Many amateur vegetable growers prefer to grow low-growing tomatoes. They are attracted by the ease of care and the small area they need for growing. Reviews about the Toy Thumb tomato are not bad. The variety can be recommended for cultivation in open ground and as a potted crop for landscaping a loggia (balcony).
Description
The variety is intended for early harvest. From the date of emergence to the harvest of ripe tomatoes, only 80–95 days pass. The tomato variety Boy with a Thumb is considered ultra-early ripening; it is recommended to grow it in open ground and in tunnels. Low bushes are compact, standard type.They do not need support, the stepchildren do not need to be removed. Mature plants do not exceed 40 cm. The first inflorescence is formed above the 5 (6) leaf.
The fruits are healthy due to lycopene, which is part of the pulp. The tomatoes are small, weighing about 60 g, and quickly turn red when ripe. The skin is smooth and durable. The fruits are eaten in salads and used for winter preparations. The taste of the fruit is good.
Productivity
When choosing a variety, the yield characteristics play a big role; you always want to collect as many fruits as possible from a square meter of garden. The yield of a tomato about the size of a finger is not bad for a low-growing plant. From one bush you get 1.5–2.5 kg of tomatoes.
Advantages
Advantages of the Tomato Thumb:
- Early maturation.
- Simple planting care.
- There is no need to remove stepsons.
- Universal purpose.
- Good taste.
- High performance.
- Not affected by late blight.
Sowing seedlings and care
Seeds for seedlings are sown at the end of March - early April. Viable seedlings are ready 40–45 days after germination. Seedlings can be planted in open ground in early April. In the southern regions earlier.
Care comes down to watering, weeding, loosening the soil around the stem. There is no need to worry about late blight. The tomatoes ripen together, and by the time the infection is activated, the fruiting of the Thumb Boy is over.
Reviews
Anna: “I liked the description of the Little Thumb variety. The package indicated that the variety was very productive, ripened early, and was low (40 cm). I bought seeds and planted 2 roots in open ground. The bushes grew larger than promised. I specially measured each one - 60 cm. I collected 35-40 tomatoes from each plant. From two bushes - a bucket with a slide. They were all completely covered with tomatoes.I regularly picked off the leaves and didn’t pluck the bushes.”
Valentina, Moscow region: “I always plant tomatoes in well-fertilized soil. I plant an ultra-early tomato, a boy the size of a finger, for my children. They love its small cherry-like tomatoes. Thumb-sized boy will be one of the first to sing tomatoes. To get an early harvest, I plant them in warm beds under arches with covering material.”
Katerina: “I planted a boy the size of a finger once. Grown in open ground. The bushes were, as indicated in the description, 40 cm, strong. There were a lot of tomatoes on the bushes, they sang together. I liked the taste of tomatoes. Most of the harvest was eaten, the rest was pickled. The pickled tomatoes taste good.”
Alexandra, Stavropol Territory: “I bought seeds for a boy the size of a finger from the Sedek company.” I took care of it as recommended in the description: I didn’t pluck the stepsons at all, I fed them twice. The tomatoes sang quickly. I liked the taste. The weight of the fruit, as stated by the manufacturer, did not exceed 60 g.”
