inflorescences are simple, the first is formed over 6-7 leaves, the next after 1-2. The peduncle is articulated.

The bushes are topped without intervention after 4-6 flower brushes. Moderate susceptibility to disease noted:

late blight;
deformations of vegetative organs;
fusarium;
Alternaria.

According to reviews and description, it is resistant to TMV and tomato anthracnose. After germination, 110 days pass before the crop ripens. Fruit yield is good. In regions with cool summers, it is grown in greenhouses and under film shelters. It tolerates high air and soil temperatures without serious damage to the condition, unpretentious in general care.

Basic agricultural technology

For seedlings, the seeds of the variety are sown in the second decade of March. By the first half of May, seedlings will be ready for open ground. Landing is carried out according to the scheme: 50x40 cm. For 1 square. m leave 7-8 plants. Film shelter is necessary for the period of spring frosts and low temperatures, when the threats pass - the film is removed from the tomato.

1 hour before planting, seedlings are watered - this contributes to easier extraction from containers. Tomatoes are placed in the prepared holes, deepening the main stem by 4-5 cm, which is necessary for the formation of a strong and branched root system of the variety.

The first application of liquid fertilizer is scheduled in 10-14 days. At the same time, the top layer of soil is mulched with straw, sawdust or covered with non-woven agricultural materials.

According to the characteristics of the determinant tomatoes of the Solaris variety, they do not require tying, but so that the stems do not bend under large fruits, they install supports.You can form bushes in one or two trunks. The peculiarity of determinant tomatoes is the formation of a flower brush at the end of the stem. Further, the stepson will continue to grow, it must be correctly identified and left.

Solaris has no growing difficulties. A good harvest of ripe tomatoes is harvested not only by experienced gardeners, but also by novice gardeners.