Description of the Galina tomato, cultivation, and planting instructions

The Galina F1 tomato is a determinate, large-fruited plant growing up to 2 meters tall. It can be grown outdoors or in a greenhouse. The plant is trained into two stems for better growth.

What is the Galina tomato?

Description and characteristics of the variety:

1. Early ripening tomatoes.
2. The fruits are round and slightly elongated.
3. The color of ripe tomatoes is red-pink.
4. The weight of tomatoes ranges from 200 to 250 g.
5. The fruits are sweet, fleshy and juicy.

Seed planting can begin in the second half of March. Many people incorrectly assume that if a variety is early maturing, it can be planted as early as February. However, to grow healthy seedlings and plant them outdoors, the soil and air must be warm, as this crop thrives in warm weather.

Gardeners are increasingly choosing early-ripening varieties for outdoor planting, as tomatoes don't have time to ripen in short summers. The Galina tomato belongs to this variety.

How to grow tomatoes?

To plant seeds, you can purchase a ready-made substrate containing all the necessary components for seedling development. You can also take soil from your garden and add peat, sand, and ash yourself. This will make it easier for the seedlings to adapt when transplanted into the ground.

It's advisable to keep the soil at room temperature for several days before sowing, watering it with boiling water first. This is to prevent the larvae of various insects.

Selected and prepared seeds are planted in the soil to a depth of 1-2 cm. Then, they are covered with a thin layer of soil and sprayed with water. The container with the planted seeds should be covered with glass or film to create a greenhouse effect. At this stage, it's important to choose a warm location to speed up germination.

In 5-7 days, the first shoots will appear on the soil surface. To ensure growth and root strengthening, they need to be provided with light and warmth. Once the leaves appear, the seedlings can be transplanted into pots.

Caring for them involves:

• watering - once a week;
• careful loosening of the soil;
• Root system feeding - once every 2 weeks.

Two weeks before planting outdoors, the seedlings need to be hardened off. This is done gradually, acclimating the plant to outdoor conditions.

In the first days after planting seedlings in open ground, it is better to cover them with cellophane at night until they are fully acclimatized.

Three bushes are planted per square meter. Since the fruits are quite heavy, with 5-6 fruits per cluster, they need to be tied to a support. Many gardeners ignore this requirement, but tied bushes are less susceptible to diseases and pests. They receive more light and air, which means they thrive.

Plant care involves timely watering, hilling, pinching out the side shoots, and fertilizing the roots. The bushes need to be watered infrequently, but the soil should also be kept from drying out. Hilling strengthens the root system. Pinching out the side shoots is the removal of additional shoots that appear between the stem and the leaf. They take away nutrients and strength from the developing fruits.

To avoid using unnecessary chemicals, you can fertilize plants with mullein.
Early varieties ripen 90-100 days after the first shoots emerge. This means that within 40 days of planting the seedlings in the ground, you'll be able to harvest delicious tomatoes, grown and grown with your own hands.

Reviews from vegetable growers and gardeners about this variety are generally positive. People note the tomato's good yield and tolerance to temperature fluctuations.