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Fatima tomatoes are considered a godsend for people who have summer cottages, vegetable gardens and love to grow vegetables. This variety requires almost no maintenance, is unpretentious, and brings a lot of harvest. Before purchasing seeds and starting cultivation, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the characteristics and descriptions of the Fatima tomato variety.
Description
Bushes of the Fatima variety are small, their height is no more than 60 cm. They are strong and each bush is fruitful. If you know all the subtleties, the rules for caring for tomatoes, then there is an opportunity to receive 10 kg of fruit from each square meter.
The Fatima tomato is an early ripe variety, the fruits are quite large, they belong to the dessert type. A positive feature is the duration of fruiting, up to autumn. It is worth noting that you can buy seeds of a hybrid species, which has a similar name, but there is an F1 prefix. Description of the tomato Fatima F1, its characteristics will be different. The hybrid belongs to the mid-season species, the bushes are tall and it is better to grow them in a greenhouse or film shelter.
People who constantly grow the variety give only a positive description of the Fatima tomato variety. The fruits have a pleasant sweet taste, high juiciness, and fleshy pulp. The color of the tomato is pink, the size is quite large, which reaches 200-400 grams. This type is suitable both for salads, fresh consumption, and for the production of juice, sauce, pasta or winter preparations.
Additional advantages of Fatima are that the peel does not crack, which allows the tomatoes to be stored for a long time. Some of the positive qualities of tomatoes include:
- Excellent taste.
- High calorie content of each tomato.
- A good immune system.
- The tomato does not crack at maturity.
Disadvantages are very difficult to find, as the breeders have done a good job creating this species. The weaknesses include only some difficulties in collecting seed, because there is not so much of it. Description and visual features can be seen in the video:
Sowing
Fatima tomatoes grow well in any region, but for this you need to sow the seeds in March. Fatima tomatoes can be grown both in the open field and in a greenhouse or under a film cover. Tomatoes prefer places on the site that are well lit and warmed up by the sun, the variety does not like the shady terrain. Before sowing, the seeds are prepared and the process should begin a couple of months before transplanting the seedlings. Although Fatima can be planted without seedlings.
To prepare the seeds, they must be put in a solution of potassium permanganate. If the seeds are stored for a year or longer, then they are soaked in warm water before processing, leaving for a couple of hours. When using potassium permanganate, the seeds must lie for 20 minutes. To prepare a solution for 1 gram of potassium permanganate, 125 ml of water is added.
If the purchase of seeds is carried out, then they do not need to be processed in potassium permanganate, since this will only harm.
Before planting, the gardener needs to prepare the soil itself. For this, ordinary garden or garden soil is used, but it often contains a lot of bacteria, pests and you need to get rid of them. To disinfect the soil, the earth is placed on a baking sheet and sent to the oven for calcination. You can go the other way, put the soil in a colander and put it over boiling water for 10-15 minutes.
The prepared soil is poured into the desired container, then grooves of about 5 cm are made. 2-3 seeds are placed in one hole, the distance between which is about 2 cm. After sowing, the grooves are covered with soil, everything is watered. For better germination, it is recommended to close the container with foil, cellophane, or simply cover it with glass, leave the seedlings in a warm place, for example, near a battery.
Transfer to the site
Seedlings should be planted in open ground with the onset of May. If Fatima is grown in a film cover or greenhouse, then the seedlings can be transferred even in the middle of spring.
2-3 days before planting the bushes, you will need to process the seedlings with means that stimulate growth. Effective drugs include:
- Immunocytophyte.
- Epin.
When using such means, the growth of bushes and fruits will increase significantly. Fatima must be planted in nutritious and rich soil. In this regard, it is necessary to treat the selected area with a mineral fertilizer. At home, feeding is carried out using:
- Compost.
- Potash humus.
- Phosphorus humus.
Before planting, the land on the site is loosened, about 5 cm deep in order to remove the crust. Now you can transplant seedlings by making small holes for them. For each, the depth should not exceed 15 cm. It is recommended to use the 40x50 planting technique. All bushes must be planted at right angles, but if the seedlings are very tall, then a peg is immediately inserted, which is used for further tying the plants.
Caring for the Fatima tomato variety is very simple, since there is no need to form bushes, and also get rid of stepchildren. But based on the mass of tomatoes, you will definitely need to tie up each bush. In addition to care, watering and weeding of the land from weeds... It is best to keep the soil loosened, not to bring it to the point where a crust forms. After planting, you can expect a harvest of 85-90 days.
Care rules
Like other tomato varieties, Fatima requires some maintenance, although the variety is undemanding. For the good development of the bushes, it will be necessary to ensure normal soil moisture. Watering is carried out regularly, during drought, the development of the plant will be slow.
If the weather outside the window is bad, without the sun, then watering is done once a week. For sunny and hot weather, the amount of watering is increased, the interval between humidifications is a couple of days.
Fertilizers are applied throughout the growing season. The very first feeding should be made about 10 days after transplanting the seedlings to a permanent place. For this, solutions are used made from mullein, saltpeter, and superphosphate. To obtain a sufficient amount of oxygen to the roots of Fatima tomatoes, the soil is loosened, and weeds can be removed at the same time.
Diseases
According to the description of the Fatima tomato variety, it can be noted that the immune system is good, which means that characteristic tomato diseases are not terrible. Fatima does not undergo late blight and resists other diseases. However, in some cases, problems can arise. If the bushes began to hurt, then they are processed. For this, a fungicidal composition is used. To keep the plant from pests, parasites, insecticidal agents are used.
Harvesting
With proper care, cultivation, as well as positive weather for tomato growth, the yield will be large. From 1 sq. m. of plantings, you can get 10 kg of tomato. The collection of the Fatima variety is recommended in the middle of summer, or more precisely, from the end of July. Tomatoes are plucked as they grow and mature. The collection is simple, and given that the peel does not burst, storage can be carried out for a long time.
For long-term storage, it is recommended to harvest slightly unripe fruits, without obvious damage. They must be put in boxes lined with paper.You can store it in the cellar, as well as in places with high humidity, excellent ventilation and temperatures of about +5 degrees. Fatima tolerates transportation normally, the presentation does not disappear.
If all the rules are followed, then you can get a lot of fruits that will delight in taste and aroma, as well as please winter preparations using this variety. Fatima tomatoes are suitable for personal needs or for earning money by selling them.
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Conclusion
Anyone can grow a Fatima tomato without special agronomic skills. The variety is undemanding, easy to care for. It is enough to know a few simple rules and you can get a lot of fruits.
