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

Dreaming of a good harvest of tomatoes, gardeners are experimenting with different varieties. Mandarinka tomato appeared on the vegetable market not so long ago, but has already gained popularity among lovers of nightshade crops.

A few words about the new variety

If you decide to have fast-ripening tomatoes on your land, then you should take a closer look at the Mandarinka variety. Its main advantages are early ripeness, productivity, resistance to diseases, and the main characteristic is a pleasant taste.

This tomato is designed for planting in a greenhouse, as it loves warmth and sunlight, and is afraid of sudden changes in temperature. Mandarin is an indeterminate variety. This means that the bush, in conditions that are comfortable for it, does not stop in its growth, forming up to 8 fruit clusters. In height, it grows up to 1.8 m under the very roof of the greenhouse.

All this time, more and more branches with tomatoes continue to be tied on it. For this feature, the plant is called carpal.

Tomatoes of the Mandarinka variety lay the first inflorescence when 9-10 leaves bloom on the trunk. In the future, the ovaries are stably and consistently formed after each 3rd leaf, there can be up to 10 of them on one brush. Bushes begin to bear fruit at 90-100 days from the moment of germination. The fruits have the following description:

• color bright orange;
• round shape;
• tastes sweet.

The yield of Mandarin is about 5 kg from each bush, and the average weight of one tomato is 95 g.As the photo shows, a greenhouse with ripe fruits resembles a citrus garden, in which numerous tomatoes are full of red dots among green foliage. For the resemblance to tropical fruits, the variety got its name.

About planting fruitful tomatoes

Already more than one experienced gardener planted Mandarin tomato seeds in boxes with heated soil in early March. Seedlings can be grown both at home and in a greenhouse. The first time watering with water at room temperature is carried out after the sprouts hatch from the ground. After 14 days, the seedlings are watered again. Every day, seedling boxes should be turned towards the sun so that everyone gets the same amount of light.

When the seedlings reach a height of 25 cm, they can be planted in a permanent place. This usually happens in early May.

Everyone who has planted tomatoes in a greenhouse knows that the soil for young plants must warm up well. The optimum soil temperature is +15°C.Beds 40 cm high and 80 to 100 cm wide are recommended to be done a week before planting tomatoes. The soil should contain soddy soil, peat or humus, a little sand. 1 bucket of peat is poured onto 1 m² of sod beds, the same amount of humus. You can add to the soil 1 tbsp. l. superphosphate. Everything is dug up and left to warm up.

Young plants should be planted in a bed in two rows in a checkerboard pattern, keeping a distance between rows of 60 cm and between seedlings of 30-40 cm. After digging holes 30 deep and 20 cm wide, add to each of them 1 glass of wood ash and 1 liter of potassium permanganate solution.

3 days before planting in the greenhouse, 3 lower leaves are removed from each plant. Such a procedure will help the first brush to form faster and will be an obstacle to the development of diseases that suffer from nightshade crops. A few hours before planting in the holes, the seedlings are abundantly watered with warm water.

When planting, a young tomato is carefully placed in a prepared hole, the roots are straightened, and the plant itself is given a vertical position. If the seedlings have outgrown, it is advisable to plant it differently. First, dig a hole 12 cm deep, make another hole in it to the height of the pot or clod of soil in which the seedling developed. When planting, a young plant of the Mandarinka variety is placed in the lower hole and sprinkled on it. The upper fossa remains open for 12 days. After the seedlings take root, the hole is also sprinkled with soil.

How to care for nightshades in a greenhouse

2-3 days after planting, the tomato must be tied to a peg, which is driven into the ground next to the bush at a safe distance from its root system. You need to periodically monitor the stem and, as it grows, replace the old pegs with higher ones. It is better to tie the tomatoes to wire or rope trellises located under the greenhouse roof.Timely garter to supports is very useful for tomatoes.

Every experienced gardener knows that if she grew tomatoes on trellises, all the ovaries will receive more sunlight and oxygen, which will lead to an increase in yield. And the leaves raised on supports will avoid contact with wet soil, so they will not get sick.

A distinctive feature of the Mandarinka variety is the formation of a plant in one stem. It involves the removal of all unnecessary stepchildren that begin to form on a young bush shortly after it is planted in a greenhouse. The procedure is performed in the early morning (at this time, extra shoots break off more easily) in sunny weather (this helps the plants heal wounds faster). Stepchildren can be cut with garden shears or removed by hand. In order not to infect, the scissors are disinfected after each circumcision in a solution of potassium permanganate. Hands break off any stepson to the side.

Watch the condition of the stem, remove stepchildren in a timely manner, because they take away the nutrients it needs from the main plant. Do not let the plants bush and form a lot of greenery. All lower leaves are best removed. And under the brushes with fruits, they should not be at all.

While the plants have not bloomed, they are watered once every 5 days. Water is poured at least 4 liters per 1 m². During flowering and the formation of ovaries, tomatoes require abundant watering: from 10 to 12 liters per 1 m². Top dressing is carried out 3 weeks after planting seedlings. On a bucket of water take 1 tbsp. l. nitrophoska and 2 tbsp. l. Ideal - liquid fertilizer. A mixture in the amount of 1 liter is poured under each bush. The second feeding is carried out 10 days after the first.

Observing all the conditions necessary for growing mandarin tomato, you will get a rich harvest of fruits, reviews of which can only be heard positive.

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