Description of the Robinson tomato variety and its characteristics
In small gardens, summer residents grow tomatoes of unusual colors. Tomatoes Robinson F1 decorate the beds with bright raspberry fruits. An additional advantage: the berries are ripe outdoors in areas with short summers. The lack of sunny days does not affect the taste. Tomatoes grow sweet and juicy.
Unusual Robinson
Often a variety description promises mountains of fruit. But getting them is problematic. People are looking for a tomato that is undemanding to external factors.
Chelyabinsk breeders have created an interesting hybrid. The gardeners of the Urals plant it in open ground. Tomatoes have time to ripen and give a rich harvest. Features of the Robinson hybrid:
- ripens very early (from germination to picking tomatoes 90 days);
- limited in height (<1.20 m);
- leaf plates resemble potato;
- to obtain the desired amount of fruit, the formation of a bush is necessary.
Some gardeners grow Robinson in a greenhouse. One or three bushes are enough to provide the family with mouth-watering tomatoes.
Ural summer residents actively occupy free beds with Robinson tomato: the plant requires a minimum of care, and the fruits delight in color and taste. In 2017, Sady Rossii declared the hybrid a hit of sales.
What attracted summer residents
It is difficult to grow a tasty tomato in unstable climates. The plant reacts to a decrease in sunlight, heat. Excess rainfall destroys the entire crop.
Berry characteristic:
- heavy tomato (weight 200-300 g);
- the berries of the first harvest are larger than the subsequent ones;
- bright crimson color of ripe fruits;
- dense, not coarse skin;
- characteristic small specks of dark crimson color;
- juicy, grainy pulp;
- weak ribbing at the peduncle;
- rounded shape, slightly flattened;
- easy removal of a ripe tomato from a bush;
- bright sweet taste;
- seeds are small, they are not felt when eating.
Robinson F1 is one of the rating tomatoes for growing in problem regions. Ripe tomatoes are tastier than those grown in a greenhouse. Resistance to adverse conditions, planting in the open field attracts gardeners.
Small ripe fruits of the second harvest look great in assorted vegetables. The juice and pasta are sweet. The color of the blanks is unusual. The pulp does not spread during cooking.
Robinson Growing Secrets
You will have to try hard to get sweet raspberry fruits in open beds. The advice of agronomists should be strictly followed:
- sow seedlings in the third decade of February;
- fill the soil with fertilizers for seedlings (ready-made it is not required);
- loops appeared - place on a light, cool windowsill;
- picking into separate pots is required;
- Robinson needs to be fed, tempered;
- plant after recurrent frosts;
- mulch ridges;
- cover the top of the planting with a non-woven white material (protection from sunburn in the first days);
- bush height 1 m 20 cm: garter required;
- form a hybrid of 2-3 stems;
- heavy hands: a garter is required;
- with prolonged precipitation, cover the ridges with a film (protection against waterlogging).
Gardeners know that excess nitrogen makes tomatoes fat. Balanced mixtures of potassium and phosphorus strengthen the plant, accelerate fruit ripening.
Robinson manages to give the harvest before the August cold snap. It "escapes" the phytophthora. But garden pests have come to love the juicy, sweet fruits. It is required to carry out preventive measures: collect snails, treat the planting with insecticides.
Gardeners gave Robinson "excellent"
Reviews of the tomato Robinson F1 are only positive. Residents of the Moscow and Leningrad regions have joined the gardeners of the Urals and Siberia. Pleases: taste, color, fruit consistency, unpretentiousness, ripening period. Gardeners note transportability, rare for raspberry tomatoes, and the resistance of fruits to cracking. The hybrid got “excellent”!