The hybrid cherry tomato "Kira" attracts summer residents with its appearance. Its size and yield make them indispensable for table decoration or winter preparations.
What is the variety
To understand how best to grow a particular tomato on a plot, you need to study the description of the variety. This information will help you position the plant correctly and get the maximum yield from it.
Plant:
- Bush: indeterminate.
- Height: 1.5–17 m.
- Inflorescence: simple.
- Number of tomatoes in a brush: up to 20 pcs.
- Ripening time: 95–110 days.
Fruit:
- Shape: round.
- Weight: 30 gr.
- Orange color.
- Density: medium.
- Taste: rich.
- Transportability: excellent.
- Shelf life: 2.5 months.
Planting and care
Cherry tomatoes are planted in greenhouses, open ground, in pots, and on balconies. They feel great in any container, this is due to the fact that they have small roots.
Growing f1 cherry tomatoes has no special features. It is best to plant using the seedling method. Seeds are sown 60 days before planting in the ground. At the 2–3 leaf phase, the seedlings are pruned. Plants are hardened off 10 days before transplanting to a permanent location.
Forming the plant into two stems and tying it to supports is required.
Watering with warm water after sunset. The plant should be fed with complex fertilizers during flowering and active ripening. Weeding and loosening as needed.
Disease susceptibility
Like all hybrids, “Kira” f1 is able to resist most diseases of the nightshade family. This is especially true for late blight. Many diseases can be avoided if watering is dosed, the soil is mulched, and the plants are weeded and hilled in a timely manner.
Harvest volume and application
Cherry tomato is very rich in fruits. Its bushes are often planted to decorate the garden. The yield of the variety is high; with proper care you can get up to 1.5 kg from one bush.
The fruits of tomatoes f1 "Kira" are universal. They are used for decorations; they are especially famous for their miniature appearance and minimal time spent on cutting. Their rich tomato flavor puts them ahead of many large-fruited tomatoes.
In addition, they are used whole for home canning and used in preparing assorted vegetables.
Positive and negative aspects of the species
Characteristics of tomatoes “Kira” f1, dividing the properties of a tomato into pros and cons, will help the summer resident navigate his choice.
Pros:
- Productivity.
- Unpretentiousness.
- Long shelf life.
- Preservation of presentation during transportation.
- The fruits do not crack.
- Resistant to diseases.
- You can transplant it into a container in the fall and bring it into the house.
Minuses:
- Demanding about bush formation.
- Seeds collected independently do not retain the genes of their parents.
The opinion of summer residents regarding Kira tomatoes
More information about the variety can be obtained by carefully studying the reviews. Many gardeners leave their comments on websites. For those who are just planning to grow a new type of plant on their plot.
- Alexei. He has been planting cherry trees for several years. Most of all, because children love them very much. He likes Kira f1 because it very easily tolerates autumn replanting into a pot. Continues to bear fruit for some time.
Cherries are gaining popularity nowadays; unpretentious plants often become a favorite delicacy in any family.
