Tomato Icicle pink: characteristics and description of the variety, reviews, photos, yield

An unusual hybrid, bred by talented breeders from Dnepropetrovsk, quickly won the love of many summer residents. A novelty among vegetables, a duet of ease of care and incredible taste of ripe fruits - this is all about Icicle Pink tomatoes, a charming plant with a number of undeniable advantages.

The sophisticated plant deserves a separate bed in gardeners’ summer cottages, because the characteristics and description of the variety are replete with qualities that distinguish the variety from other tomato hybrids.

Description of the tomato variety Icicle pink

Pink icicle is an indeterminate hybrid tomato variety up to 2 m tall. It has numerous branched shoots and dense green leaves of a standard form for the crop. Recommended for growing in a greenhouse, but can also grow in open ground in the garden.

The hybrid belongs to the mid-early category and ripens on average in 105-115 days from the moment of seed germination. It tolerates unfavorable external conditions well and has high immunity to infections. The first tomato inflorescence appears above the 5-7 leaf, and in total the bushes bear 6-7 clusters, which subsequently produce 6-9 fruits on each.

The average weight of Icicle pink tomatoes is 80-110 g

Icicle pink tomatoes are easily recognized by their unusual decorative shape. The fruits are elongated, with a small pointed nose at the end, up to 13 cm in length, fully consistent with their name. The skin of tomatoes is bright pink or reddish, smooth and dense. The fruits do not crack in the heat or after ripening. The pulp has a high dry matter content and has a pleasant sweetish taste. The structure of the tomatoes is quite dense, not loose.

Attention! The seed chambers occupy a small proportion of the total volume, which further increases the value of the hybrid.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Among the obvious advantages of the representative of the flora, which makes the seeds that give birth to the fleshy tomato of the Icicle variety, is bought and loved in the garden environment by those who like to dig in fertile soil:

Gastronomic features of the ripened product: tomatoes are suitable for fresh consumption, canning, and making sauces.
Unusual taste: the dense consistency of the juicy pulp is combined with the sweetness of the filling.
Appearance of a ripe berry: pointed oval shape, delicate pink shade of glossy skin, weight - 70-150 g, length 9-13 cm.
Product nuances: long-term storage is possible, the fruits do not crack or lose shape for a long time.
Strong immunity: plants of this variety can withstand attacks from parasites and fungal diseases.
Easy to grow: emerald bushes are unpretentious and easily tolerate climate change.

Characteristics of the tomato Icicle pink

The general description gives a rather attractive idea of the pink Icicle hybrid. But before planting a tomato in the country, it is necessary to study its characteristics and scope of application.

Tomato productivity Icicle pink

The Icicle tomato belongs to the high-yielding group of hybrids. In good conditions, subject to growing rules, it can produce up to 10 kg of tomatoes from one bush.

To obtain a bountiful harvest, tomato bushes need to be planted at intervals of at least 50 cm

Resistance to diseases and pests

One of the advantages of the Pink Icicle hybrid is its high resistance to fungal diseases. Tomato is rarely affected by tobacco mosaic, verticillium, fusarium and root nematode, as well as brown and gray spot.

At the same time, late blight, rot and common garden pests - mole crickets, aphids, whiteflies and cutworms - remain dangerous for the hybrid. Growing tomatoes in general is easier than many others, but the bushes still need to be inspected regularly for damage.

How to use

The pink Icicle tomato is universal in use - it is used for making juices and in salads, in pickling, and added to stewed and fried dishes. Tomatoes can be dried for long-term storage.

Since the hybrid is not prone to cracking, it is used for canning in its entirety. The Pink Icicle tomato does not spoil for a long time after harvesting, which is why it is grown for transportation and subsequent sale.

Agrotechnics of cultivation

A good cabbage harvest can only be obtained with the right approach to cultivating the crop. Without proper nutrition, watering and care, plants will not form large and strong heads of cabbage. But you need to start by preparing the beds for planting cabbage. She loves loose, fertile, cultivated soil. It produces maximum yields on sandy loams and loams, rich in organic matter and nutrients. For growth, development and fruiting, plants need light, so the place chosen for the crop should be well illuminated by the sun.

Wetlands and lowlands where water stagnates for a long time are considered unsuitable for growing cabbage. In such places, plants often suffer from root rot and do not set heads well. On heavy soils they lack air, which also negatively affects the harvest. Therefore, when preparing the soil in the fall, up to 10 kg of humus, as well as phosphorus and potassium (mineral fertilizers or ash) are added per 1 m2 of beds in the fall. This provides not only good nutrition for plants in the spring, but also perfectly structures the soil.

To plant in open ground, seedlings are first grown. You can also sow seeds directly into the ground, but this method is less effective. Rinda F1 cabbage is a hybrid, therefore, planting material will have to be purchased in the store. The technology for obtaining seedlings is standard and is not particularly difficult. It is grown on window sills, in greenhouses and greenhouses. Plants over 45 days old are suitable for planting in the garden, so all work is carried out in March.

Rinda cabbage seeds from a good manufacturer do not require pre-sowing preparation. If desired, they are soaked only in solutions of growth stimulants, but the use of these drugs is possible after germination, along with fertilizing. The ideal temperature for seed germination is 18-22 °C. The seeding depth is 0.5-1 mm. In apartment growing conditions, it is better to sow cabbage in cassettes or individual pots, in greenhouses and greenhouses - in a row method, when 1-3 cm are left between plants, and 20-25 cm between rows.

After emergence of seedlings, so that the seedlings do not stretch, the temperature is lowered to 16-18 °C during the day and to 8-10 °C at night. If necessary, turn on lamps for additional illumination. Water regularly to keep the soil moist. Feed 1-2 times with complex fertilizers. Cabbage is hardened off 5-7 days before planting in the garden.

They begin to plant seedlings in open ground at the end of April - May. The best pattern for this hybrid is 3 plants in a row per 1 m and 75 cm between rows. With such planting, cabbage has a normal feeding area and is well blown by the wind, which contributes to increased yield and the absence of diseases.

To obtain maximum results, the Rind hybrid needs to loosen the soil and apply fertilizers. Tillage is carried out after each irrigation; fertilizing is carried out as standard - 3-4 times per season.

Features of planting and care

The Pink Icicle tomato has the same care requirements as most other varieties. The crop is grown using seedlings according to the following algorithm:

At the beginning of spring, as daylight hours increase, a shallow box is prepared for the tomato and filled with nutritious soil with the addition of peat.
The planting material is kept in a solution of potassium permanganate for about 15 minutes and sown to a depth of 1.5 cm at short intervals.
Cover the container with film and put it in a warm place at a temperature of about 26 °C.

When the first greenery appears, the shelter is removed and the box is moved to a lighted windowsill. After the formation of two true leaves, the seedlings are picked and planted in peat cups.

If possible, tomatoes should be grown on a southern windowsill.

Seedlings are usually transferred to open ground in mid-May, after the return frosts have passed. A place on the site is selected that is illuminated and sheltered from strong winds, with fertile soil. To avoid injury to the roots, the seedlings are transferred into the holes together with a clod of earth or transferred to a new place directly in peat cups.

Caring for the pink Icicle tomato consists of standard procedures:

Watering. It is necessary to moisten the tomato bushes twice a week, preventing the soil at the roots from drying out.
Feeding. During the growing season, tomatoes are fertilized three times with complex minerals at intervals of 2-3 weeks. It is also allowed to use manure, humus and compost, especially soon after planting during active growth.
Stepsonning and formation. It is recommended to plant Icicle pink tomato in 1-2 stems, removing all excess shoots. If the plantings are too dense, the fruits of the hybrid become smaller and lose their richness of taste.

A tall plant requires the installation of a support or trellis, otherwise the stems will lie on the ground. The soil under the tomato bushes must be loosened after each watering to ensure air access.

Care instructions

Due to its unpretentiousness, this variety of tomatoes can be grown in almost any region. The most favorable period for sowing the seeds of these tomatoes is March or April. When one or two full leaves appear on the seedlings, they are picked. Before planting in the ground, seedlings should receive two or three fertilizing with mineral complex fertilizer .

Seven to ten days before planting in the ground, seedlings must be hardened off. Planting in temporary shelters is carried out in early May, and in unprotected ground - in June. The distance between plants should be 50 centimeters, and between rows - 60. The main measures for caring for the Pink Icicle are regular watering, fertilizing, hilling and loosening. The bushes require pinching and staking, as well as formation into one or two stems.

Read useful articles about fertilizers for tomatoes:

Organic, mineral, phosphorus, complex and ready-made fertilizers for seedlings and the TOP best.
Yeast, iodine, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, ash, boric acid.
What is foliar feeding and when picking, how to carry it out.

Black Icicle tomatoes on video

If you grew Black Icicle tomatoes, please write whether you liked them or not. What was the yield and taste of the fruit? How many trunks do you think is best to grow this variety into? Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of this tomato in your opinion. If possible, attach a photo of the fruit or the entire bush to the comment. Thank you!

Your reviews of the Black Icicle tomato and additions to the description will help many gardeners evaluate this variety more objectively and decide whether it is worth growing or not.

This is a natural variety of tomato. Therefore, we recommend taking seeds from a ripe fruit and using them for planting in subsequent seasons.

Bush care

To obtain maximum benefit, indeterminate bushes require formation into a single stem. Working with plants includes the following activities:

Stepsonning. Promotes the redistribution of nutrients to the fruit clusters, provides better ventilation and light availability. Stepchildren break off “on a stump” to prevent re-growth of the shoot;
Removing the first two fruit clusters. This is done to activate fruiting and increase the number of inflorescences;
Removing leaves under the lower raceme. Helps prevent fungal diseases and accelerates fruit ripening;
Pinching the top of the bush a month before harvest.

Tomato variety “Yellow low-growing icicle”:

Other rules of care are standard:

Attachment to a post or greenhouse frame;
Regular moderate watering;
Loosening the soil between waterings;
Feed once every 2 weeks.

What does the plant look like?

The hybrid combines a lot of positive characteristics and also bears fruits of an unusual shape for the crop. A tomato looks like this:

The bush is tall (indeterminate). Without control, the tomato reaches 2 m in length.
The first inflorescence appears after 5-6 nodes.
There are 5-10 simple flowers on the racemes, each forming an ovary.
The fruits are elongated. The tips have long, sharp noses. The length of the tomatoes is 10-12 cm, weight 80-100 g.
The tomato is endowed with a dense, glossy pink skin and fleshy internal contents.
If the fruit is cut horizontally, several chambers and a small number of seeds are visible.

Variety problems

Few pests or problems are scary for Yellow Icicles. They can be caused by weather conditions and improper care. Leaf discoloration is usually caused by nutrient deficiencies or cold temperatures. Sometimes the problem is caused by two factors. Roots cannot absorb nutrients when temperatures drop. This may be the cause of rotting.

A common problem is cracked tomatoes, which is caused by improper watering. A balanced, regular watering regimen should solve this problem.

Calcium deficiency results in a darkened and often rotting area around the base of tomatoes. The problem can be solved by adjusting the watering. Because calcium absorption slows down under drought conditions.

Magnesium deficiency causes leaves to turn yellow while the veins remain green. A good fertilizer will help eliminate the problem.

Whitefly is a likely pest that kills fruit. Adult flies (they look like tiny moths) lay eggs on the undersides of leaves. The growing eggs feed on the leaves, leaving a sticky secretion that attracts disease. As soon as the gardener sees the eggs, they can be washed off with water or removed by hand. There are tools available to use at the first sign of an attack.

Diseases and pests

The hybrid is resistant to many diseases:

fusarium wilt;
Alternaria blight;
cladosporiosis.

Fungal diseases require additional prevention during periods of frequent rains. The following is used against late blight and rot:

irrigation with Bordeaux mixture;
spraying with “Fitosporin”;
treatment with Fundazol.

All affected parts of the plant are cut off and burned. Check regularly for symptoms.

Unpleasant insects that can harm young tomato bushes:

aphid;
mite;
cutworm and whitefly;
bear

To protect the bushes, shoots are treated with effective preparations “Profi” and “Aktofit”. From folk recipes they use:

saline and soap solutions;
infusion of garlic or arrow;
a decoction of celandine and horseradish.

Expert opinion

Valentina Rareko

Editor-in-Chief of Repka.online. Experienced summer resident and gardener.

For many gardeners, the Icicle pink tomato has become the main thing on the plot, and not just for show. It is planted, grown, nurtured - and as a result, stable, large harvests are obtained. There are enough tomatoes not only for your own family, but also for treating neighbors and relatives.

Reviews, opinions of experienced gardeners

Hybrid tomatoes have a good reputation, as can be seen by reading the following comments taken from one of the thematic forums for gardeners.

A year ago I ordered two “icicles” at once (pink, yellow), both sprouted quickly and showed excellent results! The fruits are beautiful and just like sugar, I will plant more!

For me, “Pink Icicle” is an experiment; I have never grown such hybrids before. They look too decorative. Just one phrase is enough to describe all the delights from the variety: it has been bearing fruit for the third week! Tomatoes are super, sweet and juicy!

Tomato Grozdevoy F1

Productivity 19.1 kg/sq.m

The hybrid of the agricultural company “Semko Junior” was registered in the State Register in 2010.

Suitable for growing in the Northern, Northwestern, Central, Volga-Vyatka, Central Black Sea region, North Caucasus, Middle Volga regions in greenhouses.

Mid-early hybrid (103 days)

indeterminate type. The plant is tall and needs pinching and staking. Most effective when grown in 1 stem.

The fruits are collected in clusters of 8-9 pieces. tomatoes , weighing 85 g

, elliptical in shape, glossy, bright red. The taste is excellent. Recommended for whole-fruit canning.

The hybrid tolerates drought well and is resistant to temperature changes. It is distinguished by its ability to tie well. Resistant to verticillium, fusarium and root-knot nematode.

Tomato growing technology

Our technology for growing tomatoes of different varieties is as follows. On our plot we allocate 6 long rows for tomatoes (including closed soil). On three of them, representatives of the best varieties of tomatoes, proven over the years, are grown (there are also tomatoes to choose from), guaranteeing a harvest according to the declared characteristics (regardless of the “delights” of the weather), and the other three are planted with new varieties, which are “considered” this way and that in during the above time. That seems to be it.

PS To make life easier for readers and reduce the time it takes to absorb the article, instead of determining the yield of vegetables in kg per 1 square meter, it will be written below - kg “per square”.

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Harvest and storage

Rinda is characterized by the uniform ripening of heads of cabbage, which allows harvesting at the same time. This is convenient for both transportation and processing.

Collection is carried out manually or by mechanized means.

How and when to collect

The readiness of heads of cabbage for cutting is checked in the second half of August. The time for collection comes when the heads become dense and hard to the touch. There is no need to rush into harvesting too much: the heads of cabbage variety Rinda are resistant to cracking and stand well on the stems. Tolerant to transportation even when fully ripe.

It is better to collect in dry, cool weather. The heads of cabbage are cut with a knife, leaving the lower leaves and part of the stem 3-4 cm long.

Storage features and shelf life of the hybrid

According to the originator, it is advisable to store fresh cabbage for no longer than 4 months. There are mentions that if storage conditions are met, the shelf life of heads of cabbage can reach 6 months without a noticeable drop in quality.

The storage temperature for cabbage is no higher than +5...+6°C, optimally - from -1 to 2°C.

It is better to lay the heads of cabbage on a wooden floor, placing the stalks up, or on straw.

At home, it can be stored in the refrigerator, on the lower shelves, wrapped in parchment paper.

Reviews from summer residents about the variety

Lena Perepelkina, 51 years old: I bought seedlings from a woman at the market. She said that I wouldn’t regret it and would thank her later! Planted, raised, harvested. I liked everything up to this point. But when I took the tomato in my hand, I was immediately upset. Dense, strong, as if made of stone... I thought that the saleswoman of the seedlings had deceived me and that the variety was purely for processing. For factories. But she still decided and bit. There was no limit to surprise. The apparent stoneness was gone, the tomato turned out to have pleasantly crisp, juicy and very sweet flesh. To say that I was pleased is to say nothing. The variety is fire! I recommend it to everyone.
Maxim Govorov, 43 years old: Sort fighter. The spring was cool and rainy. And in May the cold suddenly gave way to heat. But the Pink Icicle showed her best side. There was not a single spot on the leaves. And what is most important is that after flowering a lot of fruits began to appear. The beautiful brushes resembled New Year's garlands. Although the plum tomatoes were not large, there were quite a lot of them. I collected a couple of boxes and took my mother to the market. Even though I drove 50 km, not a single tomato was dented. And at the market they dispersed instantly. Pink Icicle - beautiful, tasty and sweet tomatoes without any extra hassle.

Pink fleshy tomato - description and characteristics of the variety

Opinions and recommendations of vegetable growers

The Pink Icicle tomato has gained popularity among gardeners due to its taste, ease of care, and disease resistance.

Evgenia Fedorova, 51 years old, Armavir:

“I planted the Pink Icicle last year at the dacha. The seedlings were sown in March. To ensure the appearance of friendly shoots, before sowing, I soaked the seeds in aloe juice and treated them with a growth stimulant. After the appearance of 2 true leaves, I carried out picking in separate pots. In open ground, throughout the growing season, the plant was periodically fed with organic and mineral fertilizers. To reduce the cost of hilling and weed control, the soil in the garden bed was mulched with black fiber. The harvest pleased me with the abundance of fruits, taste, and the variety with the versatility of using tomatoes.”

Veniamin Smirnov, 59 years old, Kazan:

“I grew the Pink Icicle hybrid last season. When choosing a variety, I paid attention to the ability to cultivate the plant in open ground, high yield, long shelf life and versatility of use. Plants were planted along the garden path. During the growing season, bushes 2 m high formed, which had to be tied to a fence mesh. The plant pleased me with a high yield. We managed to collect 9.5 kg of tasty tomatoes with dense pink flesh from the bush.”

Bush care

To obtain maximum benefit, indeterminate bushes require formation into a single stem. Working with plants includes the following activities:

Stepsonning. Promotes the redistribution of nutrients to the fruit clusters, provides better ventilation and light availability. Stepchildren break off “on a stump” to prevent re-growth of the shoot;
Removing the first two fruit clusters. This is done to activate fruiting and increase the number of inflorescences;
Removing leaves under the lower raceme. Helps prevent fungal diseases and accelerates fruit ripening;
Pinching the top of the bush a month before harvest.

Tomato variety “Yellow low-growing icicle”:

Other rules of care are standard:

Attachment to a post or greenhouse frame;
Regular moderate watering;
Loosening the soil between waterings;
Feed once every 2 weeks.