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In regions with a cool climate, gardeners have a hard time, but thanks to breeders, they grow all kinds of vegetables. Tomato Charm is cultivated in areas with early autumn frosts. Undemanding care, simplicity of agricultural technology makes the variety in demand.
Description of tomato Charm
In 1999, the nightshade culture was included in the State Register of Our Country. The originator of the Charm variety is the company Aelita LLC and the Moldavian Pridneprovsky Research Institute of Agriculture. The hybrid has absorbed the best qualities of the “parents”, which are silent. The plant is intended for areas with a cold climate – central, northern.
Description of the tomato variety The charm, which breeders indicate in official sources, involves the cultivation of the plant in open ground, unheated film-coated greenhouses. Bushes bear fruit well both in garden plots and in farms. Experienced gardeners advise to form a plant in 1 stem for greenhouse conditions, in 2 – for open ground.
Variety Charm belongs to tall crops – it stretches up to 2 m. Subject to the temperature regime, the rules of care, the tomato stem reaches 3 m. Therefore, Charm is classified as an indeterminate plant that grows throughout the entire vegetative period.
A thick, powerful stalk of a dark green tomato. It is covered with a medium amount of grey-green foliage. The leaf plate of the variety is small in size, with small veins, without pubescence. The first fruit cluster on the bushes appears after the eighth full-fledged leaf, then every 3.
From the photo of the Charm tomato variety, as well as from the reviews, you can get an idea of the main characteristics of the plant.
Inflorescences of a simple type with elongated racemes, short internodes, 8-10 fruits are tied on each. Charm begins to bear fruit 115 – 120 days after planting the seeds, so the variety is classified as mid-ripening.
Brief description and taste of fruits
Tomatoes are flat-round in shape with a flat, smooth surface. There is no ribbing in the fruits of the Charm variety. Unripe tomatoes are light green, ripe – rich orange. The average fruit weight is 90 – 110g, and the diameter is 7 cm.
The pulp inside the tomato is juicy, fleshy. It tastes sweet, with subtle sourness. Tomato Charm contains 2,3 – 3,3% sugars, 5,5 – 6% solids. The peculiarity of the variety is the high content of carotene. Each fruit contains 1,6 – 3,3% beta-carotene, which is 6 times more than in red fruits.
Charm tomatoes are used fresh for food. Sauces, juices, tomatoes, pickles, and preservation are also made from them. Tomatoes are actively used for the preparation of baby and diet food.
Varietal characteristics
Productivity is plentiful, increases from timely top dressing. Ripening is extended, which allows you to feast on tomatoes from August to September. With proper care, each tomato bush of the Charm variety produces 2,5 – 3,5 kg of tasty marketable fruits. From one sq. m. of land receive a crop of 8 – 10 kg.
Variety Charm is resistant to viruses:
- tobacco mosaic;
- alternariosis;
- ATM;
- cladosporiosis.
The yield of tomatoes is affected by:
- regularity and moderation of top dressing;
- weather conditions, absence of droughts, frosts;
- thorough, careful watering;
- preventive treatment against fungi, pests;
- timely weeding, loosening;
- pasynkovanie lateral shoots;
- reliability of supports, correct garter.
Pros and cons of the variety
Tomatoes are distinguished by an interesting color: they are not red, like most representatives of the species, but a rich orange color.
Advantages of tomatoes Charm:
- Increased resistance to heat and lack of moisture.
- Resistance to a sharp decrease in temperature while maintaining the ability to form new fruits.
- Unpretentiousness to agrotechnical processes.
- High, abundant yield, stretched for 2 months.
- Seeds do not require pre-sowing treatment, which greatly simplifies planting.
- Natural immunity against common viruses.
- The ability to plant seeds under a film in containers or open ground.
There are practically no shortcomings in the Charm variety by gardeners, except that some do not like that the fruits are small: others are satisfied with it.
Rules of landing and care
To grow a tall tomato bush, you must follow the recommended sequence of actions. The result is achieved in 3 stages:
- sowing seeds;
- transplanting seedlings;
- plant care.
Seeding for seedlings
Sowing material begins to be prepared in mid-March or April: more precisely, the time is determined, focusing on the climatic conditions of the region, the landing site. Soil for tomatoes Charm is prepared in advance – it must be well warmed up, loose, sufficiently moistened. Containers are washed in soapy water for disinfection.
Holes for tomatoes are made at a distance of 1 – 1,5 cm from each other, 2 – 3 cm are left between rows. Pre-treatment of the land and seeds is not required. Before planting, it is recommended to check the germination of the seed by lowering it into water and removing the floating specimens.
Moisten the soil with a spray bottle. To do this, use settled water, heated to 30 degrees. When 2 full-fledged leaves appear on the Charm tomato seedlings, a pick is carried out.
Seedling transplant
Hardening of tomatoes Charm is a prerequisite for good survival of sprouts. It is carried out 7 – 10 days before planting seedlings in the ground in the standard mode on the balcony, increasing the time with the window ajar. Tomatoes are sent to open ground after 60 days, to the greenhouse as soon as possible – after 50.
Hilling a tomato should not be earlier than 12 – 15 days: this will help to avoid accidental damage to the root system. Seedling planting scheme Charm in greenhouse conditions – 40 by 60 cm, in open ground – 40 by 50 cm, 4 plants per 1 sq. m. area.
Care of tomatoes
Mulching will protect the plant from pests that live in the ground, so doing this procedure is a must. When several brushes with fruit ovaries form in July, you need to carefully pinch the tops of the stems – this will redirect the beneficial substances to the ripening and development of tomatoes. Young plants should be watered carefully so that the water jet does not destroy the surface layer of the earth around the stem.
Leaves, branches that are below the fruiting brushes should be removed. Pasynkovanie lateral shoots – a mandatory step. To reduce the load on the stem, to prevent it from being scrapped, it is necessary to tie Charming tomatoes to strong, reliable supports. Weeding between rows, loosening the soil is carried out as needed.
To prevent fungal diseases, it is necessary to treat with substances containing sulfur or copper. Fungicides and insecticides will help protect the Charm variety from pests, which must be used 15 to 20 days before harvest, observing safety measures.
The introduction of complex fertilizers will allow tomatoes to gain strength faster. 3 weeks after planting, the sprouts are treated with a solution of nitrophoska, for which 1 tbsp. l. substances are diluted in 10 liters of water. After another 10 days, they are fed with potassium sulfate. For this, 1 tbsp. l. fertilizers are dissolved in 10 liters of water.
2 weeks after the introduction of potassium sulfate, a solution prepared from 1 tbsp is poured under young plants. l. superphosphate and 2 tbsp. l. ash diluted in 10 liters of water. The plant does not need further feeding, but it all depends on the fertility of the soil, the landing area, and climatic conditions.
Conclusion
Tomato Charm is popular with gardeners due to the fact that the plant is unpretentious, tolerates drought and cold snap. Variety Charm is rich in vitamins, in particular – carotene: this helps to diversify the menu well.
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