Characteristics of cherry tomatoes
A large number of gardeners are engaged in growing tomatoes for their families. They, most often, rely on fruitful varieties of vegetables, relying on the reviews of experienced gardeners. At the same time, tomatoes can be of an unusual color, different ripening periods, different heights and shapes of fruits. One of these tomatoes are Cherry Red Cherry tomatoes. There are varieties of them, differing in color, and one interesting hybrid: tomatoes f1 Winter Cherry. All cherry tomatoes, except Winter Cherry, are tall. But each of them is decorated with twigs, which have a garland of beautiful, small fruits.
Characteristics of cherry tomatoes
Characteristics of cherry tomato
Cherry tomatoes Cherry are indeterminate varieties, and their characteristics include several points.
- The height of an adult bush can reach 2 m.
- Each of the varieties of Cherry Cherry tomatoes may differ in color.
- The weight of each tomato is about 30 grams.
- The fruits are high in sugar.
- The yield of tomatoes is high and the products are stored for a long time.
- You can use it both fresh and after processing.
The fact that these varieties of tomato are not hybrids makes it possible to collect your own seed. The beautiful and bright fruits ripen at the same time with the whole brush, and they are very decorative in appearance.
Characteristics of the hybrid Cherry Winter Cherry
One of these varieties is tomato f1 Cherry Winter. Its characteristic differs from other varieties in that it is not tall and its seeds, when harvested and sown, do not retain their species qualities. Tomato f1 Winter Cherry red. It perfectly tolerates bad weather conditions and is able to grow in open ground conditions, even in regions of Siberia and the Urals. In the State Register of Winter Cherry since 1998.
Description of the variety
Positive traits are:
- plant height up to 70 cm;
- outdoor cultivation;
- resistance to viruses;
- yield from a bush is about 3 kg;
- undemanding to pinching, and stalk garter;
- universal methods of use.
The ability to grow in the open field and good tolerance to low temperatures make these tomatoes indispensable in the regions of Siberia and the Middle Urals. An unsaturated tomato is also a big plus because the time for caring for plants is reduced.
The stem bush has strong stems that do not need to be tied up and hilled to prevent breakage. The stems of the plant do not grow in height, but only get thicker. Its leaves are deep green, rather dark than light. Each brush has up to 30 tomatoes, but not very many brushes are formed. Fruit yield, from one bush, about 2 kg.
Description of the variety
There are several varieties of tomatoes of this variety.
Indeterminate varieties, they are capable of infinite growth, which must be limited. But cherry tomato has other features as well.
- Each bush is formed into two trunks.
- The first fruit cluster appears around the 8th leaf.
- Each brush consists of 30 or 35 tomatoes.
- Fruit weight is about 30g, the whole brush ripens at the same time.
- Fresh tomatoes are used for decorating dishes and preserving.
The trunks of the plant are strong, slightly leafy. Each leaf is small, dark green in color. After the first bunch, after 2 or 3 leaves, the second and subsequent brushes appear.
The varieties differ in that they have fruits of different colors. So the fruit bush of the Cherry Red Cherry variety is completely covered with red clusters, like a cherry-shaped waterfall. Yellow Cherry is a golden ampelous garden covered with fragile branches and tiny leaves. An interesting variety, this is Barrys Crazy Cherry - crazy Cherry Barry, also having a cherry-shaped flow, fruit clusters.
Black Cherry and White Cherry, these are tomatoes that have amazing fruits in shades. Chocolate balls of black and brownish tomatoes, as if they came off the canvas of a science fiction artist. And, saturated, like a milky color, drops of white fruits, this is a truly enchanting sight.
Sowing seeds
Tomatoes of these varieties are suitable for cultivation in the middle zone of the country and in the southern regions. In mid-March, soil and seed are prepared, which can be branded or their own. The soil consists of garden soil, wood ash, sand and rotted mullein.
Before sowing, seeds must be soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
You can also cut a couple of aloe leaves and place them on the bottom shelf in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. Then squeeze out the juice so that it does not come into contact with metal dishes. Dilute 1: 1 in warm water and soak seeds. The seed is soaked for 6 hours or overnight.
The containers are filled with soil and, slightly dried, the seeds are laid out on its surface. They are covered with a layer of about 1 cm and irrigated with warm water. Cover the planting with plastic wrap and put it in a warm place.
Special requirements
In northern areas, it is best not to put seedling containers on the windows. In any case, each window may have cracks that allow cold air to pass through. And for the full development of seedlings, a stable temperature is required.
All other seed sowing procedures are similar to previous Cherry varieties. After the containers are covered, they are placed in a place where additional lighting can be turned on. The temperature should be within 25g for good seed germination.
Seedling
After setting up for germination, they monitor the condition of the soil and irrigate it as needed. After the appearance of the second pair of leaves, the seedlings can be dived. To make the plants easier to withstand the stress of transplanting, they need to be sprayed with Zircon, diluted according to the recipe on the package. A couple of citric acid crystals can be added to the water, which will prevent the destruction of the drug in an alkaline environment.
The seedlings are in containers for about 2 months, during which they need to be fertilized three times. For fertilizers, they take chemicals or organic extracts. Prepare organic matter as follows: take 1: 1 water and organic matter (manure, bird droppings), set for two weeks for fermentation. The finished composition is diluted 1:10 with water and watered at the root.
The official description states that after two months, the seedlings, which are intended for planting in the ground, are hardened for a week. Every day the containers are exposed to the sun, first for half an hour, and then more and more. Tomatoes Black Cherry and other Cherry Cherries, if they are planted in greenhouses, then they do not need to be hardened.
Planting and leaving
Tomatoes are powdery mildew resistant
A large and healthy seedling tomato Cherry, planted in rows when the threat of frost passes. In this case, the distance between the rows should be at least 40cm, and in a row, between plants up to 25cm, for Winter Cherry. And for other varieties, the distances should be: in a row about 40 cm, and between rows 60 cm.
The holes are filled in size, into which you can add rotted, several years old, mullein or bird droppings. The description of the requirements for care includes the following rules: each hole is poured with warm water and, if these are indeterminate species, then they put supports and tie the plants to them, cutting off all the stepsons, and pinching the growing point, at the required level. For determinate plants, no garter is required and they do not give rise to stepchildren.
Aftercare for all tomatoes is similar.
- Timely watering, like tomatoes, is a moisture-loving plant.
- Weeding and constant loosening of the soil, as a means of air access to the root system.
- Plant feeding.
- Fighting viruses and diseases.
Watering and weeding tomatoes is necessary when there is a need for it. Fertilize by foliar feeding before the first brush is formed. Chemicals and organic fertilizers are used. How organics are prepared has already been said above.
Cherry cherry tomatoes are practically not affected by diseases and are resistant to powdery mildew. Before late blight appears on the beds, they have time to give the crop. In greenhouses, to prevent the development of diseases, boric acid solutions can be used, which also destroy aphids and scare away other, small, insects.
Eating tomatoes
All tomatoes of the Cherry tomato variety are very decorative, especially such as Cherry, Honey Drop, White Currant, Black Cherry and others. They are simply meant to decorate dishes. But the excellent taste of all tomatoes allows you to make from fruits: salads, juices, winter preparations. Canned food in cans turns out beautiful, especially if you take tomatoes of different colors.
Conclusion
Both adults and children are very fond of placers of colored fruits. Not complicated agrotechnics of indeterminate species, allows them to be cultivated in different regions of the country, in greenhouses or in the open field. A Hybrid Cherry Winter Cherry, designed for more severe weather conditions. Whatever it was, but everyone has the opportunity, with proper care, to get beautiful, colorful and very tasty Cherry Cherry tomatoes, as well as write pleasant reviews about them.