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One of the world's favorite vegetables is the tomato. It is appreciated for its taste, the ability to use it in different forms. Sweet varieties of tomatoes show themselves perfectly in summer salads and spicy preparations for the winter. One of them is Sweet Baby, its fruits are distinguished by a delicate dessert taste.
Tomato Sweet Baby: characteristics and description of the variety
It is considered an early maturing variety. The first fruits can be harvested 96 days after sowing the seeds. The fruits are similar to the Cherry variety: they are not large, round, fleshy and very sweet, with few seeds.
The weight of one tomato is no more than 10 grams, and up to 2 kg of delicious fruits can be harvested from one bush. The tomato brush is literally showered with them. The skin of tomatoes is delicate, so you need to transport them with care. They can be eaten fresh, dried or pickled sweet tomatoes for the winter.
Sweet Baby
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the positive qualities of the variety are:
- high productivity;
- universality of use;
- pleasant taste.
Disadvantages:
- fragility of the stems under the weight of the fruit;
- tendency to fungal diseases;
- exactingness to fertilizers.
Growing features
Sweet tomatoes are planted on seedlings at the end of March in a greenhouse or in peat cups in the room. And already at the end of May they can be planted in open ground, when the threat of frost has passed.
Before planting, the seedlings need to be hardened for a week, this will help it withstand temperature extremes.
If there are enough sunny days for the season, this variety of tomatoes will be sugar.
The bush forms high stems, up to 2 meters long, so it must be tied to a strong support. This variety of tomatoes needs to be pinned, it is best to form two branches.
Harvest tomato
Fertilizer is applied 3-4 times per season, every 2 weeks. To enhance the sweetness, it is necessary to add potash mineral fertilizers. You need to dilute 30 grams per bucket of water. potassium, you can add 50 gr. superphosphate. Pour 0.5 liters of nutrient fluid onto the bush. And fertilization with wood ash makes it possible for the fruits to gain weight - they will be large (1 tablespoon per 10 liters).
Water the plantings with warm water as the soil dries out. To make the tomato sweet, watering is reduced during fruiting. And so that the soil is not covered with a crust and oxygen freely passes to the roots, it must be loosened regularly.
In different regions of Russia, tomato cultivation has its own characteristics. In the Urals and Siberia, the tomato should be planted in June, when the threat of frost has passed. And the climate in the suburbs, due to rainy weather and lack of sunny days, prevents the full ripening of fruits. Nevertheless, experienced summer residents practice the cultivation of sweet tomatoes in these regions. At the first stages of ripeness, the fruits are removed from the bush and put in boxes. Next, you need to create suitable conditions for ripening:
- temperature not lower than 210FROM;
- excellent ventilation.
So, it is easy to grow sweet tomatoes on backyard plots in the southern regions. And in the middle lane, growing tomatoes is more likely in greenhouses.Some of the sweetest varieties of tomatoes along with Sweet Baby are Chernomor, Pink Elephant, Bull Heart. These varieties will have their own varietal characteristics.
