The tomato ""Red cherry"" is popular grade of cherry tomato. He is brought by scientists-landowners in the mid-nineties, in the State registry of selection achievements of the Russian Federation it is registered in 1997. Originator of "Red cherry" and other grades of cherry series, such as tomato "Black cherry", - Gavrish agricultural firm. Amateur gardeners give appreciation to grade for great dessert taste of tomatoes and its early ripeness.
Distinctive properties of "Red cherry"
Tomatoes "Red cherry" considerably differ externally from usual to gardeners of bushes. In height they grow up 1.5-2 m. Slabooblistvenny plant. Main stalk of average branchiness, slabooblistvenny, bush sprawling. Small leaves, slabogofrirovanny, are painted in dark green shade.
The grade belongs to early and enters fructification at the beginning middle of July. Cherry tomatoes have pleasant dessert taste. Fructification period stretched. Fruits appear to frosts. Productivity for this look tomato good, from one bush it is possible to collect to 2 kg of fruits. "Red cherry" yields stable harvest both in closed, and in the open ground.
Cultivation of seedling
Crops of seeds on seedling is carried out in the third decade of March, they can be sowed till April 5. Amicable shoots can be received only from uniform in the weight and the size of seeds, experienced gardeners recommend to select them in 5% solution of table salt. The planting stock is submerged for 5 minutes in salty liquid, the easy fraction emerges, and heavy seeds fall by bottom. Those that have emerged can be thrown out as from them not to receive qualitative saplings, and those that have fallen by bottom, need to be collected and washed out.
It is known that with landing many causative agents of diseases are often transferred, and will be not superfluous to process them before crops for suppression of viral and bacterial infections. Effective way is soaking of planting stock in weak-pink solution of potassium permanganate for 0.5 hours. After the procedure the seeds wash out, dry and start planting of seedling.
Crops is carried out to the boxes filled with the nutritious substrate made of the cespitose earth, humus or compost. For this purpose it is possible to use also ready universal soil for seedling.
Planting seeds on seedling, arrive as follows:
- The soil in container is humidified and leveled.
- Put grooves about 1 cm in depth through each 4-5 cm.
- In them display seeds on distance of 1 cm from each other and fill up them with the soil.
- Boxes cover with polyethylene film and put to the warm place with temperature 24-25ºС.
- With the advent of shoots the film is removed and rearranged to the light place.
- At emergence of 2-3 real leaves the seedlings of Cherry red dive. They are carefully undermined, trying not to damage backs, and replace in separate glasses with a diameter of 8-12 cm.
Disembarkation in soil and rules of agrotechnology of grade
To the open ground seedling of "Red cherry" is planted after the threat of frosts passes. For grade optimum terms of disembarkation to the greenhouse will be the middle end of May, and to the open ground cherry tomatoes can be landed at the beginning of June. But it is possible to make it and a little earlier ("Red cherry" maintains short-term fall of temperature) if to cover landings with film.
Holes do at distance 0.6 m from each other. Add humus handful to everyone. Pole it is abundant water and place in it seedling, having it under inclination. Roots and part of stalk powder with the earth and again humidify. The first week watering is not required to young plants. Water which has been poured in holes when landing is enough for rooting of saplings. Near saplings establish pegs to which in several days after landing it will be necessary to tie up young tomatoes.
In further having watered "Red cherry" make after drying of top soil, without allowing difference of humidity as it can lead to deterioration of fruits. After each procedure it is necessary to carry out scarification, without allowing formation of crust.
Attention! At insufficient watering the fruits dry out, become brown, and at excessive humidity - watery.
"Red cherry" needs to be pasynkovat, and at the beginning of August to prishchipnut top. Fertilizing to tomato, as well as other vegetable cultures, is necessary. The first will be out in 2-3 weeks after planting of seedling, second and third when maturing fruits. The best fertilizers for "Red cherry" are infusions of mowed grass, manure and solutions of wood ashes (200 g on 10 l).
Reviews of gardeners of "Red cherry"
Responses about grade "Red cherry" and other grades of series exclusively positive. Gardeners delighted with plant, noting excellent dessert taste of small fruits. Besides the grade "Red cherry" is resistant to many widespread tomato diseases, such as kladosporioz (brown spottiness), root gnilyam and to phytophthora. The plant is seldom attacked by wreckers. Though some gardeners note that "Red cherry" it is subject to tobacco mosaic and fusariosis, but if to follow the rules of agrotechnology, the possibility of infection comes down practically to zero.
Among shortcomings the summer residents note bad transportability and short storage life of ripe fruits. But from cherry tomatoes of grades red, pink, yellow and black cherry excellent preparations turn out, it is possible to salt fruits the whole brushes. Small sweet tomatoes are suitable for preparation of original snack and decoration of salads.