Tomatoes - one of the most popular garden crops. They can be found in almost every garden. During the existence of this vegetable, many varieties have been bred that have different characteristics and are suitable for completely different conditions.
Tomato "Pepper": description and varieties
Tomato "Pepper" treats those grades whose description causes associations with other vegetables. This hybrid variety is really very similar to pepper. Fruits in length can reach 15 cm. They are very fleshy, they practically do not contain seeds. The consistency of flesh is crumbly, the taste is sweetish.
This type of tomato belongs to plum-shaped, mid-season varieties. On each brush, an average of 7-8 fruits is formed, the weight of each varies from 50 to 80 g. The Pertomid tomato is low or can reach 1.5 m in height, and the yield per square meter is about 9 kg.
Did you know? Maturing term "pepper" tomatoes - 115 days.
Breeders do not get tired of experimenting with tomatoes, constantly bringing out new varieties and changing existing ones. Depending on the variety, the "Pertsevidny" tomato may have a different color of fruits, their color may be red, orange or yellow.
What conditions does a tomato need for successful growth?
For "Pertsevidnogo" tomato suitable non-acidic soils, beds, where previously there was ash or compost carried. If there is no such place on your site, then the soil will need to be additionally prepared.
Important! When planting tomato, avoid places where potatoes used to grow.
How to plant a pepper tomato
Tomato "Pertsevidny", like any other variety, is first grown in seedlings and only then planted in open ground.
Preparation of soil and seeds for seedlings
Since the tomato belongs to the hybrid varieties, the seeds you have to buy exclusively in the store.
This has its advantages: the purchased seeds do not need to be additionally prepared, they already have good germination.
As for the soil, then for the best result it is desirable to prepare a nutritious soil. To do this you will need (based on one bucket of garden soil):
- 1 bucket of decomposed humus;
- 1 l Bank of half-sawdust;
- 0.5 liter sand can;
- 1 tbsp. l double granular superphosphate;
- 3 tbsp. l wood ash.
How to sow tomato seeds
Before sowing the "Pepper" tomato, it is necessary to make sure that the correct temperature conditions are observed in the room. For tomato it is +25 degrees. Seeds are sown to a depth of not more than one centimeter.
When and how to pick a tomato
Picks in separate containers is carried out with the appearance of two leaves. Transfer Tomato "Pertsevidnogo" in open ground is produced throughout May. For a comfortable growth of one square meter should be planted no more than four seedlings.
How to get a rich harvest of tomatoes, especially care
Tomato "Pertsevidny" not the most fastidious plant, planting and caring for this plant under the power of a gardener of any level. To collect the maximum yield, you must follow simple, but at the same time very important recommendations. Caring for tomatoes is reduced to the proper watering and pasynkovanyu.
Tomato "Pertsevidny": how to water and fertilize a plant
Tomato yield is directly dependent on the quality of watering. Tomato "Pertsevidny" requires the same watering, regardless of whether you grow yellow variety or red. Low-growing varieties require watering four times per season:
- Immediately after disembarking;
- 20 days after disembarkation;
- After flowering;
- At the end of June.
Tall varieties of tomatoes should be watered a little more often, and if the weather is too dry, then watering is required every three days. For the best digestion of water by tomatoes, you need to dig a small trench along the garden bed with plants and pour water there.Important! Do not use cold water! Infused water is best suited, using tap water or dialed from a well is not recommended.
After the tomato "Pertsevidny" let down lateral roots (not earlier than a month after disembarkation), it can be fertilized with manure or chicken manure. During flowering tomatoes must be fertilized with ashes.
If your plants are too dry, then nitrogen fertilizers will help them. If, on the contrary, they gain mass too quickly, then they need phosphate fertilizers.
Masking a "Pepper-shaped" tomato, how to shape a bush
Tomato "Pertsevidny" in the open field requires careful maintenance and certain manipulations, typical of most other species. Plays an important role in this timely removal of stepsons.
Did you know? The side branches are called pasynkas, which take nutrients and water from tomatoes.
Remove stepchildren must be on time, until they become longer than 5 cm. If you do this later, the plant will get a lot of stress, after which a wound can form and your tomato will wither.
Sunny weather is best for removing the stepsons; wounds at this time will heal much faster.
Important! If the stepsons are not removed and let them grow, then the tomato will not bear fruit.
Also need to trim new leaves that appear with the first color. They also take water and nutrients, which negatively affects the yield.
Pepper Tomato: Pros and Cons of Varieties
Each variety has its own advantages and disadvantages. Hybrid varieties have several advantages that make them preferable to traditional varieties.
Did you know? Tomato "Pertsevidny" orange is valued by gardeners not only because of the taste of the fruit, but also because of its bright color, which is considered quite rare among tomatoes.
They have good yields, fruits ripen evenly, they are all the same size.
In addition, these varieties, which include the tomato "Pertsevidny", very resistant to diseases and pests, which greatly facilitates the care of them.
The traditional disadvantage is the price of seeds, which is an order of magnitude higher than that of ordinary varieties. In addition, these seeds can not be obtained in the future, you have to buy them every year.
Tomato "Pertsevidny" has undersized varieties, and its maximum height can reach 1.5 meters.
Harvesting "Pepper" Tomatoes
The tomato ripens in 110-115 days after planting. The first fruits appear already in early July, and it ends up bearing fruit in mid-September. Harvesting by the method is no different from the harvest of other varieties.
Collected fruits can be consumed fresh, but also they are great for harvesting conservation.
Tomato "Pertsevidny" is an excellent representative of garden vegetables, its characteristics and descriptions annually encourage gardeners to experiment by buying this species for their site.
