Characteristics and description of the chocolate tomato variety, its yield
Tomato Chocolate is an original variety of tomato. We are all accustomed to red or pink tomatoes. But this variety of tomatoes has a unique and original chocolate color as for tomatoes.
Such a miracle of selection appeared in the 21st century thanks to our Russian breeders. And immediately this variety took its rightful place in the popularity rating of tomatoes.
Its demand among summer residents and gardeners is associated with its interesting color, excellent taste, decent yield and unpretentious care.
This variety is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation. Well, now about everything in order.
Characteristics of this varietal variety
The variety description positions this tomato as a semi-determinate non-standard hybrid. In terms of ripening, it is medium early. Harvest begins 110-115 days after planting the seeds.
It is quite possible to grow such a variety both in an open area and in a greenhouse.
The variety requires pinching and bush formation. The bush grows up to 1.2-1.5 meters, quite strong and powerful, requires a mandatory garter to the supports. The foliage is small, the leaves are dark green, slightly corrugated.
Reviews of gardeners and summer residents indicate that it is best to form a plant in 2 stems.
The inflorescences are of an intermediate type, the first of them originates above the 8 leaflet, the next ones - every 1-2 leaves. Fruits grow in clusters, 4-5 vegetables are formed on each cluster. Each vegetable contains 4-5 nests.
The fruits have the correct rounded shape, the weight of vegetables varies from 200 to 400 grams. Unripe vegetables have a dark green color, while ripe tomatoes acquire a beautiful reddish-brown color. The taste of the fruit is excellent, the vegetables are sweet, fleshy. The pulp is elastic.
They perfectly tolerate transportation and are stored for quite a long time.
How to use
The fruits are great for fresh consumption. They make very tasty salads, very presentable and exotic in appearance. Tomatoes are also suitable for canning, for making juices, ketchups, sauces. Despite the brown color of the skin, the inside of the vegetables has the usual red color and the juice or ketchup from such tomatoes turns out to be the usual red color. Such vegetables also harmonize as part of various vegetable stews or boiled dishes. Tomatoes can also be frozen for the winter and dried.
The advantages of this variety of tomatoes
Such tomatoes have many advantages.
- Resistance to various diseases and pests.This variety has good resistance to various diseases. And such a common ailment of tomatoes as root and apical rot never affects this variety at all.
- High productivity. The declared characteristic and description of the variety indicates the possibility of collecting up to 5 kg of crop per square meter. But those who planted such a variety argue that with good care, you can collect 14 kg from one square.
- Large-fruited tomatoes can significantly save time when harvesting.
- Excellent taste and useful properties of tomatoes allow you not only to enjoy the excellent taste of grown tomatoes, but also to strengthen your health.
- Unpretentiousness in growing and care allows to grow tomatoes not only for experienced gardeners, but also only for novice summer residents and gardeners.
- The presentable presentation allows you to grow such a tomato both in your own area for personal needs and for industrial purposes.
Features of growing and care
Those who have grown these tomatoes say that it is best to grow them from seedlings.
For this, the seeds are sown in separate containers in loose, moist soil. This is done 60-65 days before the intended landing in open ground. When 1-2 true leaves appear on the seedlings, they dive into separate pots. The soil in the containers must be loosened from time to time so that oxygen flows to the root system and periodically moistened.
It is imperative to carry out activities for hardening seedlings. To do this, the seedlings begin to be taken out into the open air, first for 1-2 hours, gradually bringing the time to a whole day.
An important point! To take out on the street for a day, the seedlings need only exclude the possibility of night frosts. Otherwise, the plants will freeze and die.
It is also necessary to hide containers with seedlings from drafts on the street.
In open ground, seedlings are planted at the end of May. If you plan to land in a greenhouse, then you can do this already at the beginning of May.
The area before planting a tomato should be carefully prepared. To do this, remove all the weeds, loosen the soil, then make holes, which are watered abundantly and, if desired, fertilize them. As a top dressing, a natural fertilizer is perfect: mullein or chicken droppings.
3-4 tomato bushes are placed on one square meter. You can plant seedlings in a checkerboard pattern.
After planting the seedlings, watering must be carried out in a timely manner. It is best to water the plant in the evening with settled water at room temperature. A drip irrigation system is well suited for these purposes.
Also, as necessary, you need to remove weeds from the site, fertilize the plants (no more than once every three weeks).
A tomato of this variety, grown in a greenhouse and in an open area, is no different from each other. Only when growing in a greenhouse, you must remember to regularly ventilate the greenhouse and maintain the temperature in it no higher than 25 degrees.
The hostess, who planted chocolate tomatoes on her plot, will always be able to surprise her household and guests with their unusual color and excellent taste, without spending a lot of effort on growing and caring for them.
