Many gardeners strive to grow new varieties of vegetables and fruits in their gardens. People who prefer juicy tomatoes plant pink honey tomatoes. It can be planted in seedlings and without seedlings. The fruits of the plant have a delicate sweetish pulp, which distinguishes its taste from other varieties.
Description
The characteristics and description of the variety will allow people to become familiar with its distinctive features.
Fruit
Pink honey tomatoes are not hybrids, so you can prepare your own seeds for next year. The main feature of this variety is its fruits. They are quite large and their weight can reach 1-2 kg. Quite often the most large tomatoes located at the bottom of the bush. The fruits are bright pink and have a rounded heart shape. Pink honey differs from other varieties in its taste. Tomatoes are sweetish and do not have a characteristic sourness.
The disadvantages of pink honey tomato fruit include its thin skin, due to which they cannot be stored for a long time and transported over long distances.
Bushes
The average height of the bushes is about 70-80 cm. However, reviews from some gardeners indicate that when grown in a greenhouse, their height can reach one meter. The growth rate of bushes and their height depend on the correct planting and the conditions in which they are grown.
Tomato bushes from the Siberian Garden collection are resistant to most pests and diseases.
Maturation
This tomato variety is a mid-season tomato, so the ripening time for the first fruits is about 100 days after planting in open ground. If the gardener sowed seeds for seedlings at the beginning of April or at the end of May, then the harvest will be possible in August.
To increase the number of ovaries, it is recommended to periodically shoot the bushes and form them into two stems.
Harvest
The productivity of this variety is quite high. On average, about 5-6 kg of fruit can be collected from one bush. To improve the quality and quantity of the harvest, it is necessary to follow all the rules for planting and caring for the plant.
Sowing seeds for seedlings
Before planting tomatoes in open ground, you need to grow seedlings.
When to sow
The choice of optimal timing for sowing seeds directly depends on the climatic zone in which tomatoes will be grown. Residents of the Urals, Siberia and the middle zone are recommended to start planting seeds no earlier than April. People living in the southern regions can do this as early as mid-March.
Soil preparation
To prepare the soil for sowing seeds, you need to mix humus with soil in equal proportions. After this, wood ash can be added to the soil. A glass of ash will be enough for one bucket of soil. You can also use mineral fertilizers instead.
Disembarkation
Planting seeds begins with creating small holes. They are made at a distance of about 2-3 cm from each other. Seeds should be sown for seedlings using a dry method, so there is no need to water the soil before planting. 2-3 seeds are placed in one hole, after which it is sprinkled with soil. After this, the boxes with planted tomatoes should be covered with glass and placed in a room with a temperature of about 20-25 degrees.
Growing
Tomato seeds begin to germinate a week after planting. When the first shoots appear, the plants should be moved to sunlight. For the first week, the seedlings do not need to be watered, but only lightly spray the dry soil with water. After this, the seedlings are watered once a week. It is recommended to use warm water heated to 25 degrees.
When the first true leaves begin to appear on the seedlings, they must be transplanted into separate containers with a diameter of at least 10-15 cm. For this, you can use special pots, cut milk bags or plastic bottles.
Planting seedlings
It is recommended to plant honey varieties of tomatoes in open soil in the first weeks of summer. Residents of the southern regions of the country can do this at the end of May.
Site selection
To grow a tomato, you should choose an area where cabbage, carrots, beets or onions were previously grown. Also, the place where the tomatoes will grow should be well lit and protected from drafts.
Soil preparation
The soil for tomatoes must contain a sufficient amount of nutrients, so you need to fertilize it in advance with humus and mineral compounds. At least 5-8 kg of fertilizers are consumed per square meter of land.
It is also necessary to dig up the soil. At the same time, you should not break the earthen clods, as they contribute to the freezing of the soil in winter. Thanks to this, frost will kill most pests that may be in the soil.
Planting
To plant seedlings, you need to make holes. Their depth is determined by the size of the container in which the seedlings were grown. When planting, a certain interval must be observed. There is a distance of about 45 cm between the bushes, and 75 cm between the rows.
After placing the seedlings in the soil, it must be watered and compacted. You should also install special supports for the garter near each bush.
Care
In order to get a good harvest at the end of summer, you need to properly care for rose honey tomato bushes.
Watering
It is better not to water the seedlings for the first few days after planting. You need to give them a little time so that they can settle down in their new place. Tomato bushes are watered at the root so that water does not fall on the leaves.It is not recommended to water the plant using the sprinkler method, as this delays the ripening of fruits and begins to shed flowers.
As the fruits ripen, the plant's need for water increases, so it needs to be watered 2-4 times a week. It is necessary to maintain soil moisture at the same level, as serious changes can slow down the growth of new fruits.
Loosening the soil
You need to loosen the soil after each watering. This removes all weeds that grow near the tomatoes. The first loosening is carried out to a depth of no more than 10 cm in order to create conditions for its heating. All subsequent times the soil is loosened to a depth of 5 cm.
Garter
You need to make a garter almost immediately after planting the seedlings. If this is not done in a timely manner, the bushes may break from strong winds. You can tie the plant to stretched trellises or pegs. To arrange trellises, stakes should be driven in at a distance of 5 m from each other.
Conclusion
This tomato variety is quite unpretentious, so anyone can grow it. To do this, just familiarize yourself with the features of growing and caring for tomato bushes. Also, before growing rose honey, you can consult with a person who has planted it before.
