03/29/2019 Michur Ivanov Garden and vegetable garden
Recently, summer residents are increasingly paying attention not only to the taste of tomatoes, but also to their appearance. You can often see tomatoes in bright orange, rich chocolate, and sunny yellow shades in garden beds and greenhouses. Among the most original is the “Golden Fleece” variety. Today we present to your attention information about the features of growing the Golden Fleece tomato, its characteristics and reviews about it. Let's talk about how to choose land and prepare planting material!
Characteristics of the variety
This variety can be classified as the earliest varieties of tomatoes for open ground and greenhouses. On average, its ripening occurs 80-90 days from the day the seeds are planted for seedlings. “Golden Fleece” belongs to the category of determinant; in open ground its height does not exceed 40-50 centimeters. True, in greenhouse conditions the bushes can stretch up to 60 centimeters. They are quite compact, the leaves have standard sizes and a rich green color.
Description and characteristics of the Golden Fleece tomato, reviews, photos
An early-ripening , determinate tomato variety for open ground and film shelters.
The height of the bush is 0.5-0.8 meters , the leaf is of the usual type.
Basic qualities of fruits
The fruits are elongated cream, smooth, at the ripe stage of orange color, weighing 90-100 grams , pleasant, tomato taste. These tomatoes are ideal for whole fruit canning.
Advantages of the variety : resistance to the tobacco mosaic virus, excellent transportability and keeping quality of the fruit.
Productivity of tomato Golden Fleece : up to 6 kg/sq.m (with watering and fertilizing).
Description of fruits
The fruits of the Golden Fleece tomato are ovoid in shape and have a small spout at the bottom. When unripe, the fruits are light green, turning to a deep golden yellow when ripe. The average weight of one tomato is 100 grams; from one bush you can collect about one and a half kilograms of fruit. Experienced gardeners say that from one square meter you can get about 10 kg of aromatic tomatoes, without having to put in much effort.
In general, the Golden Fleece tomato was included in the State Register of Vegetable Varieties of the Russian Federation 11 years ago - in 2008. Since then, he has been deeply loved by summer residents. The thing is that it is ideal for open and closed ground; in an open garden it can be grown in the southern central zone of Russia; in a greenhouse it will develop and bear fruit even in colder regions.
Fruits and their benefits
Ripe fruits are orange, smooth, oval, the tip is slightly pointed. Golden Fleece tomatoes have a dense structure and are suitable for both whole-fruit canning and salads. They reach a weight of 90-100 grams. The tomatoes are small and uniform in size and have excellent preservation during transportation. Orange tomato fruits are good because they contain a huge amount of the antioxidant beta-carotene, which helps prevent cardiovascular diseases and some cancers.
IMPORTANT: By eating the orange fruits of Golden Fleece tomatoes, we also benefit from provitamin A, which is necessary for bones, immune system function, skin and hair health . In addition, vitamin A is beneficial for the eyes, including the prevention of cataracts.
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Pros and cons of the variety
The “Golden Fleece” tomato has many advantages, the most important of which include early ripening, excellent taste, and the original appearance of the fruit. We must not forget that low bushes do not require staking and pinching. And “Golden Fleece” is resistant to major diseases that affect the nightshade family. As for the shortcomings, gardeners say: there are practically none. True, some people call too little yield a disadvantage. However, you need to take into account that the bushes of this tomato are quite compact, so for this size the yield of the “Golden Fleece” variety is quite acceptable.
Characteristics and description of tomato Golden Fleece
Conventionally, plants belong to a determinate species. The height of each varies from 45 to 65 cm, but under favorable conditions, tomatoes can grow up to 1 meter.
Since tomato bushes only grow upward, they can be planted in open soil or a greenhouse with a density above average.
Experienced summer residents recommend per 1 sq. Plant about 5-7 tomatoes per meter. However, with dense planting, seedlings will require timely pinching so that the bushes develop well. The leaves of the bushes are small and dark green. According to the ripening period, Golden Fleece tomatoes are classified as an early variety of tomatoes. The first ripe fruits begin to appear already 85-90 days after the first seedlings sprout. The harvest can be called a record one - about 2 kilograms of tomatoes can be harvested from one bush, and 8-10 kg from a square meter.
Features of cultivation
Like most other tomato varieties, this variety can be classified as heat-loving. That is why in most regions of Russia it can only be grown by seedlings. However, before you start planting seeds, you need to do some preparatory work to get a healthy and tasty harvest. The following stages can be distinguished: preparing planting material, preparing the soil, caring for seedlings, replanting them in open ground and caring for them until harvesting.
Features of cultivation, planting and care
We recommend sowing the seeds of this tomato for seedlings 55-60 days before the intended planting in the ground. Seedlings dive at the stage of two true leaves. When planting seedlings in a permanent place per 1 sq. It is recommended to place up to 5 plants per meter of plot.
Further care for tomatoes consists of timely watering, fertilizing with complex mineral fertilizer, pinching and preventive measures to protect against diseases and pests.
Seed preparation
You can purchase ready-made planting material immediately before sowing seeds in the ground, or you can start harvesting at the end of the current season. In the second case, you need to select ripe fruits, wash them and crush them thoroughly, and then leave them for a couple of days. After this, the tomatoes must be washed in warm water, rubbing through a fine sieve. The seeds remaining in the sieve must be dried on the windowsill, placed in a paper or cloth bag and stored in a dark place.
A month before sowing, the seeds must be calibrated. The easiest way is to remove every spoiled seed. It is worth removing those that are too large. Another way is to use a solution of ordinary salt. One tablespoon will require 1 liter of water. Pour the seeds into the resulting solution and leave for 5 minutes. During this time, all the seeds unsuitable for sowing float to the surface, and the good ones will remain at the bottom.
In any case, it is extremely important to disinfect the Golden Fleece tomato seeds. To do this, it is necessary to place them for a short time in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or hydrogen peroxide. You can use growth stimulants: the seeds should be placed in a thin cloth bag and left in the solution prepared according to the instructions for up to 6 hours. There is no need to rinse the seeds after this, just dry them thoroughly. If you do not want to use growth stimulants, you can use an ash solution. It contains about 30 nutrients that are beneficial for tomatoes. All you need to do is dissolve a tablespoon of ash in a liter of water and mix well.
Appearance of fruits
Tomatoes have an unusual color and an amazing shape - oval, somewhat elongated, with the so-called. nose at the tip.
Ripe tomatoes have an attractive characteristic orange color, and unripe fruits are green.
A tomato weighs up to 110 g when grown in a greenhouse and up to 100 g when ripened in open ground. The fruits are approximately the same size, relatively small.
Soil preparation
For planting seeds, the most common soil from your garden is suitable, which should be mixed in different parts with humus, sand, peat and turf soil. You can add half a glass of ash to a bucket of such a nutrient mixture. If you decide to use soil from your site, you should treat it with fungicides or spill it with a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate. Another method of disinfection is calcination in the oven. The temperature should not exceed 100 degrees, otherwise all the nutritional properties of the soil will be lost. The prepared soil will only need to be spread out into prepared containers. Please note: boxes or pots must be thoroughly washed with laundry soap and kept in a solution of potassium permanganate for about half an hour.
Tomato Golden Fleece
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Description and characteristics of the tomato variety Golden Fleece, reviews, photos
An early-ripening, determinate tomato variety for open ground and film shelters.
The height of the bush is 0.5-0.8 meters, the leaf is of the usual type.
Basic qualities of fruits
The fruits are elongated cream, smooth, orange in color at ripeness, weighing 90-100 grams, pleasant, tomato taste. These tomatoes are ideal for whole fruit canning.
Advantages of the variety : resistance to the tobacco mosaic virus, excellent transportability and keeping quality of the fruit.
Features of cultivation, planting and care
Sowing the seeds of this variety of tomatoes for seedlings is carried out 55-60 days before the intended planting in the ground. Seedlings dive at the stage of two true leaves. When planting seedlings in a permanent place per 1 sq. It is recommended to place up to 6 plants per meter of plot.
Further care for tomatoes consists of timely watering, fertilizing with complex mineral fertilizer, pinching and preventive measures to protect against diseases and pests.
Golden Fleece tomatoes on video
If you grew Golden Fleece tomatoes, please write what you liked about this variety, and why it perhaps disappointed you. Will you grow it again? Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of this tomato in your opinion. If possible, attach a photo of the entire bush or individual fruits you grew to your comment. Thank you!
Your reviews of the Golden Fleece tomato and additions to the description will help many gardeners evaluate this variety more objectively and decide whether it is worth planting or not.
Seedling care
Tomatoes of the “Golden Fleece” variety must be planted in open ground after the seedlings are 50 days old. Therefore, you need to correctly calculate the time for sowing. Before this, you should water the soil in containers and add a small amount of mineral fertilizer. It is better not to use organic matter at this stage. The seeds need to be buried 2 centimeters, covered with glass or film on top. As soon as the first shoots appear, the shelter should be removed. “Golden Fleece” will also require picking: this should be done after two true leaves appear. Tomatoes of this variety have no special requirements: they just need to be watered in a timely manner and immediately after that, loosen the soil.
Main characteristics
Golden Fleece is classified as an early ripening variety. The harvest can be harvested on average 3 months after sowing. If you plant the seeds in open ground, the size of the bush when ripe can reach 0.5 m. In greenhouse conditions, the height is slightly higher - 10-15 cm.
To grow tomatoes, you do not need to remove the shoots or tie the bushes to a support, which is an undoubted advantage of the Golden Fleece variety.
The plant belongs to the determinate type and has a powerful stem. The bushes are small in size, which allows them to be placed compactly and with greater density, compared to other varieties, on the site. Leaf color is dark green, size is standard.
The Golden Fleece variety is not afraid of diseases typical of tomatoes, including resistance to the tobacco mosaic virus.
The yield of tomatoes reaches 1.5 kg per bush, which allows you to collect approximately 10 kg of fruit per 1 m². This is a very good indicator, considering the small size of the bush itself. The expression “I worked, planted, but did not reap the harvest” is clearly not about these tomatoes. The fruits of the Golden Fleece variety are perfectly preserved during transportation without losing their presentation.
Taste qualities, according to reviews, are characterized as good. Due to their interesting appearance and unusual shape, tomatoes are recommended for preservation.
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No serious deficiencies, problems with care, or difficulties in growing the Golden Fleece tomato variety were found.
Features of tomato care before harvesting
Every gardener knows that you should not plant tomatoes in an area where peppers, tomatoes or other nightshades grew last year. The best predecessors are root vegetables, legumes, cabbage and greens. Before planting the “Golden Fleece” tomato in a greenhouse or garden bed, the ground should be cleared of weeds. A distance of 70 cm must be maintained between rows, and 35 cm between bushes in a row. Each hole must be watered and fertilized. Care after planting seedlings includes weeding, loosening the soil and hilling. Watering is required once or twice a week; in cool, cloudy weather or rainy days, it is better to reduce the amount of watering. It is not recommended to water the stems of the bushes, leaves and ovaries, otherwise the plant may develop fungal diseases.
You can apply fertilizer two or three times. Solutions of bird droppings or mullein with water in a ratio of 1 to 10 are suitable. In addition to organic matter, mineral complexes, which include potassium, nitrogen and phosphorus, are also suitable.
Tomato Golden Fleece: description of the variety with photos, characteristics, reviews
Recently, original varieties of tomatoes have become in demand, as consumers value not only taste, but also aesthetic appearance. The Golden Fleece tomato is one of these varieties.
Characteristics and description
“Golden Fleece” tomatoes are early varieties, since the average ripening period is about 80-90 days from the date of planting. The variety is determinate, reaches a height of up to 40-50 cm, and in closed ground can grow up to 60 cm. The bushes are compact, the leaves are of a standard size, dark green in color.
The bushes produce original egg-shaped fruits with a small spout at the bottom. The color of the fruits upon reaching maturity is golden yellow, which is why the variety got its name. The average fruit weight is 90-100 g. From one bush you can collect up to 1.5 kg of fruit, the yield per 1 sq. m is about 10 kg.
The variety has been officially included in the state register of vegetable varieties of the Russian Federation since 2008 and since then has firmly established itself in the beds of gardeners. Designed for cultivation both in open and closed ground. Growing regions are Southern and Central Russia, however, indoors can be successfully grown in cooler regions.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The obvious advantages of the Golden Fleece variety are:
- early ripening;
- original presentation of the fruit;
- tomatoes have good taste;
- the bushes are small in size and do not require pinching or tying to supports;
- resistant to the main diseases that affect tomatoes.
No disadvantages have been identified in the “Golden Fleece” variety, unless the relatively low yield can be called a disadvantage. However, in this case, it should be taken into account that the bushes of this variety are compact in size, therefore, relative to this size, the yield is quite high.
Reviews of tomato “Golden Fleece”
In their reviews, summer residents note the original shape and color of the tomatoes and their unusual sweetish taste. They say that the variety is quite unpretentious, so even beginners can cope with cultivation. Speaking about the characteristics of the “Golden Fleece” tomato, gardeners note its resistance to diseases; the main preventive measures that can protect the plant from late blight and fungal diseases are reliable watering, loosening the soil and timely removal of weeds. A big plus is that the “Golden Fleece” does not require gartering or pinching. In addition, summer residents note that the plant bears fruit better after heavy feeding.
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Characteristics of tomato Golden Fleece
When choosing Golden Fleece tomatoes, you should pay attention to the characteristics. This will allow you to identify strengths and weaknesses in comparison with other types of culture.
Golden Fleece tomato yield and fruiting
The yield level of this variety is average. From 1 sq. m in open ground you can get 7.5 kg, and in a greenhouse - about 9 kg. But, if you take into account the compactness of the bushes, then the indicator is quite decent. And if you follow the rules of agricultural technology, it can be increased. Golden Fleece tomatoes ripen in the last days of July - in the first ten days of August. The variety is characterized by simultaneous fruit production.
Important! You need to harvest immediately, as tomatoes may fall off the bush when fully ripe.
Area of application of fruits
The Golden Fleece can be used fresh, as well as for processing. Many gardeners insist that it is best to use vegetables for whole-fruit canning and pickling. You can also use them for drying, drying, making juice, and assorted vegetables.
Important! Golden Fleece in jars looks good when combined with red tomatoes of the same size.
During heat treatment, the pulp retains its structure, but the taste changes slightly.
Resistance to diseases and pests
The Golden Fleece tomato is characterized by increased resistance to crop pests. It also does not suffer from mosaic and blossom end rot. But in rainy, cool summer conditions it can be affected by late blight and fusarium. Therefore, to obtain a good tomato harvest, it is necessary to carry out preventive treatments of the bushes and observe crop rotation.
