Modern gardeners place high demands on tomatoes, which are not easy to meet. Tomato Office Romance has all the necessary qualities to take pride of place in the garden beds. High quality fruits with a unique taste cannot fail to attract attention.
Description of the variety
Office Romance is an excellent early ripening variety intended for cultivation in open ground. The bushes are compact, their height does not exceed half a meter. The characteristics of the variety indicate high productivity and low maintenance requirements. The tomato withstands unfavorable climatic conditions without losing the marketability and taste of the fruit. Resistance to diseases at a high level.
The shape of the tomatoes is somewhat elongated. At maturity, the color of the fruit is deep red and uniform. The pulp is dense, sugary, with excellent taste. The weight of one tomato is up to 120 grams. The Office Romance tomato is grown not only in summer cottages, but also on an industrial scale. The harvested crop is suitable for long-term storage and long-distance transportation.
Advantages and disadvantages
Office romance has a number of advantages that distinguish it from its competitors:
- early ripening;
- increased resistance to Verticillium wilt;
- resistance to fusarium;
- high productivity;
- versatility of using tomatoes;
- high sugar content in the pulp;
- pleasant individual taste;
- possibility of transportation and long-term storage;
- compactness of the bush;
- small number of seed chambers.
As the description indicates, the Office Romance variety has no significant drawbacks. Not everyone likes small-sized fruits, but this small minus is fully compensated by its numerous advantages.
Features of cultivation
Tomato seeds for growing seedlings are sown in March or early April. Planting depth is 1 cm. After two true leaves appear, picking begins. During the entire growing season, seedlings are fed three times with complex fertilizers. It is kept in a well-lit room with a temperature of 20–25 °C.
A week before planting in open ground, they begin hardening the Office Romance tomatoes.To do this, the plants are taken out into the open air every day, avoiding direct sunlight. The residence time is increased every day, starting from several hours. Tomatoes are planted in open ground as soon as the threat of overnight spring frosts has passed. By this time, the first flower cluster is usually formed on the seedlings. The Office Romance variety is planted according to a 30×50 cm pattern.
Caring for plantings involves regular systematic watering and loosening the soil. They control weeds and fertilize tomatoes. Despite the fact that tomatoes of this variety are resistant to diseases, measures to prevent fungal diseases will be useful. For this purpose, the beds are treated with Bordeaux mixture. During the entire season, no more than three fertilizings with complex fertilizers are carried out.
Office romance is used both for cultivation on private plots and on an industrial scale. The harvested crop is used for preservation, preparation of tomato paste, juices, fresh consumption, and sale. In unfavorable weather conditions, it is still possible to harvest a decent harvest of tasty fruits.
I grew up with an office romance for the first time this year. Very dense like a rock. I didn’t see any sugar content or excellent taste; I wanted to throw away the seeds from the tomato, but I left it in case I suddenly want to dry it. It will be good for drying, since there is no liquid, I could barely use it for seeds. Perhaps it will be suitable for pickling, but it is not suitable for salads or fresh