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It is difficult to imagine a balanced diet without tomatoes. They are included in the daily menu, included in the composition:
- vegetable salads and soups;
- sauces and ketchups;
- juices and fresh juices.
A vitamin vegetable is harvested for the winter. Adeline tomatoes are most suitable for pickling.
Description
Adeline is a mid-season determinant variety. The growing season of the culture is 110 to 115 days. Tomatoes are grown both in open and protected ground.
The color of the leaves is deep green. The fruit of Adeline has an attractive appearance. They differ in bright red color when ripe. The fruit weighs an average of 85 g with a yield of up to 4 kg per 1 m2 of area. In shape, the tomato resembles a small oblong egg, the skin is dense, the flesh is fleshy with a sweet and sour aftertaste.
Distinctive features of Adeline:
- Frost resistance. The ability to bear fruit at temperatures equal to 0 ° C. Suitable for cultivation in Siberia and the Urals;
- Transportability. Not damaged during transportation;
- Disease resistance. It is not affected by rot, fusarium;
- Drought immunity. The foliage does not fade for a long time, the berries retain their presentation;
- Heat resistance. Tomatoes ripen quickly.
Summer residents note the universal purpose of berries, which, due to their parameters, are suitable for canning and the production of tomato products. Tomatoes do not crack when heat treated. When cutting vegetables, no pulp flows out. The skin does not spoil the sauce and juice.
Seed packaging appearance
Adeline's tomato is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasian Federal District. Breeders advise to grow the variety in subsidiary farms and summer cottages.
Agricultural technology of cultivation
Seedling growing rules
Tomatoes are propagated by seedlings. Mid-March is a good time to take care of Adeline's seedlings.
Soil for planting seeds can be purchased at the store or prepared with your own hands. Sod, peat and sand are used in a 2: 1: 1 ratio. Before planting seeds, the soil is pre-treated with potassium permanganate. The planting material is also disinfected in potassium permanganate.
The seeding depth of Adeline's seeds is 0.5 cm. The box is watered with lukewarm water, covered with polyethylene and left before germination. Seeds hatch after 7 days. The film is not removed. If the earth dries up, it is moistened.
Diving tomatoes are carried out in the second leaf stage. Seedlings are transplanted into individual cassettes, which are filled with soil with the addition of peat and humus in 1 part. Adeline is placed on a sunlit windowsill. When the plants reach 15 cm in height, seedlings are planted in an open area or under a film cover.
Before planting Adeline in a permanent place, the plants are hardened. Every day they are taken out into the street or veranda for 1-2 hours, gradually increasing the time spent in the fresh air.
Landing
May is the optimal time for planting Adeline in the greenhouse. The second decade of the month - to open beds, when the threat of return frosts has passed.
Earlier landings are practiced in the southern regions.After rooting, you need to tie the tomatoes to the supports.
Follow the landing pattern:
- the distance between crops is 50 cm;
- the interval between rows is 50 cm.
Seedlings are planted in pits, organic matter is introduced, moistened. Regular application of potassium-phosphorus preparations will ensure the full development of the bush and the formation of fruits; it is necessary to control the possible growth of stepchildren and remove them in a timely manner for the timely ripening of the fruits.
Care
Adeline is looked after using standard procedures:
- fertilization and watering;
- weeding and loosening;
- mulching and weed and pest control.
Weeding tomatoes
Watering
Watering Adeline 5 days after planting the seedlings. Watering in moderation is preferable. Tomatoes cannot tolerate waterlogged soil. Cold water causes root rot and death of tomato bushes.
Top dressing
Irrigation is combined with adelina fertilization. During the growing season, it is recommended to apply complex fertilizers three times, which contain potassium and phosphorus. They are fed with chicken dung. At the beginning of the growing season, saltpeter is added. In the flowering phase, fertilize with potassium salt.
When fruit is formed, it is advised to add wood ash to the ground. In a 10-liter bucket, 70 g of the natural remedy are diluted and infused for 5 days. Watering the bushes in the evening.
At the fruiting stage, they refuse watering and feeding.
Loosening and weeding
In the rows between the tomatoes, weeds are periodically removed. The soil is loosened to enrich it with oxygen. To protect against frost and retain moisture, mulching with straw or rotted sawdust is used. When growing in a greenhouse, they remember about through ventilation.
Disease prevention
Sunny days are a condition for the successful growth of tomatoes. Increase resistance to pathogenic microorganisms, to fungal infections. An abundance of dampness and humidity is the cause of late blight. To prevent the development of diseases, Adeline is treated with Phytosporin foliage. When harmful insects appear, special insecticides are used to destroy adults and larvae.
Description of tomatoes Adeline will help vegetable growers to properly organize the care of bushes.
Harvesting and storage
Collect Adeline when the fruit ripens. The pink and red color of the fruit signals the beginning of the harvest. Also pick green fruits from tomato bushes
but they need ripening. The tomatoes will ripen within 7 or 14 days. A dark and dry place is suitable. Alternatively, use a basket with dry grass or cover with paper. Remember to turn the tomatoes regularly. After a couple of days, the color of the skin will change: it will turn brown and then turn red. Adeline's taste does not change.
Adeline tomato yield
Limit the shelf life of fresh tomatoes in the refrigerator to 3 weeks. Unripe fruits are stored indoors. Overripe berries are suitable for culinary processing due to rapid spoilage.
To harvest and maintain a good harvest, follow the rules:
- they clean Adeline in the afternoon, until the dew falls;
- brown fruits for storage;
- use wooden or plastic containers when stored in a cool and dark place;
- carry out sorting of tomatoes, discard crumpled and damaged specimens.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Variety advantages:
- unpretentiousness to the soil during cultivation;
- compactness of tomato;
- universality of appointment;
- excellent taste properties of fresh and canned products.
Minus - sensitivity to air and soil moisture. It is difficult to grow Adeline in the rainy and cool summer season. The yield is reduced by 30-40% under adverse weather conditions.
For novice gardeners, the description of the variety and characteristics of the Adeline tomato are important, which will come in handy when growing tomato bushes.
