Tomato Alice's Dream

Tomatoes Alice's Dream is a high-yielding vegetable crop, its fruits are rich in vitamins, mineral salts and organic acids. They are distinguished by high taste and are used fresh.

The author of the described variety was Zbigniew Paulyuchik. This plant also has a second name in English - Alice's Dream.

Alice's dream has no growth restrictions, so the tomato is classified as indeterminate. The bushes are always tall.

The fruits are good fresh to the table, they have a high marketability.

Ripe tomatoes Alice's Dream of unusual yellow-black color with red stripes. The fruits are quite large, up to 400 grams. Juicy pulp inside.

Alice's dream is a tomato with a pleasant sweetness.

Refers to medium early varieties.

Alice's dream is a high-yielding variety.

From the beginning of March to the 10th day, seeds are planted for seedlings. It can be transferred to the ground already in the second decade of May.

For the described variety, planting tomatoes according to the 40x60 cm scheme will be optimal.

A prerequisite for growing this variety is formation. It is allowed to leave from 2 to 3 stems on the bush, but a mandatory garter is required. Most often, stakes are used, sometimes trellises. Without support, the tomatoes will fall to the ground as the plant cannot support the weight of the fruit.

With a non-picking method of growing seedlings, seeds are sown in greenhouses and greenhouses on beds with a row spacing of 6-7 cm, and in the phase of 1-2 true leaves at a distance of 5-6 cm.

10-15 days before planting, the seedlings are hardened. First, the greenhouse frames are raised on racks, and 7-8 days before disembarkation, they are removed from the greenhouses and at night. Well-seasoned seedlings can withstand temperatures down to 3-5 ° C.

When growing the tomato Alice's Dream without seedlings, seeds are sown when the soil is warmed up to a depth of 5 cm to + 10 ... 15 ° С. At this temperature, seedlings appear in 10-12 days. Plants are more cold-resistant and easily tolerate a decrease in air temperature at night by 2-3 °.

Seedlings of this variety are planted in open ground when the soil warms up to + 14 ... 15 ° С, and the threat of spring frosts has passed.Plants are planted to the first leaf. Overgrown bushes are laid obliquely in the ground, leaving only 7-8 leaves on top. After 3-4 days, Alice's mast straightens, and an additional root system forms on the stem, which is deepened into the soil.

The best soil moisture for Alice's Dream tomato is 70-80%, therefore, to obtain a high yield of fruits in dry years and in the southern regions, plants need to be watered in the morning at a rate of 350-500 m3 / ha. Immediately after watering, as soon as the soil dries up, the aisles are loosened. This procedure prevents fungal diseases from damaging plants. The best relative humidity for Alice's Dream tomato is 60-70%.

Indoors, Alice's Dream tomato is grown in hydroponic greenhouses in the winter-spring period. For winter greenhouses, seedlings are grown in pots. When using crushed stone or expanded clay, they are filled with a fine (no more than 3-5 mm) fraction.

In greenhouses, seedlings are planted in the phase of 7-8 true leaves in late December - early January. In spring greenhouses, it is necessary to achieve the optimal temperature for the growth and development of plants.

Planting methods: wide-row or tape.

After Alice's Dream takes root in the ground, the plants are tied to a trellis. When plants are formed on a mobile trellis, when the stem reaches its height, the lower leaves are cut off to the inflorescence on which the fruits were formed.

During the entire growing season, stepchildren 3-5 cm long and dying leaves are systematically removed. The removed shoots are immediately burned. In soil greenhouses, the aisles are systematically loosened.

Watering, picking off stepchildren and leaves is best done in the morning, so that the wounds on the plants heal during the day. Immediately after watering, the structures are ventilated to reduce the relative humidity of the air.

To make Alice's Dream tomatoes grow large, gardeners water them with yeast. The results are pleasing to the eye from the first days after feeding. Plants quickly gain weight, bloom profusely and bear fruit. However, there is one drawback to this top dressing - during fermentation, potassium and calcium are absorbed from the soil. In order to prevent their deficiency, it is recommended to water with yeast at the same time as fertilizing with mineral fertilizers.

Prepare yeast starter as follows: dissolve 50 or 100 g of yeast (pack) into a 10-liter bucket of warm water, add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar. The solution is ready in a few hours. Two liters of starter culture is poured into another bucket, 8 liters of water are added, and a finished fertilizer is obtained.

This yeast solution is watered three times: 7-10 days after planting the seedlings in the ground, as soon as the plants take over, another week, and before flowering. The first time, half a liter of solution is poured under the bush, the second time - a liter, and the third - one and a half or two, depending on the size of the plant.

In order to obtain a good harvest, it is necessary to use both agrotechnical and biological methods of pest and disease control. Of the agrotechnical measures, the following are effective:

• cleaning the topsoil from weed seeds;

• treatment of plants during the entire growing season with biological preparations.

It is necessary to treat plants with such preparations when the first foci of pests and diseases are found on plantations. After planting the seedlings, Alice's Dream is sprayed with 1% Bordeaux liquid to fight diseases. The interval between subsequent treatments in warm and dry weather is 7-10 days, in wet weather - 5-7. Against the Colorado potato beetle, plants are treated two to three times with a 0.3-0.4% solution of Fozalon.