Sweet and medicinal tomatoes "Duckling": description of the variety, characteristics of the fruit, recommendations for cultivation

Tomato Duckling is included in the State Register of Russia for planting in temporary film shelters, as well as in open ridges.

The variety will be of interest to farmers for the possibility of supplying tomatoes recommended for dietary and therapeutic nutrition in the prevention of diseases of cancer. Gardeners will love the high sugar content of ripe tomatoes, which children like very much.

Read further in the article description of the variety, its characteristics, characteristics of cultivation and resistance to diseases.

Tomato "Duckling": description of the variety

Tomato of early terms of maturing, with amicable return of a harvest. From the appearance of the first shoots to the return of ripe fruits, the period will be 102-107 days. The shrubs of the plant are standard, determinant type, reach a height of 55-70 centimeters, and in a greenhouse can reach a height of 90-100 centimeters. About indeterminantny grades read here.

The number of leaves is small, medium in color from green to dark green. The variety is characterized by resistance to the main diseases of tomato, root and apical rot, and is also capable of forming brushes of tomatoes, even under adverse weather conditions. No need to tie up the bush and remove the stepsons.

Specifications

The merits of the variety:

• compactness of the bush;
• friendly return of the crop;
• use in the prevention of cancer;
• perfectly sweet taste of fruit;
• resistance to rot (root and apical) of tomatoes;
• the ability to form fruit brushes in any weather;
• undemanding care.

Disadvantages:

• low yield.

Specifications

Country breeding varieties - Russia. The shape of the fruit - rounded with a characteristic spout, the shape slightly resembles the heart. Color from yellow-orange to well-pronounced orange. Average weight: 60-85 grams. Excellent taste in salads, juice, good preservation when canning whole tomatoes.

You can compare the weight of the fruit of a variety with other varieties in the table below:

The yield is relatively low, about 2.0-2.4 kilograms per square meter. The presentation is excellent, perfectly preserved during transportation, does not crack during long-term storage.

Read also on our website: How to get a great harvest of tomatoes in the open field? How to grow tomatoes all year round in greenhouses?

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Consider a better variety of tomatoes "Duckling" on the photo:

Features of growing

Sowing seeds for seedlings to conduct in the first decade of April. Top dressing and picking during the first leaf period. Landing on the prepared ground is carried out in early June. With further growth it is necessary to conduct additional feeding 2 times. A slight increase in the yield of fruits will give the processing of growth stimulator "Vympel".

Further processing after planting seedlings is reduced to moderate watering, weeding, timely loosening of the soil, mulching.

Fertilizers and properly chosen soil occupy a very important place in the cultivation of tomatoes. Read articles on this topic:

• Types of soil for tomatoes, as well as how to make a mixture of soils on their own and what land is most suitable for planting tomatoes in the greenhouse and for seedlings.
• Phosphoric, organic, complex, mineral, ready, TOP best.
• Yeast, iodine, hydrogen peroxide, boric acid, ammonia, ash.
• Foliar, when picking, for seedlings.

Diseases and pests

Some gardeners have noted the fall of the ovary when planting Duckon variety tomatoes in a greenhouse. Shedding of color and ovary of tomatoes can be caused by several reasons, the main ones are as follows:

• lack of moisture;
• eating disorders of tomato bushes;
• fruit rot disease;
• violation of airing mode.

When watering seedlings must follow simple rules. Watering at the same time, with warm water, about 15 liters per square meter. Particularly required timeliness irrigation during flowering and the formation of the fruit. Regulate the amount of water for irrigation depending on weather conditions.

Scattering tomato flowers at the onset of hot days will tell you about the lack of nitrogen and phosphorus. It is necessary to feed with a preparation containing these trace elements. Variety Duckling is characterized by resistance to diseases of apical rot. In order to prevent disease, it is advised to treat bushes of plants with boric acid solution.

When planting bushes of tomatoes in the greenhouse and non-compliance with the mode of ventilation, humidity increases. In wet air, the ability to pollinate flowers is lost.. Bushes massively discard such flowers. Eliminated by compliance with the mode of ventilation of the greenhouse.

Read more about protection against late blight and varieties resistant to it. And also about Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticilliasis and other common diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses. And also about measures to combat them.

Also, tomatoes are often threatened by the Colorado potato beetle and its larvae, thrips, spider mites, slugs. On our site you will find a series of articles on methods of dealing with these leaders:

• How to get rid of slugs and spider mites.
• Measures to combat thrips, aphids, Colorado potato beetle.

The Duckling variety has proven itself well on the ridges, children love this tomato, and in winter you can surprise guests with a jar of yellow tomatoes and great taste.

In the table below you will find links to other varieties of tomatoes with different ripening periods:

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