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

Tomato Morning Dew is one of the best universal early maturing tomato varieties. Already 3.5 months after the emergence of seedlings, you can harvest a bountiful harvest. Vegetable growers who have planted many early-maturing varieties claim that Morning Dew is one of the best among them. About the positive properties of this tomato, how to plant and grow it - this and much more will be discussed below.

Main qualities and characteristics of this tomato

This variety is indeterminate, so vegetable growers have to pinch the tops of the shoots to form bushes of these tomatoes. This procedure is necessary, for example, when growing a variety of tomato Morning Dew in greenhouse conditions, where plant height is important.Since the ripening fruits are quite voluminous and heavy, the bushes should be tied up so that the stems do not break under the weight of the crop. It is best to use trellises as supports for this variety.

According to the reviews of vegetable growers who have been growing these tomatoes for more than one season, it is better to form a plant in one shoot in order to achieve higher yields. The description of this variety should begin with its versatility - tomatoes are suitable both for planting in garden beds and in greenhouse conditions. But these tomatoes are intended for growing in small farms.

It is best to use ripened fruits fresh - in salads, add to main dishes when cooking.

Shoots can grow up to 2-2.5 m in height, the foliage is smaller than average, green with a gray tint. The ripening fruits are large, heart-shaped. The color of ripe fruits is red, bright.Fleshy ripe tomatoes of this species can weigh up to 0.25-0.3 kg. Taste qualities of fruits are excellent, with moderate sourness, slightly sweetish. Due to the large size of the fruit, they are not rolled into jars, but can be used to close salads, squash and eggplant caviar and other types of preservation.

The yield of Morning Dew tomato is quite high - up to 3-3.5 kg is harvested from one bush per season. 3 plants are usually planted per 1 m², from which up to 14 kg of ripe fruits are harvested. The characteristics of ripe fruits would be incomplete without a story about their transportability and keeping quality. The transportability of mature tomatoes is high; fruits can be transported over a fairly long distance. Ripe fruits can lie after removal for more than a month in a cool place.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The main positive qualities of the variety are:

• excellent tasting ripe fruits;
• excellent commercial qualities;
• the variety is highly resistant to major diseases and "harmful" bugs;
• growing Morning Dew bushes does not cause much trouble for vegetable growers, as the plants are extremely unpretentious for planting and further care;
• bushes are resistant to spring cold snaps, can easily endure periods of heat and drought;
• large-fruited;
• ripening tomatoes are not prone to cracking;
• fruits ripen almost simultaneously.

There are practically no shortcomings in this type of tomato. It can only be noted that its ripe fruits are not suitable for canning, but are used mainly fresh or pickled in barrels.

Growing Nuances

Usually this variety is grown with seeds for seedlings at home, and only then the grown seedlings are planted in beds in the garden or in the greenhouse. Planting material should be planted in the last decade of March in containers filled with nutrient soil mixture. Planting depth - no more than 1.5 cm. After 10-14 days, seedlings appear (they sprout almost simultaneously).

When seedlings have 2-3 true leaves, plants should dive into separate peat cups. Seedlings should be fed several times with mineral fertilizers before planting on the beds. A week before planting plants in open ground, they should be taken out to a balcony or loggia for hardening.

Seedlings can be planted in a permanent place 1.5 months after the appearance of the first shoots. If the greenhouses are heated, then seedlings can be planted in them already in the second decade of April, and under the film - in mid-May.

Further care of tomatoes consists in regular watering, loosening the soil, removing weeds and top dressing. Tomato bushes should be watered in the evening, with water heated in the sun.

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