The unpretentious Yamal tomato will grow without your efforts: characteristics and description of the variety

What is interesting about the Yamal tomato variety? The fact that it is absolutely unpretentious in care and is successfully grown even in the northern regions of Russia.

Early variety with small bushes and fruits, but good yield. It does not require a lot of effort on the part of the gardener, but it is able to please with delicious fruits.

In this article, you will find a complete description of the Yamal variety, its characteristics, features of agricultural technology and other important details.

Yamal tomato: variety description

The plant bush is standard, determinant type. Read about indeterminate varieties here. Very compact size. Reaches a height of 35-40 centimeters. When grown in a greenhouse, about 45 centimeters. A strong stem does not require tying, and the removal of stepchildren is also unnecessary.

The variety is early in terms of ripening. You will receive fresh fruits of the new harvest in 102-108 days. Under conditions of cultivation in a greenhouse or greenhouse and good care, ripening times are reduced to 94-97 days.

The leaves are rather large for a small bush in size, light green, typical for a tomato shape, slightly corrugated. Experienced gardeners advise removing the lower 2-3 leaves. The variety is distinguished by a long fruiting period and a high fruit-forming ability, even in adverse weather conditions. Resistant to major tomato diseases and late blight.

Low Yamal tomato looks very decorative at the beginning of flowering and during fruiting, quite often it is planted in flower beds. Gardeners, with a sufficient capacity, grow Yamal tomatoes on balconies, loggias and even window sills. Average weight of fruits is 80-100 grams.

You can see the weight of fruits of other varieties in the table below:

Characteristics

• The country of origin of the variety is Russia.
• Rounded and flat-round shape of the fruit with a small fossa at the stalk, weakly pronounced ribbing.
• Unripe tomatoes are light green, ripe rich red.
• The application is universal, medium-sized fruits of excellent taste are good in salting, excellent in salads, slices, sauces.
• The first fruits weighing 110-115, the next 68-80 grams.
• Good presentation, dense medium-sized tomatoes are perfectly preserved during transportation.
• Average yield - from 9.5 to 17.0 kilograms per square meter, largely depends on the conditions of planting and care.

You can compare the yield of the variety with others in the table below:

A photo

See below: Yamal tomato photo

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the advantages of the variety can be noted:

• compact, low bush;
• early maturity of the variety;
• even fruit size;
• versatility of the use of fruits;
• unpretentiousness to weather conditions;
• the duration of fruiting;
• disease resistance tomato;
• high productivity.

According to numerous reviews received from gardeners who grew this variety, no obvious shortcomings have been identified.

Growing features

Growing Yamal tomatoes through seedlings, the seeds are planted in the last decade of March. The pick is carried out in the period of 1-2 true leaves. Landing on ridges should be carried out after warming up the soil. When grown in a seedless way, seeds are sown on heated, prepared ridges. In this case, active fruiting will occur 28-30 days later than when grown through seedlings.

Further care will be reduced to watering, removing weeds and mulching, top dressing with full mineral fertilizer. You can also use as fertilizers: organic matter, yeast, iodine, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, ash, boric acid.

The plant tolerates well a short lack of watering and temperature drops.

Diseases and pests

This variety is resistant to most nightshade diseases, but it will not hurt to know about the measures to combat them and prevent them. Read on our website about such diseases:

• Alternaria.
• Fusarium.
• Verticillosis.
• How to protect tomatoes from late blight.
• Tomatoes that are not sick with late blight.

In addition to diseases, pests can threaten tomatoes: the Colorado potato beetle, aphids, thrips, spider mites, and slugs. Spraying with biological or chemical agents will help protect plantings from them.

If a gardener tried to grow Yamal tomatoes, then he will include it in the list of varieties mandatory for planting all the time. After all, its fruits taste good, and the bushes are resistant to diseases and do not require much effort to grow.

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