Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Mushroom basket, its yield
In tomatoes, we are attracted not only by the benefits, but also by the variety of sizes, colors and shapes. Mushroom basket tomato is so unusual that it can surprise even experienced gardeners. Once again, breeders from Siberia are helping to turn vegetable growing into real creativity.
Breeding smile
A tomato with an original fruit shape and no less original name was bred by experienced Siberian breeders - V.N.Dederko and O.V. Postnikova.
This tandem has created many modern varieties that have become popular not only in Siberia, but throughout Russia, in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, and Northern Kazakhstan. The mushroom basket as a tomato variety appeared in the Russian State Register in 2008, and two years later received a State patent as a special achievement of breeding. This relatively young variety quickly "went to the people" and spread throughout the country.
Atypical tomatoes
The exotic version of familiar vegetables will appeal to fans of garden rarities and novelties. The authors, giving their description of the variety, call it "extravagant".
Merry accordion
In the description of a tomato Mushroom basket, its main feature is immediately striking - the appearance of the fruit. They are rounded, flattened from below and above, with a folded-ribbed surface.
Perhaps to some, these numerous, pronounced tomato ribs will seem ugly, but most find them interesting, beautiful, attractive. Deep, even furrows seem to cut the tomatoes from top to bottom. The fruit appears to be collected from individual lobules.
Great size
Not only the shape is impressive, but also the weight of the fruit. On average, each "basket" weighs a quarter of a kilogram, but specimens are not uncommon and one and a half times larger. Tomato's Mushroom basket has a typical cluster of three to four tomatoes that can stretch a kilogram or more.
Coloration
When ripe, the peel of the fruit gradually acquires first a bright scarlet, then a deep red color, with a raspberry tone. The greenish spot near the stalk does not turn red immediately, it disappears gradually.
Pulp
Inside, the fruits of the Mushroom Basket are moderately juicy and have a delicate texture. Sometimes the cut shows small voids in the tops of the ribs. Dry tomatoes grow with a lack of nutrition and moisture supply.
General collection
With minimal maintenance, the yield is 6 - 7 kg per square meter. For meticulous, caring owners, each bush brings 3 kg, and a square meter - more buckets, especially if grown in a greenhouse.
Appointment
Some gardeners jokingly call the variety "Surprise your neighbor". But the Mushroom Basket is a tomato not only for garden decoration and aesthetic pleasure. Tomatoes are suitable for any salads - both fresh and canned. When cut, their slices look very original, they will transform any dish, add variety. Tomato Mushroom basket is also useful in the preparation of tomato juice, lecho and other preparations.
Powerful bushes
The mushroom basket is recommended for any type of soil - both open and closed. Most reviews about the experience of growing these tomatoes claim that the best returns are still observed in greenhouses - film or polycarbonate. This applies to regions such as the North-West, the Urals, Altai, Siberia, the Middle zone. In warmer climates, the Mushroom Basket also matures in open-air ridges.
Ripening terms
Original ribbed tomatoes take a lot of time to fully form brushes and fruits. Tomato Mushroom basket belongs to the category of medium late.
This is a rare characteristic for Siberian varieties, which is why it is more comfortable in greenhouses. Tomatoes gain weight and begin to color only 4 months after germination. Harvested green, the tomatoes ripen well, but some of the fruits are a little hollow.
Plant height
The bushes of the Mushroom basket are large. The growth type is semi-determinate. The central stem is itself capable of stopping development by tying several brushes. This is convenient for open ground - the bushes are no higher than a meter.
In the greenhouse, to increase the yield, the upper stepson is left, which continues to grow instead of the main trunk. This way a height of one and a half to two meters is achieved. Tomato clusters are knitted until the end of the season. The stem of the Mushroom basket is thick and durable, of the standard type, looks like a small tree.
For those who are accustomed to working with early maturing Siberian varieties, the cultivation technology of the Mushroom Basket will not be too familiar.
Subtleties of agricultural technology
Tall, large-fruited, late tomatoes Mushroom basket require increased attention:
- Sowing seeds for seedlings should be done not too late. The optimal age for transplanting into a greenhouse or garden bed is 60 days.
- Young seedlings are prone to stretching with a lack of light, high temperature, and thickening. Timely picking is obligatory, and supplementary lighting on dark windows.
- In the greenhouse, on each square meter, three Mushroom Baskets are placed, in open ground - four.
- Garter stalks are required. Fastening may require even the most solid brushes.
- The variety needs compulsory pinching. The plant is kept strictly in one stem, maximum two. The lateral branches are plucked out as early as possible.
- A mushroom basket like a large-fruited tomato requires regular moderate watering and enhanced nutrition. To avoid hollow fruits, complex fertilizing is carried out weekly, alternating root and foliar.
- The greenhouse must be well ventilated. Heat can provoke a discharge of ovaries, ugliness of the fruit.
- Excessive greenhouse dampness leads to the development of fungal diseases (late blight, cladosporiosis). Prevention is needed.
Tomatoes Mushroom basket is not a hybrid, but a variety. You can safely harvest your seeds from it.
