Tomato Petrusha gardener

Among the many tomatoes, each gardener chooses a variety that does not make high demands on care and demonstrates an excellent harvest. Many such crops have been bred, but before choosing a specific variety, you need to find out the features of each of them. Tomato Petrusha gardener was obtained in Altai, but after a while it spread throughout the country.

Fruit crops are cultivated in indoor or outdoor conditions. The type of plant growth is determinant, and the harvested fruits are useful both for canning for the winter and as a fresh and healthy snack. The bushes are undersized and do not grow more than 50-60 centimeters. Shoots are covered with medium-sized dark green leaves. Demonstrates high resistance to pathogens.

During the growing season, the plant forms a large number of shoots with numerous ovaries. In one brush, 6 to 8 vegetables ripen at the same time. Simple inflorescences.

Note: despite the small growth, in film shelters, the height of the bushes can reach one meter.

Like other unripe tomatoes, the fruits of the Petrusha gardener variety remain light green until fully ripe, when their color changes to a rich raspberry. Unripe tomatoes have a green spot at the base. In mass, they gain about 150-180 grams. Sometimes there are specimens up to 200 grams. The sizes are large. In shape, the vegetables resemble a cylinder, with a pointed top. The skin is very delicate and thin. The texture is smooth and glossy. The skins are strong enough to protect the vegetables from cracking. The pulp on the break is sugary. Tomatoes are saturated with a high sugar content.

Options for using tomatoes:

• whole-fruit blanks:

• making pasta and juices;

• ingredient for salads and hot dishes;

• product for slicing.

The gastronomic quality is high. When eating fresh vegetables, a pronounced sweetness with a slight sourness is noted.

This variety belongs to the mid-season varieties. For the ripening of tomatoes, it takes from 105 to 110 days. Fruiting is long-term. Harvested before the end of summer.

Note: in some regions, from the moment of germination to harvesting, 110 to 120 days must pass. The fruiting period may shift from mid-summer to early October.

Petrusha the gardener is a high-yielding crop. Up to 6.4 kg of vegetables are obtained per square meter of the garden. Tomatoes boast good transportability. Fully ripe tomatoes remain fresh for up to a month if stored in dark, low-temperature rooms. Experienced gardeners can get up to 12 kilograms of tomatoes from the plantation (from 4 to 6 kilograms per bush).

At the time of transfer of seedlings to greenhouses or to open areas, its age should be from 50 to 60 days. The transplant is carried out in the spring, when the soil warms up after winter, and the frost will completely recede. Sowing material begins to be sown at the end of winter or in the first half of March. Summer residents choose the right date depending on the weather in the region and the method of cultivation.

Before germinating the grains, you need to prepare a special substrate.

To obtain it, the following components are used:

• 1 part peat, sand and compost;

• 2 parts of fertile turf.

And also use mineral dressing in the ratio of 10 grams of potassium sulfate and 20 grams of superphosphate per 10 kilograms of soil mixture.

Features of growing tomato seedlings.

• The seed boxes are left in a warm room until the first shoots appear. Containers should be covered with plastic wrap.

• Sprouted seedlings are hardened throughout the week, adhering to the following temperature regime: during the day - 16 degrees Celsius and 14 degrees at night.

• The containers are illuminated using fluorescent phytolamps. Seedlings should receive at least 12 hours of light per day. Natural lighting will not be enough, so you cannot do without the use of additional lighting devices.

• Seedlings dive in separate containers with a volume of 0.5 liters. Work is carried out only after the appearance of 2-3 full sheets.

It is advisable to plant no more than 5 bushes per square meter of the site. Some gardeners reduce the number to four. A gap of 50-60 centimeters is left between the holes. This distance will be quite enough for the plants to be ventilated and get enough sunlight.

Caring for a fruit crop is practically no different from growing other varieties of tomatoes. Shrubs love regular but moderate watering. Moisture is needed for juiciness and high taste characteristics of the fruit. Irrigation is carried out when the topsoil dries up. Water is used warm and settled, since the bushes do not react well to cold liquid. Be sure to water after transferring the seedlings to a permanent growing area. Moisture will help young plants to take root and take root.

Top dressing is also needed for tomatoes. Both liquid formulations and dry complex formulations are used. During the season, vegetables are fertilized three times: during flowering, fruit setting and ripening. When choosing ready-made dressings, you must carefully follow the instructions on the package, and avoid overdose. Organic matter must also be handled carefully. Before adding them, they are diluted with water.

It is necessary to grow a vegetable crop Petrusha gardener in lighted areas, away from drafts and strong winds. In greenhouses, you should not worry that the plants will suffer from drafts, but they need to be protected from dampness. To avoid stagnant moisture, the room is regularly ventilated.

After the irrigation procedure, you need to loosen the soil around the bushes and cover it with mulch. A layer of mulch will keep weeds from filling your garden and will also keep moisture in the soil, preventing it from evaporating quickly in hot weather. As a mulch, you can use plant material (it is laid in a layer of 10 centimeters) or a special black agrofibre.When using mulch, you can do without weeding, saving time and effort.

When cultivating the Petrusha variety, the gardener does not need to pinch.

One of the characteristics of this variety is its strong immunity, which protects the variety from most common diseases. The bushes are not afraid of fusarium, spotting and cladosporium. If the plants are grown in comfortable conditions, they practically do not get sick.

However, you should not give up preventive actions either. In the season of the epidemic of the fungus, the bushes need additional protection. The bushes are treated with copper-based products such as Bordeaux liquid or copper sulfate. If pronounced symptoms of spotting were noticed on the plants, they are sprayed with the preparations "Fundazol" or "Ridomil Gold".