Tomato Sanka: description
Tomato “Sanka” is a popular early ripening variety. It is interesting for gardeners due to its unpretentious care and good harvests. The fruits grow tasty, fleshy, they are good for making salads and preserving. With good care, 4 kg of tomatoes can be harvested from one bush.
Description of the tomato variety “Sanka”
Bushes are undersized, about half a meter. The variety is not hybrid, so the collected seeds are suitable for growing seedlings for the next year. The harvest ripens 3 months after the tomatoes are planted with seeds. So that the bush does not break under a lot of fruits, it is advisable to tie it to a support.
Tomato “Sanka” is bright red, with fleshy pulp and dense skin
The weight of one tomato is about 80 grams. The skin is dense, bright red, the flesh is fleshy, pleasant to the taste. The sugar content is about 1,8%, so these tomatoes cannot be called sweet.
When grown in greenhouse conditions, the weight of one fruit can be up to 150 grams. Thanks to the dense peel, the crop is well transported, and after conservation, the tomatoes do not crack, they remain intact.
The advantage of the variety is its resistance to cold and fungal diseases. For ripening tomatoes, a lot of light is not required, which allows them to be grown even on a windowsill or loggia in the winter season.
Tomato seedlings are planted in the beds in April. It is not necessary to graze or cut off excess shoots from this variety. Since the bushes are not tall, they are tied up only when the branches are bent under the weight of the fruit.
Tomatoes “Sanka” are resistant to cold, but frosts can be fatal for seedlings. In the open field with a sharp April cold snap, it is advisable to cover them with a film
To get a good harvest, tomato beds are weeded and fertilized. Be sure to watered in dry weather several times a week. The resistance of the variety to fungal diseases allows obtaining stable yields even in unfavorable, damp weather. To prevent late blight disease, it is advisable to treat the bushes in a rainy summer with fungicides.
“Sanka” is also called a variety for lazy gardeners. By sowing seeds in open ground in May and without making any special efforts to grow, you can get a whole plantation of ripe tomatoes by August or September.
Tomatoes ripen together. This is very convenient if they grow up in the country, where there is no opportunity to travel often. During the harvest season, they can be harvested 2 or 3 times. About 300 kg of crops are harvested from one hundred square meters of the garden.
Tomato variety “Sanka” is unpretentious in care, high-yielding, it is convenient to grow it in the country. Rounded, beautiful tomatoes with firm pulp are perfect for preservation.