Tomato Kiss

Do you want to plant a tomato that gives good results in the soil and greenhouse? A kiss is just that sort.

It is a determinant species, so it has limited growth and short green foliage. The fruits of the Kiss behave very well in preservation as a whole, and it is not a shame to put them on the table fresh.

When tomato Kiss is ripe, its tomatoes turn red. It is cherry in size, weighing only 25 grams. The pulp is not too firm.

The taste can be assessed as pleasant tomato, there is a slight sourness.

Kiss matures early, in just 95 days.

This figure is at the level of 16 kg / sq. m.

Planting seedlings in the ground is required when 5-6 permanent leaves appear.

There should be no more than two plants per square meter.

Use plastic or wooden crates for sowing seeds. Use milk or juice bags to fill them with soil. The soil should be watered with a solution of warm water and potassium permanganate. Then, at a distance of 7 cm, make small holes for the seeds.

Seed boxes must be covered with foil so that moisture does not evaporate. You can store them in the kitchen on a shelf, on window sills, if warm batteries pass under them. It can also be placed under the batteries.

After 2 days, check from time to time: as soon as the first shoots of the Kiss sprout, you can put the boxes closer to the sunlight. Just make sure that there are no drafts from the windows.

Here are some important points of seedling care.

1. The temperature in the room should be + 23 ... 25 degrees Celsius in the daytime and + 16 ... 20 degrees at night. After a week, the indicators can be reduced by 3 degrees.

2. It is necessary to extend the daylight hours with the help of lamps. Turn them on in the morning and evening to keep the Kiss seedlings growing.

3. Water with water that has a temperature of + 26 ... 28, but not too often, only when the soil is dry.

4. When 2-3 leaves are formed, plant the seedlings in separate pots.

When replanting, do not forget to tear off the tip of the root from the tomato bush, so that it grows better in the soil.

20-30 days before planting seedlings of this variety, the soil must be disinfected with a warm solution of copper sulfate: 1 tbsp. l. dissolve the drug in 10 liters of water. For 1 sq.m will take approximately 1.5 liters of solution.

The next point is to scatter humus or peat and wood ash on the garden bed. All of these can be purchased at a gardening store. The earth should be dug up and leveled.

Dig holes before planting. Using a special spatula, remove the Kiss tomato from the pots along with the soil and transfer to the prepared holes. It is important to support the soil with one hand and the stem with the other so that the plant does not break. To protect against the May beetle, you can soak the root system in the Antikhrushch product at this stage.

After planting, you need to close and firmly press the roots with earth so that there are no empty pockets between them.

To obtain high yields of tomatoes Kiss significantly affects the level of supply of plants with nutrients. In particular, the smallest amount of non-marketable fruits will be obtained with the option with the systematic application of mineral fertilizers throughout the entire growing season in the total amount of N80-P80-K80.

This variety has no resistance to diseases. The main concern of most plant breeders is the processing of tomatoes. Kiss from late blight, because it often leads to the death of plants.

The first treatment must be carried out at the seedling stage. So, soaking the roots before planting will protect the plants from diseases and soil pests.

For example, to protect tomato Kiss from black leg disease, you can soak the roots in a solution of potassium permanganate. Unfortunately, potassium permanganate will not help against soil pests, but there is an effective remedy - the drug "Antichrushch". Dissolve 10 ml of the preparation in 1 liter of water, and soak the roots for 1-2 hours. This will protect the seedlings from Colorado potato beetle larvae for a long time.

Or an alternative option - the drug for diseases and pests "AS-Selective" + "Avangard R Potatoes" (10 ml per 1 liter of water for 3-4 hours), which provides not only protection, but also full feeding of tomatoes. Kiss at the beginning of growth ...

One of the most popular folk remedies in the fight against tomato diseases is whey. They begin to process it from the beginning of flowering tomato Kiss, and not during the growth period. Serum significantly reduces the development of late blight before heavy rains. Lactic acid bacteria increase immunity, and the film that forms on the leaves after treatment protects well against diseases. For the serum to be beneficial, you need to spray at least once a week, and resume treatment after each rain. Spray with serum either undiluted or diluted with water in half.

Iodine is one of the most affordable drugs used for tomato diseases. Kiss. Indeed, processing them helps not only to prevent, but also to restrain the development of late blight and other fungi.The treatment of tomatoes of this variety with iodine is at the same time a good foliar feeding, it increases immunity, neutralizes some bacteria, and also promotes the formation of powerful ovaries.

It is necessary to choose the concentration of iodine carefully so as not to burn the leaves, usually 5 drops per 1 liter of water are enough. Iodine is often dissolved not in water, but in whey or milk. Serum with iodine can be used in pure form or diluted with water (1: 1 or 1: 9 l).

Spraying tomatoes Kiss from aphids, scoops and whiteflies with folk remedies helps to curb the growth of these pests.

• Treat with an infusion of ash (1 liter of a can for 10 liters of water, stand for a day, stirring from time to time) once a week.

• Processing with a garlic solution (200 g of arrows and stalks of garlic, pour 10 liters of water, soak for 5-6 days and spray once or twice a week). Insects attracted by the sweet juices of plants lose their appetite if the leaves and stems of the tomato Kiss are sprayed with bitter infusions.

• Infusion of tobacco (brew 1 liter of dry leaves, and after an hour or two, dilute in 10 liters of water) is a long-standing effective remedy for pests. Instead of tobacco, you can use celandine, tansy or wormwood. Before spraying, rub a bar of laundry soap into a bucket of water for better adhesion of the infusion.

Spraying tomatoes Kiss is carried out once every 1-2 weeks. Three treatments per season should be enough.

Against late blight, powdery mildew, Alternaria and tomato pests during the budding period, treat tomato Kiss with "Healer" preparations 25-30 g per 5 liters of water per 1 hundred square meters.

Even if unfavorable conditions are observed on the street, tomato Kiss is perfectly tied, which does not affect its yield.