Lovers of tasty and unusual tomatoes will surely like the variety "Pink Stella".
Graceful pepper tomatoes are good for salads or canning, they are very fond of children.
Compact bushes will not take up much space in the garden and will not require the construction of greenhouses.
Breeding history
The tomato variety Pink Stella was bred by Russian breeders, zoned for areas with warm and temperate climates.
It is recommended for cultivation in an open ground and film shelters. The yield is good, the collected fruits are stored for a long time, transportation is possible.
Pink Stella Tomato: variety description
This is a high-yielding medium early variety.
Bush determinant, compact, with a moderate formation of green mass. The height of the bush does not exceed 50 cm. The fruits ripen with brushes of 6-7 pieces. The first tomatoes can be collected in the middle of summer.
Advantages and disadvantages
The main advantages of the variety include:
- beautiful and tasty fruits;
- good yield;
- compact bush saves space in the garden;
- tolerance to adverse weather conditions;
- The collected tomatoes are well kept.
Deficiencies in the variety Pink Stella not seen.
Characteristics of the Pink Stella tomato fruit:
- Fruits of medium size, weighing up to 200 g
- The form is very beautiful, oblong-percyoid, with a rounded tip and a slightly pronounced ribbing at the stem.
- Color saturated, monophonic, crimson-pink.
- The thin, but rather dense peel protects fruits from cracking.
- The flesh is juicy, fleshy, low seed, sugary on the fault.
- The taste is very pleasant, sweet with light fruit notes, without excess acid.
- A high percentage of sugar makes the fruit suitable for baby food.
Fruits are salad, they are delicious fresh, suitable for cooking soups, sauces, mashed potatoes. Ripe fruit makes a delicious juice, which you can drink freshly squeezed or canned.
A photo
Next you can see the fruits of the tomato variety "Pink Stella" in the photo:
Features of growing
Seeds are sown on seedlings in the second half of March. Processing seed is not required, if desired, the seeds can be for 10-12 hours to fill growth factor.
The soil is composed of a mixture of garden soil with humus and a small portion of washed river sand. Seeds are sown with a depth of 2 cm, lightly sprinkled with peat, sprayed with water, covered with a film. For germination need a temperature of about 25 degrees.
After unfolding the first pair of these leaves, the seedlings swoop down into separate pots and feed them with complex liquid fertilizer. 30 days after sowing, young tomatoes need to be hardened, this will prepare them for life in the open field. Seedlings carried out into the open air, first for several hours, and then for the whole day.
Transplantation into the ground begins in the second half of May and early June. The earth must be completely warm. Before planting, the soil is mixed with humus, per 1 sq. M.m can accommodate 4-5 plants. Water them as the topsoil dries. It is not necessary to form a shrub, but the lower leaves can be removed for better ventilation and stimulate the formation of ovaries.
Tomatoes are sensitive to dressing. Recommended mineral complex fertilizers, they can be alternated with organic: bred mullein or bird droppings. During the summer, the plants are fed at least 4 times.
Pests and diseases
The variety is sufficiently resistant to the main diseases of the nightshade, but for greater security, it is necessary to carry out preventive measures.
Before planting, the soil is spilled with a solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulphate.
Frequent loosening of the soil with moderate watering saves from gray or measles rot.
Having found the first signs of late blight, it is necessary to destroy the affected parts of plants, and then treat the plants with copper preparations.
Industrial insecticides will help to get rid of thrips, whitefly or spider mites. Processing of plantings is carried out 2-3 times with an interval of 3 days, until the complete disappearance of pests.
You can destroy the aphids with a warm solution of household soap, and the ammonia is helping from bare slugs.
"Pink Stella" - a great variety for beginner gardeners. The plant quietly tolerates errors in agricultural technology, pleases with good yield and feels great in the open field.
