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The Market Miracle tomato is a large-fruited crop that many gardeners love. The peculiarity of the variety is its stable yield, long-term fruiting and excellent taste of the fruit. The tomato is characterized by increased resistance to adverse factors, which greatly simplifies care. To achieve maximum productivity of a variety, it is important to know and take into account its main characteristics, as well as adhere to recommendations for planting and further care.
Breeding history
The Miracle of the Market tomato is suitable for growing both outdoors and indoors
Breeders from the Moscow agricultural company Sedek worked on the creation of the tomato. It is not known for certain which varieties served as the basis for this variety. The Miracle of the Market tomato is not included in the State Register. The originator does not indicate any territorial restrictions on its cultivation.
Description and characteristics of the tomato variety Miracle of the Market
The Market Miracle variety is semi-determinate. The height of the bushes reaches 1.2-1.5 m. The plant can be formed into 2-3 stems. The shoots of the tomato are medium-leaved, and the bush is semi-spreading. The leaves have a standard shape for the crop, green in color with a matte surface.
The inflorescences are of a complex type, the stalk has an articulation. The first fruit cluster of the variety is laid above the 7-8 leaf, and subsequently every two. Each cluster forms from 5 to 7 non-one-dimensional fruits. In total, up to eight brushes are formed on the bush per season.
This variety has tomatoes with a regular round shape. The average weight of the fruit is 200-300 g, but in the lower clusters that form there are individual specimens up to 600 g. When ripe, the tomatoes become a rich, bright red color. The skin is dense, thin, glossy, and does not crack.
The pulp of tomatoes is sugary, fleshy, moderately dense. When you cut a tomato, the juice does not flow out. The taste of tomatoes is sweetish with a small amount of sourness. Inside, the tomato is divided into 4-6 seed chambers. The concentration of dry matter in fruits reaches 5.8-6%.
The Market Miracle tomato needs pinching and tying to a support
Ripening time
The duration of the growing season for a mid-late tomato is 115-125 days from the moment of emergence. The first tomatoes on the bushes ripen at the end of July, and fruiting lasts until mid-September (subject to favorable conditions).
Tomato yield Miracle of the market
Due to the compactness of the bushes, up to four plants can be planted on one meter of area. With this planting scheme, the yield of the species in open ground conditions reaches 15 kg per 1 m2, and in the greenhouse - 12 kg.
Resistance to adverse factors
The Market Miracle variety has high natural immunity. However, with sudden temperature changes combined with high humidity, it can suffer from late blight and brown rot. Therefore, it is not recommended to ignore preventive treatments of bushes with fungicides throughout the entire growing season.
In what regions is it grown?
Judging by reviews from gardeners, the variety performs better when grown in open ground in the south of the country. It can also be cultivated in the central regions, but productivity in this case is somewhat reduced. It is not recommended to grow tomatoes in the northern regions.
Methods of application
The variety belongs to the category of universal species. Ripe fruits can be eaten fresh or used in summer salads.
Directions for use:
- winter preparations in combination with other vegetables;
- drying;
- making juice, paste, sauce.
The Market Miracle harvest can be canned, but due to the large size of the fruits, they will have to be cut. During processing, the pulp of tomatoes does not become watery.
Advantages and disadvantages
Tomato Miracle of the market has both advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, when choosing it, you need to study the strengths and weaknesses so that problems do not arise later.
Tomato Miracle of the Market is characterized by good transportability
Pros:
- consistently high fruiting;
- pleasant taste of fruits;
- versatility of application;
- resistance to drought, temperature changes;
- does not require complex care.
Minuses:
- needs stepsoning, shaping;
- reacts poorly to waterlogged soil;
- demanding of fertilizing;
- With a lack of sunlight, productivity decreases.
Subtleties of landing
The variety is recommended to be grown by seedlings.Therefore, it needs to be planted at home in advance in order to obtain strong, well-developed seedlings by the beginning of the season.
Tomato seedlings can be transferred to a permanent place at the age of 55-60 days, so sowing should be done in early March. To do this, you will need a wide container with drainage holes, 12 cm high. It needs to be filled with a nutritious loose soil mixture consisting of turf, sand, peat and humus (in equal proportions). A few days before planting, the soil should be watered with a bright pink solution of potassium permanganate, and then slightly dried so that it crumbles.
Tomato seeds should be spread on the surface of the substrate at a distance of 1.5 cm and sprinkled with a layer of 1 cm. After planting, it is recommended to moisten the surface of the soil well with a spray bottle and cover the container with film. Then it should be moved to a dark place and kept at +23-25 degrees. Miracle of the Market tomato seeds germinate on the fifth or sixth day. When friendly shoots appear, the container must be moved to the windowsill and the air temperature reduced to +18-20 degrees.
Caring for seedlings involves periodic watering and adaptation of the sprouts to external conditions. And when they have two true leaves, you need to pick them. A week after the procedure, young tomatoes should be fed with Kemira Lux.
The Miracle of the Market variety should be replanted into a greenhouse at the end of April or at the beginning of May, and into open ground only after the threat of frost has passed. Recommended planting scheme: 4 seedlings per 1 sq. m.
Miracle of the Market tomato seeds are guaranteed to maintain a high level of germination for up to three years
Care instructions
Caring for bushes involves timely watering. It is recommended to carry it out 1-2 times a week at the root, soaking the soil up to 20 cm. To do this, use only settled water at a temperature of +20-22 degrees. And during a prolonged drought, a layer of peat mulch should be laid at the base of the tomatoes to prevent the roots from drying out.
The variety needs feeding. Initially, during the growth of bushes, it is worth using nitrogen mineral fertilizers and organic matter, and during flowering and the formation of clusters, phosphorus-potassium mixtures.
For the correct formation of the Miracle of the Market bushes, you should initially leave 1-2 stepsons, and remove the rest throughout the growing season. Plants need to be tied to supports.
Disease and pest control
To successfully grow tomatoes and get a good harvest, it is recommended as a preventative measure to spray the bushes with fungicides every 10-14 days, alternating them. The following drugs are suitable for this: Ridomil Gold, Quadris, Hom, Cuprozan.
In open ground conditions, a tomato may suffer from an invasion of whiteflies and aphids. Therefore, when signs of damage appear, plants should be sprayed with Fitoverm and Teppeki.
To maintain species properties, planting material must be renewed every three years.
Conclusion
The Market Miracle tomato belongs to the category of salad varieties. To obtain larger fruits, it is necessary to remove the stepsons in a timely manner and leave no more than three ovaries in one cluster. Otherwise, growing this variety does not pose any particular difficulties. Therefore, it is popular not only among experienced but also beginner gardeners.
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