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

Gardeners are actively growing spherical raspberry tomatoes. Tomato Purple candle attracts with an unusual shape of the fruit. In the garden, the plant looks elegant. Sugar taste, juiciness attract hardworking summer residents.

Why is it necessary to plant?

Breeders of the Aelita agricultural complex offer to grow the Purple Candle in open ground. In the Middle lane, the maximum yield is obtained when grown in film greenhouses.

Characteristic features of the variety:

• indeterminate tomato (in open ground height up to 1.7 m);
• early ripening period (from loops to tasting 105 days);
• not prone to growing green mass;
• leaf bright green, medium-sized;
• forms 5-6 clusters per stem;
• the first brush is formed over the 7th sheet;
• up to 12 fruits in a brush.

Purple candle overloads itself with fruits: a garter to a support is required. To get aligned tomatoes, it is recommended to form a bush into one or two stems.

Competent agricultural technology allows you to get about 8.5 kg / sq. m. Disease resistance is still being studied.

What do berries look like?

Tall bushes hung with oblong raspberry tomatoes. The beds look decorative: they serve as a garden decoration.

Description of tomatoes:

• thick skin;
• weight up to 110 g;
• dessert, sugar flavor;
• 4 small seed chambers;
• juicy pulp;
• elongated shape with a "drop" at the bottom;
• size - 12-15 cm;
• diameter up to 4 cm;
• bright crimson color;
• matte, smooth to the touch.

Purple Candle Tomato is ideal for making assorted canned whole fruits. The peel does not allow the pulp to spread. Gardeners noted the sweetish taste of juice and pasta. Substandard tomatoes are used to make winter salads.

Harvested unripe fruits ripen quickly in a warm place. During transportation, marketability is preserved.

Secrets of a good harvest

Gardeners know: the yield of the Purple Candle tomato directly depends on the exact observance of the growing rules. Agronomist tips:

• it takes 2 months to prepare seedlings for planting on ridges;
• seeds should be sown March 15-20;
• the field of regrowth of a real leaf of a plant should be cut deep to the cotyledons;
• should spray the bushes with an anti-stress drug;
• required to fertilize seedlings;
• necessary to harden, ventilate tomatoes;
• planted in open ground in early June;
• place in greenhouses after return of cold weather;
• apply nitrogen to the soil once (in autumn);
• fill with mineral complexes before planting the ridge;
• place 3-4 plants per square;
• required to feed with nitrogen (once);
• after planting the plants should be shaded for 3-4 days;
• requires shaping, garter and pinching;
• water in the morning (water should not fall on the leaves and stems);
• mulch the soil with straw, rotten sawdust, non-woven fabric.

Purple candle is responsive to calcium nitrate at planting. It should be poured into the hole (under each bush) a tablespoon. Top with a layer of soil. This will strengthen the plant, accelerate the growth and ripening of fruits.

Opinion of gardeners

Gardeners give positive feedback on the yield of Purple Candle tomato. They noticed: to get 8.5 kg / sq. m. of sugar tomatoes, it is required to form a plant in 1-2 stems, regularly remove stepchildren. Lightening the plant to a ripening brush accelerates the ripening of tomatoes.

Summer residents like transportability, keeping quality for 2 weeks. Attractive color and taste decorativeness of plants. The fruits are used in salads, canned whole.

The seed germination was positively assessed: almost 100%. Subject to the rules of cultivation, seedlings are not stretched.

One drawback was revealed: plants planted in open ground are difficult to cover when it gets cold.

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