Tomato Raspberry Mousse

Currently, tomatoes in terms of commercial production, as well as in terms of cultivation area, occupy the 10th place among plant food products. Many summer residents grow this vegetable in greenhouses and open field. If you choose a hybrid for planting, then you should try Raspberry Mousse.

This variety is of the determinant type. It is planted with equal success in greenhouses and open ground.

The fruits are suitable for fresh consumption, they are highly marketable.

Raspberry mousse bushes reach a height of 90 cm. The foliage is medium in length, painted in a dark green color.

The fruits of this variety show excellent transportability. In an immature state, they lack a spot at the peduncle. When ripe, they turn pink.

Tomatoes Raspberry mousse grow to a weight of 260 grams. Their shape can be characterized as rounded and slightly ribbed.

The fruits have high marketability and keeping quality.

Tomatoes of this variety have a pleasant tomato flavor.

Raspberry mousse is an early variety with a ripening period of 90 to 95 days.

This figure is at the level of 18.5 kg / sq. m.

Planting in the ground is done when the first 4-5 true leaves appear on the plants.

You can use the standard version of 4 plants per square meter.

Raspberry mousse requires shaping. Typically 4 to 6 stems are left.

The tomato of this variety is a thermophilic culture. The optimum temperature for seed germination is + 22 ... 27, at night +16 degrees. At temperatures below + 15 ... 13, the buds of plants fall off, frosts from 0 to –1 degrees have a detrimental effect on them.

Before planting a tomato in the ground, it must be rid of weeds. When the herbicide is applied locally, the guide furrows are cut, and the agent is sprayed in strips of 35 cm.

With the seedless method of growing Raspberry mousse, timely loosening of the soil after precipitation is of great importance. After the emergence of full shoots to control weeds, soil crust and better air exchange, the soil around the tomatoes is loosened across the rows.

An important property of Raspberry Mousse tomatoes is the ability to properly use small moisture reserves in the soil. This is due to the well-developed root system, which at the time of fruiting reaches a depth of 1-2 m, its radius of distribution is 1.2-1.3 m.

The optimum soil moisture for this crop at the beginning of plant development is 60-70%, and after fruit setting is 70-80%, the air humidity is 45-60%. A higher rate contributes to the defeat of plants by diseases, delays the maturation of pollen and the opening of anthers, worsens fertilization.

With proper agricultural technology, raspberry mousse can develop on various soils, but the best for it are sandy loam and loamy, loose, rich in nutrients, with constant air access. Heavy alkaline and floodplain soils are not very suitable for growing tomatoes.

Tomatoes Raspberry mousse are plants that are demanding on soil fertility and are most sensitive to the introduction of mineral fertilizers, primarily phosphorus. The need for the latter increases during fruiting and growing seedlings. With a large lack of phosphorus in the soil, tomatoes of this variety stop using nitrogen. Most of all, with the harvest, they consume potassium from the soil. Note that phosphorus fertilizers have a better effect on productivity when they are used in conjunction with nitrogen and potash fertilizers.

In the beginning of flowering phase, plant feeding with superphosphate (120-150 kg / ha) is effective simultaneously with inter-row cultivation.

This variety has immunity to the following diseases:

• alternaria;

• tobacco mosaic virus;

• fusarium wilting.

From the invasion of insects, experts advise using an insecticidal soap. Fungicides are used to prevent diseases not listed.