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Tomato Room Surprise fully justifies its name. Surprisingly, thanks to this variety in urban conditions, you can get an excellent harvest (and not even one) of delicious tomatoes.
History of occurrence
The variety was first discussed in 2011, as a result of the joint work of employees of the Research Institute of Vegetable Breeding LLC and Gavrish Breeding Company LLC. In the same year, it was included in the State Register of the Federation.
According to the State Register, a brief description of the variety is as follows:
- the authors of the tomato variety Room Surprise are Gavrish S. F., Kapustina R. N., Semenova A. N., and others.
- recommended for growing in exhaust gas and pots in household plots;
- purpose – salad, for canning;
- the variety is early ripe, the plant is determinate, standard.
Description of the variety of tomato Room surprise
Tomato Room Surprise is remarkable, first of all, for its versatility in terms of cultivation. It can be cultivated throughout Our Country, since the variety is cold-resistant and early ripening. It is suitable for open ground and greenhouses.
The tomato will please the owners of small plots of land. Thanks to compact bushes, it will take up very little space in the beds. Suitable variety and urban residents. The small size of the root system, lying close to the surface, allows you to grow it as a pot culture on a balcony or veranda.
Room surprise can be grown in greenhouses and open ground
Tomato Room Surprise – a standard type variety. Low, about 50 cm plants have a fairly powerful stem and strong shoots of dark green color. The bushes are well leafy. However, the leaf plates are small, typical of tomatoes, painted in rich green tones. During the fruiting period, when red tomatoes light up in bright contrast against the background of dark foliage, the plants take on a very attractive appearance.
The fruits of the tomato Room Surprise are collected in dense brushes of 7-10 fruits each. The first bunch is laid already above the third sheet. In just a season, 10-12 brushes manage to form on a tiny plant.
The fruits have a slightly elongated, plum-shaped shape. Often with a pointed nose. The tomatoes are small. When grown in a greenhouse or on open ground, their weight reaches 40-60 g. At home, they often grow to 20-30 g.
When grown at home, tomato fruits will be small
The skin of tomatoes is dense, with a slight glossy sheen. During the period of technical maturity, the room surprise tomatoes are painted in a light green tone. Blurred whitish stripes are clearly visible on the surface. When fully ripe, the fruits are painted in a bright scarlet color.
The taste qualities of the Room Surprise variety are rated as very good and excellent. The fruits are multi-chamber, with juicy pulp and a small amount of small seeds. The tomatoes themselves taste sweet and sour, with a slight fruity flavor and a pronounced aroma, which manifests itself even when grown at home.
Characteristics of tomato Room surprise
Tomato Room Surprise is a very resistant variety. He is not afraid of prolonged cold snaps and sudden changes in temperature. Does not stop the formation of ovaries and ripening of fruits with a short-term moisture deficit. The variety is quite shade-tolerant and unpretentious.
Its unpretentiousness is expressed in the absence of the need to form bushes and remove stepchildren. Although during the period of active fruiting, do not forget about the supports. The variety is also undemanding to soils. But it shows the best results when cultivated on loose, organic-rich lands.
Tomato Room Surprise – an early ripe variety. He pleases gardeners with the first fruits already three months after planting. When grown in a greenhouse or in open ground, fruiting begins at the end of June. On a glazed balcony, the ripening time of tomatoes can be accelerated by 1-2 weeks by planting them a little earlier.
When grown on a balcony, tomatoes bear fruit 2-3 weeks earlier
According to gardeners, the Room Surprise variety bears fruit for 2-3 weeks as new brushes grow and form. In clusters, tomatoes ripen together. Therefore, you can collect them simply by cutting off the brushes.
Commodity characteristics of the tomato are also on top. The fruits are not prone to cracking, they are perfectly stored in a cool and dark place. If necessary, they can be removed from the branches at the stage of technical maturity, and they will ripen in boxes. The variety tolerates transportation well, including over long distances.
Tomato yield Room surprise
Tomatoes Room surprise do not differ in large sizes. However, up to 1,5 kg of tomatoes are obtained from a bush when grown on a balcony. In open ground conditions, the yield is 2,0-2,5 kg per plant. Given the compactness of the bushes and the high planting density, from 1 sq. m area per season harvest up to 8-10 kg of fruit.
Timely top dressing and the creation of optimal conditions for the development of plants help to increase productivity, namely: good lighting, timely watering and maintaining the required level of temperature and humidity. This is especially important when growing a tomato room surprise at home.
Yield depends on growing conditions
Disease and pest resistance
Tomato Room Surprise has excellent immunity. The high level of resistance to diseases, including those of fungal origin, is also explained by the early maturation. According to most gardeners, the variety is practically not affected by late blight.
Pests are also infrequent guests on tomatoes of this variety. Although occasionally aphids, spider mites or thrips can be found on plants. As a rule, such troubles happen when growing tomatoes on a balcony, where dry air and elevated temperatures reign.
Where applicable
Breeders talk about the Room Surprise tomato as a salad variety, motivating their words with the small size of the fruit.
The variety is also suitable for whole-fruit canning. Especially if you grow it in a summer cottage, where the fruits are an order of magnitude larger.
Advantages and disadvantages
Tomato Room Surprise will definitely appeal to those who want to have fresh vegetables grown by themselves on the table, but do not have a garden plot. However, the owners of land allotments also speak of him mostly in a positive way.
The use of fruits is universal – from salads and decorating dishes to preservation
Positive features include:
- the possibility of growing tomatoes in room conditions;
- miniature sizes of bushes;
- no need for the formation and pinching of tomatoes;
- unpretentiousness to growing conditions:
- resistance to adverse environmental factors and diseases;
- early ripening;
- excellent taste and commodity characteristics;
- ornamental plants.
Among the shortcomings noted:
- small fruits;
- low yield when grown indoors.
Features of growing tomato Room surprise
Tomato Room Surprise is grown by seedling method. Sowing seeds is carried out in fertile, well-moistened soil in the second half of March. When planning the transplantation of seedlings in a greenhouse or on open ridges, seeds are sown in containers, followed by picking at the stage of 2-4 true leaves. For growing in flowerpots at home, they can be sown immediately in a permanent place.
When growing at home, seeds are sown immediately in pots or flowerpots.
Prepared seedlings are planted in a permanent place in the second decade of May at the rate of 4-5 plants per 1 sq. m. The site is preliminarily dug up and compost or humus is added. Potassium-phosphorus fertilizers are added to the wells.
During the growing season, the room surprise tomato needs timely watering, fertilizing with organic and mineral fertilizers, weeding, loosening the soil on the ridges, and arranging supports.
In order to facilitate the care of tomatoes, two weeks after planting in the ground, it is recommended to mulch the beds. A layer of mulch will retain moisture and also prevent weeds from growing.
Tomatoes can be fed no earlier than 2-3 weeks after planting. Before flowering, the plants are fed with nitrogen fertilizers. Then they are replaced by potassium-phosphorus.
Pest and disease control
The main ways to resist diseases and pests of tomato Room surprise is the observance of the rules of agricultural technology and prevention. It is enough to keep the ridges clean and the optimal microclimate in the greenhouse or in the room to avoid trouble.
Prevention of pests and diseases is the key to a good harvest
As a prevention of late blight, plants are sprayed several times a season with a solution of copper-containing preparations or Fitosporin.
Conclusion
Tomato Room Surprise is definitely meant for fans of small tomatoes, which are widely used in cooking. The variety is colorful, bright, with good taste. It is worth taking a closer look at both the owners of garden plots and those who like to grow vegetables on the windowsill.
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