Among the most popular gardeners pink varieties of tomato can be distinguished Pink leader, who proved himself to be well thanks to the positive technical characteristics. A unique, according to the description of the sweetish taste of the fruit allows you to use these vegetables not only in fresh form, but also in the preparation of salads, sauces, as well as in homemade preparations for the winter.
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Description and characteristics of the variety Pink leader
Pink leader belongs to ultrafast varieties, the period from germination to maturity is 85-90 days.
Tomato bush is classified as a stem, as it is compact and powerful main stem. Decorate the plant rather large leaves of green. The inflorescence is simple, stem with articulation.
The fruit is pink or tinged with red and has a rounded shape. Characterized by medium density, fleshyness and weight gain 120-150 g.
Advantages and disadvantages
The positive characteristics that convince that this variety is a suitable candidate for taking place in the beds include:
- abundant yieldthat is 12 kg with 1m2 of area and 1.5-2 kg with one bush;
- excellent taste and high nutritional value;
- resistance to adverse environmental conditions;
- invulnerability to dangerous fungal and bacterial diseases;
- growing opportunity in open and greenhouse conditions;
- preservation of the presentation during transportation;
- source of vitamins B, C, PP and a powerful useful antioxidant - lycopene, which is responsible for the health of the heart and blood vessels, which reduces the likelihood of atherosclerosis.
A minor flaw in grade is the average size of the fruit and their thin skin.
The technology of growing vegetables
Sowing seeds for seedlings should be carried out in March or April, depending on the region of growth.
Sowing seeds for seedlings
First you need to prepare a container for planting, soil and seeds. Capacity can be very different, but a good solution would be to use special containers with lids to create the greenhouse effect. Planting material can be purchased at a specialty store or can be collected independently from the resulting crop.
Before sowing the seeds should warm up and process in a solution prepared on the basis of potassium permanganate, and also check for germination.
When sowing, it is impossible to embed seeds very deeply. After planting, cover crops with film material or glass and follow all necessary rules for the care of seedlings, which will positively affect the quantity and quality of the future crop. After the appearance of two leaves should be pickingby transplanting in separate containers.
A couple of weeks before planting, seedlings should be prepared for the conditions in which she will grow in open beds. For this follows reduce watering and every day to take the containers with seedlings to fresh air under the direct rays of the sun, feed them with fertilizers and carry out preventive treatment against diseases of pests.
Planting seedlings in the ground
Even at the planning stage of future beds it is very important to choose the site that should be well lit and warm up by the sun and be protected from the wind, as well differ in nutrient, loose, moisture-absorbing soil.
This will promote active growth and minimal use of fertilizers.Prepare the beds in the autumn months, digging it up and enriching it with the necessary fertilizers.
In the spring, when the air temperature warms up sufficiently, the site is again dug up, to carry out regular loosening, weed removal and you can begin the process of landing.
To make plants feel comfortable enough, you need to apply a scheme when planting seedlings. 50x40 cm, on one square meter to place up to 8 bushes of tomatoes.
When planting seedlings on the bed, carefully remove the plants from the tank and place them in the prepared holes, previously spilled with warm water. Saplings down to the cotyledon leaves and sprinkle around the soil substrate, a little compacted.
Basic care activities
Pink Leader does not require special care. For a rich harvest, you only need to:
- to control the level of humidity throughout the whole growing cycle of the crop, since drying will threaten the shredding of fruits, the loss of yield and the death of plants;
- loosen the soil after each watering, it will enrich the soil with oxygen and prevent the formation of a dry crust on the surface of the earth;
- as needed weedby removing weed plants;
- form bushes, leaving 1-2 well developed strong stems;
- feed mineral complexes or special fertilizers for tomatoes;
- gradually remove bottom leaveswhich cause air stagnation in the surface zone, which leads to the appearance of plant diseases;
- to carry out preventive measures aimed at preventing the infection of vegetable crops with diseases and invasions of pests.
Proper implementation of the full range of care will help avoid diseases and enjoy delicious fragrant fruits.
Diseases and their prevention
Sort Pink Leader has good immunity against diseases inherent in tomatoes, but this does not exclude the likelihood of late blight infection, gray rot, and brown spot.
To avoid crop losses and save money, it is better to resort to effective preventive measures, which include:
- Crop rotation. Do not plant seedlings tomato to the previous place earlier than five years. As well as planting tomatoes away from planting potatoes, which is the primary carrier of infection.
- Use only quality planting material. Before sowing, perform all necessary measures for the preparation of seeds for planting.
- Compliance with the rules for the preparation of the soil and the implementation of planting on all standards, which is considered a guarantee of successful plant growth.
- Creating comfortable conditions for the normal development of tomatoes.
- Proper fertilizationy. Do not use manure and fresh compost for vegetables, only humus and well-rotten compost.
The method of obtaining seeds
By purchasing vegetable seeds in the store, most gardeners come to the conclusion that what is stated on the packaging does not correspond to reality. Therefore, resorting to a simple method to independently collect material for future planting.
As practice shows, collected their own seeds have a high germination rate. In addition, the acclimatization of previous generations is the key to strong and healthy seedlings.
Only need to be used to collect seeds. large and ripe, no signs of disease disease fruit. It is better to be in the stage of technical ripeness and collected from the first lower stem of the bush.
The process of independently obtaining seeds involves the following actions:
- Wash the fruits well with water and cut them across, carefully removing the seeds with a spoon into a clean glass jar.
- Cover the container with a gauze cloth, placing it warm for fermentation.
- Constantly need shuffle the contents avoid film or mold on the surface.
- In their own juice, the seeds should ferment for three days with temperature indices of 23-25 degrees. The signal to proceed to the next stage of the process of obtaining seeds will be the emergence of a characteristic odor, bubbles on the surface and clarification of the juice.
- Fermented mass put on a gauze and rinse with water, cleaning the seeds from mucus and pulp. Then dilute a teaspoon of salt in a glass of water and pour the seeds. Quality copies will sink to the bottom, and unsuitable for cultivation - will pop up.
- Clean seeds should dry for a week at a temperature of 25̊ degrees on a saucer.
Good germination planting material saves for 4 years.
The pink leader is a proven and favorite variety of many gardeners. Planting this unpretentious variety and completing all the techniques of farming and cultivation, one can enjoy the first crop of sweet pink tomatoes in three months.