Existing and bred tomato varieties have a wide range of characteristics that satisfy all the needs of vegetable growers, in whatever region is cultivated. Pink cheeks - the tomato variety in question was bred by Russian breeders for cultivation in the central European part of Russia, as well as its southern regions. Tomatoes of this variety have proven themselves well and have taken root in the plots of not only Russian, but also Moldovan, Kazakh and Ukrainian summer residents and gardeners. The main emphasis of the selection was aimed at obtaining multi-purpose tomatoes with good taste. The bred variety possesses these and many other advantages.

Tomato Pink cheeks characteristics and description of the variety

This is a vegetable of the mid-early ripening period, does not belong to hybrid varieties, since it does not have the f1 hybrids of the same name. Determinate tomato, not a standard plant, with low bushes.

Tomato pink cheeks

Note! The tomato variety develops equally well and gives a stable harvest in open beds and in greenhouses.

The seedlings planted in the beds are formed into bushes of 70 centimeters in height; in the greenhouse, the height of the bushes can be twice as high if the growth is transferred to the lateral shoot, that is, it is artificially lengthened. The leaves are light green, small in size.

The harvest ripens 3-3.5 months after germination. Ripe tomatoes have an unusual, raspberry-pink color. The shape of the tomato is flat-round. The fruits of the first harvest are large, reaching 350 grams, they do not crack even with rare watering. High productivity of the variety allows you to remove up to 5-6 kilograms from 1 square meter

The fertility of the bush

Tomato variety Pink cheeks has characteristic features:

  • The first inflorescence formed on the bush is located above the 7-8 leaves, the next inflorescences appear every two leaves;
  • Tomato inflorescences consist of 3-5 ovaries, ripe fruits in inflorescences of the same size;
  • Tomato bushes do not tolerate cold well.

Tomatoes of this variety are popular with gardeners for their versatility, good harvest and rich sweet taste. Tomatoes are canned and used raw in salads. From the fleshy and dense pulp, rich tomato juice and paste are obtained.

The fruits are good for tomato juice and pasta

The presentation of tomatoes, good transportability, long-term storage are of no small importance. Resistance to diseases such as fusarium, alternaria (dry spot), verticillus wilting (fungal disease) has been noted, and the tomato also has time to ripen before the appearance of phytophthora. Insecticidal preparations help in the fight against pests.

Agrotechnics

Tomato variety Pink cheeks is unpretentious, requiring no difficulties in care and constant attention of gardeners.

Seed preparation and sowing

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To be sure that this is the variety that you want to plant in your beds or in the greenhouse, you need to buy seeds from stores that sell seed selection fund.

You can use your own seeds obtained in the previous season in planting.

Rosy cheeks are varietal, not hybrid products.The seeds do not lose their characteristics, in contrast to hybrid varieties, such as the Red Cheek tomato, the characteristic and description of the variety of which does not guarantee a repetition of the parental genotype.

Seeds are sown in early March. They must first be processed in a solution of potassium permanganate and rinsed with water. For sowing, boxes should be prepared with a mixture of earth, humus and compost in equal amounts. Sowing is carried out in grooves to a depth of 2 cm and a distance of 4-5 cm. The seeds are sprinkled with earth and poured with water from a sprinkler or a plastic bottle with holes in the cap.

Dive

When two true leaves appear on the plant, the plant dives into prepared cups or peat pots and is exposed in a well-lit and warm place. Before planting in the ground, it is necessary to fertilize 2-3 times with complex fertilizer for tomatoes. Seedlings require watering, but they should not be poured, so as not to provoke the appearance of rot. A week before planting, the seedlings begin to harden, taking them to a cooler place.

Dive

Landing in the ground

Highly fertile, with neutral acidity of the soil are suitable for growing tomatoes. When planting in the ground, crop rotation must be taken into account. Tomato seedlings are planted in those parts of the garden where the predecessors were cucumbers, cabbage, legumes and onions.

Attention! You cannot use those plots of land where potatoes grew last year for planting tomato seedlings. The pests of these crops are the same, and they can lay the larvae in the ground and destroy the tomatoes planted in this area. Therefore, after the potatoes, you need to plant spinach, lettuce, cucumbers, legumes or radish.

Planting seedlings in open ground is carried out at the age of plants from 1.5 to 2 months, usually after the last frost in May. In the regions of the Non-Black Earth Region, this is approximately until June 10. If you use film shelters over the beds, you can plant seedlings in the second decade of May (15-20 days).

The seedlings are afraid of sudden frosts, so the transplant into the hole should be done obliquely, sprinkling the stem of the plant with earth as much as possible until the first leaves. Even if ground frosts suddenly return, the seedlings, having a good part of the stem underground, will survive. New roots will grow from the stem, and the frozen one can be cut off with a knife.

Planting scheme for Pink Cheeks - 40 x 50 cm. A bush is formed into one or two stems (when planting in a greenhouse) Up to 5 plants are planted per square meter.

Care advice

It is recommended to water the plants with warm water. You need to feed tomatoes at least three times during the growing season. At first, with a predominance of the nitrogen component, for rooting and creating a strong bush, and later with a phosphorus-potassium mixture, for flowering and ripening fruits. If necessary, careful pinching is done if greenery is growing on the bush. The lower leaves are removed under the brush with fruits.

It is recommended to water the tomatoes with warm water

Obligatory weeding and loosening of the soil after watering. High air temperature negatively affects the process of ovary formation: new ones are not set, and existing ones can be discarded. Spraying with boric acid solution helps the fruit to set faster.

Attention! The solution is prepared in proportion, maintaining the ratio of water and powder. For 10 liters of water, 10 grams are taken. boric acid. The acid is preliminarily dissolved in a glass of hot water and poured into a prepared container with water.

What can negatively affect the yield of this tomato variety? This happens when the planting of bushes is thickened, or the plants are in the shade of trees. Soil too oversaturated with organic matter, including dry or highly moistened, affects the productivity of the bushes.

Seed collection

Unlike hybrid varieties, such as the Red Cheek tomato, gardeners collect seeds from the Pink Cheeks from their own garden, as they are varietal.For this, a ripe tomato is selected, from which the seeds are squeezed out along with the juice and washed with water until they are clean. The seeds are laid out on paper or cloth to dry at room temperature. The dried seeds are folded into paper bags and marked with the name of the variety, the year of harvest and other data necessary for gardeners. The seeds retain their germination capacity for 4 years.

Collecting tomato seeds

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

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Having considered the full characteristics of the variety, we can highlight its advantages:

  • Possibility of growing tomatoes in open ground and in greenhouses;
  • It is a varietal tomato, from the collected seeds, seedlings with parental characteristics are obtained;
  • Taste and dense pulp make it possible to universally use tomatoes, using both raw and preserved;
  • Tomatoes are well transported and stored.

The disadvantages of the variety, gardeners, include the discrepancy between expectations and reality in the ripening dates specified in the characteristics. The variety does not always show itself as medium early. It all depends on the region where the variety is cultivated and the summer temperature. In southern regions with a lot of sunny days, tomatoes will actually show themselves as medium early. In the middle lane in the open field, they ripen in mid-August. In this case, in cooler climates, it is better to grow this variety in a greenhouse.

Tomato variety Pink Cheeks surpasses all the expectations of those who grew them on their plots. The main thing that I like about the variety is the versatility of use, long transportation, safety and resistance to diseases. Many of the gardeners note in their reviews the variety's resistance to frost and drought.