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Sugarpuff tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a mid-season vegetable variety recommended for cultivation in the southern regions and middle zone in open ground and in Siberian conditions in a protected area. It is loved by vegetable growers for its impressive size of fruits and their sweet taste. When growing a variety, you may encounter some difficulties, which it is advisable to know about in advance.
The sugar pud is resistant to transportation and does not get compressed during transportation.
History of appearance
The Sugar Pudovich tomato variety appeared thanks to the work of Novosibirsk breeders of the Siberian Garden company. The variety was bred in the 90s and entered into the State Register of Crops in 1999. The plant can be cultivated in almost all regions of Russia and even in areas with the most severe climatic conditions.
Description of the tomato variety Sugar Pudovichok
Sugarpuff tomato bushes are indeterminate; when grown in greenhouse conditions, their height can reach one and a half meters; in open ground, on average, they grow up to 80-90 cm. The plant has powerful stems and requires obligatory staking to a support and pinching. The number of leaves on the bushes is average, their color is dark green, and their size is large. On each seedling, about five fruiting clusters with fruits are formed, the average number of which is about six pieces; they begin to ripen 110-120 days from the moment of planting.
The tomatoes are quite large in size, weighing from 200 to 400 g, sometimes there are specimens weighing 600 g. Their shape is round, slightly flattened at the top, the color is rich, red-pink, with a dark spot at the stalk, the surface is slightly ribbed. The taste of the Sugar Pudovik is sweet, with a slight sourness characteristic of a tomato; the taster rating is five points. The fruit pulp is juicy, fleshy, dense, the seeds are small and present in small quantities.
The variety can tolerate light frosts and is not of particular interest to pests, but is often susceptible to fungal diseases.
In a greenhouse, Sugar Pudder is grown only in the north
Characteristics of tomato Sugar Pudovich
Most often, the variety is preferred by residents of the northern regions, since the variety tolerates unfavorable weather conditions and sudden temperature changes. Due to the dense peel, the crop can be transported over long distances in flat boxes, laying the fruits in several layers.
Tomato yield Sugar pud
The Sugar Pudovich variety shows very good yield results. It is noted that with proper care, it is possible to collect approximately 30 ripe tomatoes from one bush, from 7 to 15 kg per square meter.
Harvesting begins 3.5 months after sowing the seeds. The fruits are removed as they mature, thereby unloading the bushes.
Overripe Sugar Pud tomatoes are prone to cracking
Resistance to diseases and pests
Sugarpuff is a rather weak variety and has low immunity to disease. Without organizing the necessary care and regular preventive measures, it is often damaged by late blight, brown spot, and tobacco mosaic.
Among the pests, the variety can be attacked by cutworms and spider mites.
Methods of application
Sugar puff is a universal tomato variety. Its fruits are equally suitable for both fresh consumption and processing. Most often, housewives prepare tomato juice, ketchup, sauces and adjika from them for the winter.
Advantages and disadvantages
The Sugarpuff tomato has earned very controversial reviews from gardeners; some people like the variety, while others, after trial planting, stopped planting this variety of vegetable crop.
The sugar pudding is very demanding to care for.
Advantages:
- high productivity;
- good taste;
- suitability for transportation;
- long-term storage;
- adaptation to weather conditions;
- possibility of collecting seeds.
Flaws:
- weak immunity;
- demanding in gartering and pinching.
Features of planting and care
Sowing of Sugarpuff tomato seeds for seedlings is carried out based on the climate in the growing region. Usually the work is carried out 2-2.5 months before planting at a permanent place.
Seedlings are grown in boxes (followed by picking) or in separate containers. Be sure to provide it with at least 13 hours of daylight and organize standard care: watering, loosening, and fertilizing if necessary.
In May-June, hardened seedlings are planted in light, breathable soil with a high content of nutrients, according to a 50 by 50 cm pattern. The place should be sunny, windless, without stagnant moisture. Two weeks before planting, add wood ash to the ground and dig up the area. Seedlings are buried in the soil up to the first leaves. Elongated sprouts can be planted lying down, carefully bending the stem. A peg is immediately placed near each sprout for subsequent gartering of the branches.
A week after planting, they begin to take care of the rooted bushes:
- Watering. Moisten the bushes with settled water, at the root, preventing drops from getting on the foliage. This is done as needed, since excessive watering makes the tomatoes watery, negatively affects the taste and provokes cracking.
- Loosening. The next day after moistening, the beds are fluffed and hilled.
- Mulching. To preserve moisture, the ground around the bushes is covered with sawdust or straw.
- Fertilizer.The Sugar Pudder is fed about five times a season. For this purpose, complex mineral compounds and organic fertilizers are used. During flowering, boric acid is added and preparations with a high phosphorus content are used, and during fruiting, potassium mixtures are used.
- Formation. The variety should be grown in two stems, for which it is necessary to get rid of all the stepsons located above the first flower cluster except for one lower shoot. To limit the growth of bushes, their tops are pinched. The lower leaves are torn off.
Tomato seedlings Sugar Pudder adapt to a new place in 7-8 days
Pest and disease control
Sugarpuff is not known for its disease resistance and can be infected with both viral and fungal diseases. Late blight is considered the most dangerous for the variety. To protect plantings from disease, it is important to observe crop rotation, do not plant crops where eggplants, potatoes or peppers grew before, follow watering rules, do not over-moisten the soil, and treat it before planting. If the infection has overtaken the Sugar Pudovik tomato, then you immediately need to treat all the bushes with Fitosporin or Hom.
If a plant has contracted a viral disease, then it is impossible to save it; the bush is pulled out of the ground and burned. To prevent infection, you should water the beds with potassium permanganate every ten days and spray with a solution prepared from 1 liter of boiled water and 100 ml of whey.
Insecticides and traps help in pest control. Some gardeners plant sharp-smelling grass next to their tomatoes, the aroma of which repels caterpillars.To get rid of spider mites, greenhouses are ventilated daily.
Crushed egg shells scattered along the beds help well against armyworm invasion.
Conclusion
The Sugar Pudovik tomato, also known as Sevruga or Pudovik, is known to many summer residents. It satisfies vegetable growers with its generous harvest, large fruit size and sweetness. The variety cannot be called unpretentious, but it is not considered particularly demanding either. If you follow the rules of agricultural technology, there will be no problems with it.
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