Description and characteristics of tomato Morning Dew
Tomato Morning Rosa is one of the best universal early ripening tomato varieties. Already 3.5 months after germination, a bountiful harvest can be collected. Growers who have planted many early maturing varieties claim that Morning Dew is one of the best among them. The positive properties of this tomato, how to plant and grow it - this and much more will be discussed below.
The main qualities and characteristics of this tomato
This variety belongs to indeterminate, so growers have to pinch the tops of the shoots to form the bushes of these tomatoes. This procedure is necessary, for example, when growing the Morning Rosa tomato variety in greenhouse conditions where plant height is important. Since the ripening fruits are quite voluminous and heavy, the bushes should be tied up so that the stems do not break under the weight of the harvest. It is best to use trellises as supports for this variety.
According to the reviews of vegetable growers who have been growing these tomatoes for not the first season, it is better to form a plant in one shoot in order to achieve a higher yield. The description of this variety should begin with its versatility - tomatoes are suitable both for planting in garden beds and in greenhouse conditions. But these tomatoes are intended for growing in small farms.
It is best to use ripe fruits fresh - in salads, add when cooking in main courses.
Shoots can grow up to 2-2.5 m in height, foliage is smaller than average, green in color with a gray tint. The ripening fruits are large, heart-shaped. The color of ripe fruits is red, bright. Fleshy ripe tomatoes of this species can weigh up to 0.25-0.3 kg. The palatability of the fruit is excellent, with a moderate sourness, slightly sweetish. Due to the large size of the fruits, they are not rolled into jars, but they can be used to cover salads, squash and eggplant caviar and other types of preservation.
The yield of tomato Morning Dew is quite high - up to 3-3.5 kg are harvested from one bush per season. Usually 3 plants are planted on 1 m², from which up to 14 kg of ripe fruits are harvested. The characteristics of ripe fruits would be incomplete without a story about their transportability and keeping quality. The transportability of mature tomatoes is high; fruits can be transported over a fairly long distance. After harvesting, ripe fruits can lie for more than a month in a cool place.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main positive qualities of the variety are:
- excellent taste of ripe fruits;
- excellent commercial qualities;
- the variety is highly resistant to major diseases and "harmful" bugs;
- growing bushes of Morning Dew does not cause much trouble for vegetable growers, since the plants are extremely unpretentious to planting and further care;
- the bushes are resistant to spring cold snaps, they can safely endure the period of heat and drought;
- large-fruited;
- ripening tomatoes are not prone to cracking;
- the fruits ripen almost simultaneously.
There are practically no disadvantages of this type of tomato. It can only be noted that its ripe fruits are not suitable for canning, but are mainly used fresh or salted in barrels.
The nuances of growing
Usually this variety is grown by seeds for seedlings at home, and only then the grown seedlings are planted in the beds in the garden or in the greenhouse. The planting material should be planted in the last ten days of March in containers filled with nutrient soil. The seeding depth is no more than 1.5 cm. Seedlings appear in 10-14 days (they emerge almost simultaneously).
When the seedlings have 2-3 true leaves, the plants should be dived into separate peat cups. Seedlings should be fed several times with mineral fertilizers before planting on the beds. A week before planting plants in open ground, they should be taken out to a balcony or loggia for hardening.
Seedlings can be planted in a permanent place 1.5 months after the appearance of the first shoots. If the greenhouses are heated, then seedlings can be planted in them already in the second decade of April, and under the film - in mid-May.
Further care for tomatoes consists in regular watering, loosening the soil, removing weeds and feeding. Watering tomato bushes should be in the evening, heated in the sun with water.
