Tomato Charada: description and characteristics of the variety, yield with photo

Tomato Charada - a pickling variety belonging to one of the best examples of German selection, tolerates the climatic conditions of the northern regions well. Suitable for cultivation in open ground beds and for all types of greenhouses. Seed material is produced in St. Petersburg.

About variety

Features:

• Ripening period - super early, less than 100 days pass from germination to the first harvest.
• For the bushes of the Charada variety, determinant growth is characteristic, they do not exceed 1 m.
• On average, the bushes are 60-70 cm high, stable under the weight of the crop, do not need support and tying, it is not necessary to pinch the bushes of this variety.
• The leaves are very small, indicating a high drought tolerance of plants.
• The variety is disease resistant.

Given by the originator, the description of the fruit indicates that they are plum-ovate, weighing 80-95 g, smooth, red, very dense, with a lot of pulp, more than 7 kg of fruit per square meter. The skin is thin, dense. Tomatoes have few seeds, only 2 or 3 seed chambers. The fruits are suitable for all types of whole-fruit canning, including those in the state of milky-wax maturity. In late autumn they ripen well without loss of taste.

How to grow a Charade tomato with your own hands?

Very early tomato allows you to apply growing technologies both through seedlings and in seedlingless culture. Sowing seeds for seedlings with subsequent planting in open ground is carried out in the second half of March. If you plan to plant in a film greenhouse, you can sow 1-2 decades earlier. Seedlings dive at the age of one or two true leaves according to the scheme 8x8 or 10x10 cm. During the period of seedling growth, it is fed 2-3 times with humic fertilizers. Planting seedlings in open ground is carried out in late May or early June. With the threat of return frosts, it is advisable to cover the bed with tomatoes with low-density covering material.

To obtain a seedless culture, sowing is carried out in late April - early May in rows according to the 30x15 scheme. If the weather is cold, crops should be covered with plastic wrap. When the plants reach the age of 2-3 true leaves, thin out to achieve a pattern of 30x30 cm, removing the plants after one.The value of a seedless crop is that the plants form a deep tap root, getting more moisture and nutrients from the deep layers of the soil.

Important! Tomatoes in a seedless culture should not be transplanted.

Determinant tomato variety Charada is responsive to loosening and light hilling of bushes. As the plants mature, the soil is mulched with straw, sawdust, mowed lawn grass. Before watering and subsequent loosening, the tomato is fertilized with complex mineral fertilizers. At the beginning of the growing season, high doses of nitrogen are given, in the middle of the growing season, the proportion of phosphorus in the fertilizer is increased, and at the beginning of ripening, the proportion of potassium increases by 2-2.5 times. In addition to mineral fertilizers, it is advisable to fertilize the tomato with chicken manure or mullein infusion. Watering is carried out 1 time every 5-7 days. Irrigation water should not be cold, otherwise the plants will be stressed.

Valuable characteristics of Charade tomato: friendly return of a very early harvest, resistance of plants to pests and diseases, high drought resistance, ability to tolerate cold snaps without reducing yields, excellent pickling qualities. The reviews of this tomato are positive, even in the northern regions.

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