Altai breeders have gloriously bothered over the variety of tomatoes "Siberian early", improving its quality.
On its basis, they brought a new - tomato "Nicola". In recognition of tomato lovers, he surpasses his predecessor in taste and technical qualities.
In this article we will tell all about the variety of tomato nikola - description of tomatoes and features of cultivation.
Tomato "Nikola": description of the variety
Grade name | Nikola |
general description | Mid-season determinant variety |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 95-105 days |
The form | Round fruits |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 80-200 grams |
Application | Universal |
Yield varieties | up to 8 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Stepchild needed |
Disease resistance | Resistant to major diseases |
Varietal culture is not a hybrid. "Nikola" is a determinant variety, with a bush height up to 65 cm. Not standard. The plant is medium branchy with a small amount of leaves.
In the State Register of Breeding Achievements made in 1993. Characterized as early ripe or mid-season. Maturing term from full sprouts to biological ripeness from 94 to 155 days.
Differs in high productivity, it is used in industrial cultivation. The variety is recommended for cultivation in the Middle Volga and West Siberian regions. It is resistant to adverse weather conditions, grows on universal soils, is grown in open ground and in greenhouses.
Tomatoes "Nikola" of round shape, red color, multichamber - have from 6 to 10 nests. The content in the juice of dry matter is 4.6-4.8%. Taste is excellent, with sourness, pulp is fleshy.
Fruit weight from 80 to 200 g. Tomatoes have excellent commercial quality, well tolerated storage and transportation. Used fresh in salads, sauces and as a dressing for first courses. Suitable for wholegrain canning and in vegetable mixtures.
You can compare the weight of fruits with other varieties in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Nikola | 80-200 grams |
Doll | 250-400 grams |
Summer resident | 55-110 grams |
Lazy man | 300-400 grams |
The president | 250-300 grams |
Buyan | 100-180 grams |
Kostroma | 85-145 grams |
Sweet bunch | 15-20 grams |
Black bunch | 50-70 grams |
Stolypin | 90-120 grams |
The dignity of the variety is the ripening and alignment of fruits.
A photo
The appearance of the tomato "Nikola" in the photo:
And also about the intricacies of care for early-ripening varieties and varieties characterized by high yield and disease resistance.
Advantages and disadvantages
Growing tomato varieties "Nikola" is not difficult even for novice gardeners. Its main advantage is the absence of the need to pinch bushes and their formation. This greatly facilitates the care of him.
They grow well in the open field due to the cold resistance of the variety. Planting pattern 70 x 50 cm. It is not necessary to thicken the planting, because the bush does not undergo formation. Productivity - up to 8 kg per square meter.
You can compare the yield of this variety with others in the table below:
Grade name | Yield |
Nikola | up to 8 kg per square meter |
Nastya | 10-12 kg per square meter |
Bella Rosa | 5-7 kg per square meter |
Banana red | 3 kg from a bush |
Gulliver | 7 kg from a bush |
Lady shedi | 7.5 kg per square meter |
Pink Lady | 25 kg per square meter |
Honey heart | 8.5 kg from a bush |
Fat jack | 5-6 kg from a bush |
Broody | 10-11 kg per square meter |
The disadvantage of the variety is susceptibility to late blight disease, black bacterial spotting and vertex rot.
Agrotechnology
For the prevention of disease, seeds are planted with potassium permanganate before planting. Sowing on seedlings is carried out at the end of March. Planting in open ground is made in early June, in the greenhouse - in mid-May.
Further care is standard for all tomatoes: top dressing, watering, loosening the soil and weeding from weeds.
It is equally important to use the right soil for seedlings, and for adult plants in greenhouses. We will tell you about what types of soil for tomatoes exist, how to prepare the right soil on your own and how to prepare the soil in the greenhouse in spring for planting.
One should not forget about such agrotechnical methods when planting tomatoes as loosening, mulching, top dressing.
In the table below you will find links to varieties of tomatoes with different ripening terms:
Mid-season | Middle late | Late-ripening |
Gina | Abakansky pink | Bobcat |
Ox ears | French grapevine | Russian size |
Roma f1 | Yellow banana | King of Kings |
Black Prince | Titanium | Long keeper |
Lorraine beauty | Slot f1 | Grandma's Gift |
Stellate sturgeon | Volgogradsky 5 95 | Podsinskoe miracle |
Intuition | Krasnobay f1 | Brown sugar |