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

Super early tomato Zhenechka meets all the requirements of varieties released for risky farming zones of the Urals and Siberia. A compact low shrub suitable for dense plantings and allows you to get a good harvest in a small area.

Everyone who planted a tomato notes its reliability. A good harvest is guaranteed under any weather conditions.

Characteristics of the variety "Zhenechka"

All varietal qualities of Zhenechka tomato are selected in such a way that the formed fruits have time to ripen during the shortest possible summer.

This is how its main characteristics look:

• determinate plant, low and medium fruit;
• super early variety with 80-87 days of vegetation. This means that it will take less than three months from the moment the seedlings sprout to the first tomatoes;
• determinate bush, medium branching, medium leafy, 35-40 cm high;
• tomato does not require the formation of a bush, it is recommended to remove the shoots only from below, to the first flower brush;
• the plant forms 3-4 clusters with fruits, each weighing 80-100 g;
• tomatoes are rounded, slightly ribbed at the base, uniformly red;
• the skin is dense, does not crack during canning;
• juicy pulp, sweet and sour taste;
• tomatoes are suitable for canning, juice, puree, summer salads;
• up to 2.5-3 kg of ripe tomatoes are harvested from one plant.

Given that undersized tomatoes can be planted up to 6-8 bushes per square meter, the yield looks very impressive. In addition, the harvest is friendly, almost simultaneous. Tomatoes are harvested before the first frost. This allows the plant to avoid late blight.

Important! At the initial stage of growth, tomatoes need top dressing with phosphate fertilizers to form the root system. In the future, phosphorus and potassium help early flowering and fruit ripening, increase resistance to diseases.

Growing and caring for early tomatoes

Determinant varieties have a number of advantages in cultivation and care technology. There is no danger that they stretch out too much in the seedling stage. At the right time, the plant itself stops growing, which does not require its formation. Less time is spent on removing stepchildren, in some cases they are not removed at all.But, nevertheless, it is necessary to create conditions for its full development and nutrition, properly prepare and harden the seedlings.

Hardening the seeds of heat-loving crops accelerates the development of plants by 3-7 days, increases the yield by 30-40% and significantly increases the share of early production. The procedure is quite simple. Seeds that have begun to grow, after soaking in pure water or a solution of trace elements, can withstand 12 hours at zero degrees for 7 days.

Growing seedlings

Recommendations for growing and a description of the features of caring for tomatoes cover the entire period of growth and formation of the plant. But the most important is the initial stage.

1. Seeds for seedlings should be planted for germination 55-60 days before transplanting outdoors.
2. The soil substrate is prepared in advance, which must be moisture-absorbing, breathable, saturated with essential trace elements with a good lumpy structure.
3. Seeds are disinfected, treated with growth stimulants, hardened if necessary.
4. Seeds are buried in moist soil by 1.5-2 cm, covered with a transparent screen and germinated at a temperature of 23-25 degrees.
5. With the advent of seedlings, the temperature is reduced to 15-18 degrees during the day, and at night to 8-12 degrees.
6. Seedlings are dived at the stage of 2 permanent leaves in separate containers or in boxes, where the feeding area of 10 x 10 cm is calculated for each plant.
7. Care for seedlings consists of regular watering followed by loosening the soil. The moisture content of the soil mixture should be 70-80%.
8. Once every three weeks, seedlings are fed, trying to select top dressing in accordance with its condition.
9. A couple of weeks before planting in the ground, plants are hardened, accustoming them to low temperatures and natural sunlight.

Proper upbringing of seedlings in the future will allow you to get an even earlier harvest.

In the soil before planting lay all the necessary set of fertilizers based on 10 square meters of 80 g of mineral fertilizers, 100 g of phosphorus, 70 g of potassium and 25-30 kg of humus or peat compost. Do not use fertilizers containing chlorine. Tomatoes do not tolerate it well.

Rules for caring for "Zhenya"

Further care is very simple, which largely contributed to the popularity of the variety, its demand in gardens and household plots. As a gardener from Omsk writes, I have been growing them for more than a year and I advise everyone. The variety of tomatoes "Zhenechka" never let me down, no matter what summer it was.

1. Seedlings are planted in the ground in the second half of May.
2. Planting scheme 70 x 30 cm, 5 to 8 plants per square meter.
3. Seedling care consists of watering and fertilizing, weeding and loosening the soil.
4. Otherwise, determinate plants are not picky.
5. With the advent of the first brush, the leaves and shoots below are removed.
6. If necessary, install supports, tie up the stem.
7. The variety also behaves well in unheated greenhouses, as evidenced by gardeners' reviews. There the plants grow up to 60-70 cm. The harvest is earlier and more friendly.

Collecting grown tomatoes begins in the last days of June. Tomatoes with this ripening period are rarely used in conservation, they are used for fresh salads, soups, stews and frying with other vegetables. That is why varieties that do not need space in the greenhouse and take too long to care for become gardeners' favorites.

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