Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Andreevsky surprise
Vegetable plants such as the Andreevsky surprise tomato are grown thanks to the fruits obtained - large, tasty, aromatic. The variety has excellent characteristics in terms of care and growing conditions. You can get a crop both outdoors in the southern regions, and under film shelters in regions with a cold climate.
Features of the appearance and taste of fruits
From tomatoes of the Andreevsky Surprise variety, you can get tomatoes with the following characteristics:
- Tomatoes are flat-round in shape, with slightly protruding ribs.
- The pulp of tomatoes is juicy, fleshy, with a little water.
- The taste of the fruit is true tomato, with a sufficient amount of sugar.
- Upon reaching marketable ripeness, the tomatoes are filled with a raspberry pink color.
- The mass of one fruit can reach from three hundred to six hundred grams.
- The use of the vegetable is universal. It is also good for making ketchup, tomato juice, pasta. Delicious summer salads are prepared fresh from tomatoes
For all its advantages, the Andreevsky surprise does not bear fruit very abundantly. Its yield is up to eight kilograms from one square meter, that is, from about four bushes. This is not enough for the indeterminant, but the tomatoes are only of high quality.
Conditions for growing tomato
The variety of Andreevsky tomatoes has no special requirements for planting and care. Like all tall species, they first go through a seedling period. Seed planting begins in mid or late March. First, they are disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate. Sowed in boxes or containers with nutrient soil, also disinfected. The seeds are buried two centimeters into the soil.
A feature of the variety is its undemandingness to lighting. Therefore, if the boxes with the seed are placed on the windowsills, they do not need additional lighting. The usual care for young tomato seedlings is the following procedures:
- glaze;
- feeding with minerals and organics;
- loosening the soil;
- picking seedlings during the appearance of the second true leaf.
Twenty days before the seedlings are planted in a permanent place, they begin to take out, first for several hours, then for the whole daylight hours into the open air. Hardening is especially useful for seedlings that will be placed in open ground.
It is necessary to transfer to the greenhouse those plants whose stems are powerful and the first flower ovary has appeared on them.
Greenhouse preparation
Since the Andreevsky surprise is a very tall plant, reaching two meters, the best place for it would be a greenhouse.Do not forget that the vaults and walls of an enclosed space should be higher than the tomato stems.
Two weeks before planting tomatoes, it is necessary to warm up the greenhouse well. It is filled with fresh manure, which is poured over with hot water. It is best to place the biomaterial along the walls, to compact it. In the middle of the room, manure is distributed, loosened, nutritious soil is poured. The layer of earth on the humus should be at least eighteen centimeters. Before backfilling the soil, you can sprinkle a layer of wood ash.
Planting tomatoes in a greenhouse
The description of the procedure for transferring tomatoes under film includes the following:
- Planting is carried out at the rate of four plants per square meter. The distance between tomato stems ranges from sixty to seventy centimeters, between planting rows - thirty to forty centimeters.
- It is better to plant tomatoes Andreevsky surprise in the greenhouse in cloudy weather, in the evening.
- The tomato stems are deepened into the soil by fifteen centimeters. Long lashes of seedlings are laid along the rows and sprinkled with earth.
- Tie up the tomato stalks at once, driving in pegs next to it. In the greenhouse, you can prepare in advance a trellis with a wire stretched along. Tall stems tied to it will not break, they will be easy to care for.
If the planting procedure is done on time, then the tomatoes will only taste great. They will mature sixty days after planting indoors.
Care rules
Without proper care for tomatoes, you cannot get a good harvest. Growing a tomato requires strict deadlines:
- moistening the soil;
- making dressings;
- pinching;
- tying up;
- forming a bush into one or two stems.
In addition, they pay attention to the ventilation of the greenhouse, control of the temperature in it. Tomatoes will set better, and the characteristics of the fruits will be excellent if the air temperature is not allowed in the greenhouse above thirty degrees Celsius. It is also necessary to pick ripe tomatoes on time, otherwise they may crack.
How vegetable growers evaluate the variety
You can find out about tomatoes of the Andreevsky surprise variety from those who were involved in their cultivation. They note that raspberry tomatoes are very tasty, they get high-quality sauces, pastas, juice. Many people use a sliced vegetable, cook it for the winter in gelatin, their own juice. Despite the positive reviews, those who grow tomatoes for sale believe that the variety gives a low yield of fruits. But it's not for nothing that it is called the Andreevsky surprise: even if there are a little tomatoes, they are very tasty. And large fruits are ideal for eating.
