An excellent cultivar with seedling cultivation - Pink Snow tomato: description of the variety

Description of the tomato variety Pink Snow

The Pink Snow tomato is an indeterminate plant, which means unlimited stem growth. A tall tomato requires gartering and formation into one trunk. The leaves of the variety are large, dark green in color, and the foliage is medium. The inflorescence is complex, the stalk has an articulation.

Photos, descriptions and reviews of the Pink Snow tomato show oval-shaped fruits with a smooth surface. The color of unripe tomatoes is light green, ripe - pink. Number of nests – 2-3. The weight of one tomato is about 50 g. The ripening period is average, 3 months pass from planting to fruit maturity.

Description

The Favorite Holiday tomato variety is classified as a salad type. A variety of salads, sauces, juices, and purees are prepared from them. The taste of the fruit is best revealed when fresh.

But it is better to refrain from preserving the whole fruit. If the size is too large, it simply won’t fit in the jar.

The tomato is distinguished by its sugary, juicy, sweet, aromatic pulp and bright, rich taste.

Bushes

The bushes are classified as determinate type with a height of 80 to 120 centimeters. Plants have spreading branches and long shoots. During growth, the bushes are pinched and tied up.

The dark green leaves have a simple shape.

The ripening period is average. The fruiting period is quite long. Farmers harvest throughout the summer season, and in some regions even in the first month of autumn.

Fruit

The fruits have a round heart-shaped shape with slight ribbing at the stalk.

The skin is thin. Does not crack.

The peel is a warm pink shade.

Productivity

Favorite Holiday is classified as a variety with abundant yield. As a rule, one square meter of bed produces up to 7-8 kilograms of berries. The lower the fruit is located, the larger it will be. Some tomatoes can reach a weight of 1.3 kilograms.

The average weight norm is 0.45 kg.

Application

Due to its large size and bright sugar taste, Favorite Holiday is recommended to be consumed fresh. The fruits can be stewed, frozen, baked, or added to seasonings. The maximum amount of vitamins is contained in the raw product.

Other characteristics

The variety is highly resistant to pests and diseases

Proper care and attention can help you cope with most ailments.

The favorite holiday is cold-resistant and is not afraid of sudden drops in temperature.

Pros and cons of the Pink Snow tomato variety

The Pink Snow variety is a cocktail tomato. Their peculiarity is their sweet taste, oblong shape and long shelf life on the hand.

Other advantages of the variety:

• possibility of growing in open ground;
• early ripening;
• unpretentiousness in cultivation;
• productivity.

The disadvantages or characteristics of the plant include the need to form a stem and the constant removal of stepsons. Pink Snow tomatoes are more suitable for fresh consumption than for harvesting.

Pest and disease control

The pink snow tomato is resistant to pests or diseases. But with high humidity in the greenhouse, apical rot, gray rot, and late blight develop on the leaves and fruits of tomato. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture will help protect the crop from fungus.

Late blight is a dangerous disease that damages the leaves and fruits of tomatoes.

The Colorado potato beetle is a major pest of nightshades.

The risk of Colorado potato beetles appearing in a greenhouse is minimal, but in garden beds it is high.

As soon as the striped beetle appears next to the tomato bush, it is treated with modern chemicals. They cannot be used after the ovaries have formed.

Optimal growing conditions

The Pink Snow variety is suitable for growing in open ground and under film covers. It is resistant to heat and drought, as well as other adverse weather conditions.

Advice! Tomatoes are grown in high sunny areas with the possibility of ventilation, but without drafts and gusts of cold wind.

Highly fertile soil should have a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction. Acidic soils are limed in advance. The structure of the soil for growing tomatoes should be loose and light. Clay soils are improved by adding humus and compost. Dense soil is loosened with sand or rotted sawdust.

The place for growing tomatoes should be free of weeds. To reduce the risk of crop disease, it is not planted in areas where other vegetables of the Solanaceae family grew in the previous season.

Characteristics of the variety

The southern tan tomato attracts gardeners with its unusual bright color and juicy pulp, high in vitamins.

Growing

Tomatoes of the Pink Snow variety are grown through seedlings. Sowing begins 50 days before transplanting into open ground. The first inflorescence of a tall variety is formed above the 9-11th leaf. It is not recommended to overgrow seedlings, but replanting plants in open ground is acceptable even with several flowers.

Growing seedlings

To grow seedlings, the soil must be loose; for this, fine river sand or coconut substrate is added to the soil. Ash and dolomite flour are added in small quantities to the fertile mixture. Seeds are sown both in general planting containers and in separate ones, but in both cases with further picking.

Reusable planting containers are disinfected with a solution of fungicides. Before planting, the soil is well loosened, leveled and watered. The seeds are laid out and covered with a soil layer 1.5 cm high. The crops are covered and placed in a warm place. Before the emergence of seedlings, the shelter is periodically opened for ventilation, the soil is sprayed with water as it dries.

When the first seedling loops appear, the planting containers are completely opened and transferred under additional illumination lamps, the temperature is reduced for several days to +18ºC, which helps strengthen the root system. To prevent seedlings from stretching out and dying during cultivation, they need 14 hours of lighting per day.

During the period when 2-3 true leaves appear, the seedlings dive into larger containers. After picking, the seedlings are placed spaciously so that the leaves of the plants do not touch each other.

A week before planting, the plants are taken out onto balconies or outside, increasing the time spent in conditions of increased light and oxygen, so the seedlings gradually adapt to open ground conditions.

Landing rules

Plants are transplanted into the ground after constant positive air temperatures have been established. Tomato bushes may die from any drop in temperature. A cloudy day is chosen for transplantation. Tomatoes are planted according to the following scheme: 3 pcs. per 1 sq. m.

Advice! Fertilizers are applied during general preparation of the ridge or separately in each hole.

The hole for planting is made according to the size of the seedling. Before planting, the plants are watered and removed from the planting container along with the earthen lump. The prepared hole is watered abundantly until moisture stops being absorbed. Plants are transferred to the soil by transshipment, leaving the cotyledon leaves on the surface. Then they are covered with earth and pressed lightly. After planting, the plants are not watered for 10 days.

Watering and fertilizing

Water Pink Snow tomatoes in the evening with warm water. Watering should be uniform, without drying out or waterlogging the soil. Water is poured under the bush without affecting the plant. It is best to use a drip irrigation system for growing tomatoes.

Advice! Fertilizers in liquid form are well suited for feeding tomatoes, for example, infusions of chicken manure, grass or ash.

The first time fertilizing is applied 10 days after transplanting the seedlings into open ground. The following feedings, if necessary, are carried out at intervals of 2 weeks.

Pinching and tying

The Pink Snow tomato is formed into one stem, which implies the complete removal of all stepsons - side shoots that grow not from the stem, but from the leaf axil, and are located at an angle of 45º.

Stepchildren grow quickly, so when growing a Pink Snow tomato, it is important to remove them on time. Excess shoots take up a lot of moisture and nutrients. It is best to remove stepsons in the morning and in sunny weather, so that the broken area has time to heal during the day. When removing a shoot, it is necessary to leave a part of it, the so-called stump, about 0.5 cm in size to prevent re-growth.

Tall tomato Pink Snow needs to be tied up. To ensure that the stems in the open ground do not break from the wind, receive enough sun and are well ventilated, they are tied to stakes or a trellis. The plants are tied up using synthetic twine or wide ribbons. To avoid damaging the stem, the node must be free.

Formation

The Pink Snow tomato has unlimited growth; in order to direct the plant’s forces to ripen the fruit, the top is pinched. Depending on the climate and place of cultivation, pinching is done at different heights of the stem at the end of summer. For open ground tomatoes, the stem is cut above the leaf, leaving 3 fruiting clusters; 4-5 clusters are left in the greenhouse.

During the formation of the stem, the lower leaves are gradually removed up to the first fruit cluster. This promotes good ventilation and the prevention of many crop diseases. But unlike removing stepchildren, leaves are plucked off no more than once per week. Leaves carry nutrients and moisture along the stem, so their sudden removal has an adverse effect on the development of the plant.

Protection from diseases and pests

Preventive spraying against pests and diseases is carried out immediately after strengthening the seedlings after transplanting in open ground. Treatments against diseases are carried out using fungicides at intervals of 10-14 days and are completed some time before harvest.

To prevent the appearance of pests, the soil is dug deep and treated with insecticides, and the plants are sprayed leaf by leaf with the same preparations.

Description

Tomatoes of the “Debut” variety were bred by the Dutch company MONSANTO HOLLAND BV relatively recently - in 2007. The crop included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of Russia is characterized by high yield (up to 4-4.5 kg per bush), as well as the following properties:

• high-quality bright red color of the fruit;
• dense, large fruits weighing up to 210 g;
• the shape of the fruit is round, smooth with a small dent at the stalk;
• juicy, fleshy pulp with a pronounced tomato taste;
• the number of ovaries on one hand is up to 5 pieces;
• bush height - up to 75-80 cm;
• medium foliage;
• green, slightly corrugated leaves of medium size;
• inflorescences in the form of a brush with small yellow flowers;
• thick, massive, fragile stem;
• taproot, branched root system;
• earlier maturation;
• resistance to pathogens of common diseases;
• universal scope of application.

The early ripening hybrid “Debut” makes it possible to harvest the first harvest within 2 months after planting the seedlings in a greenhouse or soil. The fruiting process lasts from July to August. In the northern and central regions of the Russian Federation, tomatoes of this variety are recommended to be grown in greenhouse conditions, and in the southern regions - in open ground. The compact size of the bush facilitates the process of harvesting the finished crop.

Description

The Fluffy tomato is suitable for growing both in greenhouse conditions and in open ground. The bushes grow quite compact and bear fruit well over a long period of time.

Bushes

Plants can reach 70-90 centimeters in height, depending on growing conditions. Usually bushes are formed from 3-4 stems.

Upon closer inspection, you will notice that all the stems of the bush are covered with small fibers. On a strong stem there are large green leaves in moderate quantities. The leaf length reaches 25 centimeters.

Inflorescences can be of 2 types: simple and semi-complex.

Fruit

There are 2 types of Fluffy tomatoes

1. Pink. The fruits of this species are round in shape, pink in color, and have a silvery fluff on the surface.
2. Red. The fruits are red in color and mostly round in shape.

Fruit ripening occurs 3 months after the seedling appears. The pulp of tomatoes is juicy, soft, pink in color, and has a pleasant aroma. The fruit tastes sweet, with a slight sourness. The weight of tomatoes is approximately 70 g.

Productivity

Comparing pink and red types of Fluffy tomato, it can be noted that pink has the highest yield. On average, 20 kilograms of tomatoes are obtained from one square meter. Red Fluffy is capable of producing slightly less fruit - 15 kilograms per square meter. On average, from one bush you can get about 4-5 kg ​​of ripe tomatoes per season.

Rules for planting in the ground

Plants are transplanted into the ground after constant positive air temperatures have been established. Tomato bushes may die from any drop in temperature. A cloudy day is chosen for transplantation. Tomatoes are planted according to the following scheme: 3 pcs. per 1 sq. m.

Advice! Fertilizers are applied during general preparation of the ridge or separately in each hole.

The hole for planting is made according to the size of the seedling. Before planting, the plants are watered and removed from the planting container along with the earthen lump. The prepared hole is watered abundantly until moisture stops being absorbed. Plants are transferred to the soil by transshipment, leaving the cotyledon leaves on the surface. Then they are covered with earth and pressed lightly. After planting, the plants are not watered for 10 days.