Tomatoes are an integral part of a person's diet at any time of the year. Fresh tomatoes are popular in summer and autumn, and a variety of sunsets made from them - all year, especially on the festive table. Lovers and professionals gardeners grow many varieties of this favorite vegetable culture. They all try to get the harvest early. Breeders every year offer several new and decent varieties of early tomatoes.
In the article you will get to know a very early tomato "Riddle" and learn about the peculiarities of its cultivation.
Tomato "Riddle" - description
Tomato "Riddle" is an ultra early-ripening variety of the tomato of the selection of the Pridnestrovian NIIR, referring to the deterministic group. It is designed to produce early crops when grown outdoors.
The tomato plant is short (about 50 cm) tall, has a medium-stem stem, ending with an inflorescence, the first of which is located above 5-6 leaves. Brushes simple and compact, often consist of 5-6 fruits.
From the shoot to the harvest takes 82-88 days. Rounded tomatoes of bright red color, weighing 80-100 g, have a dense, crack-resistant peel and a fleshy pulp with good taste. They are good both fresh and for home preservation entirely.
Tomato variety "Riddle" is distinguished by its complex resistance to diseases , endurance to a lack of sunlight and early fruiting, there are practically no stepchildren.
Growing tomatoes "Riddle"
These early tomatoes are grown in seedlings. For their planting in specialty shops, plasma seeds of this class are offered for 25 pieces per pack. They are sown on seedlings from the end of March to the second week of April to a depth of 2-3 cm in a tank with soil. When 1-2 present sheets are formed, the seedlings dive into individual pots or according to the scheme of 8x8 cm. Further care for the seedlings consists in regular watering, fertilization and hardening.
Features of planting and care of tomato "Riddle"Since the "Riddle" refers to the low-growing varieties of tomato, it is cultivated in the first year after manure, which is brought in the autumn in the amount of 30-40 kg per 10m². Also in the spring, fertilizer is fertilized with mineral fertilizers. At 10 m², 300 grams of saltpeter, 0.5 kg of superphosphate and 400-500 g of potassium sulfate are added. Place, cooked for tomatoes, should be sunny and protected from the wind.
After passing through the frost, the seedlings are planted in the ground. This is best done in cloudy weather or in the evening. The plants are planted according to the scheme of 50x40 cm or 60x30 cm, so that 7-9 bushes per 1 m². In a hole excavated with a shovel, put 55-70 day seedlings with an earthen lump and fall asleep to the first leaf, squeezing the roots of the earth. After planting it is necessary to conduct a two-time watering, then no drought and heat will not hurt them.
Further care for tomato bushes is as follows:
- watering - not frequent, but plentiful, thus it is impossible, that water has got on leaves;
- removal of lateral shoots (pasynkovanie) for early ripening of fruits;
- weeding and loosening;
- mulching of soil;
- fertilizing with mineral fertilizers: the first - 7-10 days after planting; the second - when tomatoes start to ripen on the first brush.
Since this early variety of tomatoes yields a crop before the mass destruction of plants by diseases, then during their cultivation chemical protection against pests and diseases is not used. Fruiting bushes will start somewhere from the second week of June. The total yield of the variety is 30-40 tons per hectare.
Having studied all the characteristics and characteristics of the tomato "Riddle", we can say that he is a worthy candidate for growing on a private plot or giving a tomato for harvesting in mid-June.