Characteristics and description of the Bella Rosa tomato variety, yield
Preparation for the summer cottage season for gardeners begins in winter. Bella Rosa is an excellent outdoor cultivar with good yields. By choosing this hybrid, you can enjoy delicious tomatoes all summer long.
Bella Rosa F1 hybrid description
It is rare to find a summer resident who, before planting a variety of agricultural crops, would not study its description.
The Bella Rosa tomato variety belongs to the first generation hybrids with an early ripening of fruits. From the moment of planting the planting material to the first ripe tomatoes, no more than 95 days pass.
The tomato belongs to determinant hybrids. The height of the main stem reaches no more than 55 cm. Plants are recommended to form in 2 or 3 stems. You will also need to tie up the bushes.
The main characteristic is that the hybrid has good drought tolerance. It is also necessary to note the high immunity of the Bella Rosa tomato to most diseases of nightshade crops. These are tobacco mosaic, cladosporium, verticillus and fusarium wilting of bushes, and resistance to nematodes and gray rot. Not picky about leaving.
The hybrid can please with a rich harvest only when growing seedlings in the open field. The variety is not intended for planting in film shelters, as well as in greenhouses. If you plant seedlings in a greenhouse, then the bushes will be very tall, they can break under the weight of the fruits, and the harvest will be poor.
Characteristics of the Bella Rosa tomato variety
The Bella Rosa F1 tomato hybrid has small fruits. One ripe tomato reaches an average weight of up to 120 grams. The maximum weight is 250 g. Tomatoes are oval-flat. There is a slight ribbing near the peduncle. There are a lot of seed chambers inside the tomato. The skin is smooth, thin. The tomatoes themselves are of a rich scarlet hue.
High yield, from one bush you can collect from 8 kg of vegetables. From 1 sq. m. - from 15 kg of ripe fruits. From 7 to 9 tomatoes are formed in a cluster.
The main advantage of this variety is the storage time of vegetables. Red tomatoes can be stored for over 2 weeks. Green fruits harvested in late August or early September may lie until October.
The tomatoes themselves are sweet, juicy. Well suited for preparing fresh salads and eating whole. They can also be used for canning as a whole. In the process of salting, they fit well in jars and do not crack.
Advantages and disadvantages of Bella Rosa tomatoes
Any, even the best variety of nightshade crops has not only advantages, but also disadvantages.
Description of advantages:
- Stunted;
- Early ripening;
- Resistant to dry weather;
- Ripe vegetables are delicious, without sourness;
- Suitable for fresh consumption and salting;
- Immunity to most diseases that most often affect tomatoes (fusarium, tobacco mosaic, gray rot and many others);
- After harvesting, the crop can be stored for a long time without spoiling;
- Doesn't need any special care.
The hybrid has one major drawback. Growing is possible only outdoors. If you plant a tomato in a greenhouse, the bushes will stretch upward. It will also negatively affect the harvest. The tomatoes will be small and sour.
How to grow and care for seedlings
In order to increase yields, it is recommended to grow seedlings yourself. You can buy seedlings in the store, but purchased seedlings will not always be of high quality.
Features of growing seedlings:
- Before planting seeds in the soil, you can disinfect them. To do this, you need to prepare a weak solution of potassium permanganate and lower the planting material into it for 20 minutes.
- Then, so that the germination of seeds is high, they can be germinated. In a damp gauze, you need to put the seeds in one layer and cover, put in a warm place (you can on a battery) for several days. When they germinate, you can start planting in the ground.
- Any soil can be taken. If the land is from the garden, then first it should be warmed up at home.
- Pour drainage on the bottom of the container, then soil. Make shallow grooves and sow seeds. Pour in a watering way.
- Cover the boxes with planting material with cling film and place in a dark room. It is advisable to remove the film, every other day for 10 minutes, so that the earth does not mold. When the first sprouts are visible, the boxes are removed in the sun.
- The containers should be placed on the southern windows, because the seedlings require a lot of sunlight during their growth.
- When the first full-fledged leaves appear on the shoots, you can dive. For picking, you can use disposable peat cups (in which sprouts can be planted in open ground), or you can take ordinary plastic ones.
- It is possible to deepen the sprouts only if they are too elongated.
The most optimal time for planting young seedlings in open ground is the last days of May. At first, the seedlings can be insulated.
Before planting in a permanent place in the soil, you can add manure or mullein. This will make the soil more fertile and the tomatoes will grow better. For planting Bella Rosa tomatoes, it is advisable to choose open sunny areas.
The most important thing in tomato care is watering. If it is too frequent, the vegetables will be watery and sour. Enough three waterings per week. Before watering, you can weed the soil and remove weeds from the beds.
