Characteristics and description of the tomato "Homemade Pickle"

What could be more delicious than boiled potatoes with a pickled tomato and a crispy pickled cucumber? But to make good pickles and marinades, you'll need to choose the right tomato variety for winter preserves.

The Domashny Raznosol variety, produced by the well-known company "Sibirsky Sad", is perfect for this.

One of the best for canning

As its name suggests, this tomato variety was created specifically for lovers of marinades, pickles, and preserves. Not every tomato is "ready" for such challenges, as it requires a firm skin, flesh, and a small size (for easier jarring), along with flavor that doesn't deteriorate during processing.

The mid-early Domashniy Raznosol is one such variety. During the fruiting season, the small bush is covered with oblong, bright red tomatoes. This variety belongs to the determinate group of tomatoes; the plant is short and very compact. In open ground, the bush reaches only 40-50 cm in height.

The plant has medium foliage and a dense, stocky stem. The fruits ripen fairly evenly, taking approximately 100 days from germination to the first tomatoes appearing.

The shape of the Domashniy Raznosol is slightly oblong, resembling rounded cylinders. The skin and flesh are firm, and the color is bright red. The skin is smooth, even, and slightly glossy.

The tomatoes are uniform in size, averaging about 100 grams per fruit. The first cluster may produce slightly larger specimens, weighing up to 130-150 grams.

Thanks to its dense flesh and relatively high sugar content, this variety is ideal for all kinds of preserves. Homemade Pickled tomatoes are delicious in pickles, assorted dishes (with cucumbers and squash), marinades, and canned goods.

The taste of fresh tomatoes is pleasant, but according to gardeners, they taste even better when pickled and preserved. Bright, uniform tomatoes look beautiful in jars, and the taste of homemade pickles is unmatched by any store-bought delicacy. Incidentally, pickled and canned tomatoes are an excellent appetite suppressant. They are considered low-calorie foods, and pickled tomatoes retain more nutrients than pickled vegetables.

Homemade Raznosol fruits are suitable for transportation and store well. This variety is disease-resistant, tolerates temperature fluctuations well, and is recommended for cultivation in high-risk farming areas.

Advantages and disadvantages of the Homemade Pickles variety

Breeders at the Siberian Garden company offer gardeners tomato seeds designed for growing in regions with challenging climates.

The Domashniy Raznosnos variety will please you with a very good yield for a compact bush (up to 6 kg per square meter) and unpretentiousness.

The advantages also include:

• early ripening of fruits (this is especially important in conditions of short summers);
• resistance to adverse weather conditions;
• good taste of tomatoes;
• fruit alignment;
• excellent commercial characteristics of tomatoes;
• possibility of use in canning (the variety is specially intended for the preparation of various preserves);
• good shelf life of fruits;
• suitability for transportation.

You can grow your own Homemade Pickle seeds from tomato fruits. One drawback is the need to remove side shoots from the plant, which can increase yields.

Agricultural technology for the tomato variety "Home-made pickles"

This variety is recommended for growing outdoors using seedlings. Ready-to-plant seedlings are planted in raised beds at 60 days old.

Preparing seeds for sowing

Tomato seeds require mandatory pre-sowing treatment. This procedure improves germination, enhances plant immunity to diseases and pests, and, consequently, increases yield.

Seed preparation activities:

• disinfection (using potassium permanganate, soaking in an aqueous solution for no more than 20 minutes);
• soaking in a growth stimulator or an aqueous infusion of wood ash;
• germination in damp cloth.

Some gardeners additionally perform bubbling of tomato seeds and hardening them at -1ºC. Each gardener decides for themselves whether to perform the full range of procedures or limit themselves to disinfection, seed stimulation, and germination.

Before sowing, prepare the soil and containers for the future seedlings. Boxes and containers, peat pots, and cups are all suitable. Typically, tomatoes are first sown in large containers and then transplanted.

You can use store-bought soil as a seedling soil mixture, or you can make your own. Ingredients:

• leaf soil (can be replaced with turf);
• peat;
• calcined river sand.

Proportions: 2:2:1. As a fertilizer, ash (a couple of tablespoons) and superphosphate (a teaspoon per bucket) are added to the mixture after calcination.

Tomatoes of this variety are usually sown in March, calculating the dates according to the lunar calendar and the time for planting the seedlings outdoors. In most regions, this is late May or even early June. When calculating, remember to factor in the seed germination time (approximately 5-6 days).

Sowing seeds and caring for seedlings

Sow the seeds in furrows, lightly cover with soil, and cover with glass. Store the trays in a warm place, maintaining a temperature between 25ºC and 26ºC.

When the first sprouts appear, expose the containers to light and remove the glass. Reduce the temperature to approximately 18ºC and keep the seedlings at this temperature for about 5-6 days. Reducing the temperature is an important step to prevent the seedlings from stretching.

After this, the temperature is increased to comfortable levels for tomatoes: +23ºC…+25ºC during the day, +18ºC…+20ºC.

During the initial period, it's advisable to provide supplemental lighting for the seedlings and water them carefully, avoiding soil erosion and exposing the roots. When the tomatoes develop 2-3 true, carved leaves, they should be pricked out. After this, shade the plants from the sun for two days, then grow them as usual.

Before planting in open ground, tomatoes are fertilized twice (you can use complex fertilizer) and watered as the soil dries out.

Planting in open ground

Before transplanting tomatoes into a garden bed, the seedlings must be hardened off. This is done to help the plants adapt more quickly to their new location and avoid stress.

About 10-14 days before transplanting, tomatoes begin acclimating to the new conditions. First, they are taken out onto a balcony or veranda for about 15 minutes. Windows and vents should be open. Gradually, the time spent outdoors is increased, leaving the plants outside for several hours at a time.

It is recommended to plant tomatoes in beds only when the danger of frost has passed.

Hardened seedlings of the Domashniy Raznosnos variety establish quickly and tolerate slight temperature drops without harm. However, it is still recommended to cover the tomatoes in the beds with non-woven material for the first few months.

The beds should be prepared in the fall, and in the spring, lightly tilled and fertilized. Tomatoes are planted in holes, no more than 4-5 plants per square meter.

It's recommended not to water tomatoes for about 10 days (depending on the weather) to allow the root system to develop. Many gardeners mulch the soil around the plants with straw or hay immediately after planting. This prevents weeds and protects the soil from overwatering and drought.

Caring for tomatoes in open ground

In the future, agricultural technology is reduced to standard methods:

• watering (in the garden, tomatoes often have enough moisture from precipitation);
• loosening (if the soil is not mulched);
• top dressing;
• bush formation.

Tomatoes prefer abundant but infrequent watering. In garden beds, the watering issue is often resolved by rainfall, but in this case, it's important to monitor the soil. Tomatoes don't like stagnant water; they can become diseased, so it's best to mulch the soil around them.

Experts recommend pinching out the bush's side shoots before the first flower cluster. No further special shaping of the Domashny Raznosol variety is required.

When fertilizing, follow the tomato's growing season. This variety is mid-early, and the harvest ripens quickly. During the initial period, apply organic fertilizer (no earlier than 18-21 days after planting). Cow manure can be used for this purpose, diluted 1:10.

During the budding period, it is recommended to feed tomatoes with phosphorus fertilizer (you can use foliar feeding with superphosphate), then after a week and a half you can water the plants with ash infusion.

The first fruits of the Domashnye Raznosol reach technical maturity approximately 100 days after emergence. They can be harvested so the plant can "busy" forming the next batch of fruits. Typically, tomato ovaries grow for approximately 25-30 days (until technical maturity), then they require another 18-20 days to ripen.

Biological maturity is when the tomato reaches its characteristic varietal color. At this point, the Domashny Raznosol turns bright red. Don't wait until the tomatoes are fully red. Harvesting the fruit while still green will increase the yield, and the firm Domashny Raznosol fruits ripen perfectly indoors.

Techniques to improve fruiting and accelerate ripening:

• reduction of fertilizing during the fruiting period of tomatoes;
• spraying plants with iodine solution;
• treatment of bushes with a solution of sodium humate (during the flowering period).

The Domashniy Raznosnoslo variety is distinguished by its generous harvest and, if simple techniques are followed, is sure to delight you with delicious fruits.

Reviews

Tatyana, Voronezh

I grow various tomatoes specifically for pickling: Honey Drop, Cream, and various cherry tomatoes. I was pleasantly surprised by the Domashny Raznosol variety. I bought it because of the name, and it turned out to be a great success. Fresh, it tastes like grass, and when pickled (I prefer cold pickling), it's simply delicious!

Next year I'll try it marinated, I think it will be just as good.

Milana, Chelyabinsk

Last year's tomatoes were a delight, and so were the new varieties. It was chilly for almost a week in July, but no matter; my tomato plants held up well and produced a good harvest. I'd like to mention the Sevruga and Domashniy Raznosol (Homemade Pickles), the latter of which is excellent for canning—amazing.

It's very convenient that the tomatoes are oval, not plum-shaped, but rather round. They fit well in the jars, the skin is firm, and the flesh is delicious. When we opened the jars in winter, these tomatoes were gone before other tomatoes.

Lyudmila, Altai

Last year, I tried new tomato varieties: Petrushka-ogorodnik (I'd been meaning to plant these for a while), Domashniy Raznosol, and Rubinovy ​​Gobok. I liked them all, but Raznosol was probably the best. Petrushka was a late bloomer, but just in time for canning. Raznosol is very productive, even though it's a tiny plant. I grew them all in open ground, in a warm bed (I'd been covering the grass with soil since the fall). I only fed them ash.

The fruits are very firm; I thought they'd be just as firm when marinated. But no, the skin stayed firm, but it just burst when eaten. It's a delicious and very attractive tomato. I'll keep growing them.