The Sugar Pudovich tomato is considered ideal for making sauces, lecho, and salads. Its large fruits impress, first of all, with their taste, and the high yield does not fall even after a rainy and cold summer.
general information
The characteristics and description of the Sugar Pudovichok tomato variety indicate that these tomatoes were bred by the Russian breeding company Siberian Garden. The variety was registered in the State Register in 1999.
These tomatoes belong to the indeterminate species. Suitable for greenhouse cultivation and for planting in open ground beds.The bushes reach 1 – 1.2 meters in height, and when grown in a greenhouse, the plant can grow up to 140 cm.
The Sugar Pudovik bushes are of a non-standard type. It is recommended to leave 2 stems. They need to be tied up.
This ensures the ripening of large fruits and higher yields. The fruits have a medium-fast ripening period. Typically, 110–115 days pass before the first tomato harvest.
Sugar puff has an average ability to resist typical tomato diseases. When growing this variety, it is necessary to monitor the condition of the bushes and fruits in order to notice possible tomato diseases in time.
Under normal garden plot conditions, the yield is up to 8 kg of fruit per bush. Using the latest advances in agricultural technology, it is possible to obtain up to 10–12 kg of tomatoes from one plant.
Advantages of the variety
One of the main advantages of the Sugar Pudovich variety is the ability to transport ripened fruits over long distances.
A positive characteristic is their versatility of use and high level of taste. The main disadvantage of this variety is the need to form a bush.
Fruit characteristics
When ripened, tomatoes of the Sugar Pudovik variety acquire a red color. The fruits have a flat-round shape, without ribbing, characteristic of some varieties of tomatoes. They have a slightly sweet taste. The fruits are quite large. The weight of one can reach up to 0.5 kilograms or more.
The fruits have 3–4 seed chambers. The few seeds do not have a shell to protect them and are easily separated from the tomato pulp. The amount of dry matter in tomatoes is very high, which allows you to prepare delicious salads and add them to snacks, preserve them and prepare sauces and pastes.
Growing rules
This variety successfully bears fruit in mid-latitudes when planted in open areas. Tomatoes are grown in the Far East, in the Moscow region and in Siberia. In regions with cooler climatic conditions, tomatoes are planted in greenhouses and greenhouses.
When growing in greenhouses, it is necessary to monitor air humidity. The premises are periodically ventilated to remove excess moisture.
The bushes need pinching. The stems growing above the first branch are cut off. It is recommended to remove the leaves located below 1 cluster after the ovary has formed.
The density of planting bushes is calculated in such a way that per 1 sq. m had 4 tomato plants.
Diseases and pests
When growing the Sugarpuff tomato in greenhouse conditions, the tomato is susceptible to late blight and brown spot. It is necessary to regularly check the bushes for mosaic damage. As a preventative measure, the bushes are treated with “Fitosporin”, “Polycarbacin” or potassium permanganate.
Plants can be affected by the following garden insect pests:
- wireworm;
- goose (garden cutworms);
- spider mite;
- whitefly
After the fruits appear, insects can only be dealt with using folk remedies or collecting pests manually.
You can place special traps on the beds or spray a decoction of wormwood, yarrow, and hot pepper. Chemicals (insecticides) can be toxic to humans after contact with fruits, so they are used only in the early stages of bush growth.
Reviews
Peter, 53 years old, Moscow region: “I planted the Sugar Pudovich tomato in the beds near the house. I don’t have much land, but for my family of 3 people, the 10 bushes that grew on my plot were enough.We even managed to preserve some of these tomatoes for the winter.”
