Description of the early ripening tomato Alice and rules for growing in greenhouses
Tomato Alice belongs to the group of plants with early ripening periods. The variety is intended for cultivation in film greenhouses, greenhouses and open areas. The plant is unpretentious to climatic conditions, and its seeds have good germination. Tomatoes are consumed fresh and juice is made from the fruit. The berries can be pickled and preserved for the winter.
Technical data of the crop
The characteristics and description of the variety are as follows:
- From the time the seedlings appear until a full harvest is obtained, it takes from 87 to 92 days.
- The main stem of the plant can have a height of 0.55 to 0.8 m. The height of the bush with side shoots ranges from 140 to 160 cm. Therefore, Alice needs to be tied to supports or trellises. Gardeners consider the disadvantage of this variety to be the need to form a bush. The largest number of fruits is formed when a tomato is formed into 3 stems.
- Unripe berries are colored light shades of green. Ripe fruits are colored red. Each bush produces 4 to 5 fruits.
- The shape of the Alice variety tomato resembles an egg. The weight of the fetus ranges from 0.15-0.2 kg. The skin on the berries is very smooth and dense. This allows you to transport the crop without loss over any distance.
Reviews from gardeners show that if all the requirements of specialists are met, the yield of the variety is 4-4.2 kg of berries per 1 m² of bed. Farmers note the high heat resistance of the described variety. Alice is immune to diseases such as fusarium wilt and verticillium wilt.
In the southern regions of Russia, this variety is sown in open ground. In the middle zone, to grow tomatoes you will need a film greenhouse. In the vastness of Siberia and the Far North, it is recommended to grow this variety in greenhouses and greenhouse complexes with heating.
Germinating seeds to produce seedlings
Planting material must be disinfected in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or hydrogen peroxide. Growing seedlings begins in the last ten days of March. Seeds are planted in homemade or purchased soil to a depth of 15 mm. The boxes are covered with glass. After 7-10 days, the first shoots appear. They are watered with warm water, and young seedlings are fed with organic or nitrogen fertilizers.
When 1 leaf is formed on the seedlings, the plants need to be pruned.
The sprouts are planted in the garden when they are at least 55 days old. Before this, it is recommended to loosen the soil, add manure, chicken droppings, and peat to it.
You can also use ready-made mixtures produced by industry. Young bushes are planted in holes according to a 0.5x0.5 m pattern. The plants are watered abundantly.
If there is a danger of sudden temperature changes, then care must be taken to protect the plants with warm material.
It is recommended to tie the stems to supports a week after transplanting the seedlings onto permanent soil. Stepchildren are removed in such a way as to prevent the bushes from expanding to the side. Leave 2 branches going up.
Caring for Alice before harvest
Feeding the bushes for the first time is carried out 10 days after transferring the plants to a permanent place. For this purpose, nitrogen and potassium fertilizers are used. The next feeding is carried out with potassium mixtures and organic matter at the beginning of flowering of plants. The last time the bushes are given phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium mixtures is after the first fruits appear on the branches.
Water the bushes with warm water that has been left in the sun for a day. Watering is done with moderate amounts of liquid. It is necessary to ensure that drops of water do not fall on the leaves of the plants, otherwise the tomatoes will get burned.
It is recommended to water the bushes no more than once a week. Alice is a heat-resistant variety, so there is no need to water the plants more often in hot weather. This should only be done in cases of persistent drought that lasts more than 2 weeks.
Then the plants are watered 2 times a week.
Mulching helps reduce the risk of fungal and bacterial infections developing on tomatoes.
Weeding beds to remove weeds eliminates the possibility of the spread of various diseases that spread from weeds to cultivated plants. This preventive measure reduces the number of garden pests that first settle on weeds and then move on to tomatoes.
To eliminate the danger of diseases characteristic of nightshade crops, Alice bushes are treated with medicines. Most often, the drug Fitosporin is used for these purposes. If a farmer notices garden pests in the area, it is recommended to destroy them with chemical agents.
Growing seedlings
This tomato is planted only by seedlings. In this case, seed material for seedlings should be planted approximately a couple of months before transplanting the seedlings to a permanent place. Therefore, the time for planting seeds for seedlings is the first or second ten days of March, depending on the climatic conditions of the growing region.
Preparation of planting material
If the seeds are purchased at a specialized store, they do not require any special pre-planting preparation. It is enough just to soak them in a growth accelerator solution before sowing so that they germinate faster.
If the seed material is collected from your own ripe fruits, then it should be prepared before planting. First, a calibration procedure is carried out to select only high-quality germinating planting material. To do this, the seeds are placed in salt water and only the seed material that has sunk to the bottom of the container is taken for planting.
It is washed and soaked for half an hour in a weak solution of potassium permanganate to disinfect it. Then the seeds are washed and soaked for a day in a growth accelerator solution for germination. After all the procedures have been completed, the seed material is ready for planting in the container.
Preparing containers and soil
The containers must be wide and long enough, with low sides, and in the bottom of each of them there must be drainage holes into which excess moisture will drain.
Before use, containers must be disinfected using special means.
It is best to purchase a nutrient substrate for planting tomato seeds for seedlings in gardening stores - where such soil has already been prepared in a special way: fertilizers and the necessary components have been added to make it loose. The purchased soil mixture has already been disinfected and contains no pathogenic microorganisms, harmful insects and their larvae.
But many vegetable growers prepare the soil for planting seedlings themselves at home. To do this, they mix equal parts of turf soil from the garden, high-moor peat and rotted manure (or high-quality compost). Rotted sawdust is added to the resulting mixture (500 g for every 10 kg of the mixture) to give it looseness.
All ingredients are thoroughly mixed and disinfected using one of the following methods:
steam for 30 minutes in a water bath;
the oven is heated to 180С, the soil mixture is placed in it for half an hour;
spilled with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
Each vegetable grower chooses his own method of soil disinfection.
It is only important that after any such treatment no pathogenic microorganisms or harmful insects remain in the soil
Then the prepared soil is laid out in containers, and you can begin sowing the seed material.
Sowing seeds
The surface of the soil is moistened, and only then the seeds are laid out on it in rows, and the distance between the rows should be at least 2.5 cm. A layer of soil 1 cm thick is poured on top and it is moistened with a spray bottle so that the seeds are not washed out.
Then the containers are covered with glass on top to create a greenhouse effect inside - this way the seeds will germinate faster.
After friendly shoots appear in the containers, the glass is removed from them, and the plants themselves are transferred to a well-lit place.
Seedling care
Further care for Alice's Dream tomato seedlings includes standard procedures:
watering;
feeding;
picking;
hardening.
Water the seedlings regularly and moderately as the top layer of soil dries. Water for irrigation should be filtered and warm. Cold water can cause seedlings to develop blackleg.
After the seedlings have several true leaves, they should be planted in separate pots
Transplantation is carried out carefully so as not to damage the fragile roots
In new containers, seedlings acclimatize in about a couple of weeks, and during this time they can be fed with any nitrogen-containing fertilizer. Similar feeding is repeated after a couple of weeks, but no later than 12-14 days before planting in a permanent place.
If the plants begin to stretch out, it means they do not have enough natural light. In this case, fluorescent lamps are installed next to the seedlings, which are turned on in the early morning, in the evening hours and on cloudy days.
10 days before transplanting tomato seedlings to a permanent place, you need to take them out into fresh air for hardening. At first, the seedlings are outside for no more than an hour, but gradually this time increases. And in the last days before planting, the seedlings can be left outside overnight.
Description of the tomato variety Alice, features of cultivation and care
If you need a good rich harvest of large and beautiful tomato fruits at the end of summer, the Alice tomato is suitable for this purpose. The variety showed good results in the greenhouse, but also bears fruit well in the open ground.
Varietal characteristics
Description of the variety: indeterminate and tall. Mid-early maturation. When grown in a greenhouse made of film or polycarbonate, it reaches a length of 1.8 meters.
Since this plant is not limited in growth, it requires the formation of a bush and garter to a support. The leaves are small, thin, the bush is powerful, branched. When grown in a greenhouse, the bush is formed into 3–4 stems.
Plant yield is 4.2 kilograms per square meter.
Large vegetables. On average, one tomato weighs from 300 to 400 grams. The taste is juicy, sweet, the flesh is fleshy, the peel is dense. Therefore, vegetables are resistant to cracking. The tomato is heart-shaped. The color of an unripe vegetable is light green, a ripe one is red. Some fruits have a yellow spot on the stalk when ripe.
Varietal characteristics of fruits - sourness appears in fruits grown in open ground. Since the fruits are large, they tie up not only the bushes, but also the shoots with tomatoes.
This variety of tomatoes is intended for fresh consumption, canning and pickling, preparing fresh tomato juice and sauces.
Features of the variety
Among the positive qualities of tomato are the following:
- high productivity;
- fruit size;
- excellent taste;
- keeping quality and presentation;
- resistance to popular diseases.
Growing Tomato
To get a rich harvest, bushes are planted and properly cared for. This variety is grown through seedlings. To do this, in early or mid-March (depending on the growing region), tomato seeds are planted in a warm and well-lit room. The soil for planting seedlings is chosen to be loose and fertile. Usually peat or black soil is mixed in equal quantities with garden soil.
Seeds are planted at a depth of half a centimeter and at a distance of 1 centimeter between plants. Spray the plantings with a spray bottle with warm water and cover with film until the seeds germinate. After the seeds hatch, the film must be removed and the plants placed in a well-lit place for further growth.
After the formation of two permanent leaves on the sprouts, the tomatoes are dived into separate containers. Watering and fertilizing are carried out until transplantation to a permanent place of growth.
Plants are planted in a greenhouse two weeks earlier than in open ground. The distance between plantings should not be less than 50 by 40 centimeters, otherwise the plants will shade each other.
Usually tomatoes are planted in a checkerboard pattern and, as they grow, they are tied to a crossbar or support and planted.
The bush of this variety is formed into 3–4 vines, thus the tomato gives the best result.
After planting, the plants require constant care, which consists of:
- watering plants;
- loosening the soil;
- weeding;
- fertilizer;
- treatment against diseases and pests (if necessary);
- timely harvest.
If you follow these simple rules of care, a high-quality and rich harvest will not be long in coming.
Review of reviews about Alice
The variety is popular in Russia and has received positive reviews from gardeners. Let's look at some of them.
Olga: “The fruits began to ripen early, the bushes are tall, so it is better to plant them in a greenhouse. To prevent the bushes from becoming infected with fusarium after the dew appeared, I sprayed them with a serum solution every week. Thus, the bushes bore fruit until autumn. The taste of the fruit is excellent, there is a tomato aroma, they are sweet, suitable for making tomato juice.”
Dmitry: “I’ve been growing tomatoes for more than 20 years, every year I try to find seeds of new varieties, last year I came across Alice’s seeds. I planted them in a greenhouse and they grow just like regular tomatoes. But the fruits are beautiful, heart-shaped, red. There are no spots on the fruits after ripening. Colored evenly and beautifully. Useful for salads and wraps. I'm happy with everything."
Landing rules
Description of the cucumber variety Lyutoyar, features of cultivation and care
Residents of the Central zone or northern regions plant seeds for seedlings in the first half of March. Residents of the South do this in mid-February.
Sow the seeds in loose soil, water the crop with warm, clean water. Cover the container with film, which is not removed until the sprouts appear.
After two leaves are formed on the sprouts, transplant the seedlings into separate peat cups. At this time, fertilize the soil in cups with complex mineral fertilizers.
Plant seedlings in the soil after it has been hardened. To do this, two weeks before planting, take the seedlings out into the open air every day, increasing the time each time. The last two days before planting, the seedlings should be outdoors during the entire daylight hours.
In greenhouses and greenhouses, seedlings are planted in May, and in open ground - after the soil has warmed up well.
When planting these tomatoes in the garden, choose areas where cucumbers, onions, beans, parsley, carrots or zucchini previously grew.
Dig up the planting area well and remove all weed roots from it. Don’t forget to pour a little superphosphate or potassium sulfate into the holes under the tomatoes.
Plant seedlings together with peat cups.
Nepas tomatoes for weekend summer residents
Tomatoes are a popular vegetable in the summer cottage. And not a single summer resident will refuse a variety of tomatoes that is productive and unpretentious, which does not require much time and effort to obtain tasty fruits. Forming a bush capable of producing a bountiful harvest requires a lot of time and knowledge from the gardener. Therefore, having the Nepas variety of tomatoes, that is, non-sapling and at the same time giving an excellent harvest, is a great joy for a working vegetable grower who can only devote weekends to his country garden.
The Nepas 2 raspberry tomato ripens in 110 days and on average the height of the bush is 65 cm. The variety is stable, productive, you can harvest up to 5 kg per square meter, the weight of the tomato is 70-100 g. The color of the tomato is red-raspberry, the taste is excellent. Delicious sauces, juice and all kinds of preparations are obtained from it.
Tomato Nepas 3 pink ripens within 100 days from planting the seeds. It bears large fruits weighing up to 300 g, with an unusual taste, and children really like it. The dense peel allows it to be transported throughout the country without loss or damage to quality.
Tomato Nepas 4 orange heart-shaped. The dense fruits have an original shape and are often used in preparations. This is an early unpretentious variety that requires regular watering. The tomatoes are small, tasty and sweet.
Tomato Nepas 5 orange with a spout cannot be confused with other varieties. This early ripening variety is universal. It is used fresh, tomato juice and sauce are prepared, canned and pickled. The variety is literally strewn with medium-sized, up to 100 g, sweet and tasty tomatoes.
Tomato Nepas 6 F1 red with a spout is used in canning.
Tomato Nepas 7 giant. It differs from all standard crops in its large fruits weighing from 150 g to 200 g.
Tomato Nepas 8 carrot. It got its name because of the elongated shape of the fruit, reminiscent of a carrot.
Tomato Nepas 9 extended. Dense fruits are ideal for canning.
Tomato Nepas 10 striped. Round tomatoes are very decorative: red in color with yellow stripes. The taste is the same as the red Nepas.
Tomato Nepas 11 room. The bush grows to a height of 20-35 cm and is therefore suitable for growing on a windowsill, balcony and loggia. It belongs to cherry tomatoes.
Tomato Nepas 12 large with tomatoes weighing 100-150 g. More often used fresh, in salads.
Tomato Nepas 13 plum-shaped. It does not require gartering or shaping. A non-grafting tomato, reviews from summer residents claim that it can be grown without seedlings. Tolerates temperature changes well. Oval red tomatoes weigh 70-90 g. The dense fruits are used in canning.
Tomato Nepas 14 sugar. It got its name for its sweet and very tasty tomatoes without sourness. Good fresh and in salads.
We hope you liked Nepas tomatoes. Make your job easier. Buy Nepas seeds, try to grow them, please yourself and your loved ones with delicious tomatoes. Moreover, almost all varieties can be propagated by seeds while maintaining all the characteristics of the variety. Therefore, you can grow the variety you like for a long time.
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The most resistant varieties of tomatoes
An important factor when planting tomato seedlings in the soil is stability. Let's consider the main classifications of the resistance of this vegetable.
Frost-resistant tomatoes
- "Leningrad chill." An unpretentious cold-resistant variety with medium-sized red fruits. The tomatoes are juicy, sour, weighing 80-110 g. The bushes are low (up to 50 cm), productive, and do not require staking.
- "Charisma". A high-yielding tomato variety that produces fruit 121 days after planting in the ground. Vegetables are round, red in color, weighing 100-150 g.
Drought-resistant varieties
- "Rose of Wind". An early-ripening tomato variety that produces scarlet-colored fruits. Resistant to drought and temperature changes.
- "Garden Pearl" A determinate variety of pink tomatoes with a fleshy interior. Each bush can produce up to 300 fruits, even in the dry season.
Tomatoes resistant to diseases and pests
- "Heart of Tibet" Mid-season tomato variety with juicy heart-shaped fruits. The tomatoes are large, weighing 450-500 grams, with thick skin and a classic taste, without pronounced sourness.
- "Vologda". A greenhouse tomato variety that is resistant to all types of viruses and diseases, including late blight. The fruits are tasty, fleshy, bright red.
- "Bohemia". A variety for planting in open ground. Resistant to pests and viruses. Gives a good harvest: up to 6 kg of red tomatoes from one bush.
Characteristics of Pink Paradise tomato
The description of the Pink Paradise tomato variety contains mostly positive characteristics and reviews. These tomatoes appeared on sale not so long ago and gardeners have already liked them for their tasty and beautiful fruits. In addition, they do not require complex care. A tall bush that doesn't stop growing is a relative inconvenience. Many summer residents are still accustomed to growing tomatoes of this particular type - pinching and tying them up.
Productivity of Pink Paradise tomato
Productivity directly depends on how Pink Paradise tomatoes are planted: in a greenhouse or directly in open ground. The method by which the bush is formed also affects. When pruning the plant into two stems, the tomatoes will ripen later, but the harvest will be more abundant. You can remove up to 4 kg of crop from a bush.
If Pink Paradise tomatoes are grown not in a greenhouse, but in open ground, the performance of the variety may change slightly. The bush grows up to 120 cm, and then it must be pinched, otherwise all the fruits that have set will not have time to fully ripen. Yields will decrease, but all tomatoes will reach maturity. This is due to the fact that Pink Paradise tomatoes are not adapted to very cold climates.
Area of application of fruits
Tomatoes of the Pink Paradise variety are well preserved and can be transported over long distances without problems. The pleasant taste allows you to eat them fresh, as well as make preparations and various dishes from these tomatoes. Suitable for juices and purees.
Resistance to diseases and pests
Pink Paradise tomatoes are resistant to common diseases and pests characteristic of the nightshade family. Not affected by fungus, fusarium wilt and verticillium. But for prevention, the following measures are taken:
- Before planting plants, the soil must be disinfected using potassium permanganate (copper sulfate is also suitable).
- The seedlings are treated with phytosporin or another biological product.
- The greenhouse must be periodically ventilated and weeds destroyed - this will get rid of pests.
If there are beetles or slugs, they must be collected and destroyed, and the tomatoes must be treated with ammonia solution. The following pests can be found mainly on plants:
- Wireworm. It attacks the above-ground part of the bush and the root, causing the plant to turn yellow and dry out. Traps are made against this pest - before planting tomatoes, potatoes and slices of carrots are placed in the ground. Wireworm larvae accumulate in this place, and then they are collected and burned.
- Medvedka. It digs tunnels in the ground, which injures plant roots. It can also chew through the stem. Bushes affected by mole crickets simply fall to the ground. Traps also help against mole crickets, but with bait in the form of manure. To remove eggs, it is necessary to loosen between the rows. Marigolds planted nearby can repel the pest.
- Owl caterpillar. It damages leaves, flowers, and ovaries. An effective remedy is an infusion made from garlic, which is sprayed on tomato bushes. Calendula growing nearby repels caterpillars.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main advantages of the Pink Paradise variety are:
- high yield rates;
- ease of care;
- good taste;
- cold resistance;
- immunity to most diseases.
The variety also has disadvantages:
- tomatoes can withstand slight cold spells, but die in severe frosts;
- the bush has many leaves and must be regularly trimmed and shaped.
Starring
Galina Logina - Alisa (17 years old) believes in love and eternal values, makes mistakes due to inexperience, is a dreamer, wants to become a singer, unexpectedly falls in love with Dan, loves to read fiction, is too pedantic, neat, obsessed with studying.
Alexey Vorobyov - Alex (19 years old), romantic, positive, friend of Phil, loves Alice, also believes in love and eternal values, which he is somewhat shy about, good-looking, funny.
Alexandra Yakovleva - Ksyusha (17 years old) Alice’s classmate and her closest friend, loves a glamorous life, writes a book-interview with stars about their dreams “Star Dreams”, falls in love with Phil, is too concerned about her appearance, constantly diets.
Sergey Parshkov - Phil (17 years old) Alice's classmate, romantic, phlegmatic, idealist, this is the source of all his problems and disappointments, falls in love with Ksyusha, dreams of organizing a group, organizes various types of businesses that fail miserably.
Valery Zaborovsky - Dan (19 years old) business-like, used to achieving his goal by any means necessary, realist, rationalist.
vertical for bad deeds.
Andrey Kulikov - Heron (22 years old) during the holidays - and. O. teams, goofball, lazy, freeloader, but at the same time sweet and good-natured, joker, in love with Rita.
Anna Ivanova - Sonya, a girl artist, in love with Phil, a serious rival.
Andrey Rudakov as Shurik, a student photographer who, because of his hobby, finds himself in various absurd situations.
Description of the Alenka tomato, growing a hybrid variety and care
Tomato Alenka F1 or, as it is also called, Alena, is especially popular among those summer residents who prefer to grow early-ripening varieties of tomatoes on their plots. Feedback from farmers suggests that tomatoes are distinguished not only by their early ripening, but also by their high yield and excellent taste.
The characteristics and description of the variety will allow the farmer to make the right choice regarding the purchase of a tomato.
Please note that the variety belongs to the standard variety and is characterized by determinant growth. The Alenka tomato produces its first fruits 95 days after the appearance of the first shoots
What is an Alenka tomato?
The plant is characterized by the following characteristics:
- The variety is determinate, that is, limited in growth, which is associated with the weak root system of tomato bushes. The height of the bush can reach a maximum of 60 cm.
- Due to its small growth, the bush is formed on a thick and powerful stem. It is able to withstand a large number of tomatoes and not bend under their weight.
- The bush produces small bright green leaves.
- The first inflorescence is formed after the appearance of 5-7 leaves.
- The tomatoes ripen at the same time. If you follow all the rules for caring for and growing this variety, you can harvest about 5 kg of fruit from one bush.
The Alenka tomato tolerates the adverse effects of climate well - it can withstand temperature changes.
Is immune to major diseases affecting tomatoes. Thus, it successfully resists the development of the tobacco mosaic virus, the formation of rot and Alternaria.
Description of fruits
Fruits of this type have a regular round shape without flaws. Usually the fruits reach a weight of 200 g, but there are individual tomatoes that can gain more weight. Fully ripened tomatoes have a soft pink color, and the skin has a dense structure that prevents the tomato from cracking.
Inside the tomato contains juicy pulp, characterized by sweetness and a high content of useful elements. Tomatoes can be stored in a dry and cool place for a long time; they do not deteriorate when transported over long distances. The productivity of the variety is high.
Experts say that tomatoes not only have good taste, but also contain a huge amount of useful substances, such as iron, potassium, and cobalt.
Farmers recommend growing and eating this variety for those people who suffer from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, tomato has a good effect on cholesterol levels. In cooking, tomatoes of this variety can be used both fresh, sliced in salads, and for preparing various sauces.
Growing the variety
Growing Alenka tomatoes is possible in almost any region of the country. It can be planted both in open ground and in a greenhouse. In this case, several basic rules should be followed.
Thus, it is recommended to sow seeds in early spring, and in order for them to germinate normally, it is necessary to provide additional lighting. In order to minimize stress when transferring to a permanent place, you need to start taking the seedlings outside 1.5 weeks in advance for hardening.
Planting in open ground or in a greenhouse should be done taking into account the climate - it is necessary to wait out the threat of frost. It is usually recommended to plant seedlings in late spring in places with a warm climate, and in mid-June in places with a harsher climate. Transplantation is best done in the evening, keeping a distance of 40 cm between bushes.
Agricultural technology Alice's dreams
Alice's Dream is a heat-loving variety. Therefore, in the middle and northern parts of our country, this tomato is grown in a greenhouse. In the southern regions, planting in open ground is possible.
The time for picking a tomato to a permanent place depends on the climate in a particular region. In the middle zone, Alice's Dream is planted in May or early June.
Planting seedlings in the ground
The beds for tomatoes have been prepared since autumn. To do this, organic fertilizers and ash are added to the soil. If the acidity of the soil is increased, chalk or dry lime is added to it. In spring, the ground is dug up and cleared of plant debris. To reduce the likelihood of infection, the soil of tomatoes is disinfected.
For tomatoes, dig holes 25 cm deep. Add a tablespoon of ash to each of them. For 1 sq. m place no more than 4 holes for plants. They are arranged in a checkerboard pattern. Immediately before planting, the seedling is removed from the pot. It is placed in the hole, forming a root system towards the center. The holes are covered with earth and watered.
Tomato care
Proper care of tomatoes is the key to a high yield. Therefore, every gardener should know the basic rules for growing this crop:
- Water the tomatoes at the root. If the liquid gets on the greens, it will increase the likelihood of plant disease.
- Loosening the soil is necessary after each watering. Otherwise, the resulting earthen crust will interfere with air exchange.
- You should not water tomatoes with a garden hose. For these plants, only settled soil is used.
- Alice's dream is formed into two or one stem. Stepping is carried out on dry days in the evening.
- A garter is required for the plant. Without support, heavy clusters of fruit will break the stem.
- During the season, root fertilizers are applied 3-4 times. Complex formulations are used as fertilizers or mineral and organic agents alternate.
- Foliar feeding is done 2-3 times. To do this, use products containing boron.
Nuances of cultivation
When growing Alice's Dream tomatoes, you need to take into account its characteristics. This will prevent errors in care:
The Alice's Dream variety is more susceptible to waterlogging than other tomatoes. With excess moisture, its fruits become less sweet and crack. Therefore, watering this crop is possible only after the soil has completely dried. It is in the purple parts of the Dream Alice tomato berries that contain anthocyanins. The more sunlight a plant gets, the larger the dark areas will be.
On hot days, ripe tomatoes may crack.
Therefore, it is important to remove them from the bush in a timely manner.
Diseases and pests
Alice's Dream tomatoes are immune to most tomato diseases. And yet, prevention methods should not be neglected.
To eliminate the possibility of plant infection, disinfect garden tools and soil before use. Seeds also need disinfection. Following the rules of watering and planting will help avoid infection with fungal and viral diseases. Plants are sprayed with Fitosporin several times a season.
Harmful insects not only damage tomato bushes and fruits. They carry pathogens of viral and fungal diseases. Therefore, you need to get rid of them in a timely manner. To protect against insects, tomatoes are sprayed with a decoction of celandine. Large beetles, caterpillars and slugs are collected by hand.
Advantages and disadvantages
This tomato, like all types, has strengths and weaknesses. And it is better to know them in advance, so that later the shortcomings do not become an unpleasant surprise.
Green spot at the base of Alice's Dream tomatoes is missing
Main advantages:
- long fruiting;
- suitable for transportation;
- increased resistance to diseases;
- balanced taste;
- original color of tomatoes;
- high yield of marketable fruits;
- versatility of use;
- large size tomatoes;
- seeds can be used for sowing;
- stable yield;
- is resistant to temperature changes;
- easily tolerates short-term moisture deficiency.
Flaws:
- needs to be taken care of throughout the season;
- requires support;
- needs regular feeding;
- not suitable for whole fruit canning.