- Category: grade
- Growth type: indeterminate
- Appointment: fresh consumption
- Ripening period: mid-season
- Ripening time, days: 111-115
- Growing conditions: for film greenhouses, for greenhouses
- Bush size: tall
- Bush height, cm: up to 150
- Yield: 8.0-10.0 kg / m2
- Fruit weight, g: up to 400
Pound rosemary was developed specifically for greenhouses. Differs in high productivity, resistance to many diseases. It is used in salads and for slicing, preparing juices and pasta, and it is also ideal for feeding children and people with cardiovascular diseases.
Breeding history
Foot rosemary appeared on the basis of the Research Institute of Selection of Vegetable Crops with the assistance of Agrofirma Gavrish LLC. It was entered into the state register in 2008.
Description of the variety
The bush is tall - up to 150 cm, the stems are powerful and with shortened internodes, the leaves are large, dark green. The indeterminate type of growth is characteristic. The variety begins to lay inflorescences after 10 leaves, then every 2. On 1 bush it grows up to 7-8 bunches, in each bunch there are 5-7 tomatoes. The plant is formed in 1 trunk, but it is also permissible in 2. The fewer the stems, the larger the harvest will be and the earlier it will ripen. The variety is used for film and conventional greenhouses.
The main qualities of the fruit
Fruits are large in size, weighing 400 grams, flat-round and with a characteristic ribbing on top, bright pink in color. The pulp is airy and juicy, the skin is thin, but rather strong. There are few seeds. Tomatoes are well transported, but they do not last long - 2 weeks.
Taste characteristics
Tomatoes are sweet, tender, with a barely noticeable sourness. According to reviews, tomatoes are unusually tasty, they contain 2 times more vitamin A than other varieties.
Ripening and fruiting
By the time of ripening, it is a mid-season variety. From planting to harvesting, it takes about 111-115 days, and the fruits are harvested in July-August.
Yield
With good agricultural technology, up to 4 kg are harvested from 1 bush. From a square meter - 8-10 kilograms and more.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
They are planted for seedlings in early spring, 55-60 days before transplanting to the site. They dive at the stage of the appearance of the first true leaf. They are transferred to the beds in early or mid-May, depending on the climate. The earth should warm up by 8-10 degrees. If the soil is not warm enough, you can wait another 2 weeks.
A tomato bed is prepared in the fall, it is cleaned of weeds and other crops, and spilled with copper sulfate. The composition of the soil should be neutral, light, loose and nutritious, with good drainage. In the spring, holes are made, 1 tbsp each is poured into them. l. ash, then the seedlings are placed, sprinkled with soil and watered with 1 liter of water. In warm climates, the culture is often placed on open beds, but at first it is covered with a film.
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
Recommended placement in a checkerboard pattern of 40x60 cm. For 1 sq. there should be no more than 3 seedlings per meter.
Growing and care
The variety must be tied to a support or trellis as it grows. Every week, stepchildren and leaves are removed before the first bunch, but you cannot remove more than 3 pieces at a time. Barren brushes, yellow shoots are cut off, at the end of summer they pinch the tops.
The plant needs additional help in pollination; for this, the bushes are regularly shaken during flowering. In the heat, the greenhouse must be ventilated. Watered with warm, settled water under the root, abundantly, but rarely. Then the soil is loosened and weeds are pulled out of it, mulched with straw, humus, hay.
They are fed with potassium-phosphorus fertilizers and organic matter no more than 2 times per season. With an excess of fertilizer, few ovaries and many leaves are formed. Without dressing, the fruits can crack. So that they do not crack, it will also be necessary to regulate the humidity of the air and soil. A month before the last harvest, all new flowers are removed.
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.
Disease and pest resistance
High resistance to cladosporium, tobacco mosaic, fusarium wilting, alternaria is declared. The variety has low resistance to late blight, therefore, for prevention, the leaves and the ground around the tomatoes are regularly sprinkled with wood ash, and treatment with Ordan also helps.
For the prevention of most diseases, seeds, soil, containers and tools for work must be disinfected in a solution of potassium permanganate. Plants can be protected from spider mites, aphids, Colorado potato beetles and other pests by spraying with a soapy solution made from ordinary laundry soap and water.
Growing regions
Northern, North-West, Volgo-Vyatka, Central, Central Black Earth, North Caucasian regions of the Russian Federation - all of them are suitable for cultivating the variety.Tomato suggests planting under cover, but in the south, you can place it in open beds.
Review overview
Gardeners do not find Pound Rosemary difficult to maintain, but tall bushes require mandatory garters and pruning. Some people call the variety "miracle tomato". He not only decorates the site, but also brings a tasty and large harvest. Tomatoes are noticed to taste like watermelon. There is a positive experience of planting on the territory of the Moscow region in the open field.
