Tomato Amethyst jewel: description with photo, planting, cultivation and yield

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Speaking of tomatoes, we are used to seeing ordinary red tomatoes in garden beds. However, not all varieties produce such fruits. There are more and more original novelties. Tomato Amethyst jewel attracts lovers of everything unusual. What kind of variety is it, how to grow it, what is the yield of the variety, feedback from farmers - these and other questions will be discussed in the article.

General characteristics

Tomato Amethyst Jewel is classified as an average ripening tomato. The author of the variety is Bradd Gates (USA, California). There is another name for these tomatoes - "amethyst treasure." The original name is Amethyst Jewel. Bushes grow tall (more than 180 cm), need pinching. The leaves are quite large, light green in color. Inflorescences simple.

Fruits have a round flattened shape, weigh 150-210 grams. The skin of tomatoes is dense, does not crack. Tomatoes have original color,bicolor, it changes from light purple at technical maturity to black near the stem, fading to bright pink at the apex when fully ripe. Gardeners characterize the color as blue-pink. The flesh of the tomatoes is pinkish in color.

Tomatoes Amethyst Jewel, the description of the variety of which is present in the article, goes well with other vegetables in salads and is great for harvesting. The variety has a spicy flavor with a touch of fruity notes.

Benefits of tomatoes

The features of the tomato variety Amethyst Jewel should be mentioned:

• Suitable for greenhouse and outdoor cultivation.
• Bushes - sprawling, with medium sheen. When cultivated in open beds, it does not grow above 1.5 meters.
• Fruits in a greenhouse in 110-117 days (average maturity).
• High yield. The brush brings 5-6 fruits. Up to 10 kg of tomatoes can be harvested from a bush.
• Resistant to long-term storage and transportation. After being removed from the bush, tomatoes are able to ripen in boxes for 1-2 months.
• Fruit for a long time, until September - in the open field and even longer - in greenhouses.
• Resistant to most diseases - fusarium, late blight. Sometimes they can be affected by gray mold.
• Versatility.

Disadvantages of the variety

Weather sensitivity can be considered a minus - the plant does not tolerate heat and extreme cold. The fruits are starting to crack. The optimum growing temperature is 25°C. Therefore, in open ground, tomatoes of this variety can be grown only in central Russia.

Also, the need to tie bushes is considered a minus.

And not everyone likes the taste of ripe tomatoes, we'll talk about that later.

Preparing seedlings

Seeds should be sown 60-67 days before planting tomatoes in the garden. The grains germinate well and amicably.

First, the seeds are disinfected (if they were obtained independently), soaking in the prepared solution. It can be prepared by adding 1 g of manganese or 0.5 g of soda or aloe juice (50 ml per 50 ml) to 100 ml of water.

The soil is prepared in advance. You can buy it in a special store. Otherwise, the ground is disinfected. To do this, it is enough to warm up in the oven for 10 minutes at 200 ° C, or pour boiling water or a cool solution of potassium permanganate. The seeds are laid out in rows on moistened ground and covered with a thin layer of soil on top, then the soil is slightly moistened.

The box with seeds is covered with plastic wrap or glass, put in a warm place for germination.

When sprouts appear, the covering material is removed. After the germination of the first leaves, the seedlings swoop down in cups.

Experts recommend placing two seedlings in one cup. When growing up to 13-15 cm, the stems are tied with a nylon thread. Gradually they grow together, in the weak they pinch the top. As a result, a bush with a powerful stem will be formed.

Temperature conditions and placement

For the proper development of seedlings, they should be kept in a bright room with a temperature of 23-24 ° C. Then begin its gradual decline. This promotes hand development.

After a couple of weeks, the temperature is lowered to 19 ° C during the day and 17 ° C at night. This is how the first brush is formed. It is necessary that it be formed between the 9th and 10th sheet. Otherwise, the yield will be greatly reduced.

When transporting seedlings, tomatoes should be protected from drafts and sudden temperature changes. Seedlings are transported in a vertical position, covered with a film.

When planting seedlings in the ground, moisten the soil. When placed on the garden, observe the interval - 51-56 cm between the bushes. The width of the path between the ridges should be 70-80 cm.

Experienced gardeners advise bushes to be staggered, so it is more convenient to care for them.

Trees and garter bushes

The Amethyst Jewel is placed above the tomato beds with trellises - constructions with which the stems can be tied up as they grow. Usually the crossbar is built at a height of 2 meters. Bushes grow taller in greenhouses.

The stem of the tomato is thrown over the crossbar and fixed at an angle of 45 ° C. With increased growth, pinch the top of the plant.

Fertilizer varieties

To choose the right composition of dressings, you should take into account the composition of the soil and the climatic features of the area. Tomato The Amethyst Jewel is fed three times.

1. 10 days after planting seedlings, tomatoes are fertilized readymixtures ("Humisol", "Vermistil"). Organic fans can use bird droppings at the rate of 1 part fertilizer to 10 parts water. The beds are mulched with grass, straw, this will help curb the growth of weeds.
2. After the ovaries are formed, fertilize again after two weeks. You can apply a solution of chicken manure with the addition of Art. spoons of "Mortar" and 3 grams of manganese and copper sulfate. 2 liters of water with fertilizer are poured under each bush.
3. When the crop is harvested, another 2.5 liters of the same composition are brought under the bush.

To avoid burning the roots and simplify the process of top dressing, you should combine watering and fertilizing.

Tomatoes are resistant to diseases, as mentioned earlier, so no additional measures to prevent them need to be taken. It is enough just to follow the rules of agricultural technology when growing the described variety.

How to pinch?

As soon as the first inflorescence is formed in the axils, side shoots begin to grow. At this time, you should do the formation of the bush. This is necessary so that the plant does not give all its strength to increase the green mass and does not reduce the yield.

Tomato Amethyst jewel, the description of the variety of which we consider in the article, needs regular pinching. This is simply a must if the gardener wants to get a bountiful harvest.

Any shoots and ovaries formed in August should be cut off. They also pinch growth points, thereby helping the plant notspend energy on growth.

During the season, the bushes stepson weekly. One, two or three stems are enough to form a bush. In central Russia, one or two stems are enough. Despite the fact that the yield is high and there are many fruits, bushes with a powerful stem are quite capable of withstanding such a load. If it was originally planned to leave one stem for the formation of bushes, seedlings can be placed denser than previously suggested.

Opinions of gardeners

Reviews about tomatoes Amethyst Jewel are mixed. Some gardeners like the original sweet taste of tomatoes without the sourness. Thanks to this feature, tomatoes are used to prepare various summer salads and autumn preparations, and children also like them. Tomatoes can be stewed, canned, fried, made from them juice. Tomatoes of this variety are excellent with meat in various culinary dishes.

Caring for this variety is not particularly difficult, and the original color of the fruit will truly decorate the garden beds.

Gardeners who love experiments often choose an Amethyst Jewel tomato for planting (the photo is presented to the reader), while not at all disappointed in either the appearance or the taste of tomatoes. The latter is appreciated by family members and guests.

There are also negative reviews about the variety. Not everyone likes the specific caramel flavor of tomatoes. And one of the gardeners, having tried to grow these tomatoes, then refuses to cultivate them.

But all without exceptiongardeners note the excellent resistance of the plant to tomato diseases, and this cannot be emphasized.

So we examined the characteristics and description of the tomato variety Amethyst Jewel. As you can see, this is an almost ideal variety for cultivation in your own beds. Excellent taste, versatility of tomatoes, unpretentious care, no doubt, will be appreciated by gardeners.