Many gardeners enjoy growing unusual varieties of vegetables and sharing their impressions and experiences with each other. A very rare Superexotic tomato of amateur selection in Ukraine attracted the attention of summer residents with its appearance and taste.
Description:
- mid-season (105–115 days);
- indeterminate bush (1.8–2 m), sparsely leafy;
- carpal ovary (6–20 fruits);
- small tomatoes 40–80 g, rarely up to 120 g;
- the fruits are plum-shaped, dark red or brown with dark green stripes and streaks;
- The pulp is tasty, sweet and sour, marmalade-like.
Every season, the tomato finds more and more new fans and can often be heard about in discussions of successful varieties. Exotic brown tomatoes with dark stripes captivate with their marmalade juicy pulp with an excellent sweet and sour tomato taste.
Seedling
Tomato seedlings are sown 55–65 days before the expected planting in the ground. The indeterminate variety requires planting in large pots of 1.5–2 liters. The soil mixture is prepared from organic components (compost, steamed sawdust, humus, peat) and garden soil from the future garden bed.
To prevent tomatoes from being pulled out, follow the basic rules:
- maintaining the temperature after seed germination within 19-21 ⁰C;
- providing plants with additional lighting with fluorescent spectrum lamps, extending daylight hours by 3–4 hours;
- moderate watering with settled water 20–22 ⁰С;
- feeding seedlings every 14 days with complex mineral fertilizers without excess nitrogen;
- hardening of seedlings, if weather conditions permit (daytime temperature above 16 ⁰C), already from one month of age.
The soil
The site for the tomato bed is selected according to the rules of crop rotation. It is prohibited to grow tomatoes in the former place of vegetables from the nightshade family. Tomatoes feel good after root vegetables, cucumbers, and zucchini.
The indeterminate bush Superexotic develops a powerful root system. At 1 m2 It is allowed to plant no more than 3–4 plants. The bed is prepared to a depth of 40–50 cm, adding compost, humus, and peat to the garden soil in large quantities. Before planting seedlings, water the soil generously with hot water. The beds are mulched with peat or steamed sawdust. This will eliminate the need for frequent loosening of the top layer of soil.
Bush formation
Tomatoes of the Super Exotic variety form a tall indeterminate bush (1.8–2.0 m), which requires obligatory staking to a support. The plant is formed into 2–3 stems, the remaining stepsons are removed. The sparsely leafed bush does not require thinning of the tops. The ovary is formed in large clusters, sometimes up to 20 fruits.
In early to mid-August, the tops of the bushes are pinched and subsequent flowers are torn off, preventing the formation of a new ovary.
These fruits will not have time to ripen before the end of the season and will interfere with the ripening of tomatoes.
Harvest
105–115 days after germination, a mid-season tomato begins to bear fruit. According to reviews from vegetable growers, the Super Exotic tomato is productive, but is demanding on weather conditions. In a good year, each bush can form up to 5-6 large clusters. Fruiting continues until the cold weather. The last unripe tomatoes successfully “arrive” on the windowsill.
Super Exotic tomatoes have good shelf life, at a temperature of 8–10 ⁰C, the fruits can be stored for more than 3–4 weeks. This variety combines external exoticism with excellent taste characteristics. In whole-fruit canning, fancy striped plum-shaped Superexotic tomatoes will successfully decorate the jars of the most demanding housewives.
