Tomato Tourmaline: characteristics and description of the variety, its yield with a photo

Tomato Tourmaline pink color with raspberry tint. Taste qualities with pronounced sweetness. It has beneficial properties for the body. Such fruits accumulate a lot of sugars, macro and microelements, in particular selenium, which prevents aging.

Tomato description

This variety has a medium early fruiting period. It has excellent taste qualities. The plant is undersized, no more than 70 cm high. Well suited for cultivation in film greenhouses and open beds.

In mid-March, early April, seeds are planted for seedlings. Picking is done after the formation of the first pair of true leaves. Seedlings are grown for about 35 days.

From the second decade of May and early June, depending on climatic conditions, seedlings are planted in open soil. On the beds, tomatoes of the Tourmaline variety are grown without shaping (stepping), and in greenhouses, the formation is carried out in one stem with the laying of the first inflorescence after 6 leaves. The next inflorescences form through 2 leaves.

Fruit characteristics

The fruits of this variety are pink (crimson) in color. The shape of the fruit is round. The surface of the skin is smooth. Weight about 170g, but some specimens can grow up to 220g.

Given their excellent taste, they are suitable for freshly prepared salads, as well as for tomato products (juices, fruit drinks, purees, etc.).

The variety is distinguished by increased fruiting. Subject to agricultural technology, the yield of one bush is up to 5 kg of tomatoes. It is quite resistant to fruit cracking and is not susceptible to the main nightshade crop diseases.

Tomatoes are very sensitive to heat. Favorable temperature regime for germination of seed, plant development and fruit growing is 20-25°C. When the temperature drops below 15°C, flowering and ovary formation stop, and if the temperature drops below 10°C, their vegetation stops. Plants die at 1-3°C, and if the temperature is above 35°C, pollination stops.

Pay attention! Sufficiently warmed sandy loamy soils with an acidity of pH 6-6.5 are suitable for the agricultural technology of these tomatoes.

It is strictly forbidden to cultivate tomatoes after potatoes and other nightshades, including after tomato, to prevent the occurrence of diseases.

Reviews

Gardeners speak positively about the Tourmaline variety.

Vasily, Nizhny Novgorod: “Tourmaline prepared the ground for the tomato in autumn. I added compost, ground eggshells and some wood ash to the soil. Seedlings were planted in warm soil in the last days of May. Got he althy plants and a good harvest.”

Anna, Belgorod region: “On the advice of a dacha neighbor, I bought tourmaline tomato seeds. Sowed in mid-March, carried out a pick in three stages and received excellent seedlings. In early May, she landed in a film greenhouse, deepening the plants to the first sheets. Timely carried out the removal of unnecessary shoots, forming two stems. Feed with combined fertilizers. The yield was 4-4.5 kg of fruit weighing up to 180 g.”

Varvara, Kursk region: “Last year I bought raspberry-colored tomatoes (the seller explained that this was a Tourmaline variety).Part of the family and I ate fresh, and the rest was canned for the winter. We are happy with these tomatoes. Next year I will definitely plant tomatoes of this variety on the plot.”

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