Tomato "Japanese truffle"

Extraordinary beauty and taste are the fruits of rare tomato varieties Japanese truffle. The color of the fruit is from bright red to black. Dense consistency allows using them for canning whole fruits.

Tomato Japanese truffle refers to tall plants that need pasynkovanii. Fruits are fleshy, large, up to 150g, in the brush grows 5-6 fruits of pear-shaped form with longitudinal ribs. The plant is usually formed in 1-2 stems, leave on them for 4-5 brushes. Cultivated variety in seedlings.

Seedling. The soil for the cultivation of seedlings is prepared from the calculation of 2 parts of sod land, 2 parts of humus and 1 part of sand. Seeds are sown in seedlings, slightly poured with soil from above, contain boxes in the warmth, not allowing the temperature to drop below 16 ° C.

Dive the plants in the pots in the phase formed by 2 real leaves. Before planting seedlings, tomato Japanese truffle is recommended for about a week to be fertilized with mineral fertilizer, in which potassium and phosphorus should prevail. Seedlings are put on the street for acclimatization at the first opportunity. Planted seedlings in a permanent place after the threat of nocturnal frosts, or rather, when the soil at a depth of 20 cm has a temperature of 13C. Seedlings with signs of disease are discarded.

Beds. Under the planting of tomatoes, a well-lit place is distinguished from the calculation of the area of plant nutrition 40x40 cm. With growth and fruiting, tomato Japanese truffle uses useful substances from the soil, therefore it is better to prepare beds from autumn. When choosing a place, it should be remembered that it is better to plant tomatoes with double-row ribbons with a distance in a row between plants up to 60 cm and up to 80 cm between rows. So the size of the future bed is calculated. Tomatoes prefer light loams or sandy loam soils.

In autumn, scattered on the surface of the alleged humus beds per 1 sq. M - 1-3 kg of humus with the addition of potassium fertilizers in the amount of 1 tablespoon and 2 tablespoons. Superphosphate. The tomato needs a soil with a neutral alkaline reaction, so a glass of wood ash is introduced. Then a digging with the turnover of the soil layer is performed. On the surface, special lumps are left to hold snow, that is, more accumulation of moisture in the soil. In spring, the soil in lumps ripens faster. Fresh manure is not introduced in order to prevent powdery mildew and accumulation of a huge vegetative mass, which leads to a decrease in yield. Supposed beds for tomato Japanese truffle in the spring once again dig over without a turn of the layer, all lumps are broken thoroughly and planted seedlings. Whether to form beds, each gardener decides independently.

Mulching. To cover the beds, usually a handy material is used, for example, dry leaves, straw, hulls of cereals and so on. Each gardener in practice determines what and when to use.

Foliar top dressing. Like all other varieties, Japanese truffle tomatoes need constant care. Carry out timely fertilizing, including foliar ones - one of the tasks of the vegetable grower. Foliar top dressing is done to accelerate the ripening of fruits and is applied to the leafy part of the plant by fine spraying of the nutrient mixture from superphosphate or boric acid in a certain consistency.

Tomato Japanese black truffle brings in this sort of a certain piquancy in its color. Indeed, not often on the table gets a salad of black tomatoes. The grade differs only in color, the agrotechnics of cultivation is usual. In addition to black, tomatoes are grown Japanese truffle and orange and gold color.

It is worth recalling that planting tomatoes after solanaceous cultures is strongly discouraged. The best predecessor is the onion. Strongly overgrown seedlings, which even have ovary fruit, it is better to plant obliquely.