The recently bred hybrid sweet girl tomato quickly became popular among experienced gardeners. The variety has many advantages and almost no shortcomings. It is chosen for its versatility in use, friendly fruiting and early ripening, as well as because of its high yield. If agricultural technology is followed, from one bush you can collect up to three kilograms of mini-tomatoes with excellent taste and high sugar level.
Features of Cherry
The hybrid belongs to the early varieties. When grown in a greenhouse, the first crop is harvested on day 95, and when grown in open ground on the hundredth day.
The fruits of the Sweet Girl Tomato are small - weighing about twenty grams. They have an oblong-oval shape, with a thin smooth skin and a large number of useful solids in the composition. The pulp is fleshy, sweetish in taste. Tomatoes are perfectly stored and well tolerate transportation.
Characteristic Tomato
Variety of tomato "sweet girl" refers to the determinant. In height, the bush is slightly less than a meter. There are few leaves, but they are large, dark green in color. Despite its compactness, the plant forms complex brushes on which up to eighteen ellipsoidal fruits of saturated bright color are located.
Due to the long fruiting and unusual appearance of the bush, the variety is often grown for decorative purposes. It is planted in flowerpots, pots on balconies, and also grown in greenhouses and in open ground. Small tomatoes decorate the table.
Features of greenhouse cultivation
To obtain large yields, it is recommended to grow the variety in greenhouses. Tomato "sweet girl" independently regulates growth. The fruit brush is formed over the sixth leaf. To get a big crop, you need to properly prepare the soil. Only in this way seedlings will quickly take root and will be able to produce large crops.
When planting seedlings, several granules of mineral fertilizer are laid in each well. Further care consists in moderate watering, timely top dressing, airing the greenhouse and loosening the soil.
Grade Advantages
Cherry tomato "sweet girl" has many positive characteristics:
- The first crop is harvested on 95-100 days from the time of germination.
- The yield of the variety is about 0.6 kg per bush. To preserve the sweet taste, the fruits are removed completely ripe.
- The height of the bush depends on the place of cultivation. In flowerpots, it can be no more than 50 cm, and in a greenhouse it reaches a meter.
Complex brushes form on the branches. In each of them there are up to eighteen small tomatoes. Some vegetable growers grow tomatoes “Sweet Girl F1” for decorative purposes: they are planted in flowerpots and placed on terraces along the paths.
Growing tomatoes
The culture is grown in seedlings. To do this, tomato seeds are sown in seedlings in the early to mid-March, deepening them by 2 cm. Shoots appear in a week. Dive is carried out when the second real leaf appears.
According to reviews, tomato "sweet girl" is grown at a temperature of about 22 degrees. A week before planting, the seedlings are tempered, taking to the street for an hour, gradually increasing the time.
When planting finished plants, it is necessary to take into account the planting pattern - no more than four bushes per square meter. It is not necessary to regulate the growth of the bush - the determinant species cope with this task on their own.
To protect plants from diseases and pests, it is necessary to use chemical preparations as prophylaxis. They protect plants from the wounded development of diseases, and also prevent the appearance of pests on the bushes.
The opinion of gardeners
Cherry tomatoes are valuable species. According to reviews, they are loved by children, as small fruits look like grape brushes. Tomatoes collected with a brush beautifully complement the table. In taste they are better than many other varieties. “Sweet Girl” can be consumed not only fresh, but also canned. Tomatoes do not crack, do not lose color, retain their taste. According to reviews, pickled whole fruit cherry tastes sweet. To maintain an attractive appearance, vegetable growers recommend salting tomatoes with a brush. To improve the taste of pickled cherry, basil, parsley, dill and other herbs are used.