A variety of varieties of tomatoes are grown in Russian vegetable gardens. Not so long ago, wonderful tomatoes — beefsteak — came to us from the western abroad, Americans call them beef-tomatoes. These are hybrid varieties, differing in enviable size and "health".
Our gardeners fell in love with them very quickly for their excellent taste and resistance to unfavorable growing conditions. In the article we will talk about Big Beef tomatoes, the description of the variety and the characteristics that are inherent in this tomato. as well as provide photos.
Tomatoes Big Beef: variety description
Grade name | Big beef |
general description | Mid-season indeterminantny hybrid |
Originator | USA |
Ripening | 100-110 days |
The form | Flat-rounded with light ribbing |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 800-2000 grams |
Application | Salad variety |
Yield varieties | 9 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard |
Disease resistance | Resistant to diseases |
Tomato Big Beef is an F1 hybrid and belongs to the steak tomato group. This group is characterized by very large fruits, reaching a weight of 800 g. The largest fruits that gave this variety - up to 2 kg. But this is subject to the maximum removal of ovaries on the bush.
Tomatoes Big Beef F1 - medium early, ripening period from 100 to 110 days. The variety belongs to the indeterminate, the bush can grow up to 2 m. It requires the formation of 1 stalk, garter on the trellis and pasynkovanie. On one brush 4-5 fruits ripen. It grows well both in the greenhouse and in the open field, but only in the southern regions.
Big Beef is highly regarded for resistance to almost all diseases affecting tomatoes. Big Beef is the winner of the US AAS national winner. Fruits of a hybrid differ in the big size and taste which cannot be compared to any other grade a tomato. The average weight of one tomato - 210-380 g. The fruits are juicy and fleshy.
The fruits have a flat-rounded shape and a slightly ribbed surface. Big Beef refers to multi-chamber tomatoes, has 6 nests. It has a high content of solids. Rich in plenty of sugars, provitamin A and lycopene, which prevents tumor diseases. Unripe fruit has a green color, ripe - red. The pulp on the cut resembles a watermelon. The taste is sweet and sour, it is often consumed as a fruit.
Tomatoes Big Beef F1 have an excellent presentation and are suitable for industrial cultivation. Ripe fruits withstand storage for up to 20 days and tolerate transportation. Used mainly in salads and as a dessert, very tasty fried or baked.
In the blanks are most suitable for making juices, mashed potatoes, ketchups, tomato paste and winter salad blanks. Fruits of medium size can be used for whole canning.
Compare the weight of the fruit with other varieties can be in the table:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Big beef | 800-2000 grams |
Domes of Siberia | 200-250 grams |
Balcony miracle | 60 grams |
Octopus F1 | 150 grams |
Marina Grove | 145-200 grams |
Large cream | 70-90 grams |
Pink meaty | 350 grams |
King early | 150-250 grams |
Union 8 | 80-110 grams |
Honey Cream | 60-70 |
A photo
Specifications
The variety is entered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements Approved for Use in 2008. First registered in the Netherlands in 2001. Big Beef is recommended for cultivation in greenhouses in the Central, Northern, North-Western, Middle Volga and Volga-Vyatka regions. Its distribution is not limited to the recommendations, the Big Beef is successfully grown in the Urals, Siberia and the Far East.
The yield of tomatoes is high - about 9 kg per 1 square. m Maturing term after disembarkation of seedling - 73 days. In Russia, Gavrish is successfully engaged in breeding beef tomatoes. Its specialists brought out such hybrids as the Bityug F1, the Russian size F1 — a late-ripening hybrid with fruits reaching a weight of 600 g, Pink Unicum F1 — an early variety of the pink Beef type. They are high yielding and more adapted for growing in temperate climates.
You can compare the yield of a variety with other varieties in the table:
Grade name | Yield |
Big beef | 9 kg per square meter |
Honey heart | 8.5 kg per square meter |
Summer resident | 4 kg from a bush |
Banana red | 3 kg from a bush |
Doll | 8-9 kg per square meter |
Nastya | 10-12 kg per square meter |
Broody | 10-11 kg per square meter |
Olya la | 20-22 kg per square meter |
Fat jack | 5-6 kg from a bush |
Bella Rosa | 5-7 kg per square meter |
Features of growing
In the middle and northern strip, tomatoes of the Big Beef variety are grown in greenhouses. For this, any type of greenhouse is suitable. Since the variety is indeterminate, its it is necessary to tie up, forming in 1 stalk. On 1 square. a meter more than 3 bushes should not be planted, they will be closely. When growing tomatoes in the street, they are tied up to a coke or trellis.
To get large fruits, you should leave no more than 4-5 ovaries, the remaining inflorescences should be removed. If the declared fruit weight is more than 250 g, then it is recommended to leave the inflorescences even less - 2 or 3. If the bush is not stepson, you can not wait for the harvest, or only small, uneven tomatoes will be in it.
The variety requires more intensive feeding. Moreover, potassium in fertilizer should prevail over nitrogen 2-2.5 times. A large amount of nitrogen will adversely affect the growth of fruits, but it will force the green mass to grow rapidly.
Read useful articles about fertilizers for tomatoes.:
- Organic, mineral, phosphoric, complex and ready-made fertilizers for seedlings and TOP best.
- Yeast, iodine, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, ash, boric acid.
- What is foliar feeding and when picking, how to conduct them.
Seeds are planted on seedlings in March; seedlings are transferred to the greenhouse in early May after the last frosts. Crop begin to collect from the end of July and continue until mid-September.
And also how to grow tomatoes in a twist, upside down, without land, in bottles and according to Chinese technology.
Disease resistance
One of the main advantages of the tomato variety Big Beef F1 is its high resistance to “tomato” diseases. These are fungal diseases - verticillous and fusarial wilt, claasporiosis, gray leaf spot, stem alternaria, parasitic gall nematode disease, tobacco mosaic virus.
Another plus grade - he is not afraid of low temperatures. Hybrid Big Beef is a very good solution for preparing fresh salads, excellent vegetable side dishes for meat dishes and for processing into winter preparations. He certainly deserves the attention of Russian gardeners.
Late-ripening | Early maturing | Middle late |
Bobcat | Black bunch | Golden Crimson Miracle |
Russian size | Sweet bunch | Abakansky pink |
King of Kings | Kostroma | French grapevine |
Long keeper | Buyan | Yellow banana |
Grandma's Gift | Red bunch | Titanium |
Podsinskoe miracle | The president | Slot |
American ribbed | Summer resident | Krasnobay |