- Authors: Syzran
- Name synonyms: Syzran pimpochka, Syzran Dulka
- Category: grade
- Growth type: indeterminate
- Appointment: fresh consumption, for whole-fruit canning, for canning in slices, for drying and drying
- Ripening period: mid-season
- Ripening time, days: 105-110
- Growing conditions: for open ground, for closed ground, for greenhouses
- Bush size: tall
- Bush height, cm: up to 200
Tomato Syzran pipochka has been known to gardeners for a very long time and enjoys well-deserved popularity with them. For those who do not like experimentation on their site, but prefer a time-tested product, this variety is perfect. The features of this culture and the rules for its cultivation are in this article.
Description of the variety
Syzran pipette is an indeterminate variety that can be grown with equal success in open and closed ground. Tall bushes reach a height of about two meters, so they need support and formation.
Despite its high growth, the culture is compact due to the fact that the bush is usually formed in 1-2 stems. The plant is medium-leafy, the foliage is bright, the color is rich, green. The compactness of the variety allows for a denser planting and save square meters of land.
The variety belongs to high-yielding crops with good keeping quality, transportability and long-term fruiting. The fruits ripen early. It is resistant to some diseases and pests.
The main qualities of the fruit
The ripe fruits of the variety in question are medium-sized tomatoes, the weight of which varies from 100 to 120 g. They have a beautiful oval shape with a sharp "pip" on top. Tomatoes from one garden bed are approximately the same in size and shape, do not shrink by autumn.
Colored uniformly red with a pink tint. Covered with a dense, but thin skin. The cut shows a juicy pulp with a sufficient number of seeds in the seed chambers.
Harvested in green, tomatoes tend to reach consumer maturity safely at room temperature.
Taste characteristics
The tomato has a harmonious sweetish taste and delicate aroma. This is a versatile variety, the ripe fruits of which can be used fresh and also added during cooking to various dishes.
These tomatoes are especially good for canning. Their dense skin does not crack in hot water, and their compact size allows you to make preparations for the winter from whole tomatoes. In addition, they are perfect for salads, ketchup, adjika, lecho and other snacks, as well as juices and soups.
Ripening and fruiting
The harvest of the Syzran pipette ripens relatively early. The first ripe fruits can be obtained after a little more than 3 months from the moment of planting - usually this is the middle of summer, July.
Fruiting is long, lasts all August, and in regions with a mild climate, it can bear fruit throughout September, until frost.
Yield
The culture is high-yielding. On long simple racemes there are up to 5-9 fruits. On average, you can get 0.5-1 kg of ripe tomatoes from one brush.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
Sowing of seeds is carried out in March. As soon as 2 true leaves appear on the seedlings, young plants must be cut into separate pots.
In open ground, seedlings can be planted 2 months after sowing the seeds. By this time, it will reach a height of 20-25 cm and will have 6 true leaves.In this case, one should take into account the weather conditions in the region.
Growing tomato seedlings is an extremely important process, because it largely depends on whether the gardener can harvest at all. All aspects must be taken into account, from seedbed preparation to planting in the ground.
Landing scheme
Since the variety is compact, up to 4 tomato bushes can be planted per square meter of plot. When planting in rows, you need to maintain a distance of 40 cm between the bushes. The row spacing with such a planting should be at least 50 cm.
Growing and caring
Caring for tomatoes of this variety does not require any special procedures. Like any crop, these plants require:
timely watering;
fertile soil;
disease prevention and protection from pests.
Watering needs adequate. It is impossible to overmoisten the soil so that the root system does not rot. But it is also wrong to allow the soil to dry out - the leaves will wither and turn yellow.
At the stage of growing seedlings in room conditions, it must be watered every week with warm, settled water. Until there are no shoots, or they are very weak, it is better to moisten the soil with a spray bottle.
A week after planting seedlings in the ground, it must be watered every three days. And so on until the formation of buds.
When young plants bloom, watering should be reduced to 1 time per week, but made more abundant.
When the bush begins to bear fruit, it needs watering every 4 days.
To increase yields, you need to feed the plants. Top dressing can be alternated: once organic, the other - mineral fertilizers. At least two weeks should pass between dressings.
For the prevention of diseases and attacks of pests, it is necessary to properly care for the plants (adequate watering and feeding), and it can also be treated with special agrochemical agents. But you need to remember that a couple of weeks before picking tomatoes, all chemical treatments should be stopped.
And also to the care of the Syzran pipette, you need to add pinching. Grasshopping is necessary so that the plant throws all its capabilities to the fruit set. Without this procedure, a good harvest will not work.
The formation of a bush should be done in 1-2 stems for better fruiting.
The bushes need to be tied up, despite their compactness. The hands should be well fixed on a support so that all ovaries have equal access to sunlight and air.
A plant needs different micronutrients at each stage of growth. All fertilizers can be divided into two groups: mineral and organic. Folk remedies are often used: iodine, yeast, bird droppings, eggshells.
It is important to observe the rate and period of feeding. This also applies to folk remedies and organic fertilizers.
Review overview
The variety Syzranskaya pipochka is over 100 years old. He has been known for a whole century, many managed to fall in love with him, so today there are plenty of reviews about him.
Gardeners note that, having grown this crop once, they continue to grow it for many years, and in some families it has been grown even for generations.
Many even harvest seeds from self-grown tomatoes - the fruits seem so tasty that they definitely want to leave the planting material for the next season.
The variety attracts with beautiful, even, as for selection, medium-sized fruits, pleasant taste, high productivity, extended fruiting.
Syzran pipochka is an ideal variety for summer residents who like to make their own harvesting of vegetables for the winter. Housewives especially appreciate it for the possibility of canning whole fruits.
This variety is also grown on a commercial scale. High keeping quality and the ability to ripen after harvesting allows you to transport tomatoes over long distances. And the beautiful appearance and the same shape are not lost even in the last batch of the current season.