Red cherry is a popular variety of cherry tomato. It is quite often found in areas of amateur gardeners and is also known as tomato red cherry. These tomatoes are distinguished not only by great taste, but also by good decorative effect.
This variety is a relatively new type of tomato. Bred by Russian breeders in the early 1990s. Included in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 1997 for cultivation in open ground, hotbeds and greenhouses. The originator and the main producer is the Moscow agrofirm "Gavrish".
Read more about the variety in this article. In it to your attention we will present a complete description, characteristics and features of cultivation.
Tomatoes Red Cherry: variety description
Cherry Tomato Cherry Red is not a hybrid, although it is often confused with a hybrid Winter Cherry. This is an early ripe variety, distinguished by yield and tall. The variety is quite fruitful; up to 2 kg of small dessert tomatoes can be harvested from one plant. Non-stem bush, indeterminantny, height from 1.5 to 2 m and above. From the appearance of sprouts to harvest, only 85-100 days pass.
The plant is tall, mild, sprawling, medium branching. The leaves are small, without stipules, dark, slightly crimped. The first fruit brush is laid above 8-9 leaves, and then - after 3 leaves. Form a bush in 1 stalk. Excellent for growing in open field, but grows well in the greenhouse. Sometimes it can be affected by fusarium and tobacco mosaic, it is resistant to brown spot (cladosporia) and very rarely suffers from pest attacks. Due to its precocity, it is almost not subjected to late blight and root rot.
Specifications
Tomatoes are very small, round, bright red, weighing about 15-35 grams. Grow brushes, 20-35 pieces each. The skin is smooth, thin, may ripen if over ripened. The average number of chambers in the fruit is 2-3, and the content of dry substances and sugars is 10-12%. Brush maturation inhomogeneous. The taste is very pleasant, sweet.
Fruits are not intended for commercial use, do not tolerate transportation. Can be stored in the refrigerator for not more than a month. Often used for canning and salting whole brushes. It can be used fresh for stand-up snacks and salads. Fruit ripening begins in July, but it is only necessary to collect them fully ripe to preserve the taste.
A photo
You can clearly see what the cherry red cherry tomato looks like in the photo below:
Advantages and disadvantages
Cherry red has few drawbacks. It is unpretentious and undemanding in care.
The main advantages are:
- early ripeness;
- taste great;
- resistance to temperature extremes and major diseases;
- suitability for canning whole-fruit with brushes;
- decorative
Of the minuses worth noting:
- tall;
- requires compulsory garter and regular burying;
- not suitable for long-term storage and transportation;
- increased demands for sunlight and fertilizing.
The variety is very sensitive to the soil moisture content. With insufficient watering, the fruits dry out, turn brown, and when overwetted, they become watery.
Features of growing
The best areas for Cherry Red are: the middle zone of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. This is the earliest variety of cherry tomatoes. It contains a huge amount of vitamins, minerals and dry matter. With a lack of sunlight, tomatoes lose their beneficial properties.
Seeds are sown on seedlings in March or April. In open ground seedlings are placed in May. All stepchildren are removed after the formation of the fifth inflorescence. When 8-9 brushes are formed, the stem is pinched and only 2 leaves are left above the last brush.
2-3 square meters have 2-3 bushes. Watered at least 2 times a week, abundantly. Feed in the period of growth and ripening of fruits with mineral and organic fertilizers.
Diseases and pests
Fusarium and tobacco mosaic infect the leaves and reduce plant immunity. The infected plant cannot be cured, it dies. In order to prevent the emergence of these dangerous diseases, it is necessary to avoid over-wetting the soil, to provide the plant with good lighting and to carefully carry out the pinching.
Red cherry is a wonderful variety that does not require much effort when growing. To get a good harvest is enough standard conditions: garter, pasynkovanie, fertilizing and watering.
