Tomato Russian ditties

A cheerful, upbeat mood is very important for any farmer. But even the most promising varieties can fail. Therefore, you should always carefully study all available information and analyze it. This rule also applies to the tomato Russian ditties.

A similar culture, like many of the currently popular tomatoes, was developed in the 2010s. It has been officially allowed to grow since 2015. A whole team of professionals worked on the creation of the plant, including such famous breeders as:

• Gavrish;

• Drag;

• Amcheslavskaya;

• Degovtsova;

• Morev;

• Redichkina;

• Artemieva.

Determinant bushes of Russian ditties can grow up to no more than 1 m. Medium-sized foliage develops on them. It is usually a plain green color, but sometimes a dark green tint is found. Such tomatoes can be grown in greenhouses under plastic wrap.

At the earliest stage of development, the berries of Russian ditties are green. But then they will invariably blush. These large tomatoes usually weigh 0.35-0.48 kg. They develop on simple inflorescences. The shape of a flat circle is typical, the ribbing is weakly expressed. There can be 3 or even 4 tomatoes for 1 brush.

The pulp of this variety is moderately firm. The seed descriptions mention a rich tomato flavor. And also in many sources a pleasant aroma is emphasized.

Tomato Russian ditties belongs to the middle early group. Since there are no other clarifications in the official information, we can assume that it develops according to the same usual schedule as other mid-early varieties. Under normal conditions, the development of full-fledged berries from a green shoot takes 100-103 days.

With proper agricultural technology, the collection can reach 8-8.5 kg of berries per 1 sq. m. But here we must also take into account the importance of choosing a good site, and compliance with the norms of crop rotation. As well as the fact that even the most careful calculations are regularly interfered with by the weather factor.

You can prepare containers and use them for laying out seeds in a substrate already at the end of March. However, it would not be a big mistake to do this in the first decade of April. If the seedlings develop normally and get stronger quickly, they will be ready for transfer to a permanent place in May. But here it is already necessary to look at the condition of specific bushes. It is also useful to check if the frost is over.

The planting material supplier himself insists on a 400x500 mm system. The gardeners who used it do not express any reason for dissatisfaction with this rule.

Russian ditties, despite their relatively small stature, will not do without a garter. The garter is not performed immediately after transplanting to a permanent place, but after a few days. Otherwise, the procedure will only multiply the transplant stress. You need to dive seedlings as soon as they throw out the first real leaf. The plant tolerates the main tomato diseases well, but reinsurance (preemptive treatments) has not let anyone down yet.

It is preferable to choose open areas with fairly loose soil. It is also necessary to check that they are thoroughly saturated with useful substances. In poor gardens, only additional fertilization before planting helps. In greenhouses, it is necessary to maintain a humidity of at least 50% and not higher than 60%, otherwise problems are inevitable. And also systematic loosening and watering will be required (these procedures, along with mulching, are carried out in the same way as for other tomatoes).

The culture was officially zoned for:

• north of the European part;

• The Far East;

• areas of Siberia and the North Caucasus;

• Volga and Ural regions;

• north-west of the European part of the Russian Federation;

• Chernozem region.