Tomato Raspberry Sugar Plum: variety description and care with photo

Tomato lovers with a pronounced sweet taste should pay attention to the Raspberry Sugar Plum tomato.

This neat little "cream" has become famous among vegetable growers for its excellent behavior in whole canning, thanks to the following qualities:

elastic peel;
small size (up to 25 g) and an unusual plum-shaped fruit;
meaty pulp;
pronounced sweet-sugar taste;
rich crimson color;
small seed chambers.

Growing

The maximum yield of "Sugar Plum" is obtained in a greenhouse, up to 7-8 kg per 1 sq. m. In open ground, these tomatoes are also grown, although not with the same result. The variety belongs to early ripening. The first harvest can be obtained in 87-95 days.

Seedlings

Seedlings of "cream" are sown in mid-March. After the appearance of two or three true leaves, a pick is carried out. Seedlings are provided with good lighting, watering, top dressing. By mid-May, the sprouts reach 6-7 leaves and are ready for planting in the greenhouse. Seedlings are planted in open ground in early June. Hardening begins a week before disembarkation.

Shaping a bush

Growth type of "Sugar Plum" semi-determinant. The bushes stretch high, about 1.2 - 1.4 meters and require a garter to a strong base 2-3 times per season.According to reviews, Raspberry Sugar Plum tomatoes are best formed into 2-3 stalks. When pinching, one or two processes are left in stock.

After the main stem is completed, the stepchildren continue to grow and give out the ovary. The bush is compact and with a good garter, you can fit up to 8-9 roots per 1 sq. m.

Soil and top dressing

Like other early ripe tomatoes, this variety is very picky about soil composition and timely top dressing.

Important!

For more than two years in a row, you can not plant any nightshade in one place. The soil is depleted and diseases and pests of this plant family start. It is better to plant tomatoes after carrots, cucumbers, zucchini, parsley. Before planting, organic fertilizers are introduced into the soil: peat, humus, compost.

Feeding

After planting in the ground, after 2 weeks, the first top dressing is done for root dressing with superphosphate and ammonium nitrate. During the formation of the ovary, ammonium nitrate and potassium sulfate are introduced. You can replace mineral supplements with organic ones - a solution of bird droppings or mullein.

Flowering is stimulated by spraying with preparations "Tomaton", "Ovary" or a solution of boric acid. Tomatoes respond well to mulching with peat after planting and top dressing.

Irrigation

Early ripe tomatoes are more dependent on watering than other varieties. Especially during the pouring of tomatoes, watering is needed systematic and plentiful every 4-6 days. To avoid cracking fruits, do not allow abundant watering after strong drying.

Pests and diseases

"Sugar Plum" is prone to major tomato diseases. Therefore, they carry out all preventive measures against pests, fungi and diseases.

Conclusion

In mid-July, the first "Sugar Plums" begin to ripen. The tomato turns out dense, elastic, saturated raspberry color. It tolerates transportation well and keeps well. According to reviews, Raspberry Sugar Plum tomatoes are very sweet and tasty, do not crack from a hot marinade, but are slightly dry for a salad.