Unusual tomato "Cifomandra" to your table: description of the variety, advantages and features of cultivation

Lovers of unusual varieties of tomatoes will surely enjoy the unique plant of Digomandr. A powerful bush gives an excellent harvest, the fruits are strong, tasty, suitable for salads and canning.

A detailed description of this exotic variety, its characteristics and the subtleties of cultivation can be found in our article. You will also learn what diseases the plant is exposed to, and what pests it most often threaten.

Tomato Cifomandra: variety description

Digomandra is a unique variety that rightfully deserves the name "tomato tree". The plant is indeterminate, stem-type, with a strong trunk and moderate branching. The leaves are dark green, medium size.

Fruits ripen large tassels of 6-8 pieces. Tomatoes are larger on the lower branches. Productivity is excellent, from 1 square. meters of planting can collect up to 20 kg of selected tomatoes. The period of fruiting is stretched, in closed ground it can last up to 7 months.

You can compare the yield of Cifocandra with other varieties in the table below:

For other high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties, read here.

Fruits are large, weighing up to 200 g. The shape is flat-rounded, with slight ribbing at the stem. The pulp is dense, fleshy, the number of seed chambers is at least 6. The skin is not hard, well protecting the fruits from cracking. High sugar content (about 2.3%). The taste is very pleasant, sweet, tomatoes have a delicate recognizable aroma..

Below you can see information about the weight of fruits of other varieties of tomatoes:

Origin and Application

The variety of tomato Cifocandra originates from South America, the variety is suitable for cultivation in different regions. Depending on the climatic conditions, it is possible to plant on open beds, in a greenhouse made of glass or polycarbonate, in a greenhouse.

Tall tomatoes can be placed in spacious vases, exposing them to balconies and verandas. Harvested fruits are well kept, plucked green, they quickly ripen at room temperature. Dense, fleshy tomatoes Tsifokandra delicious fresh, they are suitable for the preparation of salads, hot dishes and side dishes. Sturdy tomatoes with a dense skin can be used for canned wholemeal or tomato products: pasta, lecho, juice.

This variety of tomatoes is different in appearance. Digimandra, grown in our conditions, most often looks like this:

We offer you useful articles about the difference between determinant and indeterminant varieties of tomatoes.

You may also be interested in information about high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the main advantages of the variety:

• excellent taste of the fruit;
• high yield;
• long ripening period;
• good keeping quality;
• unpretentiousness;
• tolerance for weather changes;
• disease resistance.

Read more about the most common diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses and methods of dealing with them, read the articles of our website.

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Features of growing

Tomato varieties Cifomandra can be grown seedling or propagated by cuttings. Seeds for seedlings are recommended to be sanitized in a solution of potassium permanganate, washed with clean water, dried.

Ground should be light. A preferred mixture of garden land with peat and a small portion of washed river sand. In the seedling method, the seeds are sown with a slight deepening, sprayed with water, and then placed in the heat for germination. You can use growth stimulants and special mini-greenhouses.

Saplings require room temperature, bright light, moderate watering with warm water.. It is better to use a spray or a watering can. After the appearance of the first true leaves of the tomatoes dive in separate pots. Seeds can be sown in individual peat containers, then picking is not required.

In the second half of May, tomatoes are transplanted in open ground, greenhouse or flowerpots. By this time, the seedlings should get stronger, preferably the appearance of 6-7 of these leaves and the first floral brushes. The soil is mixed with a fresh portion of humus, the plants are placed at a distance of 50 cm from each other. If tomatoes are planted in pots, you need to take care of drainage holes and pallets in advance. How to prepare the land in the greenhouse, read here.

High bushes are tied to the supports, side stepchildren pinch off, they are suitable for rooting. Adult plants are fed complex fertilizer based on phosphorus and potassium at least 1 time per month. Watering moderate, only warm water, periodic spraying is useful, mulching to maintain soil moisture.

Read also about why and how to properly feed tomatoes with organic matter, iodine, yeast, ammonia and hydrogen peroxide. And also, why do we need boric acid tomatoes?

Diseases and pests: prevention and control methods

Tomato cultivar Cifomandra is resistant to most dangerous diseases: fusarium, verticillosis, tobacco mosaic, leaf spot. To prevent the soil before planting calcined or disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate. About tomatoes are also resistant to diseases of solanaceae in general, and to late blight in particular, read in the articles of our website.

Plants can be affected by aphids, thrips, whitefly, spider mites. For prevention, you can spray a bush with a weak solution of potassium permanganate; in advanced cases, industrial insecticides will help.

Read on our website about varieties of tomatoes that are resistant to the most common diseases of the nightshade.

And also, what can be used as a growth promoter for tomatoes and peppers and what methods of disease control exist.

Tomato varieties Cifomandra - an interesting find for the garden, greenhouse or apartment. They are the real champions of yield, and the extended period of fruiting will help to provide the family with vitamins for a long time.

Read also about how to get a magnificent crop of tomatoes in the open field, how to do it all year round in the greenhouse and what the subtleties of growing early-growing varieties exist.

We also suggest that you familiarize yourself with other tomato varieties that have different ripening terms:

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