Description of the tomato variety Magic Cascade and its characteristics
Tomato Magic Cascade f1 has racemose inflorescences with ripening small tomatoes that descend in waves along the shoots. Therefore, the variety received such a poetic name. However, sometimes it is confused with other cherry tomatoes such as tomato Magic Harp... Despite the apparent similarities, these are completely different varieties.
The variety belongs to cherry tomatoes, a relatively recent variety in our country. However, many summer residents have already appreciated the positive qualities of these types of tomatoes with small fruits and are happy to grow them on their plots.
Small tomatoes have excellent taste and marketability, high-yielding, bushes do not require much care from gardeners, and racemose inflorescences with many fruits look great among green shoots.
Interesting facts about cherry tomatoes
Tomatoes, the fruit weight of which is 13-25 g, are called cherry tomatoes. The amount of dry matter in the fruits of such tomatoes is 1.5-2 times higher than that of ordinary tomatoes.
Many breeders like to conduct various experiments with small-fruited tomatoes, so now there are cherry tomatoes with the taste of strawberries, blueberries and some other berry crops. But not all the fruits of such tomatoes are small in size, there are varieties with fruits the size of a tennis ball.
In this type of tomato, bushes can be high, medium and low. They also differ in cherry and fruit colors.
Multi-colored cherry varieties look great among other vegetables in the beds, and the harvested ripe fruits of different colors look great when decorating the table, as well as in canning.
Description and main characteristics of the variety
The Magic Cascade is an early-ripening tomato of the determinant type. From the moment of planting seeds for seedlings to harvest, no more than three months pass.
The bushes are very tall, weakly leafy, they can reach a height of 2.0-2.2 m. Shoots require compulsory garters (preferably by the trellis method) and regular removal of stepchildren. For better ripening of the crop, the bushes are formed into no more than three stems. The foliage is sparse, typically tomato, rich emerald color. The hybrid was bred by Siberian breeders for growing indoors (in greenhouses or hotbeds).
The description of the variety should begin with a story about the ovaries. The inflorescences are collected in long hanging clusters, each of which has up to 35-40 fruits. Ripe cherry - round, dense, deep red. The skin is thin, but dense, not prone to cracking. Ripe tomatoes are tasty, sweet, and have an excellent presentation. The yield of the variety is high - up to 15-16 kg per 1 m².
Transportability characteristic: the harvest of these tomatoes is harvested immediately with brushes and placed in plastic boxes. In such a container, tomatoes are transported and also stored until processing. The magic cascade perfectly transfers long distance transportation.
On the forum of cherry tomatoes there are already reviews of vegetable growers about this variety.
According to summer residents, the Magic Cascade hybrid is highly resistant to most diseases that affect vegetable plants of the Solanaceae family. And it doesn't take much effort to grow this variety.
