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Spring is ahead again and gardeners are dreaming of new varieties of tomatoes that will be grown on their plots. There are a great many varieties and hybrids on the market; choosing is not so easy. That is why descriptions and characteristics of interesting tomatoes are needed.
One of the amazing varieties is the Siberian Tiger tomato. This is a product of selection by scientists from the United States of America. The author is Mark McCaslin. He called his brainchild Siberian Tiger.
Description of the variety
Parents of the new tomato Siberian tiger varieties Blue and King of Beauty were chosen. In the southern regions, the tomato produces good results in open ground, but in the middle zone it is recommended to grow it in greenhouses.
Features of the bush
The exotic pink tomato Siberian Tiger is an indeterminate variety. The plant is mid-season, technical maturity occurs 110-120 days after germination.
Tomato bushes are tall, up to 1.5 meters (in a greenhouse), and cannot be grown without support and tying. To get a decent harvest, you need to pruning and removing excess leaves. A bush of 1-2 stems is formed.
The leaves of the American tomato variety are rich green. They are long and have medium foliage.Peduncles are powerful, with a large number of ovaries (from 4 to 6). About 6-7 tassels of tomatoes are formed on one stem.
Fruit
The shape of the tomato does not always correspond to the description on the bag. The thing is that this tomato is still being improved.
That’s why gardeners write in reviews that tomatoes are semicircular or resemble a ball. On American variety tomatoes, regardless of the shape of the fruit, ribbing is observed.
The Siberian Tiger tomato variety has dense flesh and is fleshy, but the skin is thin. Unripe fruits are light green in color with emerging stripes. In technical ripeness, you can’t take your eyes off this tomato variety. This exotic fruit of American origin will not leave anyone indifferent.
Tomatoes of the Siberian Tiger variety are distinguished by their bright purple-pink color. The shoulders of the stalk become violet-blue in color, and there are also stripes reminiscent of the colors of a tiger.
The weight of the fruit on the first cluster is 300 grams and slightly higher. The remaining inflorescences produce tasty, sweet tomatoes with a fruity aroma, weighing about 150 grams.
The fruits of this variety are multi-chambered and sugary when cut. The flesh is deep red. Tomatoes have a lot of seeds and are medium in size.
Characteristics of the variety
Based on the description of the Siberian Tiger tomato, we will find out its advantages and disadvantages.
pros
- Exotic appearance.
- Excellent and unusual taste properties.
- Possibility of growing tomatoes in open and protected ground.
- Not a bad yield, considering the weight of the fruit and the number of formed inflorescences and ovaries.
- This variety of tomatoes does not crack on the bushes if watering is not too abundant. They hold up well and do not fall off, even when overripe.
- Siberian Tiger tomatoes are universally used. An excellent raw material for sauces, tomato juice, making lecho, ketchup and salads for the winter.
- The transportability of the variety is average; due to the thin skin, the fruits require special placement in boxes.
Minuses
As you can see, there are many advantages. Let's look at the disadvantages:
- A tall determinate plant must be limited in growth by pinching the main stem.
- Tomato varieties need to be formed into only one or two stems so as not to overload the plants, therefore, pinching is indispensable. Tomatoes need to be tied not only to the stems, but also to the bunches, as shown in the photo.
- The variety is not suitable for canning whole fruits due to its thin skin.
- In southern conditions, all brushes ripen even in open ground. In the risky farming zone, the Siberian Tiger variety of tomatoes can only be grown in a greenhouse.
As you can see, tomato has both advantages and disadvantages. But without starting to grow a plant, it is difficult to judge it. Therefore, we recommend that you try to grow an exotic plant, and then send us your feedback about the Siberian Tiger variety tomatoes, as well as add to the description and characteristics.
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Agricultural technology varieties
As indicated in the characteristics and description of the variety, the Siberian Tiger tomato can be grown in any soil, depending on the climatic conditions of the region.
Preparing seedlings
- Tomato seeds of this variety are planted in prepared soil in containers convenient for every gardener. The soil can be purchased at the store (it is completely balanced) or you can prepare it yourself by taking equal parts of soil from the garden bed, compost or humus. To improve the soil structure, add a little sand, and to combat blackleg, add wood ash.
- The soil and container must be disinfected. As a rule, boiling water with potassium permanganate added to it is used. The pink solution is poured onto the ground and covered with a thick cloth to improve the effect of the treatment.
- Tomato seeds also need to be prepared. They are first poured into salt water to select frail and immature specimens (they will float to the top). Then they are washed in warm water and placed in a pink solution of potassium permanganate for about 15 minutes. Wash again and dry to a free-flowing state. It is not recommended to soak and germinate seeds of the Siberian Tiger tomato variety.
- Dry seeds are placed in sowing containers to a depth of no more than 1.5 cm (ideally 8-9 mm) in moist soil. Cover the top of the container with a piece of cellophane to speed up germination. Before germination, the box is placed in a warm, lighted window. Thanks to the greenhouse effect, tomato seeds germinate within 4-5 days. The film is removed and the temperature is reduced slightly so that the seedlings do not stretch. To save space on the windowsill, seeds can be grown in a snail.
And the video below will help those gardeners who are using this method of planting tomatoes for the first time to cope with the work:
- When two or three true leaves appear, pick them into separate cups with a volume of at least 500 ml. In smaller containers, plants will feel uncomfortable, which will negatively affect the seedlings.
- Before planting in a permanent place, glasses with Siberian Tiger tomatoes are taken out into the fresh air for hardening. Tomatoes that are ready for planting will have a bluish tint to their stems.
Planting and care in the ground
The land for tomatoes is prepared in the fall. It is fertilized and dug up. If for some reason the work was not completed, then this can be done in the spring.
After preparing the holes, each is spilled with a pink solution of potassium permanganate (boiling water), and a handful of wood ash is added.
The distance between plants is at least 50 cm, because only 4 tomatoes are planted per square meter. The seedlings should not be deeply buried, otherwise the growing season will be prolonged. The fruits will ripen about two weeks later.
Immediately after planting, the seedlings are watered and the soil is mulched. Be sure to tear off the lower leaves and stepsons before the first fork. Form a bush in a greenhouse with one or two stems. In open ground you can leave 2-3. Subsequently, all the stepsons are removed and the leaves under the clusters are pinched. This will provide light access and facilitate air circulation.
Further care for Siberian Tiger tomatoes comes down to traditional actions:
- watering, loosening, weeding weed;
- feeding tomatoes;
- preventive measures against diseases.
Siberian Tiger tomatoes are recommended to be fed with organic fertilizers.
When the bush grows to the ceiling of the greenhouse, the stems are pinched.This operation allows you to redistribute nutrients that will begin to work on the formation and ripening of the crop.
