For those who appreciate everything unusual and love experiments, the tomato variety "Irish liquor" is recommended. His story is unknown, and it is not clear who brought him out, but Russia is considered the originator. The variety is collectible.
Mid-early hybrid grown for variety and exoticism. Despite its unusual appearance, the fruits have a delicate, sweet taste. Those who tested the variety on their site were satisfied with it.
Description of tomato variety
Tomato "Irish liquor" refers to indeterminate varieties growing to a meter and a half in height. He bred breeders for planting in closed ground. If there is no greenhouse, then the plant is grown under temporary shelter, in greenhouses, tunnels.
Tomato "Irish liquor" round, slightly squeezed, with ribbing. The fruits of the variety have an unusual color. Initially, they are dark green, and as they ripen, yellowish stripes appear on them.
The fruits are large, weighing up to 400 grams. The pulp is juicy, fleshy, high in sugar. There are six seed chambers with small seeds in a tomato. The peel is dense, does not allow the fruits to crack.
It is possible to collect your seeds from tomato "Irish liquor". To do this, you need to choose the most healthy fruit, cut it in half. Then the inside of the chambers with the pulp is taken out with a spoon and transferred to a fine sieve. The contents are washed under running water until the seeds are completely separated from the pulp. Then all the seeds are laid out on a napkin, dried. They are stored in paper packaging.
Grade Features
According to reviews, tomato "Irish liquor" has some features:
- The culture is tall and reaches a height of 1.5 m.
- The first fruits ripen on the 120th day from the appearance of seedlings.
- Little foliage.
- The leaf plates are medium in size, light green in color.
- The first brush is laid over the ninth sheet.
- The culture is characterized by fruit overload.
Tomato is demanding on the level of humidity. At a high concentration of water vapor, the ovaries fall away, and at a low concentration, pollen is sterilized.
Fruit characterization
Variety of tomato "Irish liquor" differs from others not only in its unusual color. It is also characterized by the following:
- squeezed round shape;
- unripe tomatoes are dark green, and as they ripen, they acquire a lighter color with yellow fuzziness;
- the weight of one tomato is 250-450 grams;
- extended maturation;
- the pulp contains many poly and monosugars.
Photos, reviews about tomato "Irish liquor" show that this variety is not quite ordinary. The variety is interesting not only for its color, but also for the ability to independently collect seeds from it, i.e., once you buy seed, you can collect your seeds for subsequent sowing. Usually, the most ripe first fruit is used to produce seeds.
Growing
When growing varieties, breeders recommend the following:
- sowing seeds for seedlings no later than the second half of March;
- when sowing, the soil temperature should be from 0 to 25 degrees;
- after emergence, the temperature is maintained at 18 degrees;
- seedlings are placed in a bright place with lighting for at least 16 hours;
- Bushes are planted at the rate of 3 plants per 1 sq. km. m;
- regularly remove weeds, loosen the earth;
- Tomato lead in 2-3 stems;
- leaves are removed above the fruits;
- overheating of the air in the greenhouse must not be allowed.
The first brush is laid over the ninth sheet. It can have 3-6 tomatoes. In order for a plant to please a rich harvest, it is necessary to properly care for it: to tie, feed, water, and prevent diseases.
As you can see in the photo, the Irish liquor tomato has a small number of leaves, but the bush still requires formation with the obligatory removal of the lower leaf plates. This is usually done after the formation of the first inflorescence.
Care should be taken in the formation of stepsons. Do not allow their growth, since the variety is characterized by overloading with fruits. In addition, a lot of nutrients are spent on the development of these shoots, as a result, the crop becomes scarce, tomatoes lose their taste. If everything is done correctly, then from one bush you can collect an average of 5 kilograms of unusual, exotic tomatoes.
Humidity Watering
High levels of moisture negatively affect the plant. To optimize it, it is necessary to ventilate the greenhouse or install a ventilation system.
Water the plants under the root so that the water does not fall on the leaves, stem, fruits. It is best to use a drip irrigation system in a greenhouse. It helps to dose water to the roots of tomatoes without filling them.
As you know, the success of growing tomatoes depends on the quality of seedlings. Variety "Irish liquor" is grown in seedlings.
The best time for sowing seeds for seedlings is March. The exact time of sowing is determined by the estimated date of planting seedlings in the ground. If it is planned for the end of May, then you need to sow the seeds in mid-March. For sowing, high-quality seed is selected, processed and sown in seedling boxes. At a temperature of 25 degrees, seedlings appear after a week. Once a week, plants are fed complex fertilizers. After planting in the ground, the first top dressing is carried out after two weeks. Complex fertilizer is also used for it. During the formation of fruits, potassium fertilizer is added. With nitrogen-containing fertilizers, you should be careful, as the variety will increase green mass to the detriment of fruiting.
As the bush grows, it is tied to a trellis.
Opinions of gardeners
Reviews about the variety say that the tomato is fully consistent with the declared characteristics. Gardeners appreciated the unusual fruit color, sweet taste, extended fruiting and high yield. Some plant plants in open ground and claim that productivity has not declined. Usually 2-3 bushes are grown for an assortment of fruits on the table. This is due to the fact that the "Irish liquor" is used only fresh, in slices, salads. The fruits are not stored for a long time, because of which the plant is planted several bushes. Some gardeners made tomato juice. It has a sugar taste, dense texture, unusual color.
Observing the simple rules of care, you can get a good harvest of green tomatoes. Such unusual fruits will become a real decoration of any table and will cause a lot of admired responses.