Connoisseurs of dark-fruited tomatoes should pay attention to the Black Baron variety - one of the most delicious in this category.
Ripe tomatoes are very sweet, juicy, ideal for salads and juices. Spreading bush will require the formation and frequent fertilizing, but will thank for taking care of a bountiful harvest.
Tomato Black Baron: variety description
Grade name | Black Baron |
general description | Mid-season indeterminantny grade |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 105-110 days |
The form | Flattened-rounded |
Colour | Maroon chocolate |
Average tomato mass | 150-250 grams |
Application | Dining room |
Yield varieties | 4-5 kg from a bush |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard |
Disease resistance | Resistant to major diseases |
Tomato Black Baron - mid-season high-yielding variety. Indeterminate bush, from 1.5 to 2 m in height, spreading, with abundant formation of green mass. The leaf is dark green, medium size. Fruits ripen in small brushes of 3-5 pieces.
Medium sized fruits weighing from 150 to 250 g. Form rounded, slightly flattened, with pronounced ribbing at the stem. The color is maroon, with chocolate tint.
Tomatoes have a great taste: rich, honey-sweet. The flesh is juicy, fleshy, sugary on the break. The thin glossy peel protects fruits from cracking.
You can compare the weight of the fruits of this variety with others in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Black Baron | 150-250 grams |
The president | 250-300 grams |
Summer resident | 55-110 grams |
Broody | 90-150 grams |
Andromeda | 70-300 grams |
Pink Lady | 230-280 grams |
Gulliver | 200-800 grams |
Banana red | 70 grams |
Nastya | 150-200 grams |
Olya-la | 150-180 grams |
De barao | 70-90 grams |
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Origin and Application
The grade of the Russian selection, is recommended for cultivation in film greenhouses or on open beds. Harvested fruits are well stored, transportation is possible. Green tomatoes are ripened successfully at room temperature.
Black Baron Tomatoes are tasty fresh, suitable for salads, side dishes, soups, sauces, mashed potatoes. Whole canning is possible. Ripe fruit makes a delicious thick juice of the original shade.
Productivity to 3 kg from a plant.
With the yield of other varieties of tomatoes, you can see in the table below:
Grade name | Yield |
Apparently invisible | 4-5 kg from a bush |
Russian size | 7-8 kg per square meter |
Long keeper | 4-6 kg from a bush |
Podsinskoe miracle | 5-6 kg per square meter |
American ribbed | 5.5 kg from a bush |
De barao giant | 20-22 kg from a bush |
Prime minister | 6-9 kg per square meter |
Polbyg | 4 kg from a bush |
Black bunch | 6 kg from a bush |
Kostroma | 4-5 kg from a bush |
Red bunch | 10 kg from a bush |
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages of the variety:
- high taste of tomatoes;
- fruits are well kept;
- use of fruits in cooking, canning is possible;
- disease resistance.
The disadvantages include:
- the need for careful formation of the bush;
- heavy branches need support;
- plant requires abundant feedings.
A photo
The photo shows a variety of tomatoes Black Baron:
Features of growing
Seeds are sown on seedlings in the first half of March. Disinfection is not necessary, the seed passes mandatory processing before packaging.
Before sowing the seeds are poured growth stimulator for 10-12 hours. A light nutrient soil from a mixture of sod or garden soil with old humus is required. Some superphosphate or wood ash can be added to the substrate.
Sowing is carried out with a depth of 1 cm, planting abundantly sprayed with warm settled water and covered with a film. For successful germination need a temperature of 23-25 degrees. After the emergence of shoots, the temperature is reduced to 15-17 degrees for 5-7 days, and then raised again to 20-22 degrees.
When the first pair of true leaves unfolds, the young plants dive into separate pots. Capacities are exposed to the sun, in cloudy weather, seedlings need to be illuminated with powerful fluorescent lamps. In the greenhouse, the plants are moved closer to mid-May; they are planted in the ground later, by the beginning of June.
Young bushes are planted at a distance of 40-50 cm from each other, with a row spacing of at least 70 cm. It is better to grow tomatoes on the trellis, tying to them not only the stems, but also branches with heavy fruits. The bush is formed in 1 or 2 stems, the stepchildren are removed.
Watering should not be frequent, tomatoes do not like stagnant moisture in the soil. After watering, the greenhouse must be ventilated so that the air is not too humid. For the season, tomatoes are fed with a full complex fertilizer 3-4 times.
Diseases and pests
Black Baron tomatoes are resistant to the main diseases of the nightshade in greenhouses, but preventive measures will not prevent them. Before planting, the soil must be shed with a hot solution of potassium permanganate.
Young plants are abundantly sprayed with phytosporin. The complexes containing copper help from blight, dark spots on the fruits disappear after the application of potash fertilizers.
Weeding of weeds with subsequent mulching of the soil with straw or peat will help prevent the appearance of parasites.
Apha can be removed with warm soapy water; spraying with sludge helps with spraying with an aqueous solution of ammonia. It is possible to get rid of flying insects with the help of insecticides or decoction of herbs: celandine, chamomile, yarrow.
Black Baron - a variety deservedly loved by gardeners. It is believed that its fruits are the sweetest, besides they are rich in nutrients. Growing plants is not easy, but the result is always happy.
In the table below you will find links to varieties of tomatoes with different ripening terms:
Middle late | Early maturing | Late-ripening |
gold fish | Yamal | Prime minister |
Raspberry wonder | Rose of Wind | Grapefruit |
Miracle of the market | Diva | Bull heart |
De Barao Orange | Buyan | Bobcat |
De Barao Red | Irina | King of Kings |
Honey salute | Pink spam | Grandma's Gift |
Krasnobay F1 | Red Guard | F1 snowfall |