Tomato Gulliver: characteristics and description of the variety

Content

1 Description
2 Characteristics of the variety
- 2.1 Benefits
- 2.2 Cons of the variety
3 Growing features
4 Planting seedlings in the ground and care
5 Testimonials

Gardeners begin to choose tomato seeds even in winter. And, as always, they are at a standstill, since there are a great many options. We suggest that you pay attention to the Gulliver tomato. The variety is relatively young, created by the breeder L.A. Myazina. Experienced a novelty in the Central Black Earth Region. Gulliver was registered in 2009 in the State Register of the Russian Federation.

Today there are other tomatoes with similar names: Gulliver's Heart and the Gulliver F1 hybrid. They have different properties and characteristics, so be careful and don't make a mistake. That is why we talk about the Gulliver tomato, give a description of the variety, as well as photos and reviews of those gardeners who have already tested tomatoes on their plots.

Description

Gulliver tomatoes are determinant varieties. Recommended variety of tomatoes for growing in greenhouses and greenhouses from film. Gardeners living in the southern regions of Russia (indicated in the State Register) can afford to plant plants in open ground.

The variety is popular, despite its young age:

The Gulliver tomato bush grows up to one and a half meters in height, the number of leaves is average. They are small, smooth, light green in tomatoes. The plant does not need pinching, but the tomatoes need to be tied up immediately after planting, since heavy brushes will soon form.
On Gulliver tomatoes, brushes with simple inflorescences, on which 5 or 6 fruits are tied. They are of a beautiful cylindrical shape, reminiscent of cream, rather long, up to 12 cm. The tip of the tomatoes has a small rounded pip. During filling, the fruits of the Gulliver variety are light green, in technical maturity they are deep red. They differ in fleshiness, there is practically no liquid in them. Tomatoes do not crack. Each tomato has two chambers, few seeds. Tomatoes are dense, with a thin but strong peel up to 4 cm. The weight of the fruits is almost the same, fluctuating between 94-116 grams. You can get up to 4 kg of tomatoes from one bush.
Productivity, of course, is not so hot, but the versatile fruits are attracting more and more gardeners. Tomatoes are good in salads, sliced, as they do not drain out of juice. They taste sweet because they contain a lot of sugar and pectin.
And what delicious ketchups, juices, tomato paste they make! The Gulliver variety is an excellent option for canning, since pouring boiling water does not lead to cracking of the fruit.

Attention! According to the description and consumer reviews, the Gulliver tomato variety is perhaps one of the few whose fruits can be dried in the sun or in an oven at a low temperature.

Characteristics of the variety

From the description of the tomato variety Gulliver, let's move on to characterizing the main advantages and disadvantages.

Benefits

Tomato Gulliver, according to the characteristics of the originator, belongs to the early maturing varieties. The stated ripening period is about 100 days. In the State Register, the term is 110-115 days. Such a small spread in the ripening time of tomatoes of this variety is due to the differences in climatic and weather conditions in the growing region.
Judging by the description of the variety, the tomatoes in technical ripeness are dense and fleshy, therefore, there are no problems with the transportation of finished products.
Keeping quality is high, the fruits retain their presentation and useful properties for more than a month.
The beautiful shape of the tomatoes is complemented by excellent taste. Fruits for universal use, but most often used for conservation.
The Gulliver variety is undemanding in care, as experienced gardeners say - planted and forgotten. You do not need to step-son, just tie the bush to the support.
The possibility of growing in open and protected ground - the yield does not fall from this. Since this is a variety and not a hybrid, you can get your own seeds.
Tomatoes are resistant to many diseases of nightshade crops, such as root and top rot, late blight.
Weather conditions (even extreme ones) do not affect fruit setting. Tomatoes ripen together, the fruits are firmly held on the bushes, do not crumble.
The variety is drought-resistant and heat-resistant, temperature drops are not terrible for Gulliver's tomatoes.

Cons of the variety

The disadvantages include, perhaps, two points:

Low productivity. 220-690 centners of tomatoes are harvested from one hectare. Judging by the square meters, then 2.2-6.9 kilograms.
Cultivation is not possible throughout the entire territory of Russia, since the Gulliver tomato variety is recommended for the Central Black Earth Region. It can be grown outdoors in the following areas: Belgorod and Voronezh, Kursk and Lipetsk, Oryol and Tambov.

But despite the low yield of Gulliver's tomato, according to the reviews of those who planted, gardeners are not going to give up the variety. Indeed, the photo shows that there are not so few tomatoes on the bush.

Warning! It should also be understood that the description of the Gulliver tomato variety, characteristics and photos given in the article have nothing to do with varieties with similar names.

Growing features

Seed sowing dates

Gulliver tomatoes are grown in seedlings. At the time of planting in a permanent place, tomatoes must be at least 50-55 days old. It is impossible to name the exact date of sowing seeds, since tomatoes are planted in open ground or under a film shelter in each region at different times.

You just need to count the indicated seedling age and focus on it. If it is possible to plant the plants at the end of May, then the seeds are sown in the last days of March. When planting tomatoes in open ground in the first decade of June - sowing in early April. You can also focus on the lunar calendar.

How to sow tomato seeds for seedlings correctly:

Soil preparation

You can buy seedling soil at the store or prepare it yourself. The main condition: fertility, looseness, air permeability of the soil. If you yourself prepared the ground, then you should definitely add, in addition to turf soil, compost or humus, wood ash to it and spill it with pink boiling water (add potassium permanganate crystals).

Sowing seeds

In the ground, grooves are drawn at a distance of 3 cm, and seeds are laid in them with a step of 2 cm. The depth of embedding is no more than one and a half to two centimeters.

Attention! Store seeds of the Gulliver tomato variety are not subjected to additional processing before sowing.

A film is stretched over the planting container from above to create a greenhouse effect and accelerate seed germination. The boxes are placed in a warm, sunny place.

Seedling care

As a rule, seedlings appear on the 4th-5th day. The film must be removed immediately, otherwise the seedlings will begin to stretch. For three days the air temperature must be reduced, and the illumination, on the contrary, must be increased. Watering as the top clod of earth dries up.
Seedlings with 2 true leaves dive. The soil is treated as for sowing seeds and spilled with boiling water. Plants are deepened to cotyledonous leaves and shed. The seedlings are shaded in the first days. When it takes root, the cups are placed on a sunny window. For strong, stocky seedlings, Gulliver tomatoes are watered moderately and turned in different barrels so that the plant develops evenly.
In late May or early June (depending on the weather), the seedlings begin to harden. A week is enough for this procedure. Plants are taken out into the street, first for 20-25 minutes, then the time gradually increases.It is necessary to ensure that direct sunlight does not fall on the tomatoes for the first time in order to avoid burns. In a city apartment, you can use the balcony. If it is glazed, open the windows.

Advice! Avoid drafts when tempering seedlings.

Planting seedlings in the ground and care

The tomato garden is prepared in the fall. Organic or mineral fertilizers are applied to the soil. In the spring, two weeks before planting Gulliver tomatoes in a permanent place, the ridges are dug up, holes are prepared and spilled.

Plant determinant tomatoes it is necessary according to the scheme 70x45 cm.After planting, a strong peg with a length of at least 1 m 80 cm is placed next to the tomato for tying. Moreover, this operation is performed immediately.

Further caring for tomatoes is not much different from traditional actions:

watering;
loosening;
feeding 3-4 times per season;
breaking off the lower leaves, tying the stem and brushes to the support as it grows.

Important! The work of the gardener when caring for the Gulliver variety is facilitated, since there is no need to pinch the bushes.

It is necessary to form a bush in two stems so as not to increase the load and not to reduce the yield of tomatoes. The fruits are harvested as they ripen in dry weather. If tomatoes are grown in greenhouses, then the greenhouse needs to be ventilated.

Advice! Experienced gardeners, in order to avoid barren flowers, pass between plantings in the morning and shake the bushes.

Judging by the description and, according to the reviews of gardeners, Gulliver is not only an unpretentious variety in care, but also practically not susceptible to diseases. But as a rule, less resistant tomatoes can be found nearby. Therefore, for prevention (and good fruit set), plants are sprayed with a solution of boric acid. At the slightest suspicion of late blight, it is necessary to treat Gulliver's bushes with copper-containing preparations.

Testimonials

Nikolay, 45 years old, Yekaterinburg city

Once I saw a new variety of tomatoes Gulliver. The description said that it can only be grown in the Central Black Earth Region. I decided to take a chance. Sowed 5 seeds, all sprouted. Already a plus. The seedlings were growing well. The second plus. After planting in open ground, the tomatoes quickly took up the ground. The bushes did not require special attention to themselves, except for the usual care. This is the third plus. Almost all flowers were set on Gulliver, there were a lot of fruits. According to the description and characteristics, the match is complete. And this is already a lot of advantages. And although the yield is average, we will continue to grow delicious tomatoes just for pickling.

Violetta, 31 years old, Barnaul

I got the dacha from my parents, they were the ones who instilled in me a love for the land. I grow various vegetables, including tomatoes. I bought the seeds of the Gulliver variety a few years ago. Delicious neat fruits are liked fresh and canned for their special sweetness, practically without acid. Gulliver did not observe any diseases over the years of growing on tomato. Maybe because I am engaged in prevention?

Vika, 39 years old, Voronezh region

I bought Gulliver tomatoes last year (a neighbor piled up). I planted it as usual, but for some reason I have grown tomatoes that are unlike those in the picture of the bag. Only later did I consider that the letter F1 stands next to the word Gulliver. I did not even think that these are different tomatoes. From now on I will be more attentive.

Tomato Gulliver: reviews, photos, yield