The favorite of those with a sweet tooth is the Black Pineapple tomato: detailed characteristics of the variety

Description and characteristics of the variety

An indeterminate plant intended for cultivation exclusively in greenhouse conditions. For the first time, the variety began to be actively used in Belgium. The bush reaches 180 cm in height, formed into 2-3 stems. With proper care it produces a rich harvest.

Description of tomato variety Black pineapple with photo

The Black Pineapple tomato is not yet widespread in Russia. It was developed in Belgium by Pascal Moreau. The variety is not included in the register of breeding achievements; seed material can only be found from some producers, as well as in author’s collections.

The description of Black Pineapple tomatoes gives the following characteristics of the variety:

• indeterminate (grows throughout the season);
• medium height (120-150 cm, sometimes up to 200 cm);
• mid-early (85-100 days).

The leaves are medium sized, rich green in color. From 2 to 6 large Black pineapple tomatoes are formed on each bunch.

Description of fruits

The name of the Black Pineapple tomato is associated with its rich fruity aroma, which for some summer residents actually resembles a ripe pineapple. The taste is sweet, there is no sourness at all. Moreover, the tomatoes are not black, but dark red, brown, brown, often interspersed with green.

The surface is glossy, without wrinkles, but with very pronounced ribbing. Tomatoes are large, 7-10 cm in diameter or more. The weight reaches 400-600 and even 700 g. The cross-section shows a lot of seed chambers - 10-12 or more.

The seed chambers of the Black pineapple tomato are green, and the core is usually crimson-red.

Important! The pulp of tomatoes contains a lot of useful substances. It is especially good to eat them fresh, without heat treatment.

Advantages and disadvantages

Pros:

• suitability for transportation;
• high productivity;
• incredible tomato color;
• taste qualities;
• long-term storage at low temperatures.

Minuses:

• regular fertilizing with mineral fertilizers is required;
• constant garters and installation of supports for shoots are necessary;
• sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity (in rainy weather the fruits become more sour);
• not suitable for preservation due to the large size of the fruit;
• Regular removal of stepchildren is necessary.

Landing

Excellent and tasty tomato

For cultivation in greenhouses, seeds for seedlings are sown at the end of February or at the beginning of March. She will be ready for transplantation in 2 months (plus or minus a week). For cultivation in open ground, sowing is done later - at the end of March or at the beginning of April.

Sowing

Before starting sowing, the germination characteristics of the seeds are checked: they are placed in a saline solution and those that float to the top are discarded.

This method does not determine the germination of seeds, but only divides them into 2 fractions: full-weight and puny seeds. Frail seeds floating on the surface of the saline solution can also be viable. But the seedlings that grow from them will be weak and stunted.

They are then treated with a manganese solution for disinfection.

It is recommended to germinate the seeds of this variety before sowing, placing them in a damp cloth for 2-3 days.

The germinated material is sown in a tray with a soil mixture of peat and turf soil. Each seed is deepened by 1 cm, and then the seed is moistened with a spray bottle. The tray is covered with film or glass and placed in a warm place (at a temperature of 24-25°C) until shoots appear.

Seedling

Typically, sprouts appear 4-6 days after sowing. At this time, the tray is opened and placed on the windowsill. The temperature regime is changed for one week - in order for the plants to have stronger roots, they need no more than 16°C at this time.

Seedlings are watered in the morning, once a week, focusing on the condition of the soil - the plants should not be flooded. To avoid diseases, mature seedlings can be watered with manganese or ash solution.

When 2 true leaves appear, the plants are planted in separate cups or pots. At the same time, mineral fertilizers are added to the soil. Two weeks before transplanting, the tomatoes begin to harden: they are taken outside every day, placed on the balcony, or simply opened the window.

Fertilizing of pickled seedlings is carried out when it takes root and the roots begin to “work”. This occurs approximately 6-7 days after transplantation. Then you can start giving fertilizers.

Transfer

The soil in the greenhouse is fertilized in advance, disinfected with manganese and dug up. Install a trellis for gartering tall bushes.

The holes are placed at a distance of 45-50 cm from each other. A handful of ash, humus, ground eggshells, and superphosphate are placed in each.

When planting, tomatoes are watered generously with warm water at the root and sprayed with copper sulfate for prevention.

Productivity

Each fruit is large in size - 500-700 g. From one bush you can get about 8 kg of yield, which is not bad for indeterminate varieties of tomatoes. Considering that tomatoes are formed into several bushes at once, at the time of harvest the vegetable grower will not be disappointed with the result obtained.

To increase yield, prune from the first cluster that begins to flower. By leaving a certain number of brushes, you can adjust the size of the fruit. With 2 clusters left, the fruits will be gigantic in size - almost up to 1 kg. With 5 bunches the tomatoes will be smaller.

Features of black tomatoes

Just 10 years ago, only a few varieties of black tomatoes could be found on the domestic market.
Today, gardeners can choose among a huge number of varieties that differ in their characteristics. These varieties have a common property - an indeterminate type of bush. Because of this, such tomatoes can be grown in central Russia, the Leningrad region, Siberia, the Urals and other regions of the Russian Federation exclusively in greenhouses, since when it is cool in the open ground, the tomatoes will not have time to ripen. Black varieties of tomatoes may have brown, purple or burgundy skin, although from the outside they appear to be black.

Features of black-fruited tomatoes:

• Shades. The dark, rich color results from the action of the anthocyanin pigment.
• These tomatoes contain a lot of vitamins and minerals, thanks to which they ensure the normal functioning of the body.
• Unusual taste. Their pulp has a different ratio of sugars and acids compared to regular varieties, so they are sweeter with a fruity aftertaste.
• The fruits have delicate pulp and thin skin. To prevent tomatoes from lying on the ground, you need to tie the stems and brushes of the bushes to a support.
• For the most part, black tomato varieties are not suitable for canning.

Taste qualities

The tomato has a sweet citrus taste and amazing aroma. Suitable for eating raw, making salads or various snacks. Black Pineapple combines the best of green and dark-fruited tomatoes. The shape of the tomatoes is flat-round with slight porosity. The skin of a ripe tomato is dense and does not crack. Color - brownish with a purple tint.

The tomato pulp is sugary, practically without seeds. The pulp does not have a single color - it can be pink, red, green or yellow.

To obtain a dark skin color, breeders crossed wild tomatoes with red varieties. Then the darkest-colored hybrids were selected for further selection.

Pest and disease control

Immediately after transplanting the bushes into open ground (or a week before), they are treated with any fungicide. Can be used:

• Bordeaux mixture;
• "Tattu";
• "Fundazol";
• "Ordan";
• "Skor."

If insects are found, insecticide is sprayed:

• "Fufanon";
• "Aktara";
• "Biotlin";
• "Green Soap"

You can also use home remedies - for example, a decoction of marigold flowers, an infusion of chili peppers, mustard powder, and a solution of ammonia. Colorado potato beetles can be lured into potato traps (jars with pieces of root vegetables). If there is an infestation of slugs, crushed nut shells or eggshells should be sprinkled around the greenhouse or beds.

Important! After treatment with chemicals, you can begin harvesting Black Pineapple tomatoes no earlier than the waiting period specified in the instructions (usually it is 5-10 days).

Growing and care

Gardeners recommend starting seed preparation in March-April. First of all, they need to be disinfected: this will require a weak solution of potassium permanganate or hydrogen peroxide. The seeds should be kept in this composition for at least 12 hours. After this, they should be treated with a growth stimulator and soaked in gauze or cotton wool.

It is important to ensure that the fabric does not dry out.

After this, you can plant the seeds in a container with a previously prepared substrate. The best soil is a combination of wood ash, garden soil, washed river sand and peat. Before sowing planting material, the soil should also be disinfected: experienced gardeners advise calcining it in the oven at a temperature that does not exceed 100 degrees, or spilling it with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. In containers with soil, grooves should be made, the depth of which should not be more than a centimeter. Seeds should be placed in them, sprinkled with soil, and moistened. Immediately after this, the mini-greenhouses must be covered with film or glass. Before emergence, it is necessary to maintain the temperature at +25. +27 °C. When the first shoots appear, it is recommended to lower the temperature by 7 degrees and move the container to a well-lit place.

As soon as the last spring frosts have passed and stable warm weather has established, you can plant the “pineapple” in a permanent place. You should not place more than two or three plants on one square meter. It is best if zucchini, carrots or cucumbers grew on the soil before. But any nightshades, including sweet peppers or potatoes, are undesirable as predecessors. Tomatoes must be planted in pre-prepared holes, into which a small amount of fertilizer must first be added. Immediately after transplanting the seedlings to a permanent place, the soil should be moistened and mulched. Pineapple tomatoes should be watered once a week. It is necessary to carry out procedures such as loosening, pinching, tying and fertilizing in a timely manner. It is best to use the fertilizer three times per season: two weeks after planting the seedlings in the ground, during the flowering of the bushes and during the formation of fruits.

Black Pineapple Care

In order for tomatoes to feel great in the greenhouse and to grow properly, they need to be pruned. Excess leaves and unnecessary shoots are removed as they interfere with normal growth. But this should be done very carefully so as not to accidentally pull out anything unnecessary. First, the leaf itself begins to grow, and only then the stepson. It is located between the leaf and peduncle. The stepson gardener should remove it to speed up ripening.

If you do not prune and leave everything as it is, the bushes will become very overgrown and produce green fruits. Trimming is carried out from the first cluster, which immediately begins to bloom. To get a good harvest, leave from 2 to 5 brushes. If you leave 2 bunches, the tomatoes will grow simply giants, and if you leave 5, then they will grow small. The person who grows tomatoes decides for himself what size fruit he needs.

Preparing the soil for planting

An important point for planting is the acidity of the soil. Many tomatoes prefer light soil and Black Pineapple does the same. If the acidity of the soil is very high, then it will have to be limed every 3-5 years. It is forbidden to plant tomatoes in the place where eggplants or peppers previously grew. An area where cucumbers, carrots, onions or cabbage have recently grown is perfect for them.

Humus or peat must be added to the soil. It also needs to be mixed with superphosphate and wood ash. To prevent vegetables from getting sick while growing, before mixing all the fertilizers in the soil, it is frozen for a while. In order for tomatoes to grow and develop calmly, they need the addition of substrates, for example, the following:

• peat 7 parts;
• 1 part sawdust;
• 1 part wood ash;
• 3 batches of peat;
• 1 batch of humus;
• 0.5 sawdust and manure.

How to sow seeds and care for seedlings?

After a month, the seedlings can be planted in the greenhouse

An excellent harvest is obtained if seedlings are grown correctly. First you need to check the tomato seeds for germination, so they are placed in salt water for 10 minutes. Those seeds that have sunk should be thrown away, and the remaining ones should be washed under running water. The tomato seeds are transferred to a towel and allowed to dry a little. The next day they begin to be planted in special pots for seedlings.

Features of planting and care

The Black pineapple variety is grown only as seedlings. Tomato seeds are purchased or collected from well-ripened fruits.

Before placing seeds in containers, they are placed in an antifungal solution. The material is poured completely; if some of the seeds float, they are thrown away because they will not germinate. This measure is relevant for independently collected planting material.

Work is carried out in early April according to the following scheme:

1. Wooden boxes or containers are filled with fertile soil. You can use special containers with cells for seedlings, then there is no need to pick tomatoes.
2. The material is buried 1 cm. If planting is carried out in boxes or solid containers, furrows are made to the same depth, the distance between them is 5 cm.
3. Cover the seeds with soil and cover the container with transparent material.
4. Seedlings are grown indoors with fourteen-hour lighting and a temperature range of 20-220 C.
5. When sprouts appear, the covering material is removed.

Water the seedlings as the soil dries.

If the tomatoes are planted densely, after forming 2-3 leaves, they are dived into separate containers

Place the Black Pineapple tomato in the greenhouse in early May:

1. Dig up the soil in the garden bed along with compost.
2. Pour boiling water with the addition of manganese.
3. The tomato is placed in the hole at a right angle.
4. Cover with soil up to the first leaves.
5. Water with the addition of nitrogen fertilizer.

Important! When the plant reaches 20 cm, it is hilled up and mulched with straw to retain moisture. Subsequent agricultural technology of the Black pineapple variety:

Subsequent agricultural technology of the Black pineapple variety:

1. Weeds are removed at the first sign of their appearance, and the root circle is loosened along the way.
2. Tomato fertilizing is applied throughout the growing season. The interval between feedings is 3 weeks, sequence: organic matter, phosphorus, superphosphate, potassium. The addition of organic matter can be combined with watering.
3. Tomatoes are watered every day with a small volume of water at the root.
4. Stepchildren that bear fruit and lower leaves are regularly removed.

The Black pineapple variety must be fixed to the trellis.

Description of the Pineapple tomato variety, features of cultivation and care

Every year, new selections of garden crops appear on the horticultural market, one of which is the Pineapple tomato variety

Experts advise lovers of unusual varieties to pay attention to the new species and appreciate the merits of yellow tomatoes. To obtain proper yield indicators, it is recommended to take into account the basic recommendations for growing the variety

Description of the variety

The Pineapple tomato is an early-ripening indeterminate species. The bushes of the plant are tall and need staking. The average height of adult shoots reaches 1.5 meters. The tomato is considered a large-fruited variety; on average, the weight of one vegetable is 250 grams. With proper care and proper removal of stepsons, it is possible to obtain giant vegetables.

The fruits are characterized by a sweetish taste, unusual for tomatoes. Reviews from gardeners note pineapple notes, which are more typical of fruit. The pulp of tomatoes is dense, but lends itself well to cutting. Due to its large size, the variety is suitable for salads and use in winter recipes.

Growing

Cultivation is carried out using seedlings. The time for planting seeds is determined depending on the desired period of harvest; on average, from the moment of germination to the harvesting of the first harvest, it takes from 110 to 115 days.

As the shoots grow, the bushes are provided with a garter and timely removal of excess greenery. Yield indicators largely depend on how well the biotechniques of cultivation are followed. On average, for every 4 clusters of plants there are 3 or 4 large tomatoes. It is recommended to form the plant into 2 or 3 stems.

Features of care

Plant care is standard. The plant needs fertile soil and several feedings throughout the growing season. The crop requires sufficient watering and does not tolerate drafts.

Pruning must be carried out in a timely manner, since excessive thickening leads to insufficient air supply and increases the risk of plant diseases.

Advantages and disadvantages

The variety got its name because of the unusual appearance of the vegetables and their specific taste. The fruits gain the greatest taste at the end of the growing season. The advantages of the type include:

• appearance and taste of pineapple and tomato;
• use of fruits fresh and in preparations;
• yield indicators;
• regulation of tomato weight.

When receiving large fruits, it is necessary to consume the fruits immediately, since the shelf life of cut tomatoes is short.

Pests and diseases

The variety has no specific characteristics and the main ones are considered to be traditional tomato pests and fungal diseases. Both a lack of watering and excessive soil moisture have a negative impact. Compliance with the rules of agricultural technology can minimize the risk of cladosporiosis and late blight.

Harvest and storage

Harvesting is carried out at the moment of full ripening of the fruits. Since the plant is an early-ripening species, in most cases the risk of obtaining unripe fruits at the end of the growing season is minimized.

When receiving such vegetables, it is recommended to place them in a cool, dark place and eat them as the vegetables ripen.

How to grow tomatoes

Before planting seedlings in a garden bed or greenhouse, they need to be hardened off. To do this, it is enough to leave the windows open at night.

Landing

Tomatoes are planted in open ground at the end of May or beginning of June, when they are no longer threatened by frost. By this time, the plant already has a strong stem and at least 5 leaves.

Before transplanting tomatoes, you need to prepare the soil:

1. Rake the ground.
2. Make holes at a distance of 30 cm.
3. Fertilize each hole with 1 tablespoon of superphosphate.
4. Water each hole.

When the soil is ready for replanting, you need to:

1. Stick a peg next to each hole, which will become a support for the bush.
2. Before planting, water the hole again and plant the sprout along with soil from a cup.
3. Next, the plant is lightly compacted with earth and watered.

Care

After the plant has been transplanted into a garden bed or greenhouse, it must be cared for as carefully as seedlings on a windowsill.

Basic procedures:

Loosening. During the first time after replanting the plant, it is necessary to monitor the condition of the soil and prevent it from cracking. When the plant takes root and gets stronger, the soil can be loosened once every 4 days.

Watering. When watering, water should not fall on the plant. While the tomato bush is growing, the frequency of watering is increased, and when the first fruits appear, it is reduced. Tomatoes are watered with relatively warm water; cold water can chill the roots, which will lead to the death of the plant.

Feeding. Two weeks after transplantation, the tomato must be fed with a mixture of: saltpeter, urea, superphosphate and potassium salt. Three weeks later, the procedure is repeated.

Weeding is carried out every 14 days in parallel with loosening. You need to weed the bed manually. Removing weeds promotes good plant growth and productivity.

Planting a plant is one of the important activities that must be carried out at all stages of development. Pinching is the removal of side shoots from a plant. This can be done using pruning shears or manually. It is advisable to do this before the shoot grows to 5 cm, then it will injure your plant less. Before you start removing unwanted shoots, decide how many stems you want to grow the bush. If it is 2-3, then the growth of young shoots must be stopped in time.

Bush formation. One of the main questions when growing the Pineapple variety is how many stems to grow. Tall varieties, which include the Pineapple tomato, grow in one stem. To do this, we form a bush using the pinching method already known to us.

When choosing a method for forming a bush, also do not forget about such an important factor as climatic conditions. Tomato garter is a must

Pineapple belongs to tall varieties, has delicate and weak stems that can break both under their own weight and under the weight of ripening varieties

Gartering tomatoes is a must. Pineapple belongs to tall varieties, has delicate and weak stems that can break both under their own weight and under the weight of ripening varieties

A tied plant is easier to water and loosen. Tomato garter also protects its fruits from pests and various diseases.

With proper care, the plant will delight you not only with stable growth and development, but with excellent productivity.