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In recent years, when the number of varieties and hybrids of tomatoes is increasing from year to year, gardeners have a hard time. After all, you need to choose such plants that would satisfy all your needs: yield, taste, versatility, disease resistance and ease of cultivation.
Of course, there are a lot of requests, but today they can all be solved at once if you use the Maryina Roshcha tomato. Breeders have created this hybrid for cultivation throughout Russia under film shelters or in greenhouses. Gardeners of the southern regions can plant seedlings in open ground. To understand the features of the Maryina Roshcha tomato, a characteristic and description of the variety, as well as a photo of bushes and fruits, will be given.
Description of the variety
The Maryina Roshcha tomato is an early-ripening hybrid plant; there is an F1 icon on the seed package. The type of plant is indeterminate, that is, the growth of the main stem does not stop the entire vegetative period. It should be noted that gardeners who planted these tomatoes respond mostly positively. Now let's take a closer look at all the issues.
Features of the bush
The tomato bush is high, height up to 170 cm. It has a powerful stem with a large number of branches, which is why it is recommended to plant no more than three plants per square meter. Tomato leaves are dark green, medium in size, regular shape.
Due to its height and the presence of a large number of stepchildren, during the summer, the tomato needs to be shaped, cut off excess shoots and leaves, and also tied to a reliable support.
The yield of tomato Maryina Roshcha, according to reviews and photos provided by gardeners, is excellent if you form a bush in 1 or 2 stems.
Fruit
Many clusters with 8 or 9 fruits are formed on the stem of the tomato. Peduncles are strong, fruit set is excellent. These features of the tomato variety are clearly visible in the photo below.
Each tomato weighs about 170 grams. From a square meter of plantings, as a rule, up to 17 kilograms of tomatoes Maryina Roshcha F1 are harvested with proper agricultural technology.
Fruits are large, round, almost the same size, slightly flattened on top. The peel of tomatoes is thin, but not soft. Tomatoes are fleshy, sugary, dense. A subtle sourness is felt in the taste. Fruits for universal purposes, suitable not only for fresh consumption, but also for conservation. Bushes in a greenhouse (see photo) with ripening tomatoes of the Maryina Roshcha variety resemble a bright red cascade.
Pros and cons of the variety
The creation of any tomato hybrid is based on the feedback and wishes of gardeners regarding the characteristics and agrotechnical standards of crop cultivation. So it was with the tomato of Maryina Roscha. Its authors are Russian breeders. Let's take a look at the pros and cons of the variety.
Positive points
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The variety is high-yielding, with proper agricultural technology, it gives a large number of dense and tasty tomatoes, which coincides with the description and photo in the article.
- Stressful situations associated with a lack of light, temperature changes or high humidity do not negatively affect the yield of the Maryina Roshcha F1 hybrid.
- Early ripening of tomatoes and the ability to grow in winter and summer.
- Fruiting is abundant, ripening of fruits is amicable. Excellent presentation, long-term keeping quality of fruits with preservation of useful properties.
- The versatility of using tomatoes: fresh consumption, canning, preparing salads for the winter, obtaining juice and tomato paste.
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Excellent transportability, even during long-term transportation, tomatoes do not crack, do not crumple.
- Resistance of tomatoes of this variety to many viruses and fungi, in particular, cladosporium, fusarium, mosaic and late blight. In the reviews, gardeners note that many varieties of tomatoes in the greenhouse burn from cladosporiosis, and Maryina Roshcha tomatoes remain green.
disadvantages
If we talk about the obvious disadvantages, then these are:
- In the northern regions, without a greenhouse, it is better not to grow the Maryina Roshcha tomato variety. In the open field, the yield is minimal.
- It is difficult to care for tomatoes, since during the entire vegetative period you need to engage in the formation of a bush, tie up the stem along the entire length and brushes with fruits. In addition, the leaves should be trimmed, first to the first cluster, and then as the fruit clusters form.
- It is impossible to cook tomato seeds by yourself as it is a hybrid.
Secrets of agricultural technology
Tomatoes Maryina Roshcha is a hybrid, therefore it is grown through seedlings. Seeds are sown from 15 or 20 February.
Sowing seeds
Sowing containers and soil are treated with boiling water. You can add potassium permanganate to get rid of the black leg for sure. You can prepare the soil yourself or buy ready-made soil.
Composition of the earth (bucket) for sowing tomato seeds:
- humus, peat, sod land in equal proportions;
- wood ash (1 tablespoon) potassium sulfate and superphosphate one teaspoon each.
As for the preparation of tomato seeds, they are not soaked, but immediately sown into prepared, well-moistened soil in grooves with a step of 5 to 8 cm, the seeding depth is 1.5 cm.The furrows are covered with soil and slammed for better adhesion of the seeds to the soil ... Before germination, the planting containers should stand in the light in a warm place.
Picking
When the first "hook" appears, the film is removed, if necessary, the tomato seedlings are watered with warm water and the boxes are moved to a cooler place so that the sprouts do not stretch out.
When there are two real leaves (not cotyledons) on the Maryina Roshcha tomato, they need to be planted. Seedlings are spilled so that it is convenient to take out the plants and not damage the root system.
Tomato pots should be 8x8. They are filled with fertile soil, and watered with a pink solution of potassium permanganate. Tomato seedlings are planted in moist soil. Saplings with the slightest hint of disease are thrown away.
After transplanting, within three days, you need to adhere to a certain temperature for tomato seedlings: in the daytime + 20-22, at night - + 16-18. After the seedlings take root, the temperature is reduced by 2 degrees. Water the tomatoes once a week until the soil in the container is completely wet.
After 20 days, the tomato seedlings are transplanted into large containers again. You do not need to deepen them. Seedlings are watered and placed in a shaded place for two days so that the tomatoes do not wilted.
Top dressing
Tall tomato Maryina Roshcha requires feeding already at the seedling stage:
- The first time the tomatoes need nutrition 14 days after the pick. One tablespoon of nitrophoska is diluted in ten liters of water. A glass of top dressing is poured into each container.
- The next feeding is carried out 14 days after the re-transplant. Wood ash (2 large spoons) and superphosphate (1 large spoon) are dissolved in 10 liters of water.Top dressing consumption - 1 glass per tomato bush.
- The third feeding of seedlings is carried out after another 10 days. There are two table boats of nitrophoska per bucket of water. The expense is the same as in the previous cases.
- Top dressing of tomatoes must be combined with watering.
Already at the seedling stage, Maryina Roshcha tomatoes begin to throw out flower brushes and set the first fruits. The root system is powerful, so irrigation must be treated responsibly. Otherwise, the flowers and ovaries may fall off, and in the future they will grow small, not the same as in the photo and in the description.
Landing in a permanent place
If this is your first time in the Maryina Roshcha hybrid, then you should pay attention to the features of planting. As follows from the description, tomatoes in most of Russia need to be grown in a greenhouse.
Greenhouse preparation
- Firstly, it is necessary to plant tomato seedlings only after the soil warms up.
- Secondly, the greenhouse itself must be treated with Bordeaux liquid using a sprayer, without missing a single area of the surface.
- Thirdly, the soil must be fertilized, dug up and well shed with warm water two weeks before planting. You can use boiling water with dissolved crystals of potassium permanganate.
Seedling preparation
Tomato seedlings cannot be planted directly from the window into the greenhouse; they need to be prepared and adapted to new conditions. Tomatoes are taken outside for a few minutes, then the time is increased. The main thing is that there are no drafts. In addition, the two lower leaves are cut off, the cut is processed with wood ash.
Since seeds are planted for seedlings in February, then by the time of transplantation into the ground, there are already flower brushes and brushes with fruits on the tomato. So that they do not fall off, five days before transplanting, the tomatoes are sprayed with a solution of boric acid (for 10 liters of water, 1 gram of the drug).
No more than three tomatoes are planted per square meter. The planted plants are immediately watered and tied to a secure support. As a preventive measure, seedlings of the Maryina Roshcha hybrid should be treated with Bordeaux liquid before and after planting in a greenhouse.
As for the timing of planting a tomato in a greenhouse, it is simply impossible to give an exact date. Everything will depend on:
- features of the greenhouse;
- climatic conditions of the region;
- the onset of spring in a particular year.
Tomato care
Further work is almost the same for all varieties of tomatoes: watering, loosening, weeding. But Maryina Roscha also needs additional care. This has already been said in the description:
- Top dressing with complex fertilizers throughout the growing season.
- Tying the stem and hands to the support, removing the leaves.
- Restricting tomato growth after the formation of 8-9 clusters, when the stem grows to the top of the greenhouse.
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So, your attention was presented a description of the variety, its main characteristics and a photo of the Maryina Roshcha tomato variety. The information will be useful not only for beginners, but also for experienced gardeners who have decided to take up a new variety. We wish you every success!
