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Among the many exclusive hybrids, the Raketa tomato proved to be the most commercially successful. Today it does not lose popularity as an industrial variety, remaining a favorite of many gardeners. At the time of its appearance on store shelves, it was the most bought. It appeared in 1975, on December 31, the variety was registered in the State Register, becoming a kind of New Year's gift for all gardeners. The variety was created by the famous scientists-breeders A.N. Lukyanenko and S.F. Gavrish (line of the same name of the seed producer). After 5 years of successful testing, the Raketa tomato was recommended for growing in soil in almost all regions of the country, including the Urals and Siberia. We present a detailed
description of this variety.
General characteristics of the Rocket
The Raketa tomato is a stunted, determinate plant. The height of the bush is no more than 60 cm, the bush has little leafy, compact. The foliage is dark green, not large or bumpy. Inflorescences are simple, 3-6 flowers are formed.
The variety is characterized as:
- Medium early - 120-130 days;
- Deterministic - limited growth;
- Bee-pollinated - for open ground;
- Yielding - 1.5 kg per bush;
- The fruit is medium-sized - the mass of one tomato is on average 30-60 grams.
Fruit ripening is amicable and long, the first harvest falls on the end of June in the regions of the Urals and Siberia, and at the beginning of June in the southern regions.
Tomato Rocket
Botanical description
Raketa tomatoes are recommended for outdoor cultivation. The variety belongs to compact tomatoes with medium fruit size or medium-sized.
The first fruits are formed over the 6th leaf, and the next ones - every two leaves. Up to 5 tomatoes are formed on one fruit cluster.
A bunch of tomatoes Rocket
The fruit has an oblong shape with a sharp tip in the form of a cone; near the stalk, the tomato has a slight ribbing. When unripe, the tomato color is light green, which becomes lighter as it ripens.
Upon reaching technical ripeness, the color of the tomatoes turns red, the peel is smooth, with a slight glossy sheen. It is resistant to cracking, both during maturation and storage.
Characteristics of the fetus
Let us present the description and characteristics of the fruit rocket tomatoes.
The fruit is elastic, the skin is dense, but not tough, the pulp is moderately juicy, without wateriness, fleshy, slightly loose. There are no more than three seed chambers, few seeds. The largest tomatoes reach a maximum of 60 grams, the remaining ones - up to 40 grams. A distinctive feature is the high dry matter content in fruits - from 4 to 6%. Tasters give 4.5 points to taste.
Tomato Raketa is suitable for making lecho and sauces
Raketa tomatoes belong to the category of universal use. They are suitable for salads, canning in general, as well as for making lecho and sauces; tomato juice is very thick from them.
Raketa tomatoes are recommended for dietary nutrition, as they contain little sugar. At the same time, the taste of tomatoes is sweetish with sourness. This feature is especially characteristic for the Yellow Rocket tomato.
Features of the variety
Among the key features of this variety are the following:
- The tomato bush is undersized, but without sacrificing productivity;
- A small number of stepchildren;
- Recommended for growing in open ground or under low film shelters, by the way, if you organize a low greenhouse for this variety, it will shorten the ripening period of fruits by 5-6 days;
- The oblong shape of the fruit, resembling a rocket.
You can also note the high yield of the variety, but subject to the agricultural technology of the Raketa tomato, the characteristics and description of the variety of which are presented above.
Agricultural rules of the variety
Cultivation is carried out in seedlings, seeds should be planted for seedlings in early April, or at the end of the first April decade. Seedlings will appear in 7-10 days. You can feed the seedlings in the phase of the appearance of 3-4 real leaves, but no more than two times, the last feeding is applied 10 days before planting in the ground. The variety responds well to feeding, but there is a risk that the seedlings will stretch out.
Tomato seedlings Rocket
Tomatoes should be planted in open ground after June 15, when the ground warms up well enough. It is possible to accelerate the moment of warming up the earth artificially, having prepared the landing site in advance. So, the bed should be dug up, loosened, trenches should be made and fresh manure should be laid in them, watered with warm water, it is possible with the addition of manganese, and covered with soil. This should be done in early May.
It is better to plant seedlings in rows, leaving 60 cm between them, and 30-40 between the bushes. To make watering more efficient, it is advisable to build low curbs.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The description of the Raketa tomato will be incomplete if, along with the characteristics and description of the variety, its advantages and disadvantages are not presented.
So, the advantages of the Rocket:
- The main advantage is productivity in conjunction with amicable and long-term fruiting;
- No need to tie and pinch bushes;
- Resistance to diseases and late blight;
- Unpretentious care.
Potash fertilizers
Among the shortcomings, the following are noted:
- For all the undemanding variety to the soil, it needs potash fertilizers;
- Watering the plant has its disadvantages, only root watering is effective, and sprinkling will not give a result, it is also recommended to build specially watering pits.
Summarizing the above description, we can conclude that the Raketa tomato variety can be chosen for growing in small garden plots, it also grows and bears fruit on the balcony.
