Description of the Elisha tomato variety and its characteristics
The very early Elisey tomato with high pickling qualities, excellent taste and unusual bright orange color will delight gardeners and home-canning lovers. The variety is unpretentious when grown, resistant to fusarium and verticillosis, responsive to care. Dense orange fruits will be a great decoration for a festive table.
Variety biology
Elisha tomatoes ripen 97-103 days after germination. The type of bush is a determinant, but it forms many stepchildren. Low bushes form clusters with ovaries, which is why they are not resistant to falling and need a garter to support. Passionking should be done frequently. When the size of the axillary shoots is 2-2.5 cm, they are removed with a tool previously treated with a disinfectant.
The leaves are not large, the crop is not shaded. For planting this variety, you must choose sunny areas. The more sun ripening tomatoes receive, the brighter they are colored.
Description of fruits
Cylindrical tomatoes with high pulp density, bright orange. There are few seed chambers - two or three. Average weight 50-60 g. Fruits contain many carotenoids and are a dietary product. The Elisha tomato is characterized by extended fruiting; during its growing season, at least four to five harvests are made. The yield averages 2.5-3 kg per bush.
How to grow seedlings yourself
The seeds of such early varieties as the Elisha tomato must be sown early and actively use their cold resistance advantage to obtain early vitamin production. The optimal sowing time is mid to late February. Seedlings are planted at the beginning of May under temporary shelters made of film frames or modern covering materials. To prevent the seedlings from stretching, the growing temperature is kept at 16-18 aboutC. In March, there are quite a few cloudy days, and the seedlings need additional lighting with a phytolamp. Every 10-14 days young plants are fed with humic fertilizers.
Gardeners' reviews indicate that the variety sets a lot of fruits in all weather conditions. With good care, they can form and ripen up to 60 pieces or more per bush. The cultivation of this variety is especially successful in a seedless culture. In this case, the bushes are more powerful with large fruits. A characteristic feature of the seedless Elisha is that all fruits from different harvests have the same mass and even shape. Seeds are sown into the soil after April 10, the crops are covered with foil.
In the phase of the first true leaf, the seedlings are thinned out, leaving between the plants 40-50 cm in a row and the same amount between the rows.During the period of increasing the number and mass of tomatoes, plants need watering and feeding. It is better to feed the Elisha tomato with organic matter: infusion of mullein (2 kg of fresh mullein is stirred in a bucket of water, insisted for 7 days). The resulting infusion is diluted 5-7 times, watered under each bush for 1.5-2 liters. Such feeding should be given 3-4 times with an interval of 10-14 days.
The given characteristics of the Elisha tomato and a detailed description of the variety give grounds for including it in the list of annual plantings in your garden plot.
