Tomatoes "Peach": characteristics, growing features

Description of the variety

The variety was bred by Russia in 2002 and registered in the state register of the Russian Federation under the name “Peach”. Indicators among tomatoes are common, but it differs in color and early ripening.

The peach tomato has different color options; it can be orange, pink and even red. But its main color is shades of orange.

The main characteristics of the variety are:

• determinate type bush with a small growth height - up to 60 cm;
• the foliage of the bush is dark green, small, dense;
• Tomato ripening period is 85–95 days;
• average fruit weight - 90-110 g;
• average yield - 6–8 kg per 1 m²;
• up to 4 bushes can coexist per 1 m²;
• smooth, round, yellow-orange and orange-cream fruits with a slight edge;
• Up to 8 tomatoes are formed on the brush;
• the taste is sweet, delicate, without sourness, with a fruity aftertaste;
• recommended for baby food;
• cultivation area: Ukraine, Belarus, all of European Russia, except for the northern regions, and some areas of the Asian part.

Battle for survival

As mentioned above, “Peach” has a fairly high resistance to various diseases. However, not all plants acquire sufficient immunity to fight disease. Therefore, when the first signs of the disease appear, it is necessary to carry out a set of measures to prevent them. Late blight is considered the most common disease in tomato crops. It is characterized by the appearance of brownish spots. This disease affects the poor development of leaf cover: the foliage dries out in drought, and begins to rot in cool weather. The period when tomatoes begin to bear fruit is very dangerous for late blight.

Spraying is an ideal solution in the fight against late blight. It is carried out with special liquids, which are purchased in the appropriate stores. The frequency of spraying is indicated in the instructions. You can start processing the plant already in the third week after planting it outside. Opponents of chemical treatment of plants can use folk tips for combating plant diseases. In this case, ash works well. 5 liters of ash are diluted in a 10 liter container and infused for 72 hours. During this time, the mixture must be stirred regularly.

Advantages and disadvantages

• The advantages of this variety are the following:
• beautiful appearance of the bush and fruits;
• excellent taste of the fruit;
• precocity;
• long fruiting;
• suitable for preparations in the form of pickles, pasta, ketchup;
• unpretentiousness to natural conditions.

• “Peach” also has disadvantages:
• low bush;
• low yield;
• the need for frequent fluffing of the bed.

Did you know? There is a lot of confusion surrounding the name of the variety. This officially registered species is often confused with similar ones -

“
Garden Peach
”
,
“
Red Peach
”
,
“
Chinese Velvet
”
and even
“
Apricot
”
.

"Peach red"

The situation with red peach is interesting, since this tomato is offered to vegetable growers by two companies:

1. "Russian vegetable garden";
2. "Sedek"

Characteristics and description

To describe the “Red Peach” tomato you need to work hard, since companies provide completely different information.

At the “Russian Garden” tomato:

• hand (20 tomatoes per hand);
• weight 35-40 g;
• fruits with a “spout”;
• bright red color;
• nematode resistant.

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• early-medium in maturity;
• indeterminate;
• pink-red in color;
• weight up to 200 g;
• Recommended as a salad and for processing.

It is difficult to find reviews from vegetable growers about growing both, so when buying seeds, rely on your own strengths and possible inconsistencies.

Growing seedlings yourself

All low-growing tomatoes are grown using the same technology. There is no need to drive high stakes into the ground with several levels of garter ropes.

Sowing time

Seeds for seedlings are planted from the second half of March to mid-April. Planting too early is fraught with a situation when the temperature regime does not yet allow the bushes to be moved into open ground, and they have already outgrown the containers in which they were planted. A delay in planting may result in the fruits simply not having time to ripen.

Determinate varieties of tomatoes also include:

The soil

A standard soil mixture for tomatoes and peppers is used - this composition is ideal for most varieties of tomatoes. When using purchased soil, disinfection is not necessary. If soil from a garden, cottage or field is used, the soil must be thermally treated before planting seeds.

This is done by heating on a baking sheet or steaming in a water bath.

Growing container

There is no particular difference in what container the seedlings will be grown. The main thing is that the developing roots of the plants do not bump into an obstacle in the form of the walls of the container. Regular plastic cups will do, but it is better to use spacious trays for group growing. Sprouts also do well in peat briquettes or cups.

Seed preparation

Preparation of material for planting is carried out in three stages:

• disinfection with a weak solution of potassium permanganate;
• treatment with growth stimulants;
• Place on a damp natural fiber cloth until pipping.

Sowing seeds

After the treated seeds have hatched on a damp cloth, they are planted in prepared soil. The depth of the planting should be no more than 1 cm. The distance between the planted seeds is also 1 cm.

Important! All manipulations must be carried out very carefully so as not to damage the delicate swollen seeds.

Seedling care

Immediately after planting the seeds in a container with soil, it is necessary to cover them with a transparent film for several days - ideally until the first shoots appear. This will help condensation of moisture and constant wetting of the soil. Improving conditions for growing plants in the form of planting is carried out after the appearance of two full-fledged leaves.

The sprouts will simply become crowded and may disappear. For planting, you need to prepare a container with holes in the bottom so that excess moisture can escape from the soil.

You need to water the seedlings as the soil dries out, but not too often. It is better to give a lot of water at one time than to add a little every day. It is also important to pour water directly into the soil, and not onto the plant itself, so as not to damage its delicate leaves.

It is best to place the seedlings on a sunny but slightly shaded windowsill so that the scorching rays of the sun do not damage the fragile sprouts. A south-eastern window sill will work well when the morning sun warms the soil and shines on the seedlings, and in the afternoon there will be a pleasant shadow over the shoots.

It is difficult to accurately determine the temperature regime, since it depends on the lighting, access to direct rays, and the closedness of the room. Seedlings are afraid of drafts, so ventilation should not turn into whistling streams of air.

Important! Optimal temperature for seedlings of the variety

“
Peach
”
is considered +20 °C. If it is not always possible to maintain such a temperature, it is worth moving the containers with sprouts away from the window.

Hardening of seedlings

It is recommended to harden them a week or two before transplanting seedlings into open soil. Trays or cups with seedlings are taken out into the fresh air for several hours, after a few days the period is increased, and then the young bushes are taken out for the whole night.

You can also start ventilating the room with plants. Such measures will help tomatoes quickly adapt to new living conditions when transplanted into the garden.

Planting seedlings in a permanent place

You can replant the bush into the ground somewhere at the end of May; the usual age for this is about 50 days after pipping. By this time, 10 leaves have already formed, and the height reaches 20–25 cm. Such a seedling can be transplanted into a vegetable garden, or, if the climate does not allow it yet, then into a greenhouse.

Considering the small size of the bushes, they can be planted at a distance of 40 cm from each other, and row spacing should be up to 70 cm. Before planting, the soil is dug up in advance (2-3 weeks), beds or holes are made, which are watered and fertilized with humus or mineral fertilizers and treated with copper sulfate.

Tomato bushes are not planted in areas where potatoes grew last year, but after cucumbers, carrots and zucchini, this can and should be done. Also, when planting, cloudy weather is desirable so that the seedlings have time to adapt to new conditions in a fairly mild climate.

Landing

The technology for growing Peach tomatoes does not have any significant features in comparison with other varieties, since this tomato is unpretentious and does not require special care.

It is recommended to sow seeds for seedlings in March, approximately 2 months before the intended planting of seedlings in the ground. Before planting, it is necessary to soak the seeds in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, then rinse thoroughly with water. This action will help avoid possible illnesses. Then the seeds are germinated on a plate under damp gauze or cloth.

Features of outdoor care

After all the worries at the stage of growing seedlings, new troubles arise in caring for plants in the open ground. It is necessary to organize proper watering, fertilizing the plants, treating them against pests, and caring for the structure of the bush.

Learn more about how to grow tomatoes at home.

Watering

The plant should not be flooded with water in the hope that it will grow faster - this can damage the root system. Depending on the weather, the bushes are watered once every 2 days in hot weather, and once every 3–5 days in cool weather.

You need to water under the roots, avoiding splashing on the leaves, and especially on the inflorescences or fruits. After the rain, it is worth assessing how saturated the soil is with moisture, and then decide on the need and timing of watering.

Fertilizer application

Fertilizers are initially applied to the soil when preparing the site for planting. Next, the plant is left alone for at least 10 days. Then it can be fed with mineral fertilizers every 10–12 days.

At this time, organic substances are not used, since the soil is already saturated with them, and an excess can lead to diseases of the root system. After the fruits have already set, intervention in the soil is stopped and a full harvest is expected.

Forming and tying a bush

The plant is formed into one stem, all side shoots are removed and there is no further need for pinching. The bush of the “Peach” variety is low and will require garter only when it reaches a height of more than 40 cm at the beginning of fruit set.

Gardeners make do with one garter, which is enough until the tomatoes are fully ripened. For plants of this not very productive variety, such care is quite enough.

Did you know? Two glasses of tomato juice contain the daily requirement of vitamins A and C, which strengthen the immune system.

Soil care

The quality growth of bushes and fruiting is well influenced by loosening and mulching the soil near the plant stem.

You can mulch:

• straw;
• mown grass;
• sawdust.

There are different opinions about the need to weed; some gardeners believe that tomatoes are more comfortable in thickets of weeds, others believe that weeds take away the “juices” from the bushes.
As practice shows, the latter are right, since smaller fruits ripen in weed thickets, the quantity and quality of ovaries deteriorates, and susceptibility to diseases increases.

The “Peach” tomato variety is more decorative, so farmers rarely cultivate it, but it can often be found in summer cottages and garden plots. This is both a decoration for the garden and an opportunity to pamper your household with original and tasty tomatoes.

Reviews from gardeners

Reviews about Peach are mixed. There are both advantages and disadvantages in their cultivation:

Valeria, Krasnodar: “Many of my friends are disdainful of the variety because of its unusual shaggy appearance, but I personally like it. The peel is not hard, not bitter and does not prick. Tomatoes taste great, my family loves to eat them straight from the garden and without any preparation or additives. The pulp of tomatoes is sweet, somewhat reminiscent of the fruit of the same name. This is probably why the variety is called Peach. I grow tomatoes in a greenhouse. The record height of the bush was about 170 cm. The harvest was quite enough. When picked, the tomatoes are all the same - similar in size and shape. I mainly grow the red and yellow subspecies of Peach, and next season I want to experiment with a hybrid.”

Konstantin, Rostov: “The first time I saw these tomatoes was in a neighbor’s garden bed. Because of the white coating, they seemed unattractive to me, but my wife insisted on trying them. We took several fruits from our neighbors, prepared a salad, we really liked the taste of the tomatoes, and we asked for the seeds. Only later did I find out that the white coating is not a disease or dust, but simply a feature of the variety, because it’s not for nothing that they call it Peach. What I liked about growing tomatoes is that they turned out to be the most resistant to damage by various parasites throughout the summer. In addition, bushes with fruits look quite unusual. I consider the disadvantage of tomatoes to be their relatively small yield. We got 6-8 fruits from each cluster, although our neighbor had much more. They probably did something wrong, I’ll try again.”

Maya, Volgograd: “My mother has been growing peaches for a long time. I didn’t want to try for a long time, but I finally decided. I chose the Blove Sutton subspecies for testing and was not mistaken: the bushes grew tall, as stated in the photo on the package with seeds. I was also pleasantly surprised by the amount of ovary. I reaped a bountiful harvest, also with large fruits. The attempt was a success, but I won’t keep them for permanent cultivation.”

What are “sweet” tomatoes anyway?

Chief agronomist Viktor Anatolyevich Vasilevsky helped us understand the intricacies of the “sweetness” of tomatoes. This is what he told us about the secrets of sweet tomatoes.

— The taste of a tomato is primarily influenced by such components of its fruit as organic acids (citric, oxalic, malic, tartaric) and sugars (glucose and fructose). The taste depends on their quantity and ratio.

Lots of acids, few sugars - the tomato will taste sour; sweets contain a lot of sugars (up to 10%) and few acids; those that we call tasteless and “glassy” have a low content of both acid and sugar.

The best fruits are those of varieties (hybrids) with a harmonious content of both acids and sugars - such tomatoes have that characteristic “tomato” rich taste and aroma.

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To what extent are flavored and beef tomatoes ahead of regular tomatoes in popularity?

Most tomatoes are grown in the world for processing into tomato products. Such hybrids have a high dry matter content. Beef tomatoes are large-fruited varieties and hybrids, weighing about 200 g or more (some specimens reach a weight of up to one and a half kg!). They are used fresh for salads and sandwiches. In recent years, tomato hybrids with unusual fruit colors and distinct flavors are occupying an increasingly large part of the market. As a rule, they are more expensive, but the buyer is willing to pay more for tasty fruits. But the volume of their cultivation is still less than that of hybrids for processing.

We present to your attention the most promising and truly sweet varieties and hybrids of tomatoes from domestic producers.

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