Tomato is an ideal vegetable for making salads and sauces. And it is especially tasty when grown independently. Raspberry tomato is an early ripe hybrid variety, that is, its seeds are not suitable for growing the next year, as they lose their properties. Otherwise it is sometimes called Kalinka Malinka tomato. The hybrid grows well in almost the entire territory of Russia.

Pros and cons of the variety

Tomato variety Malinka is characterized on the positive side:

  • disease resistance;
  • pleasant fruit taste;
  • high yield;
  • crack resistance.

This variety has practically no drawbacks. Is that tomato juice prepared from its fruits turns out to be thick. To solve this problem, it can be diluted with the juice of other tomatoes.

Tomato Malinka

Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Kalinka Malinka

It grows in medium height, up to 1.5 m, so there is no need to tie up bushes. If the air temperature rises above 30 ° C, as a rule, the yield of other varieties decreases, but for the Malinka tomato this is not an obstacle to the formation of ovaries and the ripening of fruits.

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Fruits are pink, rounded, slightly flattened, on average weighing 200-250 grams. From one square. m are collected up to 3 kg. Tomatoes at the stalk do not have a green speck. They are suitable for fresh consumption, pickling, juicing.

Note! The variety is distinguished by resistance to various diseases, except for late blight.

You should not plant tomato bushes next to nightshade crops, they have the same diseases, there is a risk of an epidemic. In addition, this increases the risk of an invasion of the Colorado potato beetle. It is also not recommended to plant a tomato in the old place, since pathogenic bacteria can remain in the ground. It is better to make a garden bed in a new place every year.

Tomato bush Malinka

Planting and leaving

For growing seedlings, peat cups or other containers are used. A little rotted manure is added to the soil - no more than 1/3 of the volume of soil in the container. Seeds are sown at the end of February. Before that, they must be soaked in warm water (20-25 ° C) for 18 hours. Dried seeds are deepened 1 cm into the soil. Then pour a little warm water.

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In mid-April, the plant can be planted in a greenhouse, and in open ground a few weeks later, when the threat of freezing has passed. Seedlings are planted up to 5 pcs per 1 sq. m.

Note! The plant has a compact root system. If the plot is small or the greenhouse is small, you can plant many Raspberry tomato bushes without fear of competition for space and food.

The plant is not too branchy, so there is no need to pinch it. Due to the fact that the fruits of the tomato are of a beautiful raspberry color, they are planted in pots to decorate the garden.

Potted Tomatoes

The tomato needs regular watering with warm water in the morning or in the evening (once a week, 3-5 liters for each bush). During fruiting - 2 times a week, 3-5 liters. for each bush. If you add a couple of pinches of ash to a bucket of water, such watering will strengthen the plant's immunity and serve as an excellent fertilizer.

Important! Be sure to loosen the soil as a crust forms on its surface.

Top dressing with mineral or organic fertilizers should be applied 3 times per season. They can be alternated. Fertilizer is applied for the first time 3 weeks after planting in open ground. Subsequent feeding - every 2 weeks. To do this, dissolve 15 grams in a bucket of water.ammonium nitrate, 50 gr. super phosphate and 30 gr. potassium. You can use dry chicken manure in a proportion of 10 grams. 10 liters of water. Nutrient fluid is introduced, 0.5 l for each bush.

Top dressing of tomato seedlings

So, if it is decided to plant a Malinka tomato, the characteristics and description of the variety will help to get a good harvest. Tomatoes of this variety can be grown not only for a tasty harvest, but also as an ornamental plant. Caring for the plant is simple, so even a novice vegetable grower can handle it.