Chedy lady tomato: characteristics and description of the variety with photos and videos

"Shady Lady" - a hybrid variety. Reviews of summer residents indicate that its fruits are juicy, sweet, saturated with vitamins. Tomatoes can easily tolerate a little heat or drought. The variety grows quickly and ripens early. The bush is low, with proper care and formation, the quality and quantity of fruits improves.

Characterizing features of the variety

Bred in the Netherlands, the tomato variety is undersized, determinant, early. It has a sweetish taste, dense skin protects from cracking. The bush has powerful wide leaves that contribute to the long-term preservation of moisture inside the plant.Plants of this variety reach a height of 60 - 70 cm. The fruits grow in the form of a bunch of 3 - 4 pieces. Tomato variety Shedy lady F1 can be grown in any area of Russia.

Fruit Description:

1. Fruits are rich red in color, flattened and slightly watery.
2. The highest palatability among tomatoes.
3. Fruit weight - 160 - 200 grams.
4. Tomatoes of this variety are not suitable for pickling. The fruits are used in salads, fresh, for making ketchup, sauce, juice, for stuffing. Frozen tomatoes of this variety are used in soups.

The variety description consists of a number of advantages:

1. The plant is very unpretentious to weather conditions and temperature changes.
2. Easy to transport without losing appearance and taste. Keeps fresh for a long time.
3. The fruit is able to ripen at room temperature.
4. Does not require frequent watering.

High yield. To get a rich harvest, you need to engage in the formation of a bush. If you grow in 2 stems and remove extra brushes, the yield will increase markedly. The fruits will be smoother and larger.

Technology for growing the Shady lady variety

To achieve the desired result, it is better to grow tomato seedlings yourself. Seeds for future fruits should be sown in spring - in early March, so that young plants can gain strength for picking.

Soil for bush plants can be purchased at the store or prepared by yourself. To do this, mix garden soil with humus. For disinfection, it is advisable to warm the earth well in the oven.

It doesn't really matter what to sow the seeds of the Shady Lady tomato variety. The most convenient dishes are cassettes. It is easy to water seedlings in them through a pallet, they are compact: everything can be placed on one windowsill.

If you sow homemade tomato seeds that were harvested last season, it is better to undergo disinfecting prophylaxis and heat treatment, which will help improve the quality and quantity of seedlings of Shedy Lady. You can place the seeds in a proven way in a light pink solution of manganese and soak in it for several hours. After that, rinse and dry the tomato seeds well.

With purchased seeds, there is no need for such a procedure: they are processed before being packed in one bag.

Seeds are sown to a depth of 1.5 - 2 cm, lightly sprinkled with earth and sprayed with warm water from a sprayer. Boxes with tomato seedlings are covered with a lid or film and placed in a warm place. After about 8-10 days, the first shoots will appear. You will need to remove the covers from the boxes and put them in a sunny place.

Seedlings are very demanding on lighting: with a lack of light, the tomatoes will be thin and elongated. So that the plants are not one-sided, every 2-3 days the dishes must be rotated, then the lighting will be even.

After two full-fledged leaves appear, the seedlings can dive into separate cups. Immediately after planting, it is necessary to feed with phosphorus, vitamin and mineral composition.

2 weeks before planting this variety of tomato in a greenhouse or open ground, it is necessary to harden it: take out boxes with seedlings on a veranda or balcony for several hours, but be sure to avoid direct sunlight.Every day to increase the time spent in the open air. In the last days before landing, leave it outside for the night.

Reviews about Shady Lady indicate that the tomato does not tolerate frost.

Transplanting tomatoes in the garden

Tomatoes are planted in the greenhouse in early May, and under the open sky - after the threat of frost has passed. Cover with foil overnight. Before planting seedlings, the soil must be prepared: dig up the ground, loosen it well and feed it.Fertilizer should be applied in three steps before digging, during planting and after.

On 1 m₂ plant no more than 8 roots of this variety. Tomato care is normal: loosen, weed and water on time. You can water the variety only with warm, settled water. Low temperature water will adversely affect plant growth. During the active maturation of the bush, nitrogen-containing fertilizers are used before flowering, and when the ovaries appear, you can only feed with organic or mineral fertilizers.

You should not abuse organic matter in order to avoid the accumulation of nitrates in the fruits of the Shady lady tomato variety. In order for the yield of the variety to be higher, the extra stepchildren of tomatoes must be cut off.

Disease and insect control

Shady lady's tomato is characterized by high immunity to such diseases:

• verticillium;
• fusarium;
• tobacco mosaic.

For preventive purposes, it is advisable to constantly treat tomato bushes with special copper-containing preparations. Phytosporin or a weak solution of manganese will help get rid of top, gray and root rot. Malicious parasites must be de alt with as soon as they are discovered.

To do this, you can use folk methods to combat aphids:

1. Karbofos solution is low toxic, does not harm the plant, and acts on aphids for several days.
2. Soap solution with sifted ash. It acts not only as a top dressing, but also helps to get rid of pests and aphids on plants.
3. Tobacco infusion. Its pungent aroma repels and destroys pests from tomatoes. To make it, you need to pour 350 g of tobacco into a liter of boiling water. Boil for about half an hour, then strain and dilute in 10 liters of water. In the evening, process the plants and take a five-day break.
4. Potato is considered a strong remedy against bugs, aphids, larvae, caterpillars. To prepare such a solution, you need to chop the potato tops and pour cold water (10 l). Infuse for several hours, then process the tomatoes. After the procedure, the pests will disappear in 2 - 3 hours.

Insecticides can be used to control insects, but it is not recommended to use them during the fruiting period - the use of such tomatoes can adversely affect he alth. With proper care, the characteristics of this variety of tomatoes are extremely positive.

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