Tomato Sanka - yield and characteristics of the variety

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2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The hot season for the gardeners began with the choice of varieties of tomatoes and other vegetables. Reviews with a photo of the yield of the "Sanka" variety will help to determine the difficult task. In addition to the reviews, we will also get acquainted with the main characteristics of this variety, which is quite popular among gardeners.

Description of tomato "Sanka"

At the beginning of acquaintance with this variety, it should be noted its increasing popularity among vegetable growers, both private farms and farms. The main reasons for this popularity are the following attractive indicators:

early ripening variety;
the plant is unpretentious in care;
transportable;
has a presentable presentation;
the size is small.

Tomato bush "Sanka" can be briefly described as:

determinant (undersized). When grown in open ground, judging by the reviews, the Sanka tomato reaches a height of 60 - 70 cm, and provides a high yield, as seen in the photo. In a greenhouse, with good care, the height is much higher and can reach 110 cm.
foliage is very thick and strong, not susceptible to disease;
the size of the leaves is medium, the color is dark green;
when grown without pinching, it has a rather sprawling appearance;
growth stops after the appearance of 6 - 7 flower brushes;
minimum growing season.

Sanka fruits:

the size of the fruits is determined by their weight, up to 100 g;
have a round beautiful shape;
in the region of the stalk, the ripe fruit is completely colored and does not have green and yellow veins;
the surface is smooth with a dense skin, slightly ribbed to the touch;
fleshy fruits;
6 - 8 tomato fruits ripen on one brush;
ordinary taste with sourness.

What else the Sanka tomato attracts gardeners:

grows and develops well, both in open ground and in a greenhouse, as well as just under a film cover;
seeds have good germination;
the opportunity to have your own seeds, due to the fact that "Sanka" is not a hybrid;
the ability to avoid pinching and garters.

Variety characteristics

The main characteristics of the Sanka tomato variety, as well as its yellow subspecies, include:

quick harvesting. Only 80 - 90 days pass from the moment of seedling germination to the receipt of ripe fruits. At the same time, the possibility of cultivation in almost all regions of the country. Including areas of risky farming for such a vegetable crop as tomato.
cold resistance. The tomato variety "Sanka", as well as its subspecies with yellow fruits, is also resistant to sudden temperature changes during short periods of the summer season. This is especially important in regions with frequent cold snaps and increased humidity. Judging by the reviews, the yield does not drop with such temperature drops for this variety.
unpretentiousness to light;
disease and pest resistance;
fairly high yield. From 1-2 m you can collect up to 15 kg of tomatoes, from a bush on average - 4 kg;
tomatoes ripen quite amicably, which is also a predominant characteristic of the variety.

Positive and negative sides of the variety

It should be noted that this variety of tomatoes has so many positive characteristics that attract vegetable growers, and just housewives, that there are practically no negative ones against this background.

Tomatoes of this variety are great both for making salads and for using in homemade preparations. Due to the small size of the fruit and the presence of a dense skin, tomatoes are excellent for harvesting as a whole (photo).

The negative aspects, though with a big stretch, include a somewhat “rustic” flavor bouquet of Sanka tomatoes. Also, many are not satisfied, judging by the reviews, too obvious "sourness" in the taste. However, all these "shortcomings" are subjective.

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How to plant Sanka tomatoes

Gardeners have two options for planting Sanka tomatoes:

ready-made seedlings;
grown with his own hands.

Both options have their own advantages, and both of them, judging by the reviews, provide high yields (photo). The main difference between the first and the second is less hassle.

However, if you want to grow your seedlings, we first prepare a place for planting:

prepare containers and fill them with soil. You can prepare the soil yourself: take peat, turf and sand in equal parts. The second option would be ingredients such as peat, humus and sawdust, taken in a 3: 1: 1 ratio.
water the substrate with fertilizers. For 10 liters of water - 25 g of superphosphate and potassium sulfate, 10 g of carbamide.
make small indentations of 1, 5 - 2 cm at a distance of a centimeter from each other;
install the container in place with a temperature of + 23 * C + 24 * C.

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Until the seeds "hatch", the presence of light is optional.

Judging by the reviews, it is necessary to start planting seeds for Sanka tomato seedlings in early April, if it is supposed to be planted in the ground. When planting in a greenhouse, the seeds are planted two weeks earlier so that the yield is high enough.

Having prepared the containers, as you can see in the photo, they start planting seeds:

check the moisture content of the substrate, if necessary, slightly moisten;
soak the seeds in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 15 minutes. If the seeds are purchased, then this procedure can be omitted;
washed seeds in clean water;
floating seeds are removed;
lay out the seeds on the prepared holes;
close up with soil;
watered;
covered with a foil with holes to improve air exchange.

Seedling preparation

After the first shoots of Sanka tomatoes appear, we start caring for the seedlings, so that by the time the frosts come down, they are as developed and strong as possible, which will have a positive effect on the yield characteristics.

Care conditions:

the film is removed;
the container is installed in a bright place with the same temperature, reaching 25 * C;
provide additional artificial lighting;
control soil moisture. It should not be wet, but only slightly damp.
after watering, carefully loosen the soil in the root zone with a small improvised object.

Approximately three weeks after the appearance of the first shoots, in the growing season - the appearance of the third true leaf, a pick is carried out:

seedlings are planted in separate cups. Having previously prepared the cups and soil;
when picking, sprouts are closed up to cotyledon leaves;
the temperature still remains the same, reduce it 2 weeks after the pick to 20 - 22 * С;
also after 2 weeks, the first feeding is done with a solution of poultry droppings in a ratio of 1:20.

In this mode, Sanka tomato seedlings are prepared until the age of 60 days, when it must be planted in a permanent place of development in open ground or a greenhouse (see photo).

Compliance with the recommended planting dates, judging by the reviews, directly affects the yield of both the Sanka variety itself and its subspecies Sanka Gold.

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How to care for

Landing

Before planting seedlings of 60 days of age, check the presence of 6 - 7 true leaves and one brush.

Also, before the expected date of disembarkation, the seedlings are hardened, taking them out into the open air in the daytime and in sunny weather.

Seedlings are planted in prepared soil:

clear weeds;
spread the rotted manure evenly throughout the site;
dig up on the bayonet of the shovel.

After planting the seedlings, both the variety itself and its f1 hybrid, judging by the reviews, the period of agrotechnical measures begins. Timely and high-quality implementation of these works will ensure the full development and fruiting of the plant, obtaining high yields.

Loosening

For the Sanka tomato variety, the simplest care is quite enough, which consists in timely watering, loosening, and top dressing.

Loosening should be shallow, carried out as the root crust forms. After watering, loosening must be carried out the next day, when the soil dries slightly.

Loosening can be combined with weeding.

Watering

Watering the Sanka tomatoes should be moderate. To reduce the number of irrigations and maintain the necessary soil moisture, an agricultural technique such as mulching is used.

Watering warnings that should not be avoided:

watering with cold water;
water getting on leaves and fruits;
stagnation of water in the root zone.

Feeding

During the entire fruiting season of the Sanka tomato variety, it needs 3-4 feeding with diluted mullein or rotted manure.

You can also feed it with ready-made chemical fertilizers, however, if you want to get extremely useful environmentally friendly products, it is better to refuse chemistry.

Going to sleep or not

It is up to the cultivator of this crop to decide whether to pinch or not, for this variety of tomatoes it is optional.

However, many gardeners complain that shoots with fruits immediately fall on the ground, which in itself is not scary for this variety. Disease resistant plant and dense fruit peel - reliable protection against problems of finding crops right on the ground.

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Bush formation

Those gardeners who nevertheless decide to pinch and form a Sanka tomato bush can limit themselves to:

breakage of only the lower lateral shoots;
breakage of shoots less than 5 cm.

At the same time, in order to avoid the termination of the formation of new ovaries, the central shoot should not be broken off.

When forming a bush, they also tie especially long lashes of a tomato bush loaded with fruits, as can be seen in the photo. This work does not affect the yield characteristics. Even taking into account the fact that the garter of shoots for the Sanka tomato variety is not mandatory, many perform it, judging by the reviews, for purely aesthetic reasons.

Diseases and pests

Despite the resistance of the Sanka tomato variety to diseases, there is no complete and absolute guarantee to avoid them. With insufficiently competent and diligent care, even with the minimum that a plant requires, it can be susceptible to diseases:

late blight;
alternaria;
black leg;
fungal diseases.

Of the pests, the plant can be visited by the traditional enemies of tomatoes:

butterfly - whitefly;
colorado zhu

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To;
bear;
growth fly;
aphid.

Collection and storage of tomato "Sanka"

The exact time for harvesting tomatoes "Sanka" depends on the time of planting seeds for seedlings. Each gardener can add 80 days to their practical planting time and get the beginning or middle of the harvest period.

The fruits of the tomato "Sanka", judging by the reviews, are very well stored, and also have a good degree of technical ripening. You can pick tomatoes with brushes, we have already mentioned that they ripen quite amicably, which is one of the characteristics of the yield of the variety, and look beautiful on brushes.

Also, the fruits are harvested in two more ways: with and without a stalk. The type of harvest depends on its further purpose.

Reviews

Serafima, 43 years old, Tula region:

"An experienced gardener, I want to share my experience of growing Sanka tomato, he is quite impressive - three years. I have not experienced any problems or special troubles with him, it is a pleasure. I loosened it a couple of times and weeded it out of the weeds, applied fertilizer a couple of times and that's it! It rained with the right period, as if ordered, there was a lot of sun, the harvest amazed me. I didn't count the exact number, but there were many. The neighbors photographed my plantings, the brushes hung so beautifully from the tied up shoots (this is the only problem that I imposed on myself)."

Stepan, 50 years old, Liski, Voronezh region:

"And I want to boast of a discovery concerning the Sanka tomato variety, though not my own. A neighbor suggested an idea to me, at first he was surprised that he was a stepson, then he shared a secret. the fruits are small, but still! Whoever does not believe, try it."

Rita, 41 years old, Moscow region:

"Oh, I read the raptures and I can't understand them. Well, yes, the variety, as my friends described it to me, is unpretentious, resistant to everything, but the whips have fallen off, and for my taste it is completely empty, and even sour."