Fans of something unusual and exotic should be interested in the Hawaiian pineapple tomato. This brainchild of Canadian breeders differs from its competitors primarily in that it has a pronounced pineapple flavor and large orange fruits.
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Description of the variety
Characteristics:
- Tomatoes can be grown both in a greenhouse and in open ground.
- Refers to mid-season varieties.
- The bush reaches a height of 2 meters and requires careful staking and installation of additional supports.
- Tomatoes of this variety are formed into 2, maximum 3 stems.
The fruits at maturity have a rich orange color. One tomato can weigh up to 700 grams! The taste is very pleasant, sweet.Can be used both for fresh consumption and for making juice. Due to its large size, it is not used for whole-fruit canning. What is surprising is that when you cut a tomato, there is only juicy pulp inside.
Due to its excellent taste and non-standard taste, pineapple tomato is often used in children's menus. He also found his place in dietary nutrition. A small drawback, due to which the variety is almost never grown on an industrial scale, is the poor keeping quality and transportability of the harvested crop. After harvesting tomato fruits, they must be processed literally within a few days.
Features of cultivation and care
Hawaiian pineapple tomato seeds should be sown as seedlings a couple of months before planting in the ground is planned. In the middle zone, sowing begins around the beginning or middle of March. In open ground, the plant prefers well-lit areas without direct sunlight for full growth and development. Southern climate conditions are considered ideal.
When planting in a greenhouse or open ground, it is recommended to maintain a distance of at least half a meter between tomato bushes. There should be no more than three plants per square meter. The soil temperature at the time of planting should be at least 15 °C. To prevent fungal diseases when transplanting tomato bushes, you can use onion or garlic peels.
Bushes require obligatory pinching. The lower leaves should be removed. When tying, you need to pay attention so that the clusters with the set fruits are well fixed. Periodically you need to loosen the soil and water the tomatoes as the top layer of soil dries.Once every two weeks, complex mineral fertilizers can be applied along with watering.
As evidenced by reviews from practicing gardeners, Hawaiian pineapple is very resistant to the most common tomato diseases. However, they note that preventive measures are required to protect against late blight and whitefly. Spraying with a baking soda solution at the rate of 250 grams of soda per 10 liters of water is excellent for this. When using fungicides on the site, they must be abandoned two weeks before the start of harvesting the first fruits.
Hawaiian pineapple tomatoes have proven themselves to be a table variety with excellent taste. This advantage compensates for even minor difficulties in growing and forces summer residents to again and again allocate space in the garden bed for orange beauties.
