Prestigious, but at the same time accessible to everyone - the Tsar’s Favorite tomato: description of the variety and characteristics

The Tsar's Favorite tomato is considered an elite collection variety. Despite such a high-profile status, anyone can grow these tomatoes on their own plot and find out for themselves that they are really good.

Description and characteristics of the tomato variety Lyubimets, reviews, photos

Medium-early, productive, medium-sized tomato variety for open ground and greenhouses.
The period from germination to the beginning of ripening is 110-112 days. The bush is of a determinate type, about 70 cm high in the greenhouse, more than 1 meter in the greenhouse. A garter to the support and partial stepsoning are required.

Basic qualities of fruits

The fruits are round-heart-shaped, large, of medium density, red in color at maturity, weighing 200-260 grams, fleshy, good taste. These tomatoes are suitable for fresh consumption, juice preparation, and processing into tomato products.

Advantages of the variety : high fruit set in any summer, stress resistance.

Seed producer: agricultural company Gavrish.

Features of cultivation, planting and care

Sowing seeds of this variety for seedlings is carried out 55-60 days before the intended planting in the ground. When planting seedlings in a permanent place per 1 sq. up to 4 plants are placed per meter of plot.

Further care for tomatoes consists of timely watering, fertilizing, pinching and preventive measures to protect plants from diseases and pests.

If you grew Lyubimets tomatoes, please write whether you liked them or not. What was the yield and taste of the fruits like under your climatic conditions? How do you rate the disease resistance of this variety? If possible, attach a photo of the entire bush or individual fruits you grew to your comment. Thank you!

Your feedback and additions to the description will help many gardeners evaluate this variety objectively and decide whether it is worth planting or not.

The Tsar's Favorite tomato is considered an elite collection variety. Despite such a high-profile status, anyone can grow these tomatoes on their own plot and find out for themselves that they are really good.

Let's meet pink tomatoes!

Pink Pink, De Barao, Pink Honey, Giant, Sanka and Mazarin. This magnificent six has gained extraordinary popularity in Russia because of its taste, excellent keeping quality and ease of care.

Not only is the acid content in pink tomatoes lower than in red ones, they also delight gardeners with a high content of lycopene (a carotenoid that breaks down fats). More recently, it was believed that the champions in terms of the content of this pigment, which gives the leaves and fruits a blood-red color, are rich red tomatoes, best of all overripe ones.

However, Pink, Honey, Giant, De Barao, Mazarin, and with them Sanka, Flamingo and Miracle of the Earth, are superior to the usual dark tomatoes in terms of the content of this antioxidant. This means that consuming pink “tomatillos” significantly reduces the risk of developing cataracts, gingivitis, coronary disease and atherosclerosis.

Let's get to know each other!

Third place! Sveta-nsk: I grow Pink honey in a greenhouse, also pink, just as tasty, only larger (than Parsley the gardener). Mirage: I was completely and irrevocably disappointed. I'm tired of waiting for miracles from him. Maybe I have the wrong greenhouse. Maybe I have crooked hands, but we didn’t get along well with this tomato.

Almost half of the fruit is occupied by a hard yellow “celluloid” top. It is absolutely inedible and not suitable for hot processing. Tech. Half is waste. The bottom is fleshy, but too soft. When you start cutting, the tomato simply turns into mush. Those. this season I will use all pink honey for hot processing (caviar, sauces). And I never plant this variety again. JuliaZa: good in taste and quantity on the bush.

Mumi_mama: I discovered another variety this year - Pink honey. The only drawback is that the skin is a little rough. But inside, mmmm... Delicious.

Places 4 to 8 are shared by the following tomato varieties.

Description and characteristics of the variety

The Tsar's Favorite tomato is an indeterminate variety with unlimited growth. Its height reaches 1.5-1.7 m. The leaves are potato-type, wide. The bush produces the first brush with ovaries after 8-9 leaves, then new ones appear with an interval of 1-2 leaves. Each brush contains 3-4 ovaries. The fruits ripen 112-115 days after seed germination. They are very large, reaching a kilogram.

Beefsteak tomatoes, flat-round, bright red-orange in color. The pulp is grainy and aromatic. The seed chambers are small. The variety is mainly salad.

Large red tomatoes are consistently popular among both gardeners and consumers. They are consumed fresh and canned for the winter. They produce brightly colored tomato juice. Most farmers prefer these fruits.

These are the fruits produced by the Tsarskiy Podar variety. The culture is in demand in all regions of Russia and was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2007.

How to grow seedlings

Seeds are sown two months before transplanting plants into open ground.

Seed preparation

The seeds are prepared and sowing begins. Taking care of the seeds will speed up germination and protect the plants from diseases.

Preparation of planting seeds:

1. All seeds are examined, those capable of germinating are selected, blackened and damaged ones are removed. An easier way: add a little salt to the water and soak the seeds for thirty minutes. Spoiled seeds float to the surface.
2. To prevent diseases, they are treated with a disinfecting solution. Use the product of your choice: hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate. The seeds are soaked in the chosen product for two hours, and then thoroughly washed with water.
3. For early germination, soak for 12 hours in a growth stimulator. Such drugs (for example, Epin) are sold in all specialized stores for summer residents.

Container and soil

Sow the seeds in a container of sufficient size. Use trays and boxes purchased at the store, or make the pots yourself. When growing several bushes, the seeds are sown immediately in a pot. When the plant has grown, it is picked and transplanted into a separate container, which must be at least 300 g.

Choose light soils. There is a large selection of soil in stores, but it is cheaper to prepare the soil mixture yourself. Take peat, turf and humus in equal proportions. With this composition the soil will be nutritious and light.

We recommend disinfecting not only the seeds, but also the soil and containers. The earth is calcined in the oven and watered with a solution of potassium permanganate. Containers are sterilized using alcohol or high temperatures, and the container is also wiped with hydrogen peroxide and potassium permanganate.

Seedling

Almost all tomatoes in the central part of the country are grown using seedlings. To do this, seed material is purchased or collected independently. 2 months before planting tomatoes in a permanent place in containers or containers, prepare the soil. It should include garden soil, peat and fertilizers.

The day before sowing the seeds, the containers should be in a warm place. Seeds soaked overnight in aloe juice, a solution of boric acid or potassium permanganate are thoroughly washed with running water and evenly laid out on a flat soil surface, sprinkled with a centimeter layer of soil, sprayed with warm water from a spray bottle and covered with film.

Before planting, seedlings are hardened off

It is necessary to maintain a constant temperature in containers: up to 24°C during the day, and not lower than 18°C ​​at night. Humidity should be moderate: high humidity can provoke rot of seedlings and late blight, while low humidity will prevent seedlings from developing normally. If there is no condensation on the film, the plants are sprayed with water, but not watered at the roots, because this contributes to soil erosion and damage to the weak root system.

After the second pair of leaves appears, the seedlings are picked if they are cramped in the containers. For 2 months from the emergence of seedlings to planting, the seedlings are fertilized 3 times. For this purpose, chemicals or organic solutions are used.

A week before planting in open ground, the seedlings are hardened off. Every day, open the containers and expose them to the open sun so that on the first day it is for an hour or half an hour, and in subsequent days the time spent in the open air gradually increases.

Transplanting

Ready seedlings are planted in the field, but when planted in greenhouses, they do not need to be hardened. First, prepare an area of ​​land so that there is a distance of 70 cm between the rows, and about 50 cm between the plants. Warm water is poured into the prepared holes, then the seedlings are planted at an angle.

As they grow, fruit bushes are tied up in greenhouses, but they grow no more than 60 cm in height, so shaping comes down only to removing excess shoots and leaves that interfere with the free flow of air between the bushes. Watering and fertilizing tomatoes is carried out as required. Before the first flowers open, the plants are fertilized for the first time. At least 10 days must pass between the following procedures.

Tomato variety Country Favorite requires careful care of the plantings, these are:

• timely watering;
• fertilization with chemicals or organic matter;
• weeding and simultaneous loosening of the soil;
• destruction of pests.

When fertilizing plants, you need to pay attention to the dosage, never exceed it, otherwise you can expose the plants to burns. To destroy pests, a mechanical method (manual assembly) or a chemical method (pesticides) is used.

How to grow tomatoes

Seedlings are planted in a permanent location after the soil has warmed up. This is the second half of May.

Landing

The plants are watered and fed abundantly three days before planting, after transplanting they are watered once, then the soil is not moistened for two weeks.

The beds for transplanting seedlings are prepared in the fall. Remains of plants are removed and the soil is dug up. The soil is fertilized with ash and humus.

In the spring, the ground is dug up again. The soil should be disinfected by watering it with a solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulfate.

They dig holes, keeping the distance between them 50-60 cm. The distance between the rows is 60-70 cm. The seats are placed in a checkerboard pattern to save space. Immediately before planting, the seedlings are carefully removed from the pots along with a lump of earth. Place in the holes, forming roots towards the center. The holes with plants are filled with water at room temperature. When the water is absorbed, cover it with soil.

Plant care

There are no difficulties in caring for Tsar's Gift tomatoes. They are regularly watered, loosened and fertilized. Foliar soil feeding.

Important. Water with moderately warm, settled water, avoiding getting moisture on the leaves.

When the bushes have grown and become stronger, we remove the side shoots so that the plant forms a single stem.

Features of cultivation and possible difficulties

A novice gardener faces a number of difficulties:

1. The bush grows tall. Garter required.
2. When the soil is poor, few ovaries are formed. Increase the amount of fertilizing.
3. A large amount of greenery on the plant indicates oversaturation of the soil; the fruits become smaller and ripen slowly.
4. By reducing the number of flowers, you will increase the weight of the fruit.
5. Crackling and watery fruit. This suggests that the gardener removed too much foliage and all the water went into the tomatoes.

Diseases and pests

Due to the high resistance of the tomato variety to typical tomato diseases, it is not afraid of fusarium, verticillium, and tobacco mosaic.

However, preventive measures are needed:

• pre-planting soil treatment with a solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulfate;
• treating bushes with copper-containing preparations to prevent late blight;
• spraying with “Fitosporin” or other non-toxic biological products with an antifungal effect;
• Regular inspection of plantings for pests. A soap solution is used against aphids; in the fight against flying insects, industrial insecticides or a decoction of celandine are used. Ash flour introduced into the soil under the bushes will help prevent the appearance of root parasites and slugs.

Planting in the ground and caring for tomatoes

Before planting tomatoes on the plot, the soil is prepared for autumn. 3-4 year old compost is used as fertilizer. It needs to be poured onto the ground and left for the winter.

In the spring, the beds are dug up and mineral fertilizers containing phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen are applied. Calcium nitrate in the amount of 1 tbsp is placed in each hole before planting. l.

Features of cultivation are as follows:

1. The Lyubimets tomato should be planted in soil with an acidity of 5-5.5.
2. Preference is given to moisture-permeable and breathable soils.
3. To optimize water consumption, drip irrigation is organized.
4. When planting in beds, it is important that the shoots have at least 6 true leaves. Such results are usually achieved at the age of 50 days.
5. After planting, shade from the sun should be created for 3-4 days.

If there is regular heavy rainfall in the region, it is necessary to protect the beds with plastic film. Regular, but not excessive watering is very important. Over-watering of plants is strictly contraindicated; this will adversely affect the condition of the tomatoes.

This variety is very popular with slugs, so for protection it is recommended to scatter chiseled eggshells around the beds.

To get a good harvest, you should choose the right soil, regularly water and feed the plants. The favorite of the Moscow region is unpretentious, so it will set fruit if you follow simple growing rules.

It is better to feed tomatoes with weed infusions. The procedure should be carried out once a week for several months.

The variety Favorite of the Moscow Region should be collected in green form if it gets sharply cold. The berries will ripen perfectly if placed in a warm place.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Benefits of the Royal Gift:

• bright fruit color;
• wonderful taste;
• high productivity;
• immunity to major tomato diseases;
• Possibility of growing indoors and outdoors;
• the versatility of fruits; vegetables are perfect for both fresh use and canning;

The disadvantages include:

• the need for gartering and pinching;
• demands on soil composition;
• When there is high humidity, the fruits crack.

Tomato Country Favorite

I love this variety for its unusual taste. If you taste it, you will feel the slightest sourness; it is pleasant to eat it fresh and in salads. You can also pickle it, the flesh is dense. I’ve been growing it for 6 years, providing standard care: moderate watering, fertilizer 4 times per season, thinning and spraying for pests. The bushes grow a little higher than half a meter and stop on their own; diseases do not catch on. In open ground I harvest 6 kilos per square meter, in a greenhouse the yield is 7-8 kilos. The results are beautiful, slightly flattened tomatoes. They can be stored for a long time, but we eat everything before it starts to spoil.

I bought the seeds from Sedek, but I didn’t like the quality and only half of them sprouted. Next time I will look for this variety from other producers; I bought it at the OBI market. Planting took place in May, the first tomato was picked at the end of July, the region is northern, our tomatoes grow only in greenhouses, but this variety is also suitable for open ground in warmer areas. The bushes are compact, low - 50-60 cm, determinate type, so the growth point ends at the ovary. Tying still needs to be done, since the stems are very flexible, often bend to the ground, and can break. Another 1 minus: the variety often requires pinching, because it produces shoots very often, this must be monitored. The first early fruits are small, in the second tiers the tomatoes will ripen to a larger size. Productivity is low. Tomatoes weigh on average 300 grams, are round in shape, with slight ribbing. The skin is thin and prone to cracking. The pulp is not the densest, more soft, there is a lot of juice, there are 6 chambers with seeds. The color is light red, with a slight pink tint. I personally liked the taste, the tomato is especially good for salads - the aroma is distinct, this is exactly what homemade tomatoes smell like. The pulp is juicy, the taste is sweet, with a slight sourness.

Another variety - Royal Gift

The early ripening tomato variety Royal Gift is similar to Tsarsky in many characteristics. Suitable for both film shelters and open ground. The period from germination to harvest is 107-114 days. The plant is indeterminate.

The fruits are large, red, with ribbed sides. They have no voids. The average weight is 200-300 g. Some fruits reach 500 g.

Suitable for salads and processing.

Due to its ease of care and high taste characteristics, the Tsarsky Podar tomato variety is in demand among domestic vegetable growers. Due to the high sugar content, the fruits have a pronounced rich taste. The tomato is easy to care for and easily adapts to cold weather.

Reviews, photos and yield indicators indicate that the Tsarsky Gift and Royal Gift varieties are similar to each other in all respects.

Farmer reviews

The royal gift will interest Russian farmers with its productivity, beautiful, tasty and healthy fruits:

Alina, Kazan: “I planted it last year and was pleased. The variety has a high yield - it harvested about 10 kg per square meter. m. In terms of ripening time, the variety is average, but tasty, just like sugar! The fruits turned out just like in the picture.”

Elena Sozinova, Novosibirsk region: “I have been growing this variety for several years and already know many nuances with which I achieve productivity and disease resistance. I live in Siberia, so I plant it in a greenhouse, take careful care and do not use a growth activator. But even without it, the harvest is quite decent.”

Sergey, Voronezh: “Every year I plant the Tsar’s Gift. This is a fairly hardy tomato. It is not afraid of worsening weather, but the temperature should still be taken into account when transplanting seedlings into open ground. At first, it is better to cover the young shoots with film. The harvest is distinguished by large and juicy tomatoes.”