Tomato Easter egg: description, cultivation features, photo

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

Until recently, breeders were breeding only table, salad varieties and tomatoes intended for canning. Today, seeds of other new and interesting varieties of tomatoes have appeared on sale. For example, in a summer cottage, if desired, you can plant cocktail tomatoes. Quite a few varieties have already been bred. In particular, Easter egg tomatoes are very popular with Russian gardeners.

What are Cocktail Tomatoes

The fruits of plants of varieties of this group are very similar to cherry tomatoes already well known to summer residents. Tomatoes are also collected in bunches of different sizes and are characterized by high decorative qualities. Cocktail tomatoes differ from cherry tomatoes mainly only in size: they are slightly larger. On each brush, tomatoes of this variety can form from 5 to 20 fruits with a bright catchy color.

The yield of cocktail varieties is very good. Cherry in this regard, they are superior in any case. The advantages of such tomatoes, among other things, include the simultaneous ripening of fruits on the brush. Therefore, harvesting is convenient.

In most cases, cocktail tomatoes are large in size, the prevailing number of varieties can be described as "tall". But sometimes domestic summer residents also grow determinant tomatoes of this variety. Breeders have bred varieties of cocktail tomatoes, both early and mid-season and late.

General Description of Tomato Easter Egg

Tomatoes of this variety, like all other cocktail tomatoes, are grown in the Russian climate by seedlings. Easter egg bushes grow up to 1.6-1.7 m in height (the length of the main stem). Shoots are powerful, strong, saturated green color.

As the Easter egg tomato grows and blooms, large clusters form. In each of them, about five to six fruits subsequently ripen. This variety got its name not by chance. Its fruits are really egg-shaped and at the same time they are distinguished by their original and festive color. The main color of this variety is red. Against its background, yellow and orange stripes of different widths and saturation are visible.

What it was bred for

Tomatoes of the Easter egg variety are mainly consumed fresh. Their flesh is sweet, very aromatic, with a slight sourness. If desired, these tomatoes can also be used for canning. The sizes of the fruits are the most suitable for this, on average - about 50-90 g. In addition, their skin is very dense, so they do not crack. And thanks to the unusual color, tomatoes in jars look very attractive and original.

You can grow the Easter egg variety, including for sale. Due to the dense skin, the fruits of these tomatoes do not crack and withstand long-term transportation. Tomatoes are stored for a long time, which is also undoubtedly a plus.

An interesting feature of the variety

Easter egg tomatoes collected in one brush ripen together. But in different clusters, their ripening period, like that of other tomatoes, can be extended in time. A feature of the tomatoes of this variety is, among other things, the fact that the fruits that ripen later are smaller in size. However, their flesh is sweeter and more aromatic than those that have ripened earlier.

Pros of the variety

The main benefits of tomato Easter egg summer residents include:

• early ripeness;
• high yield;
• ability to ripen even in not too sunny or very dry seasons;
• gardeners consider, of course, unpretentiousness in care to be one of the main advantages of this variety.

Good reviews tomato Easter egg from gardeners deserved for the fact that even overripe fruits never crumble from the bushes.

Growing seedlings

This tomato variety is intended primarily for outdoor cultivation. However, if desired, of course, you can grow it indoors. As some gardeners note, in the greenhouse and hotbeds, the ovaries on the Easter egg appear without any additional action. That is, this variety isto the self-pollinated group.

In the description of tomatoes of the Easter egg variety and reviews of summer residents about it, you can find information that this is a very unpretentious and productive plant. It will not be difficult to grow this culture in a suburban area. The technology for growing these tomatoes is practically no different from the method of growing ordinary tomatoes. For seedlings, the seeds of the Easter egg are most often sown by gardeners in March. The earth in boxes a day before planting is thoroughly shed for disinfection with boiling water. Seeds are laid out in grooves 1 cm deep in 2 cm increments.

Next, the box is covered with foil and placed in a dark, warm place. As soon as the sprouts hatch, the seedlings are transferred to the windowsill of the south or east window. After the appearance of the first true leaf, a pick is made (preferably in separate cups).

Easter egg tomatoes are planted in open ground at the end of May. A large amount of organic matter is pre-mixed into the ground. Bushes are planted in holes according to the scheme 40x60 or 50x60 cm. In order for the seedlings not to be affected by the wind, each plant is tied to a support.

Features of care

Tomato bushes grow Easter egg, as mentioned above, tall and branchy. Therefore, in the process of growing this variety requires obligatory pinching. In most cases, gardeners leave two shoots at the Easter egg bushes. As they grow, these tall tomatoes are tied to trellises.

Fertilize tomatoes An Easter egg is supposed to be every two weeks. Atthis is the best feeding option for them is a mixture of mineral preparations with organic matter.

Water plants should not be too often, but plentifully. If you plant tomatoes on beds with sides, then you need to water them to their edges. Next time you will need to do this when the top layer of soil under the plants dries up.

Since the Easter egg tomato is a variety, and not a hybrid of the first generation, summer residents can harvest seeds on their own. The plants obtained from them retain all the qualities unchanged. In any case, summer residents will not have a shortage of Easter egg planting material. There are quite a lot of seed chambers in the fruits of this variety.