Delicious and awesome tomatoes "Raspberry Giant": description of the variety, cultivation, photo of tomatoes

Tomato varieties that do not require careful maintenance and produce large, tasty fruit of interesting color will always be popular with gardeners. "Raspberry Giant" conquers all with its size and taste.

The variety was bred thanks to the successful work of our Russian scientists - breeders. The patent owner of the variety is OOO Agrofirma Sedek. In 2007 in the State Register of the Russian Federation for cultivation in the open ground and under film coatings.

Read in our article a detailed description of the variety, get acquainted with its characteristics and characteristics of cultivation.

Raspberry Giant Tomato: variety description

Tomato has the eponymous hybrid of the first generation “Raspberry Giant F1”, which is somewhat distinguished by qualitative features.

Varieties are slightly inferior to hybrid plants in some properties (size, taste, resistance to weather conditions, resistance to diseases, etc.). But hybrids require more attention and have a clear disadvantage - it is impossible to get a good harvest from their seeds for the next year, unexpected negative results are possible.

Raspberry Giant Tomatoes are a determinant variety that does not require growth control - no need to pinch growing points. By type of bush - not standard. About indeterminantny grades read here.

Standard varieties of tomatoes have a small size, compact shape that does not require staking. The root system is poorly developed. The stem of the plant is strong, persistent, leafy, from 50 cm to 100 cm in height, on average about 70 cm. Fan-like brushes, they can be up to 12 on a bush.

The rhizome is well developed, thriving in all directions without deepening. The leaves are dark green, large size, shape - typical for tomatoes. The structure is slightly wrinkled, without pubescence. The inflorescence is simple, intermediate type. The first inflorescence is formed over 5 - 6 leaves, then go with an interval of 2 leaves. Flowers contained 6 - 8, you should not break off. Stem with articulation. Large fruits are kept excellently. According to the degree of ripening, the “Raspberry Giant” is an early ripe variety. The fruits on the plant do not crack. It has few seeds.

Harvest can be collected 90 days after the emergence of the main shoots. It has moderate resistance to common diseases: Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticillia. Late blight does not have time to get sick, as the harvest period begins before the onset of temperature changes. Cultivation is permissible in open ground with the presence of a temporary shelter and in greenhouses. The variety of tomato "Raspberry Giant" has an excellent yield of 6 kg per 1 plant, 18 kg per 1 sq. M.

As for the yield of other varieties, you will find this information in the table:

Read on our website: How to prepare the soil in the greenhouse in the spring? What soil is suitable for growing seedlings and for adult tomatoes in greenhouses? What types of soil for tomatoes exist?

And also, the use of growth promoters, fungicides and insecticides for growing Solanaceae.

Advantages and disadvantages

It has a number of advantages:

• early ripeness;
• large fruits;
• marketable condition;
• high yield;
• resistance to diseases.

There are no flaws, sometimes there are nuances in the form of isolated cases of disease.

Specifications

The shape is rounded, flattened at the top and bottom, of medium ribbing. Fruits have a presentation, grow about the same size. The dimensions are large - in diameter from 10 cm, weight is about 200-400 g, sometimes more.

And in the table below you will find such a characteristic as the weight of fruits from other varieties of tomatoes:

The skin is dense, thin, smooth, shiny. The color of unripe fruit is pale green with a darkening at the stem, mature tomatoes are pink or crimson. The flesh is medium density, fleshy, juicy. There are few seeds in the fruit, cameras for them - from 4 and more.

Important! Seeds have small sizes. For most large-fruited varieties - this is the norm!

The amount of dry matter is below average. Harvest is stored satisfactorily for a long time. Storage of tomatoes is carried out in a dark dry place at room temperature. Temperature drops are not allowed. Transportation is well tolerated, even over long distances.

Reviews about the taste of "Crimson Giant" are only positive. Sweet tomato with light sourness is suitable for dietary and baby food, tomatoes do not cause allergies. There are more beneficial substances in pink and dark pink tomatoes than in red ones. It is consumed fresh, added to salads and soups, frozen, stewed. After processing by heat or cold tomatoes do not lose their vitamins.

Raspberry Gigant tomatoes are not suitable for whole-fruit canning because of their large size; when crushed in various canned salads and preparations, they are ideal, give the dish a new taste. For the production of tomato paste, ketchup, sauces and juices fit perfectly.

A photo

Growing up

Seeds for seedlings should always be disinfected in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. After 2 hours, rinse with warm running water. Soils should be loamy or sandy, should be well enriched with air, fertile with a low level of acidity and also decontaminated. Seeds are advised to handle a variety of growth promoters.

At the end of March or the beginning of April, seeds are sown in a total wide container to a depth of about 2 cm, the distance between the seeds should be at least 2 cm. The soil should be heated to at least 25 degrees.

The soil should be slightly compacted, watered with warm water and covered with a material that does not allow evaporation. Suitable polyethylene, plastic or thin glass. Moisture formed in the container has a positive effect on germination. The temperature must be at least 25 degrees.

After the appearance of most shoots cover to remove. Put the seedlings in a bright place. Watering as needed. When 2 well-developed sheets are formed, a pick is carried out in separate containers of 300 ml each.

You can spend feeding fertilizers. A week before disembarking to a permanent place, hardening of the seedlings is carried out - they open the vents for several hours or carry them out to the balcony.

At the end of June, the seedlings are fully ready for transplantation, the color of the stems at the roots becomes bluish. Planting seedlings with a distance of 50 cm from each other. In the wells should be put mullein or other fertilizer. Fertilizer is better to add with the content of phosphorus, tomatoes love it.

Watering as necessary, abundant, at the root. Loosening and weeding as needed. Feeding is carried out several times per season.

Ganging requires partial, a bush is formed in 2 stems, side shoots are removed. Tying in the presence of large fruits to the vertical trellis. Mulching will help in weed control.

For the cultivation of tomatoes "Crimson Giant" in the open ground the most favorable will be the southern and southwestern regions of the Russian Federation and adjacent to the southern border of the country. In greenhouse conditions may grow throughout the territory of the Russian Federation.

Read more about how and how to fertilize tomatoes:

• Organic and mineral, ready-made complexes, TOP best.
• For seedlings, when picking, foliar.
• Yeast, iodine, ash, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, boric acid.

Read also on our website: How to get a great harvest of tomatoes in the open field? What varieties have high immunity and good yield?

How to grow delicious tomatoes all year round in greenhouses? The main secrets of agronomy of early ripe varieties.

Diseases and pests

As mentioned above, tomatoes are resistant to most diseases. However, plantings can be threatened by pests - Colorado beetles, thrips, aphids, spider mites. Prophylactic actions (spraying) with special preparations of general action against pests and diseases are necessary.

Read also on our website: the most common diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses and methods of dealing with them.

Alternaria, fusarium, verticillis, late blight and protection from it, tomato varieties not affected by late blight.

Conclusion

From the description of the tomato "Raspberry Giant" it is clear that they have tremendous to taste large fruits and require a minimum of time and care for themselves.

In the table below you will find links to informative articles about tomato varieties with different ripening terms:

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