Small-fruited tomatoes can be grown not only in the beds and in greenhouses. There are varieties created for home breeding. A striking example is the “Room Surprise”. These tomatoes feel great in pots and suitable for decorating verandas, balconies and window sills.
The variety of tomato “Room surprise” is bred by Russian breeders, intended for cultivation in pots or open ground.
Basic data
Tomato "Room Surprise", description: superearly high-yielding variety. Bush determinant, shtambovogo type. Height of an adult plant - about 50 cm. The formation of green mass is moderate, the leaf is medium in size, dark green, simple.
Fruits are small, weighing about 25 g. The shape is flat, rounded plum-shaped. The shiny, dense skin protects the fruit from cracking. The flesh is juicy, moderately dense, with a small amount of seeds. Color is saturated red, monophonic, without green spots at the stem. Taste nice sweet slightly sour.
Productivity is good From 1 bush you can get up to 2.5 kg. selected tomatoes. Harvested fruits are stored well, tomatoes, picked green, quickly ripen at room temperature.
Fruits belong to the salad, they can be eaten fresh, used to decorate dishes. Perhaps whole-fruit canning.
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Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main merits of a grade:
- very beautiful, even, small fruits;
- compact bushes, suitable for greenhouses, vases, open beds;
- plant does not need to form;
- resistance to major diseases;
- good yield.
The features include sensitivity to soil nutrition, the need for careful watering and frequent fertilizing.
Growing tips
Cultivation of tomato "Room Surprise" can be produced seedling or seedless. Second suitable for planting in vasesThe former is more commonly used for plants that will be moved to greenhouses, greenhouses, or open beds.
Plants are sensitive to soil quality. Ideal - a mixture of garden soil with humus or peat. For greater nutritional value, wood ash or a mixture of superphosphate with potassium sulfate can be added.
With seedless seed Planted in a pot with a depth of 2 cm, sprayed with water and covered with foil until germs appear. In one container you can put 2 or 3 seeds. After the appearance of the first true leaflets the plants are swooping down, excess sprouts are transplanted into separate containers.
In the seedling method, containers are used for sowing seeds, after germination young plants are swooping in small pots. For successful growth tomatoes need a bright light and moderate watering warm water. If the shoots look stunted, after picking, they are fed with nitrogen-containing fertilizer.
60 days after sowing, seedlings can be moved to the beds or in the greenhouse. Soil is fertilized before transplanting. humus and carefully loosened.Plants are watered with warm water and fed every 2 weeks with a full complex fertilizer.
Diseases and pests
The variety is fairly resistant to diseases. is he almost not affected by late blight, insensitive to fusarium, verticillus, tobacco mosaic. However, if the irrigation schedule is not adhered to, the plants may be threatened by gray, root or vertex rot.
In preventive measures need loosen the soil at least 2 times a week, timely remove weeds. Before planting, the ground can be shed with a hot solution of potassium permanganate. Young plants are useful to spray phytosporin or other non-toxic bio-drug with a pronounced antifungal effect.
At home plants often affects aphid, thrips, spider mite, whitefly. The appearance of insects contributes to heat, dry air, the neighborhood of other plants that attract pests. For prophylactic purposes, tomatoes are sprayed with a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate.
If the insects have already attacked the bushes, industrial insecticides will help. Processing is carried out 2-3 times with an interval of several days.
"Room Surprise" - great variety for those who make the first steps in the field of truck farming. Despite the compactness and small size of the fruit, the plants will enjoy a good harvest. Too careful care is not requiredIt is important to observe the basic agrotechnical rules.
