Description and characteristics of the tomato variety "Pink Miracle"
Trying fresh tomatoes from your own backyard is a pleasure for most Russians, which they have been waiting for a whole year, and the desire to achieve the appearance of the first fruits of tomatoes as quickly as possible is understandable. To please them with taste, and this happened as early as possible, experienced gardeners recommend choosing the F1 hybrid variety of Pink Miracle tomato.
Variety Description
The birthplace of this hybrid is Transnistria. It has been listed in the State Register since 2010. Suitable for growing in greenhouses (northern regions) and in open ground (in southern regions).
The bush of the plant can reach two meters in height, but on average grows up to eighty centimeters in the open air and up to one hundred and ten centimeters in the greenhouse. As it grows, it needs to be tied up and pinned.
The "Pink Miracle" fruits of the corresponding color ripen. An important characteristic of this variety is the high sugar content in tomatoes, which many consider a great advantage.
The mass of a large tomato sometimes reaches 700 grams, but an ordinary tomato weighs about 250 grams. He has a thin skin, the fruit does not crack. It is convenient to transport it.
The hybrid has the following positive qualities:
- very early and amicably fastened fruits;
- great taste;
- unpretentiousness to conditions;
- preservation of taste in any climate, subject to the rules of cultivation;
- a large number of fruits;
- disease resistance.
Among the shortcomings, the following can be distinguished:
- short shelf life;
- inconvenience for harvesting for the winter.
seedling preparation
To grow the "Pink Miracle", you must first prepare the seedlings. Seeds are pre-treated with a solution of potassium permanganate (1%) and planted to a depth of two to three centimeters in moist soil. Containers with planted seeds should be covered with foil and placed in a warm, well-lit place. When the seedlings grow to two or three leaves, they are planted in separate pots - you can immediately plant them in peat, so as not to damage the root.
A couple of weeks before transplanting "to a permanent place of residence", young plants are hardened.
Transfer
After the spring frosts recede, you can plant the prepared seedlings in open ground. To do this, the temperature should not fall below +15 degrees. With large temperature differences, the tomato root system will not be able to develop. By the time of planting, the plants should be at least a month old. The soil itself must be treated with copper-containing substances two weeks before planting.
It is best if cabbage, onions, carrots or zucchini grew in place for tomatoes in the previous year. It is not necessary to make a bed for tomatoes where potatoes or eggplants “lived” before.
The place for the beds should be sunny and sheltered from drafts. The best time to transplant is cloudy or evening. Planting is carried out at one third of the height of the stem. Sprouts should be at a distance of 40 centimeters from each other. When planting, they are watered with warm water, the soil around is compacted and sprinkled with mulch (a layer of two centimeters).
Care
The Pink Miracle does not require special processing techniques.It is necessary to water the plants in the morning or in the evening, with warm water under the bush, so that the water does not flood the leaves and the trunk, and for the first time this is done only a week after planting in the ground. When watering, it is important to observe the measure. Excess water is just as bad for the plant as its lack.
Loosening after each watering should not be neglected - this will prevent the formation of a crust from the ground around the bush.
A couple of weeks after planting in the ground, you need to feed the tomatoes. The next one will be needed when the tomatoes begin to bloom, and the third - when the fruit ovaries are formed. For processing, you can choose tools such as Kemira Universal or Effekton.
In order for the yield to be maximum, at the stage of formation of a tomato bush, it is necessary to make it so that it has two or three stems. Before the first flower brush, all stepchildren are removed. So that the bush does not fall and break under the weight of pouring tomatoes, it must be tied up.
Preventive treatment
Despite resistance to diseases, this tomato variety also requires preventive procedures against various ailments characteristic of garden plants. During the growing season, you can not do without the use of fungicides. In the south, appropriate processing is carried out on warm and cloudy days, and in the northern regions - when the ovaries begin to form and then every ten days.
For processing, you should use different preparations so that viruses and fungus are not used to a certain composition.
Reviews
Tomatoes "Pink Miracle" receive mostly positive feedback from customers.Those who dealt with the seeds of these tomatoes note that even people who did not have much experience in gardening managed to grow good seedlings from them, successfully plant them in the ground and get a big harvest. At the same time, plants during the summer do not require special attention, are resistant to temperature extremes and such a dangerous thing as phytophthora.
Many note the pleasant color and excellent taste of the fruit, their fleshiness, as well as the fact that the gradual ripening of tomatoes allows them to be used in cooking various dishes until autumn. At the same time, people have certain difficulties with tying bushes, as plants are sometimes very elongated in growth, which is not always convenient to maintain. As for the storage of ripe fruits, it really cannot be done for a long time.
Science has proven that pink tomatoes are healthier than their yellow and red counterparts. They contain such a useful substance for human health as selenium - this is the best antioxidant. Selenium stimulates the immune system and brain activity, protects against heart disease and oncology, suppresses infections, helps to suppress fatigue and depression. Also, pink tomatoes contain B vitamins, vitamins C, PP, K, H, which are very valuable for the human body.
Recommendations
Since the variety "Pink Miracle" is a hybrid (as evidenced by the F1 mark on the packaging with the seed), harvesting seeds from tomatoes grown in your own garden does not guarantee the repetition of an equally excellent harvest next year, since the most valuable qualities obtained by the hybrid from " parents", are not always inherited.
Therefore, it is better to purchase new seeds in a specialized store.When doing this, you need to pay attention to the expiration date indicated on the package and its integrity.
You can eat such fruits simply by cutting them into pieces and sprinkling with herbs, or by adding them to salads. Due to the impressive size of the fruit for lunch and dinner, it is enough to take just a couple of these tomatoes - this will be enough to prepare a full-fledged vegetable dish. They also make excellent tomato juice.
For canning, Pink Miracle tomatoes are almost never used because of their large size, although some connoisseurs of this particular variety cut these tomatoes into pieces before salting and harvest them in this form. It is simply inconvenient to put them in a jar in their entirety, which becomes the reason for using them mainly in their raw form. Small specimens can be added to containers when pickling tomatoes of other varieties.
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