Modern farmers and gardeners have very high demands for tomatoes. The variety Raspberry wine f1 can satisfy them. The characteristic suggests that tomatoes produce high yields, are resistant to diseases and are not too demanding to care for. The taste is excellent. What more could a gardener dream of?
Description of the variety
Raspberry wine is a mid-early tomato variety. You can enjoy the first tomato 110 days after germination. The bush is determinate, tall (height reaches 2 meters), standard.
Tomato variety Raspberry wine f1, described in this article, is suitable for growing both in open ground and in greenhouses. Fruits at the stage of technical maturity have a rich red color and a round shape. The pulp is dense. The weight of one tomato can reach 600 grams, but specimens weighing 250–400 grams are more common. Dry matter content is about 5%. Each fruit has 6 seed chambers. Raspberry wine tolerates transportation well over long distances and long-term storage, without losing its taste and commercial qualities.
From each bush, up to 9 kg of fruits of excellent quality are collected. Accordingly, the yield per square meter is about 25 kg.
You can find some varieties of the variety that do not differ significantly in their characteristics: Raspberry miracle, Golden Raspberry miracle.
Growing
Raspberry wine is grown using seedlings. Seeds are sown in pre-prepared containers with soil mixture a month before the intended planting in open ground. The containers are placed in a well-lit place. Otherwise, the plants will stretch out, become thin and may subsequently die. A week before the intended planting, the seedlings are hardened off. For this purpose, raspberry wine f1 is taken out into the open air on the first day for a couple of hours, and then the residence time is increased. If there is no threat of frost, you can leave containers with seedlings outside overnight.
Tomatoes are planted in a permanent location when the air temperature at night is at least 15 °C. Raspberry wine is a tall variety, so no more than 4 plants are placed per square meter.
Features of care
It is recommended to form the bush into 2 stems. Reviews from gardeners indicate that plants require staking. When grown in open ground, this measure will help protect the plantings from the wind and prevent the stem from breaking under the weight of the fruit.
The Raspberry wine variety is demanding both in terms of temperature and humidity. In this regard, mandatory regular watering is required. During the period of growth and fruit formation, tomatoes require fertilizing containing potassium and phosphorus. Subsequently, the amount of fertilizer is reduced, and at the end of the season it is completely stopped.
Advantages and disadvantages
Raspberry wine has a huge number of advantages that distinguish this variety from its competitors. These include:
- good yield;
- increased resistance to major types of diseases;
- simultaneous ripening of fruits;
- excellent varietal qualities;
- universal use of the harvested crop;
- suitability for transportation over long distances;
- suitability for long-term storage.
With all this, tomato Raspberry wine has a minor drawback. The variety turned out to be demanding in terms of watering and light levels. Otherwise, not only the yield is reduced, but also the taste and product characteristics.
Pests and diseases
Tomato Raspberry wine, or as it is popularly called Raspberry, shows excellent resistance to the most common diseases. But plants can be affected by blossom end rot. You can cope with it by reducing the nitrogen content in the soil. For this purpose, calcium is added and soil moisture is increased. Affected bushes are sprayed with calcium nitrate.
Brown spot can also damage Raspberry Wine tomato plantings. For preventive purposes, the number of waterings is reduced, and the greenhouse is regularly ventilated. The Colorado potato beetle causes enormous damage to plants. They fight it by treating the plantings with Prestige.
Slugs are not averse to enjoying the Raspberry wine harvest. They get rid of them by regularly loosening the soil and sprinkling with ground mustard and pepper. For one square meter there is 1 teaspoon of product.
Harvest and storage
Raspberry wine is characterized by friendly fruit production. Tomatoes are perfectly stored and can withstand transportation. Intended primarily for fresh consumption, but also suitable for all types of processing. The first harvest of tomatoes is not suitable for whole-fruit canning due to their large size. The fruits can be picked brown and then ripen in the sun.
Reviews from gardeners
Raspberry wine tomatoes have already become a favorite not only among curious summer residents, but also among professional farmers. They agreed to share their feedback about this variety with us.
Alexandra Nikolaevna, village resident: “I learned about the Raspberry Wine tomato from a magazine. In the spring I bought seeds at the store and decided to experiment. I followed all the recommendations given in the magazine. I must admit, the harvest was pleasantly surprising. The fruits I collected were large, sweet, and beautiful. It’s a pity that we couldn’t preserve it entirely: the jars didn’t fit in the neck.”
Eduard Vasilyevich, summer resident: “My daughter brought Raspberry Wine tomato seedlings to our dacha. She said that the variety is good, but it needs to be properly cared for. They planted them in the sunniest place and watered them almost every day. Three months later we enjoyed our first tomatoes.Their taste and appearance were at the highest level, the efforts were not in vain. Next season I will definitely buy seeds and grow this variety again.”
Irina Vladimirovna, summer resident: “I bought tomato seeds and raspberry wine in the store by accident. The title was very interesting. I learned that the variety needs lighting and watering already when the bushes began to bear fruit. The tomatoes had enough sun, but I didn’t have the opportunity to water them often because I work. Naturally, this affected the quality of the harvest. Overall, the variety is good, but due to the lack of time for care, the result was a little disappointing.”
