Tomato Rapunzel: a description of the variety, yield and reviews

Among gardeners and truck farmers, a new variety of tomatoes is gaining popularity , bearing the name of the fairy princess Rapunzel, famous for its luxurious hair. This name is attributed to this hybrid is not accidental, because the falling brushes, dotted with bright glossy tomatoes, remind this charming cartoon character. We suggest to get acquainted with the basic properties of the new country culture, called Tomato Rapunzel.

History of creating a variety

The product of the English selection of tomato Rapunzel, a product recently developed, is an indeterminate plant, that is, with an unlimited growth of stems. Its scourge reaches an impressive length of 1.8-2.4 meters. About this breeding novelty it became known only at the end of 2014, when it was first presented to the audience of the American exhibition, where agricultural crops were tested for the characteristics stated by specialists. While it is very difficult to acquire the seeds of the tomato Rapunzel. Comments of ordinary truck farmers on this issue confirm the difficulties of such a purchase. Although already in 2015, some foreign online stores sold this seed, in Russia today, culture is extremely rare. It remains to be hoped that soon a hybrid variety with the name of a fairy princess will appear in domestic greenhouses.

Characteristic of the variety

So, this tomato is unusual with long fruiting brushes, more precisely branches, on both sides of which there is a row of fruits. This early-hybrid, the time of vegetation (ie, the period from germination of shoots to mass ripening of fruits) which takes only 75-80 days. Fruits are medium-sized, one-dimensional, dense and glossy, with a wonderful sweet taste. Tomatoes Rapunzel are suitable for cultivation in greenhouses, but the hybrid is successfully grown on balconies, in special containers. However, in this case it is necessary to control the growth of the weaves. The producers of the variety assure that it is possible to grow a new hybrid culture in all climatic zones, and so domestic gardeners of the most extreme latitudes will be able to cultivate this interesting plant.

Fruit

Tomato variety Rapunzel is very fertile. On each of the long brushes grows up to 40 fruits - small, elastic, rounded. A compact, neat arrangement of the fruit on the branch is another quality of the plant. Juicy sweet flesh has already been appreciated by gardeners who grow a new hybrid and have noticed a small number of chambers in tomatoes. Tomato Rapunzel as a salad variety is excellent for consumption in raw form, but it is good for canning. It is impossible only for its long-term storage. The composition of the fruit is distinguished by increased sugar content, the presence of pectins, starches and many minerals, the compounds of which give them excellent dietary and nutritional properties.

The requirements of culture

Tomato Rapunzel is very demanding. For the qualitative development of culture and the maximum yield of the crop, it is necessary:

• a lot of sunlight and heat;

• weakly acid reaction of the soil;

• mandatory support and timely gartering of the weaves as they grow;

• Regular feeding.

Advantages and disadvantages of tomatoes

Breeders, the product of the exploration of which was the tomato Rapunzel, position it on the market as a culture with very high quality characteristics. So, these tomatoes have:

• enviable resistance to the traditional diseases of solanaceous plants;

• excellent fruit tie;

• good yield;

• A good level of transportability;

• Excellent taste.

Disadvantages, by the way, are very conditional, can serve as the impossibility of long-term storage of fruits, as well as noticeable, but hopefully temporary difficulties in acquiring seeds at the present time.

Tomato Rapunzel: reviews

The yield of culture, as already mentioned, is very high. Gardeners note that Rapunzel is a culture with a long and thin stem, and a strongly developed root system of the rod type. Well branched subordinate roots grow rapidly in the horizontal plane, but not deep. Quality nutrition and sufficient watering stimulate the formation of additional roots.

Tomatoes Rapunzel, the description of which is presented in the publication, is very light and thermophilic. In addition, they are sensitive to excessive humidity in the greenhouse. Lack of light and waterlogging are the main enemies of culture, capable of nullifying all efforts of the gardener. Comfortable air temperature for successful development of the plant varies between 22-28 ° C. All these factors are crucially important for obtaining a full crop, and therefore must be strictly observed. Neglect of any of them will lead to a marked decrease in yield.

Agrotechnical rules

The fundamentals of agrotechnics of cultivation of the tomato Rapunzel practically do not differ from any other kind of tomatoes. Let's recall the algorithm of the actions necessary for growing tomato:

• seedlings are carried out in March-April, the seeds are sown in a light loose soil;

• Seedlings are installed in improvised mini-greenhouses, which are opened by sprouting seedlings:

• after 3-4 weeks the seedlings dive, sitting on individual tanks;

• Landing in a prepared greenhouse is carried out when the threat of frost passes. As in different regions enough time for establishing acceptable weather, it is necessary to orientate the gardeners on the features of the territorial weather conditions.

Top dressing and care

And to the maintenance of a normal feeding regime sensitive tomatoes Rapunzel. Ogorodnikov's reviews emphasize the obligatory introduction of quality organic materials for digging and planting, as well as regular feeding of crops with a complex mineral fertilizer with microelements. Experienced gardeners recommend to feed balcony specimens with mineral fertilizers every two weeks, greenhouse plants - weekly green grass infusions, and from the middle of July - mineral complexes.

Since tomatoes are very high, they need support and fixing stems. It is also necessary to form a bush in one or two lashes. Watering (strictly under the root) is carried out when the upper layer of the soil is dried.

So, the selection novelty tomato Rapunzel will soon appear in Russian manors and in suburban areas. Seed companies will open a massive sale of planting material, and it will certainly be an affordable product in both the foreign and domestic markets.