The characteristics and description of the Red Icicle tomato variety eloquently confirm that even though this variety appeared quite recently, it is already loved by many summer residents and vegetable growers. These tomatoes are loved for their excellent taste, beautiful shape and ease of cultivation.
Advantages
The characteristics and description of the variety contain information about the most important advantages of the Red Icicle tomato variety:
- early ripening variety;
- good yield indicators;
- fruits are subject to long-term storage and transportation;
- universal use - tomatoes are suitable for both salads and preparations;
- tomatoes are perfect for sale and have a beautiful presentation;
- The variety is highly resistant to diseases and pests.
general information
Icicle is a hybrid mid-early variety, suitable for growing both in open ground and in greenhouses. The height of the tomato can reach 200 cm, the bush grows quickly. The first inflorescence appears above the 5th or 6th leaf. In total, up to 6 clusters can grow on a bush, each of which produces 8 - 9 tomatoes.
The fruits have an unusual elongated shape with a sharp nose, the weight of each tomato is 90 - 120 g. The pulp is dense, sweetish, with numerous chambers, bright pink. Tomatoes have a high shelf life, so they are often grown for sale.
The fruits are used universally: they are tasty in salads, fresh dishes, suitable for preservation, they can even be dried and dried.
Organization of tomato care
The characteristics and description of the variety state that the variety is frost-resistant, so the tomato can be grown in almost any region. Seeds for seedlings are planted at the end of March and beginning of April in a container with a nutrient soil mixture and placed in a bright, warm place.
Picking and fertilizing are carried out after the appearance of 1 - 2 full-fledged leaves; after picking, the seedlings are thoroughly watered.
Young plants are transplanted to a permanent place at the end of May, maintaining a sufficiently large distance between the tomatoes so that the bushes do not interfere with each other in the future.
Disease and pest control
The variety is considered resistant to insect pests and various diseases, but is damaged by septoria, aphids, and late blight:
- Septoria or white spot is a viral disease that affects the leaves and stems of the plant, starting from the bottom. The disease significantly reduces yield and appears in conditions of high humidity and high temperatures. Most often, plants get sick in late summer and early autumn. You can cure the bushes by removing the affected leaves and treating the hole with special chemicals: “Horus”, “Zineb”.
- The fight against aphids consists of several sprayings of bushes against pests with preparations that you can prepare yourself or purchase at flower shops.
- Phytophthora is a fungal disease that rarely appears on Icicle. Infected bushes are visible immediately: the leaves turn brown, dry out, and characteristic black spots appear on the fruits. They fight late blight with various fungicides: “Fundazol”, “Fitosporin”, “Topaz”.
Olga, 29 years old, Voronezh: “I planted the Red Icicle tomato last summer. She reaped a decent harvest with almost no effort. Now we grow these tomatoes with the whole family: not only me at the dacha, but also my parents and mother-in-law in the village.”
Having once tried to grow this unusual and tasty variety of Icicle tomatoes, vegetable growers and summer residents are very pleased with the results.
To grow a rich harvest, as the characteristics and description of the variety say, it will not require much effort or expensive investments; you just need to follow basic agrotechnical requirements.
