Tomato Morning Dew is one of the best universal early ripening tomato varieties. Already 3.5 months after germination, a bountiful harvest can be harvested. Vegetable growers who have planted many early-ripening varieties claim that Morning Dew is one of the best among them. 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 the Morning Dew tomato variety 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 harvest. It is best to use trellises as supports for this variety.
According to reviews from vegetable growers who have been growing these tomatoes for several seasons, it is better to form the plant into 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 ripe fruits fresh - in salads, or add them to main courses when cooking.
The shoots can grow up to 2-2.5 m in height, the foliage is smaller than average in size, green in color with a gray tint. The ripening fruits are large in size and heart-shaped. The color of ripe fruits is red and bright. Fleshy ripe tomatoes of this type can weigh up to 0.25-0.3 kg. The taste of the fruit is excellent, with moderate sourness, slightly sweet. Due to the large size of the fruits, they are not wrapped in jars, but can be used to cover salads, squash and eggplant caviar, and other types of preservation.
The productivity of the 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 mature fruits are collected. Characteristics of ripe fruits would be incomplete without talking about their transportability and keeping quality. Transportability of ripe tomatoes is high; fruits can be transported over a fairly long distance.After picking, ripe fruits can lie for more than a month in a cool place.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main positive qualities of the variety are:
- excellent taste of ripe fruits;
- excellent commercial quality;
- the variety is highly resistant to major diseases and “harmful” bugs;
- growing Morning Dew bushes does not cause much trouble for vegetable growers, since the plants are extremely unpretentious to planting and further care;
- the bushes are resistant to spring cold snaps and can easily endure periods of heat and drought;
- large fruit;
- ripening tomatoes are not prone to cracking;
- The fruits ripen almost simultaneously.
There are practically no disadvantages to 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.
Nuances of cultivation
Typically, this variety is grown from seeds for seedlings at home, and only then the grown seedlings are planted in beds in the garden or in a greenhouse. Planting material should be planted in the last ten days of March in containers filled with nutritious soil mixture. Planting depth is no more than 1.5 cm. After 10-14 days, seedlings appear (they sprout almost simultaneously).
When the seedlings have 2-3 true leaves, the plants should be planted in separate peat cups. Seedlings should be fed several times with mineral fertilizers before planting in the beds. A week before planting plants in open ground, they should be taken out to the 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 ten days of April, and under film - in mid-May.
Further care for tomatoes consists of regular watering, loosening the soil, removing weeds and fertilizing. Tomato bushes should be watered in the evening with water heated in the sun.
