Every year, new varieties and hybrids of tomatoes appear, from which farmers can choose any one to their taste. In 2015, the Big Mommy variety was registered. It has attractive features and has already become popular among tomato lovers.
Description and photo
Tomato "Big Mommy" - a variety of early ripening with excellent characteristics and performance. Consider the description of the variety.
Did you know? The word "tomato" is of Italian origin and means "golden apple", and the word "tomato" comes from the Aztec name of this plant "tomato".
Bushes
This is a determinant and undersized variety. The bush stops growing at height 60 cm - 1 m. Stalks are strong with several branches and a small amount of leaves, on which fairly large fruits are evenly distributed. A powerful and strong root system develops in breadth, which contributes to a bountiful harvest.
Plants, despite their power, need a garter, and you do not need to pinch them. Heavy brushes with fruits are also desirable to strengthen. It is recommended to form bushes of 2-3 stems, which increases their productivity. The crop ripens in 85 days after emergence of shoots.
Attention also deserves such varieties of tomatoes as "Caspar", "Auria", "Troika", "Niagara", "Riddle", "Pink Elephant", "Rocket", "King of Siberia", "Grapefruit", "Strawberry Tree", "Cap Monomakh", "Koenigsberg", "Pink Flamingo", "Alsou", "Mazarin".
Fruit
"Big Mommy" brings a bountiful harvest: from 1 square. m can collect 10 kg of tomato. Up to 6 large bright red tomatoes with a mass of 200-400 g, round and heart-shaped, are formed on one strong fruit stem. Seeds in the fruit is very small. 
Tomatoes do not crack, as they have a thin and at the same time dense skin. Well kept, do not lose their appearance even after transportation. They are juicy and fleshy, have a pleasant rich taste, sweetish with sourness.
Versatile in use: they are suitable for fresh salads, as well as for juices, pasta and mashed potatoes. They contain the carotenoid lycopene in greater quantities than in other tomato varieties, and many other beneficial substances: calcium, magnesium, vitamins B, E, C and PP.
Important! Lycopene is a natural antioxidant that is very necessary for the human body as a protection of DNA from the formation of tumors and to slow down the development of atherosclerosis.
Characteristics of a variety
The distinctive features of the variety include the following indicators:
- early ripening: the first harvest in the greenhouse is harvested after 85 days after emergence of shoots, and in the garden - after 95 days;
- determinism: after the formation of the fifth hand, the bush ceases to grow and gives all its power to the formation of fruits. Therefore, these tomatoes are stunted and rarely grow above 60 cm;
- Big Mom's tomatoes are distinguished by high yields: in a greenhouse, 1 square meter can produce about 10 kg of tomatoes, in the open area - a little less.
Advantages and disadvantages
This variety has become so popular among gardeners so quickly because it hasn’t yet revealed any specific deficiencies, but There are a lot of undoubted advantages:
- precocity and abundant harvest;
- high fruit indices: large, strong, tasty and healthy;
- Immunity to diseases: not affected by vertex rot and fusarium, resistant to late blight, tobacco mosaic and powdery mildew.
The best place and climate
To grow this variety in open ground can only be in the southern regions, where summer is warm. Therefore, the best place for "Big Mommy" is a greenhouse, especially for the northern areas. Advantages of the greenhouse:
- You can not worry that in a cool summer, seedlings will be cold and growth will slow.
- You can plant seeds without a dive, then the crop will ripen in 85 days. Dive extends maturation by 5 days.
- In the southern regions, greenhouse plants will give fruit 10 days earlier than in open ground.
Important! Temperature should be maintained in greenhouses: at night not lower than 12 ° С, and during the day - not lower than 18 ° С.
Sowing and caring for seedlings
Seeds and seedlings "Big Mom" do not require any special conditions. In this, this variety is not very different from most varieties of tomatoes.
- Sow seeds should be in late March - early April.
- Before planting, it is necessary to carry out the process of disinfection, dropping the seeds for 2 hours in a solution of potassium permanganate. If they are purchased from a reliable seller, then they do not need to be processed. The most reliable seeds - from the manufacturer. The author of tomatoes "Big Mom" is a selection company "Gavrish", so it is best to purchase the seeds of their production.
- The soil for seedlings can be bought ready-made in the store or you can make your own from garden soil, peat, humus and sand.
- Seeds are planted at a depth of 1.5-2 cm, watered and covered with a film until germs appear.
- Dive tomatoes need after the appearance of the first two leaves.
- Watering plants should be carried out under the root so that they do not get sick.
- The seedling needs to be hardened, which must begin 1-2 weeks before planting.
- Planted in a greenhouse can be in April, and in the ground - in May. The main thing is that there are no frosts and the air temperature does not fall below 12 ° C.
- Planting scheme: 40x50 cm or 4-5 bushes per 1 square. m
Did you know? The famous naturalist Karl Linnaeus, who gave the name to many types of living creatures, called tomatoes "Solanum lycopersicum". Translated from Latin, it means "wolf peaches".
Tomato care
Big Mom needs a garter. Some farmers do it immediately after planting the seedlings in the ground, others - in a week. Without this, branches with heavy fruits fall to the ground and may even break.
Watering and soil care
Shrubs must be watered under the root of warm, heated in the sun water. Proper watering is very important for the formation of fruits. During seed germination and during the ripening period of the plant, the plants need more moisture. In the rest of the time, when the seedlings grow, bloom and set fruit, watering should be reduced to delay overgrowth.
but full drying is not allowed: flowers and ovaries may fall off, photosynthesis and growth will slow down. Moreover, fertilizers will not strengthen the plants, but harm them.
The soil should be loosened more often, preferably after each watering, when it dries. This is a good way to get rid of excess water after heavy rain.
Top dressing
“Big Mommy” loves when she is fed:
Root dressing: 3 times fertilizer with organic substances such as manure, poultry manure or herbal extract. It is also necessary to feed complex mineral fertilizers.
Foliar top dressing held during the flowering period and is important for the rapid absorption of nutrients. Recipe: Pour 1 liter of ash 1 liter of hot water and leave for 2 days, then strain, dilute with water and spray the bushes on top.
Shrub formation
For a bountiful harvest it is very important to shape the bushes:
- in each bush, you must leave the main stem and 1-2 strong processes;
- extra branches should not be removed immediately, but gradually, one stepchild per week. If you get rid of all the shoots at once, the bush may weaken and even die.
Important! If the bushes are not pasynkovat and leave thick, the yield is reduced and the threat of phytophthora occurs.
Harvesting and storage
The first crop in greenhouses can be harvested 85 days after germination (in July), in the open field - a little later. Those who rarely visit their dacha can not worry, as the fruits will wait for them on the bushes and will not spoil.
The dense skin of the "Big Mommy" allows you to transport it, without fear that the tomatoes will lose shape or rumpled. In addition, they are well and long stored in the cellar. Fruits can be picked unripe, with the expectation that they will ripen in room conditions.
The Big Mommy has many supporters who give only positive feedback: a bountiful harvest with relatively little effort. Try it and you grow this wonderful tomato. Good luck!
