Black-fruited and striped tomatoes, giant beef and cherry crumbs, fleshy and exceptionally juicy, smooth and ribbed, round and the most intricate shapes, sweet and sour, dwarfs and tall indets - it would seem, what exotic things can still be imagined if we are talking about regular tomatoes?
Have you heard about fluffy tomatoes? They are also called velvet, hairy or peach tomatoes. Of course, these plants do not belong to the genus Plum, they are ordinary nightshades, but their bushes and fruits are indeed quite pubescent and look extremely unusual.
These pubescent tomatoes may vary in taste and size (it all depends on the variety), but according to statistics, these plants are less susceptible to attack by pests that cannot handle the dense pubescence of shoots, leaves, flowers and fruits. And the seedlings of such tomatoes are not at all prone to elongation - this is due to shortened internodes and a relatively low growth rate.
Here are several of these exotic varieties of fluffy tomatoes that have proven themselves well in our latitudes, according to reviews from Russian gardeners.
Tomato Scheherazade
Mid-season variety of Russian selection.
Designed for cultivation in open ground and film greenhouses. Productivity is average. Resistance to diseases and pests is high. The variety is cold-resistant and does not like high temperatures.
The plant is determinate, powerful, about 1 m in height (it grows higher in a greenhouse), with large dark green, heavily pubescent foliage. The bush needs staking and pinching (otherwise the fruits become smaller); it is better to form one to three stems.
The fruits are round-cylindrical in shape, with a spout, weighing 200-300 g, densely pubescent, orange-red in color. The skin is thick, the flesh is dense, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant aroma.
The fruits lie well and are easily transported. The purpose is universal - suitable for fresh consumption and whole-fruit canning.
Tomato “Silver Spruce”: characteristics and description of the variety, reviews
Tomatoes have long been known as a tasty, beautiful vegetable. Breeders do not tire of releasing new varieties, working on existing ones to get the very same, ideal litter. Tomato Silver Spruce and reviews, photos is ready to please its owners with its extraordinary appearance and taste.
It even has an interesting name. Why “spruce” and “silver”? True, they are also called “Blue Spruce”, but this option does not add clarity either.
Characteristics of the variety
Numerous reviews from practitioners immediately point to two large, well-known manufacturers who are now presenting this variety of tomatoes for wide consumption.
The most interesting is the third version, that “Silver Spruce” refers to tomatoes whose fruits have a marbled tint. In the eyes of experienced vegetable growers, “Spruce” and a tomato of another variety, “Firework”, are identical in many ways. Habistus plants, also the shape of the fruit and their taste. Why does he have a separate name and such a strange one?
If we simply consider the description of tomatoes as a separate variety, they are low-growing, with bushes rarely reaching 50 cm. However, they also need staking. The bushes turn out to be spreading, heavy fruits pull the branches down to the ground and if you don’t tie them up, it will be difficult to save the harvest otherwise.
Opinions are divided regarding stepsoning. One vegetable grower did not plant tomatoes at all, leaving the bush to form according to the will of nature. About 30 fruits came out.
Tomatoes are medium-sized, 60-80 g in weight, oblong or round in shape, the skin is uniform, smooth, and the surface is level. The taste is good, although for the region of the gardener who grew them they were a little sweet, which was the last plus in the overall picture.
Other reviews claim that there is also American spruce. The history of the variety began at the end of the twentieth century; it was first bred in the USA, why American. Apparently, the tomato was called “spruce” because of its dissected foliage, similar to carrots. The foliage is still silver when wet, perhaps this gave the creators an idea.
Describing the variety, the author-gardener highlighted the resistance of tomatoes to various diseases, especially fungal diseases, which also occur in vegetables. As for the fruits themselves, they contain a lot of dry matter, including sugar. Therefore, tomatoes taste quite pleasant, sweet and meaty in consistency.
Care
Planting tomatoes and subsequently caring for them is most likely not much different from other varieties. Of course, “Spruce” is more resistant to fungal diseases, but this hardly eliminates the need for systematic plant treatments.
Tomatoes are extremely responsive to the type of soil. If the land is fertile and the fertilizing is good, then the harvest increases quickly. The content of sugar and dry substances in fruits also increases. This pleases the tasters.
You should care for any type of vegetables correctly, then all your efforts will be rewarded with a harvest. “Spruce” can be grown both in a greenhouse and freely in open ground. The shape of the fruit is quite classic, oval, with a pleasant red hue. Some gardeners consider “spruce” to be a special greenhouse variety, almost decorative. Perhaps the height of the bushes is to blame.
The fruits have a velvety surface and are easy to eat raw and used for cooking. Some successfully close banks. Sowing seeds - the formation of seedlings should be carried out somewhere 60-65 full days before their subsequent planting in the ground. For 1 sq.m. There will be no more than 3-4 plants.
The variety is also considered indeterminate and mid-season. The origin of the variety and its description are in many ways still a controversial topic, because several similar varieties from different manufacturers are compared with “spruce”. Gardeners have to collect characteristics literally bit by bit, taking from different sources. Mainly, this is the opinion of practitioners who have already tried to grow “Silver Spruce”.
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Reviews
As for preferences, not everyone likes “Silver Spruce”; the tomatoes turn out shaggy, although their taste is quite good.
Irina
“They sent samples of different varieties, and “El” was there. I don’t know, my parents didn’t really like the furry tomatoes. Although, as a decor – excellent! Cute, small bushes, big fruits grow. I think they might be suitable for a vegetable garden, although they are often planted in a greenhouse. Apparently they are afraid that the “spruce” will freeze or the soil will not work.”
Oleg
“I don’t know who was scared by the hairiness of the fruit, I’m not. They taste great, can be used in salads, as a main course, or eaten raw. The tomatoes are good, standard care. It needs to be fed and protected from pests, and tied up. Plant through seedlings. Everything is as usual. And the result is pleasing. What do some people not like? Hairiness? For me this is not a problem. Cucumbers generally grow prickly, so what? Remove the thorns and eat in peace"
Tomato Wooly Blue Jay
Mid-season variety of American selection.
Designed for cultivation in open ground and film greenhouses. Productivity is high. Resistance to diseases and pests is average.
The plant is determinate, about 1 m in height (it grows taller in a greenhouse), spreading, with heavily pubescent green foliage with a bluish tint. The bush needs to be tied to a support and pinched; it is better to form it into three or four stems.
The fruits are round, pubescent, smooth, weighing 100-130 g, red-violet in color. The pulp is dark cherry, dense, juicy, medium-sweet, with a pleasant aroma.
The fruits lie well and are easily transported. The purpose is universal - suitable for fresh consumption and whole-fruit canning.
The summer resident is happy because he has a fantastic tomato
A fantastic tomato - it is special - in configuration, color, size, taste. Although such tomatoes are not widely used on large farms, they are very much adored by “tomato gluttons” and, of course, by summer residents. These are, as a rule, exotic varieties of tomatoes.
Black varieties
or, correctly speaking, lilac-red tomatoes are a group of varieties with a color close to blue-black, and have been familiar for quite a long time. The very first of these “tomatoes” in the USSR was created by Soviet agronomists, competent in interspecific selection, in the mid-20th century. It was called "Chocolate". This is where the brown-red varieties of modern tomatoes came from. Further, Europeans, by crossing wild and ordinary tomatoes, obtained a generally purple color, thanks to the presence of anthocyanins, and they became real hits in vegetable gardens.
Varieties of black tomatoes photo
Black Galaxy Black Cream
Black pineapple
Green-fruited tomatoes, no less amazing, as described above. They also deserve attention, because they have a very tasty, downright sweet center. In addition, they are well preserved and do not attract thieves, even when ripe.
Green-fruited tomatoes photo
Tomato variety “Siberian malachite” Tomato variety “Swamp” Tomato variety “Kiwi Exotic”
Orange have a colorful appearance, but also a wonderful taste. The sugar content inside their pulp is high, more than that of simple scarlet tomatoes, which makes them suitable for preparing dietary dishes. In addition, orange fruits contain a lot of beta-carotene, lycopene and mineral salts, which is why such tomatoes are considered medicinal.
Golden and yellow tomatoes can safely be called unique. Their delicate and at the same time juicy taste will not leave anyone indifferent. And a large amount of lycopene will help improve the health of anyone who tastes these golden tomatoes.
Varieties of two-color and “velvet” tomatoes
Two-color tomato "De Barao"
Two-color tomato "Purple Jasper" Velvet tomato variety "Blue Spruce"
Tomatoes with patterned, two-colored fruit colors are no less interesting and delicious than, for example, white or purple tomatoes. But for some reason they are not so widely known among gardeners. When talking about strange tomatoes, one cannot help but say a word about “ velvet tomatoes ,” the fruits of which are extremely peculiar in appearance and very original in taste.
For information on how to grow tomatoes, read Tomatoes, how to grow a big harvest
This is interesting
Just a couple of years ago, a hybrid of tomato and potato was created in an English horticultural garden. The company's director, Paul Hansord, admits that to cross two nightshade crops, biologists had to use a white potato variety, as well as cherry tomatoes for open ground. And although the creation of a wonderful root vegetable was facilitated by the usual grafting method, the experiment lasted more than ten years. British breeders nicknamed their creation “TomTato”. The product quickly mastered the beds of New Zealand, where it acquired a second name - “Potato Tom”. The price of one seedling was $22-25. For our gardeners and farmers, this is expensive, but “TomTato” is easily included in the rating of “the most productive tomato varieties”: with high-quality care, you can harvest up to 500 tomatoes and one or two dozen tubers from one wonderful bush.”
Varieties of exotic tomatoes
Many unusual varieties grow well and ripen only in Rostov, Sochi, and Crimea. Well, what should Muscovites, residents of Penza and Kaluga do? Are there any unusual varieties of tomatoes for open ground that can please a summer resident with ripe tomatoes right in the garden? Luckily there is! Here is a description of the most interesting and wonderful varieties.
Tomato variety "Snow White"
Snow-white. An extremely interesting variety of white tomatoes. It begins to ripen in clusters of 5-6 pieces. It's just a pity that it's a long wait. But the seedlings with the first cluster of flowers planted at the end of May in the Moscow region corrected this shortcoming.
Tomato variety "Kiwi exotic"
“Kiwi Exotic” is a rare variety with wonderful fruits, each of which weighs up to a quarter of a kilogram. These tomatoes are more like kiwi fruit. The flavor range of the tomatoes themselves is unique and not similar to any of the tomato varieties.
Tomato variety "Black Cream"
“Black creme” or “black cream” , mid-season, it needs a little more than two months to fully ripen the juiciest tomatoes with an amazing dessert taste. Its dark purple, curved fruits have captured the attention of the best cooks and cooks in the world.
Tomato variety "Blue Spruce"
The Blue Spruce variety is truly a real wonder of breeding work. Red-bloody small balls of tomatoes are completely shrouded in tiny, barely visible fibers; the same velvety quality is present on the leaf blades. Actually, it gives the variety a unique decorative velvety quality. The taste is simple, juicy, you can’t preserve it, but you can make juice.
Tomato variety "Black pineapple"
"Black pineapple" or "Black pineapple" is the strangest two-color variety you can find. The color of his “tomatoes” is gray with imprecise outlines of malachite drops. The pulp is greenish in background with reddish-brown and crimson spots in the center, thick and quite rich in taste. The tomatoes themselves are not sour, flattened, and in greenhouses they can weigh up to one kilogram. Harvest up to 7-12 kg per bush!
Tomato variety “Yellow Drop”
Small bright yellow fruits that weigh about 33 grams, the Yellow Drop or Chinese Bulb varieties are very sweet. But their uniqueness lies not only in their amazing taste: they are completely immune to diseases such as blackleg and Alternaria, as well as unfavorable conditions and lack of care.
Tomato variety "Black Galaxy"
"Black Galaxy" (Black Galaxy) was grown in the USA, which specializes in vegetable hybrids. And this variety is the result of crossing a cultivated variety of “beef tomatoes” with a wild tomato from Chile. It is bluish-black, and on the cut there is no hint of “redness” or “orangeness”, only bluish-purple flesh and blue seeds.
Tomato variety "Zhigalo"
Variety "Zhigalo" carpal and its tomatoes from 100 to 200 grams. There are up to 6 of them in brushes. Their shape is interesting, vaguely reminiscent of the male reproductive organ. And the pulp is sugary, can be preserved perfectly, and the juice is excellent. Moderately resistant variety.
Chokeberry exotic tomatoes, video
Tomato Ghost
Mid-season variety of Bulgarian selection.
Designed for cultivation in film greenhouses (planting in open ground is possible in the southern regions). Productivity is high. Resistance to diseases and pests is high.
The plant is indeterminate, tall, up to 2.5 m in height, with heavily pubescent foliage. The bush needs staking and pinching; it is better to form it into two stems.
The fruits are smooth, round in shape, weighing 60-100 g, slightly pubescent, pale orange-yellow in color with white strokes. The skin is thick, the flesh is dense, fleshy, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant aroma.
The fruits lie well and are easily transported. The purpose is universal - suitable for fresh consumption and whole-fruit canning.
Description
The variety received such an interesting name because of the appearance of the bush itself: the color of the leaves has a silver tint and the shape of the crown resembles a dwarf blue spruce. Look at the photo.
Ripens early, after 85 days if you live in the southern regions, and after about 100 days if in colder regions.
The silver spruce tomato bush is not tall - up to 90 cm. But even such a low-growing bush will need a garter so as not to break under the weight of the fruit. Although the fruits are not large (up to 100 g), a lot of them ripen, and it will be difficult for the bush to hold them without support.
The oval-shaped fruits are slightly flattened. They taste meaty. This variety does not have the usual tomato sourness. The skin is thin with soft fluff on the surface.
Some people don't like this fluff. They are called "hairy" tomatoes. And in vain. The uniqueness lies precisely in their velvety quality, which does not in any way affect the taste. These tomatoes are also suitable for canning, although they are considered salad tomatoes.
Ripe tomatoes have a bright red color.
Productivity is high. From each bush it is possible to collect 5 kg of beautiful tomatoes.
Can be grown both in greenhouses and in open ground. In open ground, it is not necessary to protect them even with covering material at night. This variety is resistant to temperature changes.
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Diseases also avoid this variety. Breeders tried to make it quite convenient and not troublesome to grow. In a word, caring for a blue spruce is a pleasure.
Landing per 1 sq. m. only 3-4 bushes. These are the optimal boundaries for normal growth and development of the plant.
Tomato Fluffy (woolly) blue wine (Woolly Blue Wine)
Mid-season variety of American selection.
Designed for cultivation in open ground and film greenhouses. Productivity is average. Resistance to diseases and pests is high.
The plant is indeterminate, tall, up to 2 m in height, with heavily pubescent foliage and stems.
The fruits are burgundy-red in color with deep purple shoulders, densely pubescent, weighing 80-120 g. The pulp is juicy, low-seeded, sweetish-sour with fruity notes, the skin is dense.
The fruits lie well and are easily transported. The purpose is primarily salad, although tomatoes are also excellent for whole-fruit canning.
Tomato Woolly Kate red (Wooly Kate)
Mid-season variety of American selection.
Designed for cultivation in open ground and film greenhouses. Productivity is average. Resistance to diseases and pests, as well as to the vagaries of the weather, is high.
The plant is determinate, about 1 m in height (it grows taller in a greenhouse), with heavily pubescent bluish-gray foliage. The bush needs staking and pinching; it is better to form it into three stems.
The fruits are round in shape, weighing 60-90 g, densely pubescent, orange-red in color, reaching blue-violet when fully ripe (darkening begins from the shoulders). The skin is thick, the flesh is red, dense, juicy, “oily,” sweet, with a pleasant aroma.
The fruits lie well and are easily transported. The purpose is universal - suitable for fresh consumption and whole-fruit canning.
Features of agricultural technology
Tomato Silver spruce requires compliance with all rules of agricultural technology. In this case, the plants will grow strong, resistant to diseases and bring an excellent harvest.
Seeds begin to be planted in the second half of March or early April.
Note! In order to save space and labor and prevent damage to plants, it is recommended to sow seeds in disposable peat pots. They are filled with a universal variety of soil, ideal for germinating seeds and growing sprouts
It is recommended to soak the seeds in a biostimulant before planting.
Seeds should germinate in warm conditions. The best conditions for this are a greenhouse (in the southern regions) or wooden boxes (in the northern regions). In case of insufficient sunlight, additional lamps must be used. The average time for emergence of seedlings is from 7 to 10 days.
Seed germination in heat
Seedlings need to be watered when the soil dries out. The seedlings are transferred to open soil for 55-60 days. Before planting, the soil must be watered with boiling water in which a little potassium permanganate is dissolved. This action helps kill pathogenic organisms.
During planting, mineral fertilizer must be placed in each hole. Feeding is repeated after 2-3 weeks. It’s good if the gardener adds a little manure: this way he will grow environmentally friendly products.
Since this is a determinate variety, the plant stops growing the main stem after 4 to 7 inflorescences form on it. After the first wave of fruits ripens, the growth of the second vegetative stem is observed.
Interesting. Some gardeners do not plant this variety, that is, they allow the bush to form according to the will of nature. In this case, over 30 large ripe fruits are collected from one bush.
To prevent the stems from falling from their own weight, they need to be tied to a stake. It is driven in from the north side. The height of the support is about 1 m.
Watering
The tomato must be watered correctly. It is recommended to pour water only at the root. It is forbidden to use cold water for this: it must be heated to room temperature.
If you water the leaves, you can expose the plant to fungal diseases. The harvest from this will be significantly less.
Watering is carried out once a week. When the ovary is actively forming, the frequency of watering is doubled. Then you need to loosen the soil (this is also done after every rain). The soil near the bushes and between the rows is sprinkled with mown grass.
Soil requirements
The yield of tomatoes will depend on the composition of the soil. Choose a sunny site for plants. Before planting, add a tablespoon of ash and ammonium nitrate, mixing them thoroughly. Fertilizing is done at the moment when the ovary is formed and before flowering.
Add ash to the soil before planting
If you do not manure the soil, it will be low in nitrogen. In this case, the yield will be very low. For good development of flowers, ovaries and fruits, agronomists recommend the following types of fertilizing:
- Application of potash and phosphorus fertilizers. They help achieve abundant flowering and large fruits. For 10 liters you need 50 g of superphosphate, 30 g of potassium fertilizers and 15 g of ammonium nitrate. For one plant, 1 liter of water is enough;
- It is recommended to fertilize with ash during flowering and fruit ripening. It is best to dissolve it in water in a proportion of 1 glass per bucket. When planting seedlings, it is better to place a few tablespoons of ash in the hole;
- The seedlings can be watered with water in which iodine tincture is dissolved (1 drop of tincture per 3 liters of water). This fertilizing will improve the plant's absorption of nitrogen and help increase fruit production.
The best predecessors for tomatoes are cabbage, cucumbers, and legumes. But potatoes are unacceptable. Moreover, the seedlings do not need to be planted in close proximity to the potatoes. Eggplants and zucchini are bad predecessors - after them the tomatoes will hurt.
Pest protection
This variety is resistant to pests. However, plants are capable of infecting whiteflies, potato flea beetles, Colorado potato beetles, and mites. Methods for processing the plant are:
- For whiteflies - drugs Commander, Iskra;
- For potato flea beetles - infusions of celandine, thermopsis, preparations Komandor, Confidor;
- Special preparations are used to combat the Colorado potato beetle. The number of beetles decreases after treating plants with ash, a solution of table salt, or kerosene;
- To combat spider mites, use a solution of caustic soda, colloidal sulfur, and iron sulfate;
- To combat slugs, use ash or tobacco dust;
- The mole cricket is destroyed using the drug “Thunder”, an infusion of pepper and vinegar.
Note. When controlling tomato pests, it is better to use natural remedies.
This is how environmentally friendly, healthy products are obtained.
Tomato Pink Furry Boa
Mid-season variety of American selection.
Designed for growing in film greenhouses. Productivity is average. Resistance to diseases and pests is high. The variety is heat-loving.
The plant is indeterminate, powerful, tall (about 1.7 m in height), weakly leafy. The bush needs staking and pinching; it is better to form two or three stems.
The fruits are round in shape, weighing 120-150 g, slightly pubescent, pink in color with yellow-green stripes and strokes. The skin is thick, the flesh is dense, juicy, excellent taste with sourness, with a pleasant fruity aroma.
The fruits lie well and are easily transported. The purpose is universal - suitable for fresh consumption and whole-fruit canning.
