Description and characteristics of the tomato variety Golden Domes, yield and cultivation

Golden domes are a tomato that guarantees rich harvests of delicious tomatoes. This is a 21st century variety, bred by the Siberian breeder V.N. Dederko.

Description of the variety

To obtain complete information about the species, a summer resident needs to study the characteristics. This information makes it possible to get an idea of ​​the variety. Understand what a person needs in order to grow it on the plot.

Siberian selection

Manufacturers develop varieties that are adapted to harsh growing conditions. These include unfavorable weather conditions, short summers, sudden changes in weather, and more.

Appearance of the plant

Golden Dome tomatoes are grown in open and protected ground. The plant type is determinate. The maximum height of the crops is 1.5 m. The leaves are medium, the inflorescence is complex.

Fruit characteristics

The fruits are shaped like a heart. The fruit color is yellow-orange. The weight depends on the care and formation of the bushes. Maximum weight 800 g, average weight 400 g. The taste is excellent.

The best and worst varieties of tomatoes: which ones to plant and which ones to avoid?

We recently celebrated the New Year and it would seem that spring is still far away, but the gardener’s heart is already beating faster in anticipation of the planting campaign. But what varieties of tomatoes should you choose so that the coming year’s harvest does not disappoint?

Last year, the clear favorites when choosing seeds were tomatoes: Honey Drop, Black Moor, Mazarin, King of the Market2, Sanka, which justified themselves with a bountiful harvest. Perhaps only Mazarin disappointed many by not showing the declared qualities.

Feedback from gardeners on tomato yield results will give you an idea of ​​many varieties of tomatoes. As a result of the analysis, you yourself will be able to compile for yourself a list of seeds that you will purchase for planting.

Didn't like these tomato varieties

1. Atlantis
   (SibSad) - terrible small (50-60 gr.) sour, on a powerful and strong trunk, although it didn’t hurt.
2. Boni MM
   - I didn’t like it at all, neither in taste nor in quantity, and I didn’t have it at all early.
3. Bobcat and Slot
   are productive, but the taste is the most common, market one.
4. Boogie - woogie
   - not early and tasteless.
5. Yellow cherries
   - tasty, sweet, lots of them, but very small and almost all of them were cracked
6. Irishka F1
   (Russian vegetable garden) - cold-resistant, unpretentious, so-so, nothing special.
7. Koenigsberg red
   - suffered from blossom end rot, low yield.
8. A Moscow delicacy
   - very tasty, meaty icicles. Not very productive. Sick with Koenigsberg from apical rot
9. Honey-sugar
   (SibSad) - “oak” store-bought tomatoes, although yellow in color, lasted the longest on the windowsill, but the taste changed for the worse.
10. The mandarin duck
    was not impressed, in my opinion the honey drop is better, although the tomato is half the size.
11. Mazarin
    was not impressed.
12. Eagle Heart
    - I got sick first, I didn’t get any tomatoes.
13. Pink Leader
    is the worst variety of this year in terms of fruit taste and yield.
14. Siberian Lights
    - large cream, but empty inside
15. Timofeich
    - fruitful, sweet and sour taste
16. Wonder of the world
    - a lot of tomatoes, bears fruit for a long time, is unpretentious. Beautiful fruits with a spout. The taste is sour both in salads and in preparations. In salads, the juice is white-yellow-watery. LET'S CLEAN UP!
17. Jason
    (Zedek) - tasteless

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Advantages and disadvantages

The plant has positive and negative characteristics. The summer resident will have to evaluate the merits of the tomatoes and the quality of the plants themselves.

Advantages:

• Taste characteristics.
• The best variety for dietary nutrition.
• Does not contain acid.
• Stores well unripe.

Flaws:

• Requirement for formation.
• Prone to cracking.
• Unsuitable for canning entirely.

Experienced summer residents eliminate shortcomings by showing ingenuity.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Summer residents managed to appreciate yellow-fruited tomatoes. Among the undoubted advantages of the variety are:

• Large fruits with excellent taste, which has fruity notes.
• High yield.
• Resistant to weather conditions, nightshade diseases and pests.
• The fruits contain a high percentage of vitamins, minerals, sugar, and lycopene. The small amount of acids allows them to be used in dietary and children's menus.

Flaws:

• Short fresh storage and difficulties with transportation.

Information. Varietal tomatoes provide valuable seed material that can be collected and used for planting.

Agricultural technology

Proper cultivation is the key to the future harvest. Fulfilling all requirements will allow you to get a high yield.

Preparing and planting seeds

Before you plant the seeds, you need to check them. Dilute 1 tbsp in 1 liter of water. spoon of salt, pour the seeds there. Those that float are not suitable for landing. The rest are washed and dried.

For 30 min. the seeds are dipped in a solution of potassium permanganate. Then rinse with warm water and dry.

For planting, mix the soil:

• 1 part of turf land;
• 2 parts humus;
• 1 part river sand.

Water with a weak solution of potassium permanganate and make furrows at a distance of 5 cm, 2-3 cm deep. Sow dried planting material. Sprinkle with earth and cover with polyethylene. Place in a warm, dark place until sprouts appear.

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Care and planting of seedlings

Plants require high-quality care, as the foundation for the future harvest is laid. Loosening is carried out after each watering.

Diluted manure and complex mineral compounds are used as fertilizers.

When the second true leaf appears, pick the tomatoes into separate containers. Summer residents advise using peat pots. This way the root system is not disturbed when transplanting to a permanent location.

The date of planting in a greenhouse or soil is determined by the summer resident independently. The bed is prepared in advance, watered and holes are made. The distance between bushes is 40 cm, between rows 50 cm.

How to water

Watering the seedlings is carried out in a timely manner, as the top layer dries. You can’t overwater, but the plants shouldn’t dry out either.

At first, they irrigate the ground with a spray bottle, so the roots of fragile seedlings are not washed out. Then water carefully between the grooves. Make sure that the roots are not eroded.

Conditions for maximum fruiting

Following simple rules will help you get the maximum yield:

• correct landing;
• selection of location and soil;
• implementation of agricultural techniques;
• formation of bushes;
• introduction of fertilizing;
• timely watering;
• mulching and loosening.

Compliance with planting requirements and recommendations of experienced summer residents leads to an increase in yield.

How to grow tomato seedlings yourself?

A good harvest depends on properly prepared seedlings. It is at the shoot stage that the immunity of the future plant is formed and its growth potential is laid. Therefore, carefully consider the recommendations for selecting, preparing seeds and caring for them during the growth process.

Time for sowing

Plants, their viability and productivity depend on seasonality and weather conditions, so it is important to know about the timing for planting.

The exact dates for planting seeds depend on regional climatic conditions, but experts recommend focusing on the following parameters:

• end of February or first days of March;
• 2 months before transplanting future shoots into open ground.

Did you know? « Non-poisonous

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Robert Johnson proved tomatoes in 1822. He did this in the city of Salem in front of 2 thousand spectators, eating a bucket of tomatoes.

The soil

Soil is the main source of vitamins and useful minerals for plants, so you should approach its selection responsibly and start this process in the fall.

For Golden Dome tomatoes, a mixture of garden soil, humus and sand in a ratio of 2:1:1 is suitable as soil. Mix all the components evenly, and then put the soil in boxes and send it to a cold place for several months, until spring. A long stay in the cold will qualitatively disinfect the soil from small pests.

The day before planting the crops, move the soil to a warm room so that the soil has time to warm up for the seeds.

Important! Do not use soil in which potatoes, peppers, or eggplants were previously grown as a basis for tomatoes, otherwise there is a risk of transmitting diseases characteristic of the nightshade family.

Growing container

Today there is a wide choice of containers for seedlings. Make your decision based on your budget and personal preferences.

Many people prefer universal wooden or plastic boxes; they are inexpensive and practical. However, be prepared that at some point you will have to pick seedlings.

If you don’t want to waste time planting young sprouts, then use individual containers right away:

• peat tablets;
• seedling cassettes;
• plastic glasses.

Often gardeners grow tomato seedlings using improvised means: ordinary plastic bags, milk cartons, cut plastic bottles.

Seed preparation

Be sure to prepare tomato seeds before planting:

1. Prepare a pink solution of manganese and leave the seed in it for 25 minutes.
2. After the specified time has passed, rinse it thoroughly under running water.
3. Afterwards it is worth feeding them with growth stimulants. To do this, you can use both store-bought preparations (Ivin, Epin) and natural remedies: aloe juice, honey solution (1 tbsp per 200 ml of heated water). Leave the seeds in the stimulator overnight.
4. The next day, place them on a sieve to drain the liquid, and then spread them in a thin layer on paper to dry.

Now the seeds are ready for planting.

Did you know? 1 glass of tomato juice contains the daily requirement of vitamins C and A.

Sowing seeds

For better germination and development of future plants, planting is carried out on a day favorable according to the lunar calendar.

Boarding is quick and easy:

1. The soil prepared in the boxes is leveled.
2. Mark rows 1 cm deep with a distance of 5 cm between them.
3. Water is poured into the resulting furrows to thoroughly moisten the soil.
4. Spread the seeds at intervals of 1–1.5 cm.
5. Cover the crops tightly with soil and lightly moisten the top soil with water.

Seedling care

During the first stages of growth, seeds require special conditions.

To do this, boxes with crops are covered with sheets of glass or thin plastic film, which prevents the soil from drying out, and the containers themselves are placed in a warm place (can be near a radiator or other heat source).

Important! Within 6

–
8 days after sowing the first shoots will appear.
After this, the containers with the crops are moved to a well-lit place. An ordinary window sill filled with daylight or a table with an electric lamp will do.

The optimal temperature for the growth of hatched seedlings will be +23…+25 °C. In addition to heat and light, tomatoes love moisture. Water them regularly as the soil dries, but do not get too carried away with this process, because overwatering can provoke the development of pathogenic microorganisms.

After each watering, do not forget to loosen the soil (a regular table fork will do for this) so that the roots of the plants receive oxygen. Loosen the soil carefully, without sudden movements and shallowly, otherwise the root system of the shoots will be damaged.

2-3 weeks after the sprouts appear, you can fertilize with complex fertilizers. You can do without this procedure if you properly fertilized the soil in the fall at the stage of its preparation.

To plant tomatoes in boxes or large trays, you need to pick them at the stage of formation of 2 leaves. It is not necessary to replant future tomatoes into individual containers; you can use boxes, just increase the distance between rows to 10 cm, and between plants to 4–5 cm.

Hardening of seedlings

Shortly before planting tomatoes in open ground, it is worth taking care of their cold resistance, otherwise a sudden move from the greenhouse conditions of the room to a changeable climate in the fresh air can have a detrimental effect on them.

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The first stage of plant hardening is to remove the protective covering from the boxes and reduce the temperature in the room where they are located.

After 1–2 weeks, ventilate the room on sunny, warm days, avoiding drafts. Allow access to fresh air for a short time, for 1–2 hours, gradually increasing this time to 5–6 hours. Just make sure that the soil of the tomatoes does not overcool, otherwise the root systems of the shoots will die.

The final, pre-planting hardening is carried out 1–2 weeks before planting. In the room, the temperature is reduced to +12...+15 °C at night. And within 4–5 days the indicators are equalized with the conditions of the open ground where the seedlings will be transplanted. For the last 2–3 days, the shoots are kept in the fresh air all the time.

Bush care

After planting in open ground or a greenhouse, you should properly care for the plants. Water as needed, Gold domes are prone to cracking. Therefore, watering is rationed. Moisturize regularly and abundantly, preventing it from drying out. Plants need supports, the bushes are tall, they are tied to stakes. The brushes also break off under their own weight. Therefore, they are tied individually.

Summer residents recommend forming plants into 2-3 stems. There is no need to remove the growing point in open ground. Tomato Golden Domes does this on its own. Loosen after each watering. This ensures access to oxygen, reduces the number of weeds and retains moisture in the soil.

Some vegetable growers practice mulching using sawdust, rotted straw and other available materials.

It is recommended to fertilize tomatoes 3-4 times per season:

• a week after transplantation to a permanent place;
• during flowering;
• fruit formation;
• before ripening.

Use minerals and organic matter in moderation. Overfed plants form green mass without paying attention to the ovary.

Deadlines

“Siberian Blood” makes itself felt by its precocity, unusual for a “giant”. Producers and the State Register evaluate the variety as mid-season. However, many amateur vegetable growers would classify it as mid-early.

The harvest begins to ripen in open ground 110–115 days after germination. Anyone who planted this variety notes a pleasant feature: the growth of fruits occurs spasmodically, very quickly. However, tomatoes ripen gradually, providing long-term benefits.

The first ovaries form in the axil of the 8th leaf. Further, they are located quite often - through one or two leaves, which guarantees a high yield.

Diseases and pests

Disease prevention is carried out by summer residents themselves. Planting technology and care features are observed.

Golden Dome tomatoes are resistant to diseases characteristic of the crop. For prevention or after detecting signs, they are treated with chemicals. After flowering, it is undesirable to use insecticides and fungicides, since the substances will remain in the fruits and then enter the human body. They use traditional methods of fighting insects and diseases.

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Use of fruits

The large-fruited nature of tomatoes does not allow the use of vegetables for whole-fruit canning. Therefore, summer residents use Golden Domes for:

• juices;
• seasoning dishes;
• fresh salads;
• refilling preserves in winter;
• preparing winter platters, where tomatoes are cut into slices, and much more.

The use of tomatoes in home cooking depends on the imagination of the housewife and the wishes of the household.

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Analogs

Golden Domes have several similar varieties and hybrids. Plants with similar characteristics and qualities.

Domes of Russia

An early large-fruited tomato, the height of an adult plant is 2.5 m. 3-4 fruits are formed in one cluster. The average weight of one tomato is 0.5 kg, pink in color. If planting and care standards are observed, up to 15 kg of tomatoes can be harvested from 1 bush.

Plant care involves following standard agricultural practices. Garter and formation of bushes are required.

Honey domes

Low bushes are productive. During mass ripening, they are covered with many medium-sized fruits (maximum 150 g), yellow in color. No gartering or shaping is required; the plants are unpretentious in care. The yield from one bush is 2.5-3 kg.

Pink Domes F1

The hybrid ripens early. Pink, heart-shaped tomatoes reach a size of 0.25 kg. The peculiarity of the variety is that the tomato does not crack. The harvest volume with proper care is 25 kg per 1 m2.

Ob domes

The plants are low, maximum size 50 cm. The fruits are red and large. The weight reaches 250 g. 1 bush produces 5 kg of fruit, provided that all planting and care requirements are met.

Russian domes

Early ripening, tall tomatoes. The plant reaches 2.5 m in height. The fruits are red, up to 0.2 kg.

Red Dome

Ready for use 3 months after germination. The bushes are small, up to 0.7 m. With proper care, a summer resident receives 3 kg of vegetables from 1 plant. Minimal maintenance, no shaping required.

What varieties (hybrids) of tomatoes will you definitely plant next year?

Valentina Grigorieva

“Budennovka” and “Japanese Truffle” (orange) are my favorites.

Nusia

I really liked the Celebrity variety. Vintage, one-dimensional. I recommend it to everyone!

olga

Every year I buy different ones, but the rule is the same They are either yellow or black Red only cherry tomatoes Favorite variety Black Moor

Tane4ka

I really enjoyed The Crimson Giant. I thought there would be 3-4 huge tomatoes, but it turned out to be a very tall bush, and there were a lot of fruits, but all of them were medium in size, raspberry in color and unusually sweet. It turned out to be resistant to diseases, very productive and very tasty. The household members first of all picked them out.

Lena

I think I’ll definitely plant a black De-barao, maybe also a yellow one, something cherry, maybe a date, and large-fruited ones, whatever the eye catches, but definitely in different colors - yellow, orange, red, black

Lariska rat

there should be Seminis on the packaging, the website has information in pictures of what it looks like: https://www.semagro-msw.ru/katalog_semjan/on-line/tomat-indeterminantnyj/page1/

Evgenia Taratutina

I will only plant my own tomatoes, planted for many years. - with guaranteed taste and harvest.

Mityai Bukhankin

next year 2 varieties and 2 hybrids. and some untested things. I’ll also sow what I want to check for truth, whether it’s a hybrid or not.

LARISA ZHUKOVA

There is only one hybrid - Evpator. The remaining varieties are mostly our own.

Irina Murzinova

I will definitely plant Pink Honey, Honey Spas, Persimmon, Malachite Box.

Tatyana Pavlova

I always plant the Dimensionless, Novichok, and Orange Giant varieties. I won’t experiment with varieties anymore, I’ll reduce the quantity. And then I listened to enough advice and started off again... Today I again heard a woman looking for the Champion variety; she praised it very much.

always elegant

From cherry trees I will plant Ira (F1), Red date. I’ll refuse red cherries (in winter, similar watery cherries with greenery are sold in markets) - they lose out to the previous ones. I’ll leave De Barao pink and black, Japanese truffle (red), give up 100 poods of tomato, and return again to Bull’s Heart. And I’ll plant the Russian Apple tree outside (neat round tomatoes - well, just right for pickling!) And I bought the Persimmon variety to try. I will definitely do this. Well, I’ll catch up with something else there. I have 24 varieties of tomatoes. (bags), but only 35-40 roots will fit into the greenhouse (but I also want to plant 5 peppers and 3-5 cucumbers there)

Fox@

Next year I decided to plant only large-fruited ones so that I can eat them from the heart) ) I have already purchased several varieties: Lemon Giant, Olesya, Sevruga, De Barao Giant, Honey Spas, Eagle Heart, Gypsy, Ob Domes, Golden Queen, Chocolate Miracle, Constellation twins.. This is from the new one, and from the old one I will plant Lezhkiy, Japanese golden truffle and Black Pear...