Tomatoes The rocket is a medium-early variety. Description and photo
Tomatoes The rocket is a tomato variety popular with Russian vegetable growers, grown on open beds. The peculiarities of culture and the conditions of its productive cultivation will be discussed in the article.
Description
Rocket Tomato form a compact, neat,a small shrub that reaches only 0.4-0.6 m in height. The plant is characterized by a weak leafy shoots and markedly shortened internodes on them. The compactness of the bush allows one to plant up to 12 plants on one square meter, normally developing and not depressing each other. Productivity at similar plantings reaches 7 kg.
Inflorescence tab, in each of whichknotted up to 6-8 fruits on a brush, starts after the sixth leaf, later - after each pair of leaves. Up to 4 inflorescences are formed on the main shoot. Simultaneous maturation and high resistance to apical rot and traditional root diseases is demonstrated by the Rocket Tomato. Comments of vegetable growers cultivating a variety unanimously emphasize the absence of problems in the development of the bush at all stages and the good productivity of the crop.
Fruit
Tomatoes The rocket is a medium-born variety. Fruits completely ripen for 110-130 days from the moment of planting. Tomatoes are elongated plum-oval in shape, with a slightly pointed tip, bright red, glossy, smooth, with dense flesh, reach a weight of 35-60 g. Fruits that have excellent commercial qualities are also distinguished by their high taste properties. In addition, the variety successfully transports the transportation and is kept well in a cellar or refrigerator environment. Tomatoes are eaten fresh in salads and cooked. Masters and procuring organizations of the class is particularly appreciated for the possibility of whole-fruit canning.
Agrotechnics and care
The variety is cultivated in open ridges. Seeds are sown on seedlings in the 20-th of March, closing them 1-2 cm. With the emergence of 2-5 leaflets, the seedlings are dived, placing them in separate containers.
Rocket Tomatoes are undemanding in care, but the care shown (regular watering and timely feeding) is associated with an increase in the productivity of the bush and the taste qualities of the fruit.
