Characteristics of Chudo tomatoes
Miracle tomatoes are a whole group of varieties; there are about 30 different subspecies on sale. All this variety definitely has one thing in common: each variety is designed to surprise you with its shape, yield, color or taste. It is thanks to the expressive qualities that this group of varieties got its name.
Characteristics of Chudo tomatoes
Varieties of Miracle varieties
The first thing the description of this culture says is the fact that the Miracle tomato family includes several varieties at once. And each of which has its own special characteristics:
Pods
Tomato Podsinskoe miracle is a mid-season variety of unlimited growth. Its fruits are large, weighing up to 300 grams, with a plum-shaped shape. The pulp is fleshy and juicy with few seeds, good for salads, juices and especially sauces. To maintain high yields, grow the variety in a greenhouse and form the bush into two stems. Up to 5 kilograms of tomatoes can be harvested from a plant per season. The Podsinsky miracle is suitable for growing in the regions of Siberia, Altai, and other areas with an unfavorable climate.
North
Northern - early ripening variety, the harvest is harvested in just 100-110 days after the first shoots. Bears abundantly, forming 4-5 pear-shaped tomatoes in a bunch, weighing up to 100 grams. The consistency of the fruit is fleshy and plump, excellent for preservation. Suitable for open and greenhouse cultivation. Feels great in harsh areas, grows remarkably in the Altai and Trans-Baikal regions of Russia.
Holland
The miracle of Holland is a tall culture that can stretch up to 1.8 meters. Resistant to diseases, the rate of maturation is average. Fruits are pink in color, grow on clusters in large numbers, each can gain a mass of up to 80 grams. Their skin is thick, and the flesh is tender and juicy, seemingly hewn out as one: very marketable.
Vnukova
Miracle Vnukova - a very fruitful tomato, from the Ukrainian originator Svetlana Vnukova. Medium maturity, suitable for growing in temperate regions. Requires tying, as it grows up to 2 meters, forms 5-7 fruits in a brush weighing up to 250 grams. Their color is red-orange, the surface is shiny, the taste is sweet and pleasant. Good for preserves and salads.
Striped
The striped one, better known abroad as the Marvel Stripe, was bred many years ago, in the gardens of Mexican Indians. A variety of medium ripening and growth, 1.2 meters high. It has good disease resistance, but is usually grown in a greenhouse.
Fruits are great for making salads.
The shape of the fruit is round-flat, orange in color, with golden rays. Their dimensions are considerable, one tomato can gain up to 700 grams. In the section, you can see the yellow branching of the chambers with pink veins, the flesh is steak, the taste is very sweet. Best for salads.
Moravian
The Moravian Miracle variety ripens early, 50–52 days after transplanting the seedlings.The size of the bush is average, 1.3 meters, but the harvest is plentiful. Fruits grow like cherry, in bunches of 7-8 pieces, each weighing 60-70 grams. Rounded and even, firm to the touch, the color is evenly distributed, and their taste is pleasantly rich.
These varieties are popular in Argentinean cuisine and are also ideal for whole preservation and pickling. During cultivation, it is resistant to top rot, late blight and cladosporium. Due to this, and good resistance to cold, it is often made a donor in plant breeding in botanical gardens.
Iranian
The Iranian miracle is a tall crop with a late ripening period, reaches two meters in height and forms 2-3 stems. Fruit weight 350-500 grams, and in rare cases, like the Bulgarian, up to 1 kilogram. On average, the total yield per plant is 5.5 kilograms.
Tomatoes are rounded, flattened on top. Ripening, they are filled with raspberry color, the taste is expressive, sweet. Their flesh is dense, it will show itself well in salads and juices, but it will not be suitable for salting.
Sweet
A mid-season tomato Miracle Sweet grows in a large bush, up to 1.8 meters. It is tied to a support and formed into two stems, but if you want to grow giants, then form into one. This is a greenhouse variety and it can only reveal itself under cover.
Fruits of the Chudo Sladkoe variety are heart-shaped with a ribbed surface, when mature they reach 400-800 grams. The texture is fleshy, with a small amount of seeds, the taste is very sweet, straight sugar. They do not crack, they are good for juices and sauces.
Walford
Bred by Max Walford in the 1980s, the Wonder of Walford has grown well and is loved by many gardeners. The ripening rate of this tomato is average and, depending on the conditions, the bush is formed into 1-3 stems. The better they are, the fewer shoots you can leave.
Loves sunny places and nutritious soil, the climate prefers mild. Forms 4–6 ovaries in hands. From which grow medium-sized fruits, weighing 200-300 grams, with a beautiful heart-shaped shape and rich pulp. Designed for salads, sauces and juices.
Chocolate
Miracle Chocolate is a medium-sized variety, up to 150 centimeters in height, not limited in growth. Feels good in the greenhouse and outdoors. It has a powerful trunk, similar to a small tree, the first cluster of fruits begins to set after the eighth leaf. And then, it is formed through the sheet.
Such a fruit branch contains 4–5 round-shaped chocolate tomatoes. Their weight reaches 350 grams, and there are four seed chambers inside each. Tomatoes are poured with a brown-red color, and their pulp is delicious and very sweet, such a miracle-yudo tomato can surprise guests.
Growing seeds
Seeds need to be prepared before planting
Most varieties of miracle tomatoes are non-hybrid, this can be understood by the absence of a special note in the description.
For example, "Katrina f1", where f1 means that this is a hybrid of one generation and its offspring cannot be grown. Therefore, you can then collect the seeds and breed them yourself without any problems. Start preparing for sowing seedlings by culling low-quality seeds. To do this, make a 4–5% salt solution and soak them for less than 10 minutes. We need to get rid of all that flared up, they do not suit us.
Rinse healthy seeds immediately and leave to swell on a wet cloth. To prevent the water from evaporating, cover and leave for 10–20 hours. After that, they must be immediately sown in pots. Make the soil for seedlings from turf and humus, in a 1 to 1 ratio, add peat and sawdust so that it becomes loose. A good soil will be a coke substrate, on its basis the seedlings will receive a strong root system.
Soil preparation
So that the culture does not get sick, you need to attend to the choice of a good planting site.
Alternate plants every year. Otherwise, pests and spores that prefer tomatoes will accumulate in the soil. Follow the rules of crop rotation and do not plant tomatoes after crops such as:
- eggplant;
- potatoes;
- pepper;
- peas;
- garden Physalis;
And also in the old place and after other nightshades.
Friendly cultures
Description of friendly crops, after which the Miracle tomato grows well and gives high yields:
- cucumbers;
- zucchini;
- cabbage;
- turnips;
- green onions;
- carrots;
- pumpkins;
- squash;
- beets.
Having decided on the place, you can proceed to the preparation of the soil. The nature of tomatoes is such that they will taste a specific characteristic of the soil: looseness, lightness, saturation with air and good moisture permeability. In the fall, it is dug up with the addition of manure, and if the soil is too heavy, you can also add sand. It is scattered evenly over the site and also dug in, mixing with the soil.
Landing
To form strong roots, the bush must be watered abundantly
On average, seedlings are planted in greenhouse cultivation on May 20–31, and in open ground on June 10–20.
But the exact date will already depend on the region, night frosts should not threaten the plant. Also, it depends on the variety, some of them are quite hardy, and can be planted earlier than others.
At times, the seedlings outgrow, in this case, cut off the bottom pair of leaves and bury it somewhat deeper. At this place, adventitious roots are formed, they will give the culture additional nutrition.
Dig holes about the size of a seedling pot, place the compound fertilizer there and mix well. Carefully remove the plant from the pot, try not to damage the earthy ball. Then plant the seedlings and sprinkle them with a light layer of earth. Water the bush well in several approaches, this will help it form the correct root system. And then sprinkle with earth again so that a dry crust does not form.
Bush care
To prevent the tomatoes from getting sick, water them at the root, water should not get on the leaves.
Do this in the afternoon, so the moisture will not evaporate in large quantities. Avoid sprinkling, as the temperature drops sharply, which does not benefit the plant.
Loosen the soil after watering so it won't crust over and can breathe. Weeds can be destroyed at the same time. The first loosening should be 8–12 centimeters deep for better aeration. But then, no deeper than 4–5 centimeters, so as not to damage the roots. Avoid compaction of the soil, this will adversely affect the root system.
Shape the bush as required by the variety. This will increase its yield and make the plant effective. Collect the fruits on time so that the juices go for the ripening of new tomatoes.
Pest control
As a preventive measure, spray the Miracle Garden tomatoes 2-3 times a season with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, 0.1 grams per 10 liters of water.
This will protect the tomatoes from disease and will not be tasted by pests. In addition, manganese makes a good foliar feeding.
But in rainy weather, chemicals have to be used, since during this period the plant is especially vulnerable. For this, quadris, ridomil, infinito or tattu are suitable, use one of them. They are absorbed into the plant and have a reliable effect. Remember the waiting period indicated in the instructions for the preparations, and do not apply them shortly before harvest.
If it seems to you that you are at risk of losing your crop, and you can no longer use serious chemistry, do it this way. Remove ripe and semi-ripe fruits and treat with something contact like meteor or cuproxant. They are water washable and not so dangerous.
Conclusion
Miracle tomatoes have little in common. Still, they have at least one common feature - the expressive qualities of each variety. Some of them will appeal to a lover of unpretentious crops, the other will prefer the painstaking care of a giant tomato. One way or another, this variety will definitely not leave anyone indifferent.