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

Tomato Altai Orange is an indeterminate mid-season variety that can be grown not only in the southern regions of our country, but also in the middle lane and Altai. This tomato has many positive qualities that vegetable growers should be aware of before growing Altai Orange on their plots.

In addition, there are several varieties of this variety, which differ in the color of ripe fruits - they can be red, pink or orange. These varieties differ only in color, but their taste and other qualities are approximately the same.

Description and main characteristics

This mid-season variety is characterized by high yields and medium fruit ripening. Almost four months pass from the moment the first shoots appear until the fruits ripen.

The bushes of these tomatoes should be formed - pinch the tops of the shoots so that the tomatoes do not waste nutrients only on their growth. Since the weight of the ripening fruits is large enough, the shoots should be tied up. The best support for them will be trellises. It is better to form these vegetable plants in one stem in order to achieve better fruit ripening. In height, the shoots usually reach a height of 1.3-1.4 m.

Description of the variety should begin with a description of the foliage and inflorescences. The foliage of tomatoes is large, simple, dark emerald. Inflorescences are collected in brushes (5-6 pieces each). The lower brushes appear after the second permanent leaves, each following - after 2 leaves.Usually the largest fruits ripen on the lower brushes - their weight can reach 350-450 gr.

Tomatoes that ripen at the top of the bushes are usually medium in size and weight - about 200-250 g.

Ripening fruits are slightly flattened, rounded, slightly ribbed at the stalk. The pulp is fleshy, melting in the mouth. Each tomato contains up to 6 chambers filled with seeds. The skin of ripe fruits is firm and less than average in thickness.

Ripe tomatoes of this variety are of beautiful orange color, not prone to cracking, well tolerated by transportation. They include:

• lycopene;
• beta-carotene;
• amino acids;
• high sugar content.

Characterization of a variety will not be complete without mentioning what its yield is.If the bushes of these tomatoes are formed into one shoot, then up to 4.5 kg of ripe tomatoes can be collected from each bush in a season. And from each m², 11-12 kg of tomatoes are usually harvested. The fruits of this vegetable crop begin to sing from the second decade of July, and the last fruits are usually harvested in the fall before frosts.

Altai Orange variety of tomato has a pleasant sweetish taste with a light fruity aroma. These tomatoes are great for eating fresh or making tomato juice or puree.

Positive and negative qualities of the variety

Specialists summarized the reviews of vegetable growers who grew this variety, and based on the data collected, they note the following positive qualities of Altai Orange tomatoes:

• good taste of grown fruits;

• the possibility of transporting the grown crop over sufficiently long distances without spoiling the fruit;
• beautiful appearance of ripe tomatoes;
• tomatoes of this variety are not prone to cracking;
• high yields.

The disadvantages include the prolongation of fruit ripening time - from mid-summer to the first frosts.

The nuances of growing the Altai orange variety

Grow this tomato, you can only pre-growing seedlings at home. But in the southern regions, you can grow Altai Orange immediately in open ground.

Vegetable growers say that growing seedlings of this variety at home is no different from growing seedlings of other varieties. But it is better to immediately plant the seeds in peat cups, which you then immediately plant in open ground or a greenhouse, and also, do not pick the growing seedlings.

Growing seedlings (at the age of about 45-50 days) can be transplanted into beds in a garden (or in closed ground).

Care after planting seedlings in the beds

Basic care for her comes down to regular watering, loosening the soil, weed control and top dressing (best of all complex).

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