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

Richie is a tomato that is suitable for both small home gardens and large farmers who grow tomatoes for sale. This high-yielding, early-maturing hybrid can be grown in beds in areas where not all varieties are suitable. The seeds of this tomato are in great demand in the central regions of the country.

Description and characteristics of the variety

Tomato Richie F1 is a selection product of scientists from the Netherlands. When breeding a tomato, breeders tried to get as a result a vegetable crop that could grow in open ground in regions with a short summer season and had early fruit ripening.

Description of the variety should begin with the general characteristics of the plant. This hybrid belongs to the determinant standard type. The bushes are low, medium foliage.

Shoots are low, erect, up to 0.8 m high. Richie F1 belongs to early ripe varieties - no more than 3 months pass from planting seedlings to ripening tomatoes.

While growing recommendations state that Ritchie's tomatoes should be grown under cover, they also grow well in open beds. Some lovers grow this hybrid on the balcony. The variety is resistant to all fungal diseases. Hybrids of the same name are also on sale.

Fruit characteristics: mature tomatoes of this variety have a rounded shape, rather thick skin of bright red color. The mass of one tomato is about 130 - 140 g, the number of chambers is about 3, dry matter is contained in fruits no more than 5%.Ripe tomatoes are not prone to cracking, tolerate long-distance transportation well, and can be stored for a long time after picking in a cool place.

In greenhouses, up to 1.5 kg of ripe fruits are harvested from one bush per season, and up to 7 Richie bushes are planted per 1 m^{2, therefore, up to 10 are harvested per square meter - 12 kg. Outdoor yields are somewhat lower. Ripe fruits are consumed fresh, used for canning as a whole, prepared lecho and mashed potatoes, very tasty juice.}

History of Breeding

The history of Richie's tomato begins in 2000, when Dutch breeders began to develop a new variety. In 2010, after testing, Ritchie was officially registered in the Netherlands as a film early hybrid.

Over the past years, tomatoes of this variety have taken root in many regions of our country. In the central regions, Richie grows well and bears fruit in the open field, in more northern regions it is grown under film or in greenhouses.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The advantages and disadvantages of the variety are best told by the reviews of vegetable growers who have been growing Richie F1 for more than a season. Experts consider the main advantages:

• early harvest;
• opportunity to grow tomatoes in the central and more northern regions of Russia;
• versatility of the use of ripe fruits;
• high resistance of tomatoes to fungal diseases;
• possibility of long-term storage of the crop;
• good fruit transportability;
• possibility of growing even on the balcony.

The negative features of Richie's tomato include average yields, moodiness in care: the bushes negatively "respond" to the lack of watering and fertilizing, react to fluctuations in environmental temperature.

Growing Tips

Despite the fact that the shoots are not too high, they need to be tied up, and props should be placed under the stems with fruits. In open ground and in greenhouses, bushes can be formed into 3 - 4 stems, and when grown on a balcony - no more than two.

This hybrid is picky about the watering regime and the amount of sunlight during growth and fruiting. Plants should be fed regularly.

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