If you have never grown cherry tomatoes in your dacha, start next season with the Sweet Cherry F1 hybrid. It has been popular for a long time. A successful hybrid combines all the best features of this type of tomato:
- productivity;
- unpretentiousness;
- excellent taste;
- marketable fruits.
Description
The Sweet cherry tomato ripens very quickly. The first brushes begin to ripen at the age of 75 days. The ripening time is 75-80 days. This is a group of ultra-early ripening tomatoes, and it belongs to it.
Bushes of this variety are called candy trees among gardeners.Most likely, the name should be associated with the sweetness of the fruit. Growing is not limited to open ground, temporary shelter or greenhouse. Many vegetable growers practice indoor growing.
Tomatoes can be grown in a pot of the required volume. Bushes with clusters of 30-50 small fruits look elegant, this is clearly visible in the photo. The Sweet Cherry color scheme is a mixture of three colors:
- Yellow;
- Red;
- Orange.
Fruits contain up to 12% dry matter. They are very sweet with dense juicy pulp. The fruits weigh little - 20-30 g, and have an excellent, sweet taste.
About yield and variety specifics
The growth characteristics correspond to the indeterminate type. Tomatoes of this group grow up to 2 m. The bushes show higher yields when formed in 2 trunks.
When using this scheme, 1 stepson is left on the central stem. It is located in the axil under the first inflorescence. A second stem is formed from it, and all the stepsons above it are plucked off.
Reviews
Alexey, Omsk
I planted Sweet cherry for about 8 years. The variety has no problems: it doesn’t get sick, it bears fruit for a long time. It doesn’t overwhelm you with tomatoes, but it ripens early and the tomatoes are sweet. I don’t engage in the formation of a bush; if possible, I sometimes remove the stepsons. The bushes grow into 3-4 stems. I don’t plant a lot of this variety, no more than 4 bushes.
Alexander, Vitebsk
For those who have not planted this variety, I recommend that you do not plant it. Sweet cherry tomatoes grew in a greenhouse. My description:
- They sleep late.
- The harvest is low.
- They occupy a large area.
- Not sweet.
Galina, Leningrad region
I will plant these tomatoes next season. My sister treated Cherry from her garden. I liked both the taste and the color. I will definitely try it.
Reviews are not clear, but the variety should not be blamed for this.Taste and yield depend on the quality of care and seeds.
Rules for care and cultivation
Cherry tomatoes grown through seedlings. The timing of sowing seeds is calculated according to a simple scheme. 60 days are subtracted from the expected date of transplantation into the ground. For example, are you planning plant tomatoes in a polycarbonate greenhouse. In your climate this is possible on April 20th. This means that the seeds can be sown on February 20th.
To sow seeds prepare:
- The plastic box is low.
- The purchased soil is fertile, consisting of garden soil, humus and two types of peat.
- For picking seedlings, use peat or plastic cups.
- Any liquid fertilizer for seedlings.
- Fluorescent lamp for illuminating plants.
Advice. Cherry bushes with red, yellow, orange fruits will decorate a greenhouse or vegetable garden. Buy seeds of different colored varieties.
Sow seeds in moist soil. Sprinkle 1 cm of humus or loose soil. Cover the box with the planted seeds with film or place it in a regular bag. The optimal room temperature is 25 °C.
To obtain strong seedlings:
- dive in the 2-leaf phase;
- water at least once a week;
- highlight tomatoes in cloudy weather;
- feed at least once 2 weeks before transplanting into the ground.
Transplantation and summer care
Transfer seedlings ready for transplanting to a greenhouse or greenhouse and adapt to new conditions within a week. At the same time, prepare the ridge:
- Add humus 1 bucket.
- Superphosphate 2 tbsp. l.
- Potassium nitrate 2 tbsp. l.
- Ammonium nitrate 1 tbsp. l.
- Dig up the ridge to a depth of 25-30 cm and level it with a rake.
- Prepare the holes, maintaining an interval of 50*40 cm.
The dosage is given approximately per 1 m² of bed. Assuming that the soil is light, loamy with normal acidity. If the soil is acidic, add ash or chalk before digging. Heavy clay soil will be improved by river sand (0.5 buckets/m²).
Transplant the seedlings using the transshipment method, water them and forget about them for 2 weeks. While it is growing, it does not need to be watered or fed. If the weather is sunny, shade it with covering material, it will also save you from spring frosts.
Summer work
Summer care for tomatoes of this type is standard. It includes:
- Watering 1-2 times a week.
- Feeding.
- Loosening row spacing while simultaneously removing weeds.
- Formation of a bush, regular removal of stepsons.
- Prevention and control of diseases and pests.
Water abundantly. The ground should get wet to a sufficient depth. If the weather is not hot, 1 generous watering per week is sufficient. Feed for the first time 2 weeks after transplantation.
You can prepare a herbal infusion with the addition of urea and use it for the first 2 feedings. For a bucket of water, 1 liter of strong herbal infusion is enough.
In the second half of summer, fertilize the cherry trees with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers. When day and night temperatures fluctuate, spray the bushes with a solution of boric acid. Fertilizing is a good disease prevention. They strengthen the immunity of tomatoes.
Ventilation, loosening and mulching of the soil under the bushes help prevent late blight in the greenhouse.
In open ground, late blight affects plants in rainy weather. Bushes planted according to the recommended pattern - formed into 2 stems - are not afraid of it. Mulch made from dry grass, straw or chopped branches will serve as additional protection for the bushes from fungal spores and root rot.
Conclusion
Several bushes of colorful cherry tomatoes will decorate a vegetable garden or greenhouse. Multi-colored small fruits will delight you at the beginning of summer.This is a delicacy for children and a pleasure for gourmets.
