The Tsar Peter tomato is a varietal species and is not a hybrid. The variety was bred for cultivation in open ground or under a light film covering. The characteristics and description of the variety will be presented below. It will also talk about the main positive and negative qualities of the Tsar Peter variety. And according to vegetable growers who have been growing these tomatoes for several seasons, this vegetable is the king among all other types of tomatoes.
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Description and main characteristics of the variety
The bushes of this variety are of the determinate type, not standard, compact. The shoots are erect, low - no higher than 0.5 m, medium-leafy. The foliage is medium in size, typically tomato, light emerald in color.
Tsar Peter is a medium-early ripening tomato: from the moment of friendly shoots to harvest, about 4 months pass.
The inflorescences are simple, the first of them is usually formed above the third permanent leaf, and the subsequent ones appear after 1-2 leaves. In total, up to 5-6 ovaries can appear on one shoot.
The fruits are flat-round, the flesh is fleshy. The skin is dense, smooth, without ribbing, and not prone to cracking. Ripe tomatoes are bright red in color. They are held tightly on the stalks. The stalks have no articulations. The weight of one tomato can reach 0.25 kg, but most ripening tomatoes usually reach 200 grams. Up to 3 kg of fruits are usually collected from one bush. Up to 4 bushes are planted per 1 m², so 10-11 kg of crop is harvested per square meter.
The description of the variety will be incomplete without talking about the resistance of these tomatoes to major diseases. Tsar Peter is highly resistant to fungal diseases, in particular late blight, which the plant does not have time to get sick due to the relatively early ripening of tomatoes.
The seed chambers of ripe fruits consist of two or three nests, which do not contain many seeds. The juice contains an increased amount of sugar - about 2.4%, and dry matter - up to 5.4%. The taste of tomatoes is excellent - quite sweet with a pronounced tomato aroma.
The ripe fruits of Tsar Peter are universal: they are eaten fresh, in salads, canned, made into juices, sauces, purees, pastes and many other twists. Even unripe fruits can be salted and pickled.
If the fruits do not have time to ripen on the bushes, they can be placed to ripen in a warm room next to the red fruits.
The crop tolerates transportation well over fairly long distances and has excellent shelf life. Unripe fruits must be placed in boxes, separate from ripe tomatoes, in a cellar or other room where the temperature is maintained no higher than 5 degrees.
Pros and cons of the variety
The advantages of the Tsar Peter tomato include:
- high keeping quality;
- good resistance to major fungal diseases affecting tomatoes;
- good yield;
- compactness of bushes;
- universal purpose of ripened fruits;
- The crop tolerates transportation well over long distances.
But there are no negative qualities noted in this variety. Judging by the reviews of vegetable growers who grow this variety, compact, productive bushes do not require special care, take up little space in the beds, and therefore are very popular.
