- Authors: Gavrish S.F., Volok O.A., Dmitrieva A.S., Kapustina R.N., Gladkov D.S., Sedin A.A., Grushanin A.I., Korostelev A.A., Semenova A.N., Artemyeva G.M., Filimonova Yu.A., Redichkina T.A., Kalugin A.V.
- Year of approval: 2008
- Category: grade
- Growth type: determinant
- Appointment: fresh consumption, for pickling and canning, for whole-fruit canning
- Ripening period: early
- Ripening time, days: 105-110
- Growing conditions: for open ground, for film greenhouses
- Bush height, cm: up to 60
- Leaves: medium, green
Determinant tomato varieties are popular with many gardeners and gardeners. Among them, not the last place is occupied by the Alisa variety. Even beginners in gardening will find it useful and instructive to learn the details about this culture.
Breeding history
A whole team of breeders worked on the Alice variety. It makes no sense to list them all here - it is enough to say that there were 13 of them. The official admission to cultivation was given in 2008.
Description of the variety
Alice is an excellent multipurpose plant. It can be cultivated both in the open field and in greenhouses under a film. The height of the bushes does not exceed 0.6 m. The green foliage is of an average size. By cultivating this plant, an excellent high quality yield can be guaranteed.
The main qualities of the fruit
Light green color is typical for unripe fruits of Alice. As they chase, they blush. The mass of one tomato is 0.06-0.07 kg. Egg-shaped fruits develop on simple inflorescences. The articulated peduncle is characteristic.
Taste characteristics
Alice has excellent pulp density. It is juicy. The tasters also confirm the attractive sweetness of the culture. If the plant grew in open soil, then some acidity will be found. The consumer qualities of the fruits allow them to be used for:
- fresh consumption;
- canning;
- whole-fruit canning.
Ripening and fruiting
The variety belongs to the early category. You can wait 105-110 days to get the harvest under normal conditions. In favorable weather, it is possible to remove the fruits until the beginning of autumn.
Yield
For 1 sq. m may account for 4.2 kg of tomato. Since industrial cultivation is not practiced, no recalculation per hectare is necessary. It should be noted that in any case, such indicators are quite decent in comparison with the parameters of other varieties.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
It depends a lot on the specific area. In the southern regions and in the middle lane (with favorable weather), it is necessary to sow seeds for seedlings in March. To the north, you will have to wait for the beginning of April and carefully check the conformity of weather conditions. Accordingly, transplanting seedlings into the ground is carried out either in the first half of May, or in the last decade of May, or, in extreme cases, in the first days of June.
Growing tomato seedlings is an extremely important process, because it largely depends on whether the gardener will be able to harvest at all. All aspects must be taken into account, from seedbed preparation to planting in the ground.
Landing scheme
This variety has a recommendation - to plant according to the 50x40 cm scheme. If the distance is less, the plants will create a destructive shadow for each other. When grown in greenhouse, the bush is formed into 3-4 stems. Staggered seating is mainly practiced.
Growing and care
Verticillosis is not terrible for this culture. She also staunchly resists fusarium wilt. But it is impossible to be complacent about such a formidable enemy as late blight. Comprehensive preventive treatments are carried out rigorously. As the bushes develop, they knit on a support or stepchild.
Everyday care comes down to relatively simple procedures:
- regular watering;
- weeding;
- fertilization;
- loosening overly dense earth.
A plant needs different micronutrients at each stage of growth. All fertilizers can be divided into two groups: mineral and organic. Folk remedies are often used: iodine, yeast, bird droppings, eggshells.
It is important to observe the rate and period of feeding. This also applies to folk remedies and organic fertilizers.
Growing regions
The variety is approved for use in:
- The Leningrad region and other regions of the north-west of Russia;
- all localities east of the Urals, with the exception of the Far North;
- any areas of the Urals, except for its polar part;
- Volga region;
- the center of the European part of the Russian Federation;
- middle lane;
- North Caucasian regions and republics.
Review overview
Gardeners pay attention to:
- early ripening of the crop;
- the high height of the bushes (forcing them to be grown mainly in greenhouses);
- long fruiting period;
- visual beauty;
- no special problems with cultivation.
