Tomato Raspberry elephant: reviews. Salad variety of tomatoes

Created by painstaking selection work, many different varieties of tomatoes are amazing. Nevertheless, every gardener always has his own preferences, but crimson tomatoes like most gardeners for their beauty, gorgeous taste and delicate skin. Today we will talk about some varieties of this group, their cultivation and peculiarities of care.

Tomato Crimson giant F1: the main characteristics

A medium-sized hybrid of early maturation, reaching 130 cm in height, gives fruits on the 100-105th day after the germination of the seeds. This variety is universal: it is equally good in growing both on open beds, and in film greenhouses. The variety has a very high yield (18-20 kg / sq. M.) And excellent fruits - large, delicious, round with a small ribbing of bright crimson color, reaching 250-280 grams. In addition, the tomato Crimson giant is resistant to a whole complex of misfortunes of various origins. The formation of the bush occurs in two stems: one is the central conductor, the other appears from the lateral shoot, formed under the first brush. During the entire season, the remaining step-children should be removed. For the cultivation of medium and tall tomatoes, it is mandatory to tie the bushes to vertical or horizontal supports.

Tomato Crimson Elephant: description

Despite the fact that the variety does not differ by good cautiousness, there are enough admirers. The handsome tomato The crimson elephant, whose reviews are contradictory, but tend to believe that its fruits are a dream of lovers of sweet tomatoes with a thin skin, is a large-bodied plant, superbly grown both on open ridges of warm regions of the country, and in greenhouses of various types . The method of cultivation does not affect the yield (20 kg / sq. M).

Tomato Variety The raspberry, as a representative of the varieties of medium ripening, gives the first fruits 115 days after sprouting. Culture is characterized by unlimited growth of shoots and grows to two meters. To obtain high-quality large fruit, the bush is formed into one lash, systematically breaking off the side shoots of the stepchildren and carefully watching so as not to miss their growth. Stepsons draw on themselves nutrients, significantly reducing the weight of the fruit. The shape of tomatoes is rounded or slightly flattened. Ripened tomatoes have a glossy-raspberry color, an amazing sweet taste and excellent pulp.

Usually, up to 6 fruits are tied in a brush. Since the mass of each of them on average is 400-500 g, you can remove 1-2 ovaries, somewhat easing the brush of the plant. So you can get tomatoes of even more weight. Justifying its own name, tomato Malinovy elephant (reviews of gardeners confirm) often reaches record levels, increasing the mass to 700-750.

Features of planting seedlings

Despite the varietal differences, there is much in common in the cultivation of tomatoes. Seeding for seedlings is carried out in March, using plastic containers for this. They are pre-prepared: they must be clean and have drainage holes to prevent water stagnation, thereby causing unwanted diseases (for example, a black leg).

The soil for filling the container can be purchased at the store or to prepare the soil mix from autumn, consisting of equal parts of the garden land and humus with an admixture of wood ash and sand. Seeds for half an hour are etched in a solution of manganese in the color of a mature cherry, after which they are necessarily washed. Plant, deepening no more than 1 cm in a well-moistened substrate, level the soil and close the containers with a film to create a warm microclimate and accelerate the process of germination of seeds. It is important not to thicken the planting, but to plant the seeds in grooves with an interval of 1-1.5 cm. As a rule, the shoots germinate on the 3rd-6th day.

Backlight for seedlings

Tomatoes in the greenhouse or on the ridges are cultures of a long day and need additional illumination. For normal development of seedlings tomatoes should receive in addition to light during the day and also highlighting in the evening hours. Lamps are placed above the boxes with seedlings at a distance of 8-12 cm from the tops of the plant, trying to place so as to ensure the uniformity of the light.

Picks

After 5-6 weeks after seed germination, when 3-5 seedlings appear in seedlings, the plants are transplanted into separate containers. This is done so that the plants do not stretch and do not lack food. When they start picking, the seedlings are well watered. In the pots intended for transplantation, pour the soil, slightly compact and in the center of each make a groove, where the seedling is carefully arranged, after removing the cotyledon and the first two true leaves from it. Seedlings planted in this way are poured with a solution of peat-humic fertilizers "Phytop" or "Flora", after which they pour a little earth into the container and slightly dust it with ashes. The decayed plants continue to be illuminated. It is important to choose only the strongest and healthy plants for picking.

Hardening of seedlings

2-3 weeks before the final planting in the soil or greenhouse Plants begin to take out to fresh air, starting from 1-2 hours and gradually increasing the time. In bright sunlight in the early days, it is best to keep the seedlings in the shade, avoiding burns damaging the leaves.

If there is no threat of frost, then the seedlings can be left on the balcony, covering for the night with film. The tomato raspberry elephant is superbly hardened. Reviews of those who planted it on seedlings, are unequivocal: it well withstands the pickings, reacts to feeding and is remarkably enduring.

Agrotechnics and disembarkation to the ground

Favorite tomato soils - well-heated, light sandy loam with an acidity level of pH 6-6.5. The best predecessors for growing tomatoes are zucchini, cucumbers, onions. Plant tomatoes in the greenhouses at the end of May, on an open bed - depending on the region during the retreat of spring frosts.

They have a culture according to the scheme of 60 x 40 cm, that is, no more than 4 bushes are placed on one square meter, otherwise they will suppress each other, since the tomato Malinovy elephant (which is also testified that this is a fairly large plant) is very spreader. Land for planting is preliminarily prepared: in the excavated planting holes depth of 25 cm (oriented to the length of the roots of seedlings), pour in humus or reparted manure.

Pots with plants are completely dipped in a bucket with a solution of mullein or peat-humic fertilizers so that the soil is soaked in soil. Break off the lower leaves. Carefully turning the pot, remove the plant along with a clod of earth and install it in the hole. Impregnated with mortar soil retains the shape of the container and does not crumble. Each well is sprinkled with soil a little, and then the plant is well watered, and only then the seedlings are finally closed up, the top layer is compacted and watered again.

The importance of mulching soil

This method of planting is considered the most painless, since the closed root system does not suffer in any way, the tomatoes in the greenhouse adapt quickly to new conditions and move into growth. A good effect, according to the reviews of vegetable growers, is the use of mulch, which is used as humus, overgrown sawdust, peat or any plant residues. Under the 5-6 cm layer, the roots of the plants do not dry out and are not subjected to stressful overheating or hypothermia. In addition, the use of mulch provokes the multiplication of earthworms, whose vital activity greatly contributes to the qualitative development of tomatoes. Another advantage of using mulch is that the soil layer is not crusted and loosening after watering the plants is not required, which frees up a significant amount of time and effort. If not only tall but also low-growing tomatoes are planted in the greenhouse, then they are planted first in a row, and behind them are tall ones.

Top dressing and watering

Tomatoes are fed once every 10-15 days with good organic: a day insist a solution of 1 bucket of manure and 100 liters of water and watered - for 1 bush 2-3 liters of solution. Such fertilizing stimulates the development of the bush, in addition, the time of their start coincides with the mass fastening of the fruit. Generous watering takes place every 5-7 days. They should be regular, but reasonable. Excessive overmoistening of tomatoes significantly harms, provoking the appearance of late blight. And, although the enviable resistance against this disease in the varieties under consideration is developed at a species level, it is better to preserve the health of plants.

As evidenced by numerous reviews, the listed tomato varieties for the Moscow region are quite suitable, they excellently showed themselves in Siberia and the Far East.