Tomato Grapefruit: characteristics and description of the variety with a photo

Bicolor large-fruited varieties of tomatoes - bicolors - are gaining great popularity among gardeners. One of them is a new grapefruit variety. Its giant yellow fruits with a raspberry top are amazing in taste and very he althy. They accumulate large amounts of lycopene and carotenoids at the same time.

About variety

Tomato bushes Grapefruit are tall, indeterminate. Recommended for year-round cultivation in greenhouses. According to the experience of growing indoors, the plants showed themselves from 1.5 to 2.5 m in height.

The fruits of this variety are tied with brushes of 3-5 pieces.In total, from a bush you can collect from 3 to 15 fruits. The description of experienced gardeners indicates that medium-sized fruits are formed on the first brush, and the largest ones on the second and third. Fruits that receive more sunlight have a more pronounced crimson zone in color.

Reviews indicate that the largest fruit was grown in a greenhouse and had a mass of 1.2 kg.

On average, Grapefruit tomatoes are from 360 to 550 g. Fruits on the cut are interesting, their flesh is marble: yellow with raspberry patches, there are few seeds, slices in a salad look very unusual and beautiful. The characteristic given by the experts convinces to grow the Pink Grapefruit tomato in the greenhouse every year.

Grapefruit in the open field

Gardeners who planted Grapefruit in the open field are very pleased with this variety and indicate a strong growth of bushes, in the beds they can be grown in two stems or more.

Reviews

This year I planted this variety for the first time and immediately in open ground. The fruits were not very large - from 200 to 300 g, but a lot. Seeds for seedlings were sown in early March. The seedling was strong, the leaves are dark green, potato type. Every two weeks I gave top dressing with Humiful.

Landing on the garden was carried out on May 24th. The bed is 90 cm wide, the planting pattern is in two rows, 0.5 m between the rows and plants. The bed for tomatoes has been prepared since autumn. The top layer of soil was removed, large plant wastes were placed at a depth of 30 cm: the tops of tomatoes, peppers, corn, and marigolds. A preparation with effective microorganisms was added on top of the waste, watered well, covered with removed soil and humus.

Stepchildren were cut with scissors at the moment when they were 2.0-2.5 cm. Grapefruit tomato is responsive to organic watering.Fresh mullein was defended for one week, 2 kg per 10 liters of water. A week later, the infusion was diluted another 5 times and each bush was watered with it - about 5 liters each. Such top dressing was carried out three times during the growing season.

Review of the summer resident

I've been growing tall varieties of tomatoes for many years and this is one of the most productive! I had a Grapefruit tomato on an individual support, stakes were installed to each bush. In general, you may need two or three for each individual stem. If the bushes are formed into one stem, then you can arrange for them a common strong trellis of metal bars for both rows in the garden. Plants in this case should be planted in a checkerboard pattern.

Between the rods, plants can be tied up using twine. If you use a trellis with only one top bar, then such powerful varieties, like Grapefruit, will crack. Horizontal rods are needed to tie the brushes with the harvest.If a very large fetus is formed, then you need to tie it to the bar as soon as possible in a place that excludes a break in the brush.

Try growing Grapefruit tomato and surprise your family and friends with unusual delicious fruits!

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