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The tomato Auria has many names: Lady's whim, Manhood, Adam, etc. This is due to the unusual shape of the fruit. The variety can be found in catalogs under different names, but the main characteristic remains unchanged. Tomato Auria is famous for its high yield and excellent fruit taste.
Variety characteristics
Let's start the description of the tomato Auria with the fact that the variety was bred by Novosibirsk breeders. The culture is intended for open and closed cultivation.
Auria belongs to indeterminate tomatoes. The bush is a vine that can stretch up to 1.8 m in height. In the greenhouse, the tomato grows more than 2 m. However, the structure of the bush is not spreading. The branches on the flexible stem of the tomato grows slightly, the amount of foliage is average.
Characteristics of the fetus
The most interesting thing in describing the Auria tomato is its fruits. The vegetable with lumpy walls, elongated up to 15 cm, has given rise to many interesting names. Fruit weight reaches 200 g, but the average weight of a tomato usually varies between 80-150 g. Tomatoes are tied with a brush. Its mass can reach 0.8 kg. This weight is too much for thin shoots. So that they do not break off, vegetable growers regulate the number of fruits by removing the excess ovary. The ripening period for tomatoes lasts from mid-July to September.
If you cut the fruit of Auria lengthwise, then inside you can see two seed chambers. The grains are small, evenly spaced over the fleshy pulp of the tomato. The tomato skin is thin, but rather dense walls are hidden under it. Tomato pulp is characterized by a large amount of dry matter. Thanks to this, the fruits of Auria are stored for a long time, do not have the property of cracking and endure long-term transportation. Ripe tomato becomes completely red in color. There is no green spot around the stalk. Sometimes the skin from the central part of the fruit to the end acquires a light shade. This is considered the norm and does not affect the taste of the tomato.
Without the taste of the vegetable, the characteristic and description of the Auria tomato variety will be incomplete. The fruit is more beautiful than delicious. When fresh, gourmets do not approve of it. The tomato pulp is a little sweetish, and unripe - unripe. The high dry matter content makes the fruit less juicy. According to reviews, tomato Auria is more suitable for conservation. The elongated shape allows you to conveniently place the fruits in the jar. Canned tomatoes are tasty and whole. The dense pulp does not crack during heat treatment.
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Positive and negative traits of the variety
To fully characterize the Auria tomato variety, let's consider its advantages:
- the tomato is not afraid of temperature fluctuations;
- if there is no epidemic, Auria's resistance to diseases is high;
- tomato variety is drought resistant;
- high yield rate;
- despite the dryness of the pulp, the good taste of tomatoes is manifested in conservation;
- fruits are resistant to cracking, have an excellent presentation, tolerate transportation.
The following points can be distinguished from the disadvantages of tomato:
- the fruits of Auria are stored well, but not for long;
- thin stems break under the weight of the hands;
- the culture is demanding on the selection of fertilizers.
Another unpleasant factor is the difficulty of buying Auria seeds, since the variety is poorly distributed on the market.
Fruit processing
Auria tomatoes have specific fruits that are poorly suited for fresh consumption. The vegetable is dry but fleshy. Due to the small amount of water, the tomato pulp does not crack during heat treatment. The meatiness is good for the consistency of the tomato paste. The grated puree does not need to be boiled for a long time to evaporate the water. The taste of a tomato is revealed precisely after processing. The finished pasta takes on a sweetish flavor. It becomes tender and very thick.
Canned fruits from the jar retain their shape, remain firm and look beautiful on the table. Lightly salted tomato pulp retains a pleasant sweet and sour aftertaste. Auria will take a worthy place on the festive table.
Features of growing varieties
Growing the Auria variety is no different from caring for other tall tomatoes. Of course, there are a number of nuances, but they more affect adult culture.
Seed preparation for sowing and growing seedlings
To get a good harvest of tomatoes, seed preparation begins in February. First, the grains are calibrated, throwing out small and broken specimens. Hand-picked tomato seeds are poured into a jar of saline. After 15 minutes, all the empty grains will float, and the full ones will settle to the bottom. Throw away the pacifiers. All other tomato seeds are washed with clean water, dried, and then placed in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate. The seeds are disinfected within 20 minutes.
To speed up the emergence of tomatoes, the grains are soaked before sowing. To do this, spread cheesecloth on a wide saucer, lay out tomato seeds in one layer, cover with cheesecloth on top and moisten. It is better to use distilled warm water for soaking. Moreover, it should cover half of the tomato grains. Sometimes vegetable growers add growth stimulants to the water.
After soaking, an important process begins - germination. Tomato seeds are similarly laid out on cheesecloth on a saucer, only they are not poured with water. The fabric is constantly kept wet by spraying with a spray bottle. Before pecking, tomato seeds should be warm at a temperature of at least +20aboutFROM.
Hardening is an important stage that increases the resistance of seedlings and adult tomatoes to temperature extremes. Plus, the yield increases by 50%. The process involves placing tomato seeds in the refrigerator for 12 hours. Hardening occurs at a temperature of +2aboutC. After that, the tomato seeds are heated at room temperature +20aboutC. The procedure is performed a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 5 times.
The time of sowing seeds directly depends on the place of planting tomato seedlings. In the south, Auria grows beautifully in the open air. In this case, the sowing of the grains is carried out 62 days before planting the seedlings in the garden. With greenhouse cultivation of Auria, sowing seeds is carried out 45–55 days before planting seedlings. It is better to use a commercial primer. He already has all the necessary trace elements. If the land is collected from the garden, it is disinfected by watering with a steep solution of manganese, and then heated in the oven. To completely kill pathogens, it is enough to withstand the soil at a temperature of 190aboutFROM.
The treated soil is left for up to 14 days to ventilate in the fresh air. After that, the soil is poured into containers, grooves are made 1 cm deep and the hatched tomato seeds are sown. Tomato grains are covered with earth from above, poured from a spray bottle, after which the container is tightly closed with a film.
Every day, until emergence, the container is opened for 30 minutes. During this time, the seeds of tomatoes receive oxygen. If the soil is dry, then it is slightly moistened. Under the film, the seeds are kept at a temperature of +28aboutFROM.With the emergence of seedlings, the shelter is removed, and the temperature is lowered to +20aboutFROM.
During the entire growing period, tomato seedlings should receive maximum light. Before disembarking, it is tempered by bringing it out into the shade, and then gradually in the sun.
Features of caring for an adult tomato
Continuing to consider the description of the tomato variety Auria, it is worth dwelling in more detail on the features of caring for an adult plant. The crop is characterized by high yields, which means that the plant needs a lot of nutrients. Auria is very fond of feeding with organic matter and mineral fertilizers. Despite its resistance to drought, the tomato responds well to timely, abundant watering. The soil around the roots should always be loose.
Auria's bush is a vine and needs to be pinned. The plant is formed into 2 stems, and all other pagons are removed. As the stems grow, they are tied to a trellis. The branches with bunches of tomatoes are supported, otherwise they will break off under the weight of the fruits. A prerequisite for Variety Auria is the removal of excess leaves. Usually this is the lower tier. Plus, the leaves are cut off near each brush, leaving 2 or 3 pieces.
Returning to top dressing, it is worth noting that Auria tomatoes are usually fertilized three times during the entire growing period:
- when planting seedlings;
- during flowering;
- with the appearance of the ovary.
This amount of dressings is considered normal if there is fertile soil on the site. Otherwise, the frequency of fertilization is selected individually.
In general, the Auria variety is considered to be thermophilic. In the northern regions, cultivation is allowed only in heated greenhouses, and the result is not always successful. If the air temperature drops to zero, the inflorescences will begin to fall off.
Tomatoes ripen no earlier than 115–125 days after the sprouts hatch. Auria from 1 m2 under normal growing conditions, it is capable of producing up to 12 kg of fruit. The harvested crop is usually immediately started up for processing and conservation.
Fight disease
Tomato disease resistance promised by breeders does not always coincide with reality. About the tomato variety Auria, the reviews of vegetable growers say that on the acidic soil, the plantings are partially affected by the top rot. Often the problem is observed with a lack of moisture. The fight method is simple. For Auria, more frequent watering is required so that the soil under each bush is slightly damp. You should not immediately resort to expensive chemicals. A reliable tomato rescuer is a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid. It contains copper sulfate and lime. The solution is used to treat tomato bushes 2 to 4 times per season. A decrease in soil acidity will not hurt either. For this, dolomite flour is added to the soil.
And now let's read the reviews of vegetable growers about the Auria tomato variety.
I have been growing Auria in Belarus for 4 years in the open field. I plant 4-5 bushes, remove about 4 buckets.We use it for pickling and lecho, for food it is dry and there is no point in storing it. The appearance is peculiar, we have it very rare, people are interested, but there are few people who want to try to breed
They are planting for the third year. It tastes very sweet (my daughter says that our tomatoes are the tastiest)). I have a lot of varieties, but here Auria, for some reason, the very first one starts to hurt (leaves turn yellow or late blight attacks her). Grows in a greenhouse, Very compact, few foliage, many ovaries and large clusters. But the very last one also bears fruit. I will not give up on them))
In the Smolensk region. I grow this variety in a greenhouse (grows 3m) and on the street (grows 1m without stepchild) yields are good and do not get sick.
Hello! and where can I get tomato seeds Auria