Detailed description of the variety of tomato Rapunzel
Rapunzel Tomato

Gardeners who love new items in their business should be familiar with the name of the Rapunzel tomato. This variety was bred quite recently and is practically not common with us, many have heard of him, but few have seen with their own eyes. Below is a detailed description of this hybrid tomato.

Description of the variety of tomato Rapunzel

The Rapunzel tomato hybrid was bred by Flora-Nova, an American breeder, in 2015, but has not yet received widespread distribution in Europe and Asia. Such characteristics are peculiar to it:

Early ripe Rapunzel tomato
Early ripe Rapunzel tomato
  • The variety is classified as indeterminate plants, what characterizes him as tall. With normal care, Rapunzel can grow from 180 cm to 240 cm.
  • Vegetation period is only 70-80 days.
  • The fruits of the trunk are placed on long racemes, each of which can count to 40 tomatoes.
  • Tomatoes themselves they look like tomatoes cherry, they have the same small size and bright red color.
  • The taste of tomatoes is excellent, Each fruit has a minimum of chambers with seeds, the pulp is juicy and very sweet.
The variety is grown for fresh consumption, it is not suitable for storage and preservation.

Features of growing

Tomato variety Rapunzel suitable for cultivation in the open field through seedlings, and in closed rooms with good light. Initially, the variety was bred for balconies, terraces and greenhouses.

When planting in tubs and drawers, it is necessary to take into account the height of the trunk, not every balcony can accommodate a beauty of 2 meters in height.

Tomato Rapunzel is great for growing in a greenhouse
Tomato Rapunzel is great for growing in a greenhouse

Cultivation in the open field also provides some features next to the bush of tomatoes is to immediately establish a support, which will later be tied up shtamb. In the neighborhood you can put nasturtium, digitalis, marigold, coriander.

The plant is light-loving, it is better to look for a place without any shading.

Advantages and disadvantages

Tomatoes of the Rapunzel variety, like all other plants of this species, have their drawbacks and advantages, thanks to which they are chosen as a seed for gardeners. Rapunzel is chosen because of these positive qualities:

  1. High yield varieties.
  2. Superb taste qualities.
  3. High disease resistance and pests.
  4. Beautiful marketable condition fruits.
Among the advantages of Rapunzel tomatoes, their number per plant and excellent taste are worth noting.
Among the advantages of Rapunzel tomatoes, their number per plant and excellent taste are worth noting.

Among the disadvantages can be noted his tall.

From now on, the seeds of the variety cannot be found in any store of our country, and of all of Europe. There is an opinion that shtamb breeds are not seeds, it is enough just to have a cutting.

Soil selection and planting

Before you start growing shtamb and sowing seeds for seedlings, it is worth picking up the soil.Tomatos Rapunzel will be most comfortable in acidic or slightly acidic soils. This should be the soil, starting with the seedlings and ending with the full development of the plant.

Planting technology varieties no different from the cultivation of other tomatoes:

  • the first step will be container preparation, filling them with heated soil;
  • parallel in a weak solution of potassium permanganate soaked stem seedsit is worth keeping them in pink water for at least 12 hours;
  • the next step will be the immediate grain sowing, place them at a distance of at least 1 cm from each other;
The sowing of Rapunzel tomato seeds is more often carried out at the end of March, but sometimes this process can be extended until mid-April.
The sowing of Rapunzel tomato seeds is more often carried out at the end of March, but sometimes this process can be extended until mid-April.
  • after everything is worth sprinkle with a layer of nutrient soil, it must not be larger than 4 mm;
  • seed container warm water and placed in a room with a temperature not lower than +25 for 5-7 days.

After this time, the seedlings should appear in the container.

To speed up the germination process, after irrigation, cover the container with glass or tightly seal the film.

After the appearance of the second pair of these leaves, tomatoes must be swooped into individual containers.

Planting in open ground and subsequent care

Peaked booms grow and develop in individual tanks until the frost threat disappears completely. Only after that you can confidently plant tomatoes in the garden. At the same time adhere to the following rules:

  • be sure to stand the distance between the bushes 50 cm;
  • well depth should not exceed 10 cm;
  • land better transhipment method which will minimize the injuries of the root system.
Planting seedlings of tomato Rapunzel in open ground is carried out when the threat of frost passes by
Planting seedlings of tomato Rapunzel in open ground is carried out when the threat of frost passes by

So that the plant developed well further and was able to please the gardener with the maximum possible yield, it is necessary to take care of it. For this it will be enough:

  • spend regular feeding every two weeks slurry in diluted form or by manure itself;
  • make complex store dressing, which are prepared in accordance with the instructions;
  • water the stumps in containers and tubs as the soil dries;
  • for the entire period of growth and development two weeks before harvest spend a few sprays bordeaux mixture for prevention;
  • should not be ignored and regular spraying garlic and onion infusion with laundry soap;
  • regular stewling plants and the formation of one or two stems from one rhizome;
  • timely fixing the trunk to the support ordinary tying;
  • qualitative harvesting as the fruit ripens.
Rapunzel tomatoes are well suited for canning for the winter
Rapunzel tomatoes are well suited for canning for the winter
It is worth regularly inspecting and staking the trunk, if this is not done, the number of fruits will decrease, and their quality will become slightly worse.

Diseases and pests of tomato

When breeding the Rapunzel variety, genetically, a high resistance to various diseases was laid, special attention among which was paid to late blight. During the growing season, breeders recommend Bordeaux mixture treatment for the prevention, but without this means the plant successfully repels all such microbes and bacteria.

Ground pests of the Rapunzel variety are not afraid of any, the bush is not subject to them at all. But the underground inhabitants of the site can enjoy a tomato root, he is most attracted to the bear, the mole and the larva of the May beetle.

There are no exact recommendations on the cultivation of the Rapunzel tomato variety, in our country few have done it.In spite of this wishing to get hold of the seeds or stalk of the plant every year becomes more and more. We hope that the "parents" of Rapunzel will soon delight gardeners with the constant release of quality seeds in sufficient quantity.