Farmers are popular with tomatoes, which bring the most delicious fruits. A new tomato "Kiss of Geranium" was recently introduced in America, but has already managed to win the hearts of all who tried to plant it. Consider a detailed description of the variety, especially its care and harvest.
Appearance and description of the variety
"Kiss of geraniums" is a new early ripe variety of cherry cultivar tomatoes. Refers to determinant plants, that is, limited in growth. The variety is decorative: small and fluffy.
The stem reaches a height of 50-60 cm, but in greenhouse conditions it can grow up to 1 m. The leaves of the "Kiss of Geranium" are odd-pinnate, dissected into large lobes. It blooms in small yellow flowers.
Did you know? "Geranium Kiss" was taken out of Oregon by Alan Kapuler in 2009.
Tomatoes "Kiss Geraniums" are becoming increasingly popular due to the universality. They can be grown in open ground, in a greenhouse, on a loggia or balcony: fruiting depends only on the correct care. The variety is a success even in flower beds, where it becomes an ornament thanks to its neat appearance and large clusters of bright fruits.
Fruit Characteristic
The Kiss of Geranium has a good yield: it grows with large tassels up to 100 ovaries. Ripe fruit is glossy, red-crimson, rounded-oval in shape with a "nose".
Each tomato is about the size of a walnut. It weighs from 20 to 50 g.
The flesh of the fruit is sweet, dessert, pleasant. Seeds are few. Tomatoes are suitable for both fresh consumption and preservation.
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The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The Geranium Kiss has the following advantages:
- unpretentious, does not require staking and additional supports;
- can be grown at home, in the garden or greenhouse;
- high yield;
- tasty fruits;
- compactness of the bush;
- resistant to typical solanaceous diseases;
- successfully transfers transportation.
Did you know? In Europe, until 1822, tomatoes were considered ornamental plants with inedible fruits.
The variety is just beginning to gain popularity among the farmers of our countries, but none of those who tried to plant it, was not disappointed. Fans of small and sweet tomatoes note that there are no flaws in the bush.
Agrotechnology
The seeds of the "Kiss of the Geranium" are small and few. The variety prefers fertile neutral lands, as well as slightly acidic, loose and waterproof soils.
In the southern and temperate regions, seeds can be sown directly into the soil, bypassing the seedling period.
A young plant from seedlings in colder regions is planted by the end of May. You need to have bushes at a distance of at least 40 cm from each other.
Seedling "Kiss Geraniums" are grown as follows:
- Prepare seeds and soil. Disinfect them with a solution of soda or potassium permanganate.
- Scrape the grooves 1 cm deep with a step of 3 cm in damp soil and place the seeds in there, sprinkling them with earth.
- Cover the seedlings with film and keep them warm. Provide coverage for 16 hours a day after the first shoots.
- Watering is carried out in proportion to heat and light. The soil should not dry out, but you can not plant a swamp.
- Dive young plants into new pots as they grow.
- It is possible to transplant bushes for permanent residence from the moment the first flowers appear.
Important! Do not overdo it "Geranium Kiss" in a small pot for the bush. If the plant has time to bloom in unsuitable capacity, it can stop its vegetative growth.
Watering after planting in the soil is carried out by the method of irrigation, direct watering from the watering can is carried out only in case of severe drought. Due to its height, the "Kiss of the Geranium" does not need the construction of special supports.
Harvesting
"Kiss of a geranium" - a ripened variety, it ripens on the 85-90th day. Tomato fruits 2-3 times per season until autumn.
Collect the fruits once a week immediately tassels. Harvest better when reaching pinkish or even green tomatoes. So the rest of the brush accelerates its pouring.
To ripen the fruits, they are carefully placed in a box in 2-3 layers. Together with green tomatoes they put some ripe ones in the box so that they release substances that stimulate the ripening of the rest of the fruits.
Finish collection in September. If uncollected tomatoes remain at the time of cold weather, they rot right on the bushes.
Conditions for maximum fructification
Processing of tomato not only strengthens the root, but also contributes to abundant fruiting. Even if ideal conditions are created for the Kiss of a Geranium, stimulation will never be superfluous.
It is recommended to spend it 2 times: at the stage of planting seeds and at the time of the appearance of the first leaves.
Important! Different phytohormones have been synthesized in different preparations, therefore it is necessary to strictly adhere to the recommended processing intervals, otherwise the stimulator may have the opposite effect.Each stimulation drug is applied according to its instructions and has its own specialization:
- "Kornevin" and "Heteroauxin" promote the active growth of the stem and roots;
- anti-stress effect in unfavorable weather or lack of care has sodium humate and Ambiol;
- Immunocytofit, Novosil or Agat-25 can increase the immunity of the bush;
- Ekogel, Zircon, Ribav-extra have a universal effect.
Fruit use
Fruits of a tomato "Kiss of a geranium" juicy and possess bright taste. They are well suited as a fresh snack or sliced into a salad.
Also tomatoes of this grade can be used for:
- sauces;
- juices;
- ketchup;
- pickles;
- vegetable preparations.
Important! The size of the fruit makes them particularly convenient for preservation.
"Kiss of geraniums" - unpretentious and very productive variety of tomatoes. Growing can be done on the site or as an ornamental shrub on the balcony. If you choose tasty and unpretentious cherry, then "Kiss of Geranium" - this is what you were looking for.