Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Petrusha gardener, its yield
The Petrusha tomato is a new and improved tomato variety that we owe to the Altai breeders.
Description of this variety
This tomato variety belongs to the super-deterministic type hybrids. The plant is a standard plant, undersized, in height does not reach more than 60 cm. But with good care in a greenhouse, the height of the bush can vary up to 1-1.3 meters.
In terms of ripening, this is a medium early variety of tomatoes. Harvest begins 90-110 days after planting the seeds.
Unlike its relatives, such a tomato bears fruit for a long time. The harvest begins in July and ends in October.
The plant is a low-growing bush with abundant foliage. The leaves are rich green color, juicy, slightly corrugated. Despite the short stature and small size of the bush, the yield of this variety is quite decent: with proper care, up to 5 kg of ripe vegetables can be harvested from one bush per season.
Fruits of a bright pink color with a glossy sheen, cylindrical in shape. This hybrid owes its name to the fabulous character Petrushka, or rather to his headdress: the fruits resemble the cap of a fabulous hero in shape. The weight of ripe vegetables varies from 170 to 250 grams, but at the very beginning of fruiting, individual ripe vegetables can reach 300 grams in size.
The palatability of the fruit is excellent: the vegetables are sweet, fleshy with a high sugar content. The pulp is elastic, resistant to cracking. The purpose of such vegetables is universal: they are delicious fresh in a salad, and they also make delicious juice and ketchup, and their strong and elastic pulp allows them to be successfully preserved in jars for the winter.
Benefits of the variety
The characteristic and description of the tomato variety Petrusha gardener testifies to its many advantages, these are:
- High productivity.
- Versatility in use.
- Excellent taste.
- Long shelf life.
- Elasticity and resistance to cracking.
- Excellent transportability.
- Good presentation.
- Long fruiting.
- Unpretentiousness in growing and care.
- The plant does not need to be shaped and pinned.
- Good drought tolerance.
- High resistance to various diseases and pests.
- The possibility of growing in different regions. This variety was bred in Siberia and has truly Siberian hardiness and strength. Seeds sprout and grow well even in the northern regions of our country. But even in a hot southern climate, the plant feels great, as it has increased drought resistance.
Those who planted this variety of tomatoes in their garden definitely recommend growing such a variety to all gardeners.
The stated description of tomatoes Petrusha gardener indicates the possibility of growing them both in the open field and in a greenhouse.
An important point! Despite the possibility of growing this kind of tomato both in a greenhouse and in open soil, the result will be much better with an open growing method.
Numerous reviews of gardeners and summer residents indicate a significantly higher yield of tomatoes grown in open soil. This is due to the fact that this variety is very fond of open sunlight and fresh air.
This variety is hardy and resistant even to such common diseases as late blight, root and apical rot, leaf mosaic.
Features of growing and care
Like most varietal varieties of tomatoes, such tomatoes are recommended to be grown from seedlings. For this, the seeds are sown in separate containers with moist and loose soil. After the seeds have sprouted, it is necessary to wait until 1-2 true leaves appear on the seedlings, and then dive the seedlings into separate pots.
Seedlings are planted in open soil when 6-7 true leaves have already grown on it. It is recommended to plant in a checkerboard pattern, 6 plants are placed on one square meter.
As the seedlings grow, it is necessary to carry out timely, but not frequent watering, cleaning weeds, loosening the soil, feeding the plants.
With proper care, every hostess who has planted tomatoes Petrusha the gardener will be satisfied with the harvest and excellent taste of the tomato.