Anyone who loves experimenting with unusual tomato varieties will love the Emerald Apple. Its main advantage is amazingly beautiful fruits, distinguished by delicious taste and high content of healthy substances.
In more detail about these amazing tomatoes, we will tell you in this article. Here you will find a complete description of the variety, be able to get acquainted with its characteristics and study the characteristics of cultivation.
Tomato "Emerald Apple": description of the variety
Tomatoes "Emerald Apple" - medium-early high-yielding variety. Indeterminate bush, reaches 1.5 m in height. The plant is powerful, well leafy, in need of formation. Fruits are collected in brushes of 3-7 pieces. Up to 10 kg of tomatoes can be obtained from an adult bush. Harvesting is carried out in July-September.
Tomatoes are large, multi-chamber, weighing 250-300 g. The shape is flat-rounded, slightly ribbed. The color of ripe tomatoes is very unusual, rich green with a lemon or bronze shade. Delicious taste, very pleasant, sweet with a slight sourness, rich, not watery. The flesh is juicy, dense, emerald green. The high content of sugars and beneficial amino acids makes it possible to recommend tomatoes for baby and dietary foods.
The variety of the Russian selection is intended for cultivation in an open ground and film greenhouses. Harvest well stored, transportation is possible.
Specifications
Tomatoes are universal, they are suitable for fresh consumption, cooking salads, snacks, side dishes. Fruits are tasty in pickled and salted form, they can be included in the mix with red, pink or yellow tomatoes. The fruit is an unusual and very useful juice of a greenish-lemon color.
Among the main advantages of the variety:
- original appearance of the fruit;
- tasty and juicy tomatoes are well kept;
- high yield;
- resistance to major diseases.
Among the complexities of the variety is the need to form a bush and the demands of the plants on the nutritional value of the soil.
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Here is what this variety of tomatoes looks like:
Features of growing
Seedlings are sown in seedlings in the second half of March or early April. The grade prefers light, nutritious soils with neutral acidity. The perfect mixture: turf land with humus in equal proportions. You can add a little vermiculite or washed river sand. Seeds before sowing are soaked in a growth stimulator for 10-12 hours.
Sowing is carried out with a depth of 1.5 cm. After sowing the soil is sprayed with water from a spray bottle, the container is covered with a film and placed in heat. After the sprouts appear, seedlings are exposed to bright light. In cloudy weather, seedlings are illuminated with powerful electric lamps. The temperature in the room should not fall below 16 degrees.
After the appearance of 2-3 leaves of these seedlings dive into separate pots. Immediately after picking, the seedlings are recommended to be fed with a full complex fertilizer. In the ground or under the film seedlings are moved when the soil is fully warmed. Depending on the region, the transfer is carried out in late May-early June. Landings do not thicken. The distance between the plants - 50 cm, at least 60 cm between rows.
In the first days of planting cover the film, then it can be removed. Watering is not too frequent, but plentiful, only warm water is used. In between watering the top layer of soil should dry out. Immediately after planting, the plant is tied to a support. It is recommended to remove the lower leaves and side shoots, forming a plant in 1 or 2 stems. Landing is quickly overgrown without a pasynkovka and they begin to resemble a jungle.
Pests and Diseases: Control and Prevention
Tomatoes varieties "Emerald Apple" is not subject to the main diseases of the nightshade. However, preventive measures are mandatory for him, they will help to maintain planting and improve yields. Before sowing seeds, the soil is heated in the oven, the ground in the greenhouse must be shed with a hot solution of potassium permanganate. Periodic spraying with copper-containing preparations helps against late blight, from phytosporin or another non-toxic bio-preparation from rot and fungus.
You can fight insects with pests by spraying planting with insecticides or infusions of herbs: celandine, chamomile, yarrow. From the naked slugs helps an aqueous solution of ammonia. Detected insects are collected and destroyed.
Emerald Apple varieties are an excellent choice for those who want to add a touch of exotic to the garden. Original and very tasty fruits will be a reward for taking care of plants, seeds for subsequent crops can be collected independently.
Tips for tying, feeding and protecting tomatoes from the disease on the video:
