Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Yellow Cherry (golden)
Cherry yellow tomatoes have been successfully famous among gardeners for many years. For a great harvest of delicious tomatoes, you can plant three or four such cherry bushes.
How the variety was created
In 1973, the first cherry tomatoes appeared. These small tomatoes, invented by Israeli scientists, quickly gained popularity due to their taste and ease of care. Even then, tomatoes ripened not one by one, as happens with other varieties of tomatoes, but immediately in bunches.
Scientists planned to create a tomato variety that would ripen slowly in hot climates. Among the varieties of Cherry, there are varieties of pink, orange, black, yellow, brown, green and even brown tomatoes.
It is worth noting that the fruit does not always look like a cherry. Tomatoes are elongated, drop-shaped, round, or flattened. Tomatoes are diverse in shape: pumpkin, pear, berries, zucchini. Different types of these tomatoes have different flavors, but not all fruits are sweet.
In Europe, Cherry varieties are grown on balconies and home gardens for interior decoration. The reviews of many gardeners are overwhelmed with emotions telling about the beauty of these varieties of tomatoes. The main advantage of small tomatoes is that even when fully ripe, the tomatoes continue to stick to the bush.
general information
Varieties of small tomatoes belong to the early-ripening family, because after sowing the seeds, about 92 - 96 days should pass, and the fruits ripen. Indeterminate semi-spreading bushes grow up to 1.5 meters in height.
They differ from other varieties of tomatoes in that they have medium branching and leafiness. Their cultivation should be accompanied by timely garter and pinching of bushes.
The most excellent results are obtained with two or three stems. Tomato Yellow cherry forms loose inflorescences with an intermediate type. The first inflorescence appears, as a rule, already above the eighth or ninth leaf, and all the rest - every three leaves. It should be noted that this variety is not a hybrid, it does not have the same F1 hybrids.
Fruit characteristics
Tomatoes of this variety are smooth and round. The weight of tomatoes is from 15 to 20 grams, at the stage of maturity, the fruits are represented by yellow cherries. On average, one bush can yield about one kilogram of fruit.
If you read the reviews, it is quite rare, but it happens that the harvest from a bush is three kilograms of tomatoes or more. Fruits of the variety are ideal for preservation of whole fruits, table decoration and fresh consumption.
The characteristics of tomatoes are made in a positive way, because tomatoes really look beautiful and appetizing, which is fully proved by their description and reviews of many summer residents.
The taste of each tomato depends on the place of growth - if the tomatoes grew in the shade, then instead of sweetness, a slight sourness may appear. In general, Cherry tomatoes are designed for outdoor cultivation, but tomatoes can also be planted in a greenhouse.
Yellow cherries have the only and most important disadvantage - they are highly susceptible to certain types of pathogens:
- late blight;
- tobacco mosaic;
- fusarium;
- cladosporiosis.
Golden cherry has several important benefits:
- high productivity;
- the ability to preserve with brushes;
- early ripe fruits;
- excellent taste.
Diseases of tomatoes
Cladosporium is most common in greenhouses. It is characterized by the appearance of yellow spots on the outside of the leaf and a fungal bloom on the inside.
Such a disease is eliminated when the optimal level of air humidity is reached - 60% at a temperature of 25 - 30 degrees. Growing tomatoes in such conditions will lead to the death of infected leaves, which should be carefully removed with a plastic bag.
Fusarium is characterized by the fact that cherry tomato acquires a pale green or yellow foliage, the veins begin to brighten, and the leaf roots are deformed, after which they twist and die off.
It is almost impossible to cure the disease, so it is better to dig up all infected bushes and burn them so that other healthy plants do not get infected.
Tomato tobacco mosaic virus is manifested by the formation of yellow specks on the leaves, which later become dark green or light green mosaic. Such a disease affects the cultivation of tomatoes - the leaves are deformed, the tomatoes grow smaller and ripen unevenly. The disease should be fought by disinfecting boxes with seedlings and garden tools with the usual 5% potassium permanganate.
If brown spots appear on the lower leaves, all infected tomato bushes should be treated with a Bordeaux mixture or a solution of copper sulfate. Late blight disease does not pass without leaving a trace - it is better, in order to definitely get rid of the problem, once again process all the tomato bushes in about two weeks.
Conditions for planting and caring for tomatoes
For planting, seedlings are required 70 - 80 days old. Cultivation should be done in a sunny place. Even if you plan to plant tomatoes in a greenhouse, you need to install it in a sunny place. When pinching, these varieties of tomatoes must be processed in the following way: the main and main stem and only one stepson are left on the plant. When the bush reaches the height of the peg, to which it was tied during planting, you will need to pinch its top so that the plant does not grow further.
After all the tomatoes have been harvested, it is best to collect the remnants of the sweet cherry and not take it to the compost pit, as usual, but burn it. In this way, the development and transfer of possible pests and diseases can be avoided.
