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Tomato Room Surprise fully lives up to its name. Surprisingly, thanks to this variety, in urban conditions you can get an excellent harvest (and even more than one) of delicious tomatoes.
History of origin
The variety was first talked about in 2011, as a result of the joint work of employees of the Scientific Research Institute for Breeding Vegetable Crops LLC and the Gavrish Breeding Company LLC. In the same year it was included in the State Register of the Russian Federation.
According to the State Register, a brief description of the variety is as follows:
- The authors of the tomato variety Room Surprise are Gavrish S.F., Kapustina R.N., Semenova A.N., and others.
- recommended for growing in greenhouses and pots in private household plots;
- purpose – salad, for canning;
- The variety is early ripening, the plant is determinate, standard.
Description of the tomato variety Room Surprise
The Indoor Surprise tomato is notable, first of all, for its versatility in terms of cultivation.It can be cultivated throughout Russia, since the variety is characterized by cold resistance and early ripening. It is suitable for open ground and greenhouses.
Tomato will delight owners of small plots of land. Thanks to its compact bushes, it will take up very little space in the garden beds. The variety is also suitable for city residents. The small root system, lying close to the surface, allows it to be grown as a potted crop on a balcony or veranda.
Indoor surprise can be grown in greenhouses and open ground
Tomato Room Surprise is a standard type variety. Low, about 50 cm, plants have a fairly powerful stem and strong shoots of a dark green color. The bushes are well leafed. However, the leaf blades are small, typical of tomatoes, colored in rich green tones. During the fruiting period, when red tomatoes light up in bright contrast against the background of dark foliage, the plants acquire a very attractive appearance.
The fruits of the Indoor Surprise tomato are collected in dense clusters of 7-10 fruits each. The first bunch is planted already above the third leaf. In just one season, 10-12 clusters manage to form on a tiny plant.
The fruits have a slightly elongated, plum-shaped shape. Often with a sharp nose. The tomatoes are small. When grown in a greenhouse or open ground, their weight reaches 40-60 g. At home, they often grow to 20-30 g.
When grown at home, tomato fruits will be small
The skin of tomatoes is dense, with a slight glossy sheen. During the period of technical maturity, Room Surprise tomatoes are colored light green. Blurred whitish stripes are clearly visible on the surface. When fully ripe, the fruits turn bright scarlet.
The taste qualities of the Room Surprise variety are rated as very good and excellent. The fruits are multi-chambered, with juicy pulp and a small number of small seeds. The tomatoes themselves taste sweet and sour, with a slight fruity flavor and a pronounced aroma, which is evident even when grown at home.
Characteristics of tomato Indoor surprise
Tomato Indoor Surprise is a very resistant variety. He is not afraid of prolonged cold spells and sudden temperature changes. Does not stop the formation of ovaries and fruit ripening during short-term moisture deficiency. The variety is quite shade-tolerant and unpretentious.
Its unpretentiousness is expressed in the absence of the need to form bushes and remove stepsons. Although during the period of active fruiting you should not forget about the supports. The variety is also undemanding to soil. But it shows the best results when cultivated on loose, organic-rich soils.
Tomato Indoor Surprise is an early ripening variety. It pleases gardeners with the first fruits already three months after planting. When grown in a greenhouse or in open ground, fruiting begins at the end of June. On a glazed balcony, the ripening time of tomatoes can be accelerated by 1-2 weeks by planting them a little earlier.
When grown on a balcony, tomatoes bear fruit 2-3 weeks earlier
According to gardeners, the Indoor Surprise variety bears fruit for 2-3 weeks as it grows and new clusters form. In clusters, tomatoes ripen together.Therefore, you can collect them simply by cutting off the brushes.
The product characteristics of the tomato are also excellent. The fruits are not prone to cracking and are stored well in a cool and dark place. If necessary, they can be removed from the branches at the stage of technical maturity, and they will ripen in boxes. The variety tolerates transportation well, including over long distances.
Tomato yield Indoor surprise
Indoor Surprise tomatoes are not large in size. However, up to 1.5 kg of tomatoes are obtained from a bush when grown on a balcony. In open ground conditions, the yield is 2.0-2.5 kg per plant. Considering the compactness of the bushes and high planting density, from 1 sq. m of area, up to 8-10 kg of fruits are collected per season.
Timely fertilizing and creating optimal conditions for plant development help increase productivity, namely: good lighting, timely watering and maintaining the required level of temperature and humidity. This is especially important when growing indoor surprise tomatoes at home.
Productivity depends on growing conditions
Resistance to diseases and pests
Tomato Indoor Surprise has excellent immunity. The high level of resistance to diseases, including those of fungal origin, is also explained by the early stages of ripening. According to most gardeners, the variety is practically not affected by late blight.
Pests are also infrequent guests on tomatoes of this variety. Although occasionally aphids, spider mites or thrips can be found on plants. As a rule, such troubles happen when growing tomatoes on the balcony, where dry air and elevated temperatures reign.
Where is it used?
Breeders talk about the Room Surprise tomato as a salad variety, motivating their words by the small size of the fruit.
The variety is also suitable for whole-fruit canning. Especially if you grow it in your summer cottage, where the fruits are much larger.
Advantages and disadvantages
Tomato Indoor Surprise will definitely appeal to those who want to have fresh vegetables grown with their own hands on the table, but do not have a garden plot. However, owners of land plots also speak about it mainly in a positive way.
The use of fruits is universal - from salads and decoration of dishes to preservation.
Positive characteristics include:
- the possibility of growing tomatoes indoors;
- miniature size of bushes;
- no need for shaping and pinching tomatoes;
- unpretentiousness to growing conditions:
- resistance to adverse environmental factors and diseases;
- early ripening;
- excellent taste and product characteristics;
- decorativeness of plants.
Among the shortcomings are noted:
- small fruits;
- low yield when grown indoors.
Features of growing tomatoes Indoor surprise
The Indoor Surprise tomato is grown using the seedling method. Sowing of seeds is carried out in fertile, well-moistened soil in the second half of March. When planning to transplant seedlings into a greenhouse or open beds, the seeds are sown in containers, followed by picking at the stage of 2-4 true leaves. To grow in flowerpots at home, they can be sown immediately in a permanent place.
When growing at home, seeds are sown directly into pots or flowerpots
Prepared seedlings are planted in a permanent place in the second ten days of May at the rate of 4-5 plants per 1 square meter. m. The area is first dug up and compost or humus is added. Potassium-phosphorus fertilizers are added to the holes.
During the growing season, the Indoor Surprise tomato needs timely watering, fertilizing with organic and mineral fertilizers, weeding, loosening the soil on the ridges, and installing supports.
In order to make caring for tomatoes easier, it is recommended to mulch the beds two weeks after planting in the ground. A layer of mulch will retain moisture and also prevent weed growth.
You can feed tomatoes no earlier than 2-3 weeks after planting. Before flowering, plants are fed with nitrogen fertilizers. Then they are replaced with potassium-phosphorus ones.
Pest and disease control
The main ways to resist diseases and pests of Tomato Surprise are compliance with the rules of agricultural technology and prevention. It is enough to maintain cleanliness in the beds and an optimal microclimate in the greenhouse or room to avoid troubles.
Prevention of pests and diseases is the key to a good harvest
To prevent late blight, plants are sprayed several times a season with a solution of copper-containing preparations or Fitosporin.
Conclusion
Tomato Room Surprise is definitely intended for fans of small tomatoes, which are widely used in cooking. The variety is colorful, bright, with good taste.Owners of garden plots and those who like to grow vegetables on the windowsill should take a closer look at it.
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