- Authors: USA
- Name synonyms: Grandma Viney's yellow and pink
- Category: grade
- Growth type: indeterminate
- Appointment: fresh consumption, for pickling and preserving
- Ripening period: mid-season
- Ripening time, days: 120-130
- Bush size: tall
- Bush height, cm: 180-200
- Bush characteristic: powerful
Tomato Yellow-pink grandmother Vinay is very interesting in fruit color. It is distinguished by its large size and excellent taste, as well as not very difficult care. A novice gardener can also cope with its cultivation.
Breeding history
The homeland for this tomato is the United States. Specially bred greenhouse variety. Another name for this species is Grandma Viney's yellow and pink.
Description of the variety
A very tall and powerful bush. It is indeterminate and does not stop growing throughout the entire period, from germination to fruiting. Therefore, he needs to carry out pinching. When forming, only two strong stems are left. The leaves of this plant are ordinary. The height of the bush can reach 180-200 cm. This is a fairly large figure.
The main qualities of the fruit
The fruits of this tomato are yellow with pink streaks. The cut of this type of tomato is bright yellow with a slight pink center. They resemble a steak in shape. The weight of one fruit can reach 1000 g. This is the first wave of the harvest. Subsequently, the weight of the fruit is reduced to 300 g. It has a fleshy juicy pulp covered with a thin skin.
Taste characteristics
The tomatoes of this variety taste sweet, with a very slight sourness. They make excellent pastes and sauces. And they are also used fresh, as an ingredient for a salad. Since they are very juicy, they can be used in juicing.
Ripening and fruiting
It is a medium early type of tomato in terms of crop ripening. From the first shoots to fruiting, the plant takes from 120 to 130 days.
Yield
It is considered a high-yielding variety. Thanks to the weight of one fruit, a very rich harvest is obtained from the bush.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
Seeds for planting begin to be prepared in February. In early March, they are planted in special trays so that ready-made seedlings can be obtained in May.
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
It is recommended to plant no more than 3 plants per 1 square meter. This is necessary for correct and timely fruiting.
Growing and care
When carrying out care, one should not forget to irrigate with water, loosen the earth and apply top dressing in time.
Watering is a very important procedure for a tomato. It should be drip, regular and even.
Too much moisture in the soil is also not good. Rot may appear and crops will be spoiled.
Loosening is necessary to ensure correct air exchange. It should be carried out after each soil moistening, and sometimes more often.
For this variety, you need to make a garter. Plants are tied to a support to prevent the plants from falling and breaking under the weight of the fruit.
It is imperative to carry out the formation of bushes. It is necessary to remove the extra stepsons, leaving 2 main stems. And also it is required to carry out rationing of the load on each bush.
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.
Disease and pest resistance
Has no particular stability. It is prone to common diseases, like some other varieties. To protect the plant from diseases, prophylaxis is carried out. To do this, until the fruiting period, tomato bushes are treated with special means.
Resistant to adverse weather conditions
A fairly stable variety. But still it is better not to plant it in the sun. Since the shoulders of tomatoes begin to coarse.
Growing regions
It takes root well not only in its homeland, but also on the territory of our country. Produces best in greenhouses. Not very suitable for planting outdoors.
Review overview
Everyone who has tried this variety of tomatoes notes its excellent taste and the growth and size of fruits that are not characteristic of tomatoes. It is widely used in home preservation.
