For novice gardeners and experienced farmers the question is always relevant: what seedlings to choose for planting?
For those who want to quickly collect tasty ripe tomatoes, while spending a minimum of effort, there is a wonderful early hybridhe has a romantic name Earthly Love.
Despite the simplicity in the care and cultivation, this type of tomato has one small minus - its not the highest yield.
More about him, we will tell in our article.
Basic data
It is a determinant, standard plant. Tomato of medium size 120-130 cm, in the southern regions and in the greenhouse it can reach 150 cm. In terms of ripening, it belongs to the early varieties, it is necessary to wait 90-105 days from transplanting to gathering ripe fruits.
"Earthly love" is a tomato adapted for growing both in open beds and in greenhouse shelters. Plant strong. It has good resistance to cracking of fruits, to many other diseases and pests. Farmers appreciate the beautiful appearance of the fruit. The yield for sale is about 95%.
Fruitthat have reached varietal maturity, have a red or burgundy color, in shape they are round, smooth, without green base. The pulp is homogeneous, sugary, the taste is pleasant sweetish.
In size rather large 200-230 grams., all the same size, which greatly increases the value of the product and popularity among producers of vegetables.
The number of chambers 5-6, the dry matter content of about 5%. The crop can be stored for a long time in a cool place and remarkably tolerates transportation.
Country of breeding and where it is better to grow?
Tomato variety "Earthly love" or "Earthly love", was successfully bred by Russian experts. State registration as a variety recommended for outdoor and greenhouse shelters, received in 2009. Since that time, it has become popular with high greenhouse owners and farmers due to its excellent marketable qualities.
For a stable high yield, these tomatoes better cultivate in warm regions, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Voronezh, Crimea and the Caucasus are optimally suited.
Under film greenhouses, it bears excellent fruits in the areas of the middle belt, the Southern Urals, the Perm Territory and the Far East. In Siberia a normal crop can be obtained exclusively in greenhouses.
Way to use
The fruits of this hybrid are very beautiful, they will look great in complex pickling. But most often they are consumed fresh in salads and first courses. Juices and pastes from tomatoes "Earthly Love" are obtained not only very tasty, but also useful, thanks to the high content of vitamins and sugars.
Yield
Even with careful care from one bush you can get up to 6 kg of fruit. With a recommended density yield of 23-26 kg / m². The result is pretty good, especially for a medium sized plant.
Features grade
Among the peculiarities of the variety, tomatoes "Earthly Love", especially highlight its early maturity.Among other features, pay attention to good temperature toleranceas well as tolerance for lack of moisture.
Among the main positive qualities of this type of tomato note:
- early ripeness;
- friendly ovary and ripening;
- fruits do not crack;
- immunity to diseases;
- use in salting and conservation;
- excellent product quality;
- unpretentiousness to watering.
Among the minuses noted:
- needs backup;
- fragility of the stem;
- capriciousness to fertilizer at the growth stage.
Growing tips
This kind of tomato has a long stem and its trunk needs a garter, and branches in reliable props. It is not necessary to pinch in the open ground, but here it must be remembered that this will significantly increase the ripening period.
Diseases and pests
Sort tomato "Earthly love", possesses very good resistant to many diseasestherefore, if you follow all the measures of care and prevention, the disease will not affect you.Observance of light and thermal conditions, regular airing of greenhouses - these are the main measures for the care of such plants.
But nevertheless one should beware of fomoz, the drug “Chom” is struggling with this disease, while affected fruit must be removed. Sometimes a plant may be subject to black bacterial blotch.
To get rid of this disease use the drug "Fitolavin". It may also be affected by the apical rot of the fruit. In this disease, the plant is treated with a solution of calcium nitrate and reduce soil moisture.
With little effort, you can get a very good result, this is just about this hybrid variety. Caring for him is not a big deal.Even an inexperienced gardener can handle it. Good luck in the new season.
