Tomatoes Rocket - a popular variety of tomatoes grown in Russian gardeners grown in open beds. The features of the culture and the conditions for its productive cultivation will be discussed in the article.
Description
Rocket tomatoes form a compact, neat, stunted bush, reaching only 0.4-0.6 m in height. The plant is characterized by weak leafy shoots and markedly shortened internodes on them. The compactness of the bush allows you to plant up to 12 plants on one square meter, normally developing and not oppressing each other. Productivity at similar plantings reaches 7 kg.
The bookmark of inflorescences, in each of which up to 6-8 fruits are tied on the brush, begins after the sixth leaf, then after each pair of leaves. Up to 4 inflorescences are formed on the main shoot. The simultaneous maturation and high resistance to apical rot and traditional root diseases is demonstrated by tomato Rocket. Reviews of vegetable growers cultivating the variety unanimously emphasize the absence of problems in the development of the bush at all stages and the good productivity of the crop.
Fruit
Tomatoes Rocket is a medium early variety. Fruits fully ripen in 110-130 days from the time of planting. Tomatoes of elongated plum-oval shape, with a slightly pointed tip, bright red, glossy, smooth, with dense pulp, reach a weight of 35-60 g. Fruits, which have excellent commercial qualities, also have high taste properties. In addition, the variety successfully tolerates transportation and is well preserved in a basement or refrigerator. Tomatoes are eaten fresh in salads and cooked. The landlady and procuring organizations of the variety is especially appreciated for the possibility of full-canning.
Agrotechnics and care
The variety is cultivated in open ridges. Seeds are sown for seedlings on the 20th of March, planting them 1-2 cm. With the emergence of 2-5 leaves in seedlings, seedlings dive, placing them in separate containers.
Seedlings are fed with mineral complexes every 10-15 days, dissolving fertilizers in water for irrigation in accordance with the norms recommended in the annotation to the preparation. Young plants are planted in prepared ridges at the end of May - beginning of June, using the 40 * 50 or 40 * 40 scheme with deliberate thickening of plantings. Fruiting begins in the 2nd half of July.
Tomatoes Rocket are undemanding in care, but the care shown (regular watering and timely top dressing) responds by increasing the productivity of the bush and the taste of the fruits.