Description of the tomato variety Garden pearl and its characteristics
Summer residents who give all their free time to the site often plant crops for decoration. Garden pearl tomatoes have just such characteristics. It is often planted for their own pleasure and for the delight of young children.
Features of the variety
To better understand how to grow tomatoes on the site, you need to study the description of the variety. This will help you avoid many troubles and get an excellent harvest.
Plant:
- Bush: determinant.
- Stem: creeping.
- Height: 20-40 cm.
- Ripening period: 85–95 days.
- Number of tomatoes in a brush: 8-10 pcs.
Fruit:
- Shape: rounded.
- Mass: 15–20 gr.
- Pink colour.
- Density: medium.
- Taste: excellent.
- Transportability: high.
- Shelf life: 1 month.
Care and landing
You can grow Garden Pearl tomatoes in a greenhouse, open ground, balconies and loggias, to decorate gardens in containers.
Seeds for seedlings for greenhouses, can be planted at the end of February. Then he will give the first fruits by the end of spring. For planting in open ground, sow in mid-spring.
Can be placed in baskets that are easy to hang. The bush will grow and its branches will go down. Hanging pink fruits will brighten any area.
There are no peculiarities when growing. Tomatoes do not require bush formation. For best results, you can tie them to a vertical support. Then the ripening fruits will not lie on the ground.
Watering is often unnecessary, the roots can rot and the plant will disappear. Weeding, hilling and loosening as needed. The plant is very compact, at 1 m2 7-9 plants can be arranged.
Harvest volume and application
The yield, as the description of the variety shows, is high. One plant can produce up to 10 kg of fruit. The peculiarity of the Garden Pearl is that the more fruits you remove from the bush, the longer it bears fruit.
The application is very diverse. Suitable for decorating a festive table, making fresh, early salads from them. Canned whole, used for small-fruited canning. You can make sauces, ketchups, juices, and tomato paste.
Positive and negative aspects of the species.
Ranking the characteristics, for positive and negative, will help the gardener decide whether to plant this or that type of tomato on the site.
Pros:
- High yield.
- Undemandingness.
- Excellent characteristics of fruits (transportability, presentation, shelf life)
- Tomatoes do not crack.
- Not a hybrid.
- Due to its compact size, many bushes can be placed in a small area.
- Used for decoration of plots and gardens.
Minuses:
- Demanding on soil and lighting.
The opinion of summer residents regarding the Garden Pearl tomatoes
Reviews of gardeners are very popular. They are especially helpful for the novice gardener. They contain useful information on how to properly grow a particular variety, how to care for and form plants.
- Irina. Calls tomatoes a long-liver in the greenhouse. Grown to be eaten fresh and whole for canning. Her husband's favorite treat.
The Garden Pearl belongs to the category of cherry tomatoes. Lovers of small tomatoes often plant it in order to decorate their site.