Tomato Easter Egg

Unusual tomato Easter egg at first glance attracts attention with its variegated color and neat shape. Indeterminate variety, requires pinching to inhibit growth. Fruits are appreciated both for their fresh taste properties and for preserving aesthetics during conservation.

Bushes are tall, reach 160-180 cm, spreading. The foliage is medium, the tops are typical for tomatoes, smooth, slightly corrugated.

Tomatoes of this variety are cocktail-sized and egg-shaped. The weight of each fruit reaches 60-90 g. The skin of a ripe tomato is red, with noticeable yellow stripes. In a brush, there are up to 5-7 fruits. They do not crack, the dense skin retains the shape of a tomato during transportation and storage.

The tomato is sweet, with a slight sourness. The pulp is dense, fleshy. The richness of the taste remains even after conservation.

The fruits are harvested after 110 days. For this indicator, the variety is considered medium early. Fruiting is extended, lasts until the very frost.

Fruits are harvested in amounts up to 5-7 kg per bush.

Sowing of seeds begins in 1-2 ten days of March. The soil is used purchased or garden, steamed. Plants also feel good in peat substrates. Seed material is disinfected, exposed to growth stimulants at a concentration of 3 drops per 100 ml of water.

Plants are transferred to open ground not earlier than June. To the greenhouse - in May, after 55-60 days.

For Easter Egg tomatoes, you can use one of 2 planting patterns with a distance of 40 × 60 or 50 × 60 cm between the bushes.

Plants after transplanting into the ground must be tied up, subjected to regular pinching. The formation of the bush is carried out in 2-3 stems. For a garter, it is better to use a trellis or twine with a free loop fastening, but always made of synthetic materials.

The variety is not too picky about the composition of the soil. Humus and superphosphate mixed with garden soil are placed in the holes before planting. The seedling containers are watered to facilitate the extraction of the tomatoes.Then the bush with an earthen lump is carefully removed from the container, installed in the hole, sprinkled with soil substrate. The seedlings are watered, the soil surface is mulched.

Watering tomato bushes in a greenhouse or in open beds should not be too often. Enough once every 7-10 days. It is best to organize drip irrigation through an irrigation system connected to a storage tank. It will be useful to spice up the water with wood ash crushed into dust. It is important that the temperature of the liquid entering the roots is not lower than +20 degrees.

In extreme heat, the frequency of watering is increased. Under each bush, 5 liters of water are added every 3 days. If irrigation is carried out from a watering can, the divider is removed. Water is introduced strictly at the root, avoiding contact with the tops. Watering time is chosen early in the morning or in the evening, after sunset.

Top dressing is also necessary. The Easter egg is actively growing, gaining a height of up to 2 meters. In order for the plants to have enough nutrients for setting fruits, top dressing is carried out under the root and on the green leaf. The optimal fertilization schedule is at intervals of 14 days.

Among the complex preparations for indeterminate tomatoes, the organomineral “Ideal” is not bad. It contains all the nutrients at once, including potassium and phosphorus, and is rich in humic substances. You can also use diluted bird droppings or manure, nettle infusions. During the formation of flower brushes, nitrogen fertilizers are contraindicated.

When grown in open ground, it is important to ensure that the tomato bushes do not freeze, to exclude overmoistening. For this, the ridges are drained at the stage of preparation, if necessary, they are covered with a special agromaterial or sprinkled with natural mulch. The drip irrigation system should also be laid in advance, especially in arid southern regions, where water consumption has to be rationed. Supports in steppe zones should be as strong as possible to withstand gusts of wind.

The variety has high immunity against most infectious diseases of nightshade crops. It is resistant to TMV. As a preventive measure, spraying of bushes with fungicidal preparations of complex action is used. Topaz or Bordeaux liquid will do. Dusting with ash will help scare off insects, it is also added when watering.

The variety successfully tolerates changes in atmospheric temperatures. But the bushes do not react well to waterlogging. For greenhouse cultivation, it is imperative to ventilate. The variety tolerates drought well and is suitable for cultivation in hot climates.

The variety is universal; it is grown outdoors both in the south and in the climatic conditions of the middle zone. To the north, planting in greenhouses is recommended. The variety is optimal for regions with a short summer, where the fruits of tomatoes have time to ripen completely.

According to summer residents, the Easter egg tomato can be safely called an adornment of any greenhouse. This variety is especially praised for its long fruiting - tomatoes in clusters ripen unevenly. The bushes, according to gardeners, are not too tall, in the open field and in the greenhouse, their size does not interfere with the normal harvest. The unusual color of the skin was especially appreciated by lovers of home preservation. Salted neat plum tomatoes look very nice.

Many summer residents note that the fruits lie well - even until the end of December, if they are removed from the bush unripe. On the beds, tomatoes practically do not get sick, they quickly recover from infections. The fruits are calibrated, beautiful, the same in appearance and shape. They can be successfully grown for sale.

Among the disadvantages of this variety, summer residents note the need for regular pinching. It takes a lot of time. If you neglect the garter of the bushes, their shoots can break under the weight of the fruit. The productivity of the variety, although it is estimated as quite high, still does not suit all gardeners.