Gardeners often face a difficult choice: what seedlings to plant this season? For all lovers of cherry tomatoes there is a very good variety. It is called the "Red Pearl".
The fruits will undoubtedly please with their taste, and the plants - with a decorative look, moreover, with these tomatoes it is not at all necessary to be the owner of the summer cottage, they can be grown right at home.
Well, in more detail about these wonderful tomatoes, you will learn from our article. In it we will present to your attention a complete description of the variety, its main characteristics, especially the agrotechnical techniques.
Tomatoes Red Pearl: variety description
It is a determinant shtambovy hybrid, early ripe, only 85-95 days pass from transplanting to fruiting. The plant is short in height reaches 30-40 cm. It can be grown both in open ground and in greenhouse shelters and even on the balcony of a city apartment. This type of tomato has a very good resistance to diseases.
The ripe fruits of the Red Pearl have a bright red color and a smooth rounded shape. Tomatoes themselves are very small, weighing about 20-40 grams. The number of chambers in the fruit is 2, the dry matter content is up to 6%. Harvest is not stored for long, pay attention to it.
This hybrid was bred in Ukraine in 2002, was registered in Russia in 2004. Almost immediately, it deserved the recognition of our gardeners and farmers for their excellent varietal quality.
Tomato "Red Pearl" has a number of advantages, namely, resistance to temperature extremes and lack of light, it gives the opportunity to grow it in open ground in central Russia, and not just in the south. In greenhouses and at home you can achieve good results in any region.
Specifications
These tomatoes have excellent taste and very good fresh. For preservation and pickling, they are also ideal. Thanks to a good combination of sugars and acids, you can make delicious juice from them.
When creating good conditions and proper care, this variety is able to produce up to 1.5 kg. harvest from one bush, with a plan of planting 4 bush per square. m. it turns out about 6 kg. it not the highest rate, but still not so bad, given the size of the bush.
Among the main advantages of this type of tomato note:
- the ability to grow at home, on the windowsill or on the balcony;
- early maturity;
- resistance to lack of lighting;
- good temperature tolerance;
- high immunity to diseases;
- unpretentiousness.
Among the shortcomings noted is not the highest yield and short storage. No other significant deficiencies were found in this variety. The main feature of the "Red Pearl" is that it can be grown at home. Still very interesting are its fruits, quite small, like beads. Its simplicity to growing conditions and resistance to diseases can also be attributed to the features.
A photo
Growing up
Growing tomato "Pearl Red" does not require much effort. Formation of the bush variety does not require. You can feed the usual complex fertilizers. The only thing you should pay attention to the branches, studded with fruits, there can be up to 20 pieces on one branch. Because of this, they can bend, to avoid this, you need to use props.
Diseases and pests
Fungal diseases "Red Pearl" is extremely rare. The only thing to be afraid of is illnesses associated with improper care. To avoid such troubles, it is necessary to regularly air the room where your tomato grows, and observe the mode of watering and lighting.
Of the harmful insects may be exposed to melon gum and thrips, against them successfully used the drug "Bison". Medvedka and slugs can also cause great harm to these bushes. They are fought with the help of loosening the soil, and they also use dry mustard or spicy ground pepper diluted in water, a 10-liter spoon. and water the soil around, the pest then disappears.
As you can see, this is a wonderful variety and it can be successfully grown even on the balcony and have fresh tomatoes all year round, and it will not cost much work. Good luck and good harvests!
