To the delight of gardeners and summer residents, the selection of tomato varieties is wide today. And among this variety, Liana variety, which was bred in the 1990s and remains popular due to its unique qualities, deserves special attention. We will talk about him in the article below.

Grade description

Tomato Liang differs from other varieties in appearance, taste and versatility of use.

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Grade Features:

• bushes are undersized, with a large number of leaves, compact;
• high-yielding and early ripening variety;
• round fruits weighing up to 100 g;
• leaves are dark green, dense;
• resistant to diseases, not demanding on weather;
• well preserved during transportation due to its high density;
• can be grown both in a greenhouse and in open ground;
• with proper care, one bush gives up to 2-3 kg of fruit;
• the fruits are sweet, with low acidity.

Advantages and disadvantages

Like any grade, Liana has its advantages, which it has more than disadvantages.

• Pros:
• disease resistance;
• fast and uniform ripening;
• transportability;
• great taste;
• productivity;
• universality of application.

• Minuses:
• defeat late blight and tobacco mosaic;
• often attacked by pests.

Self-growing seedlings

Buying ready-made seedlings today is not a problem, but there is always a risk of getting the wrong variety that you wanted. Therefore, if possible, it is better to grow seedlings from the seeds themselves.

Sowing dates

If you live in a region with a mild and warm climate, you can start sowing seeds in February. But usually this is done in the first half of March and before the beginning of April. This applies to growing seedlings indoors. On the street in greenhouses, seeds are sown in the second half of April, when the sun begins to warm the ground.

The soil

Tomatoes love light and loose soil. The best option is purchased soil for seedlings, which has a specially selected composition. If you don’t feel like spending extra money on land, then stock up in advance with land, sand and peat. Suitable land from freshly dug moles of holes.

Mix 2 parts of the earth and one part of peat and sand. The day before sowing, the soil is treated with boiling water to kill pests.

Capacity for growing

As containers, you can buy ready-made boxes in the store - they will last more than one year. Also suitable are plastic or paper glasses. Peat tablets are a good option. It is enough to wet the tablet and put 2-3 seeds.

Then, together with her, plant tomatoes in the ground. You can also use pre-assembled and washed cardboard boxes from juice or milk, plastic bottles.

Important! Leaves and tops of tomatoes are poisonous. From them you can prepare a special infusion, which destroy pests, including the Colorado potato beetle.

Seed preparation

Preparing seeds for sowing consists of 3 stages:

1. Rejection.
2. Disinfection.
3. Hardening.

No matter how reputable the producer, there is still a certain percentage of empty seeds. It’s easy to identify them - when immersed in water, “dummies” do not sink. They are thrown away without regret.

Next, the seeds are immersed for 30 minutes. in a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate, washed and wrapped in a bandage or gauze, sent to the refrigerator overnight for hardening. You can pre-sustain them in a growth stimulator.

Sowing seeds

Ready seeds are laid in the soil, gently prying them with a toothpick. The earth is pre-moistened. Sprinkle with 2 mm above the soil, cover with a film or glass for a greenhouse effect. The distance between the seeds when sowing 3-4 cm.

Seedling Care

After 5-6 days, the first seedlings will appear in the mini-greenhouses. When they reach 1-2 cm, the shelter is first opened for an hour or two, then for a day, and then removed. A place for seedlings is better to choose from the east or southeast side.

Capacities must be shaded so that weak shoots do not burn out in the sun. The air temperature for them is +23 ... + 24 ° С. The earth should be moist, but without excess. You can water with a syringe - so you will control the amount of water. To shoots turned out smooth, you need to turn them to the window every day, either one or the other side.

The seedlings sown in March need additional lighting. To do this, a fluorescent lamp is fixed above the tomatoes, which should burn after dusk for another 3-4 hours.

Before diving, seedlings can not be fed. 14 days after the dive, you can make a special fertilizer for seedlings. After 2 weeks - one more top dressing, and the third - 2 weeks before landing.

Seedling hardening

Hardening begins from the first days of plant life. To do this, take them out to the balcony for 30 minutes in the evening. The temperature should not be lower than +15 ° С. As they grow, air baths increase, and the temperature is reduced to +10 ° C.

Before planting in open ground, in about 14 days, tomatoes are taken out into the street. First in the evening, at lower temperatures, leave for an hour. Then and in the afternoon, so that the plants get used to the sun's rays. At first 30 minutes are kept in partial shade, then left in the sun - for 10-15 minutes.

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Planting seedlings in a permanent place

Tomatoes are planted in the soil at the age of 2–2.5 months, while their height should be about 20 cm. As a rule, they are planted in the greenhouse in the first half of May. But, before planting in open ground, you need to make sure that there will be no freezing. This is usually after May 22.

You can plant in several stages - then there is less risk of losing all the plants, and this will increase their fruiting.

The more light and space the bushes get, the better. The place in the garden is chosen sunny - from the southeast or east side. You need to plant bushes at a distance of 50 cm, and preferably 70 cm from each other. The same distance is maintained between the rows. So it is more convenient to take care of them, and they will infect each other less with diseases.

Features of outdoor care

After planting the plants in the ground, they require care. The quantity and quality of the crop will depend on it.

Watering

Excess moisture is harmful to tomatoes, so you need to water them no more than twice a week. Do it under the root and warm water. The procedure is carried out early in the morning, after sunrise. In the evening, it is better not to water - if the nights are cold, then tomatoes can be affected by late blight and other diseases.

Top dressing

As a top dressing, infusions of mullein, ash, chicken droppings, yeast are suitable. They can be alternated among themselves. The first time they are fed two weeks after landing. Then make 3-4 additional feeding per season. When the fruits have formed - feeding is stopped.

Before fertilizing, the soil is moistened so that the beneficial substances get to the roots. The Golden Rule for Fertilizing - Better Less Than Overdoing. Under one bush, no more than 1 liter of solution is poured.

Important! It is better not to plant tomatoes where pepper, eggplant and potatoes were previously grown. They are representatives of the same family, and they have the same diseases with which they become infected through the soil.

Stepson

Tomatoes Liang are stunted, so they do not need additional bush formation, but you can pinch them, because when you pick off the lower leaves, the fruits ripen faster. However, this procedure is not required for outdoor cultivation.If you leave the side stepsons, the harvest will be later, but more fruit. In the greenhouse, bushes are sure to stepchild.

Soil care

Any tomato variety loves loose soil. This gives oxygen free access to the roots. Once a week, the earth is loosened around the bushes and three times a season the plants are spudded. It is also important to remove weeds on time so that they do not take away moisture and nutrients from plants.

If the summer is hot, then you can mulch the soil around with straw. This will preserve moisture, and weeds will not attack. But if there is enough rainfall, then mulching can be harmful.

Bush tying

Although the Liang variety belongs to undersized, it is necessary to tie it up, since it is high-yielding, a lot of fruits are formed, and the stems do not stand up, break. You can drive an even, strong peg into the ground near each bush and attach the plant to it with special mounts or twine.

And you can build a more stable structure: at the beginning and at the end of the row are wooden or iron supports, to which are attached two long wooden poles on one and the other side of the row. One will be at a height of 40 cm from the ground, the second is slightly higher. Bushes are tied to them as they grow.

Preventative treatment

Liana is resistant to diseases and pests, but often suffers from tobacco mosaic. The fact is that the variety is photophilous, and a lack of light causes this disease. It is not treated, and if characteristic mottled and light spots appear on the bush, it will have to be destroyed.For the purpose of prevention, they are treated with a solution of boric acid before planting.

Disease and pest prevention should be considered in the fall. To start, remove all the weeds. The site is dug with the introduction of ash, which will serve as fertilizer and antiseptic. Then treat the land with pest control.

With the onset of cold weather, insect larvae hide in the soil, and such treatment will destroy most of them. During planting, a handful of ash and onion peel is added to each hole.

You can protect yourself from pests by planting marigolds and nasturtium next to tomatoes, as well as planting tomatoes away from potatoes.

Variety Liana managed to win the love of gardeners. And no wonder - it does not require much effort when growing, and the fruits are beautiful and tasty, and, importantly, the early ones.