Cranberries in the Sahara - an interesting variety for gardeners who appreciate the bright taste of the fruit, as well as elegant appearance of plants.
Compact bushes with lush green, hung with clusters of bright red tomatoes, look very decorative, always attracting attention. Plants can be planted in spacious pots, decorating their verandas, balconies, and loggias.
Read more in our article about the cultivar of tomatoes Cranberries in sugar: description of the variety, its characteristics, especially agricultural techniques.
Cranberry Tomato Tomato: variety description
Grade name | Cranberries in sugar |
general description | Early ripe determinant variety of tomatoes for cultivation in greenhouses and open ground. |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | about 80 days |
The form | The fruits are round, smooth |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 15 grams |
Application | Salads, dressing |
Yield varieties | up to 3 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard. Can be grown on the balcony |
Disease resistance | Resistant to major diseases of Solanaceae |
The variety is bred by Russian breeders, suitable for cultivation in greenhouses, greenhouses, under film, in containers or flowerpots. Compact bushes can be placed on the balconies or window sills.
The original small-fruited variety, high-yielding, early ripe.
Bush determinant, compact, standard. About indeterminantny grades read here. The formation of green mass is moderate, the leaves are small, dark green. Fruits ripen amicably, abundant clusters. Productivity is good. Greenhouses or greenhouses make it possible to get 2.6-2.8 kg of tomatoes from 1 square meter. m landings.
As for the yield of other varieties, you will find this information in the table:
Grade name | Yield |
Cranberries in sugar | about 3 kg per square meter |
Banana red | 3 kg per square meter |
Nastya | 10-12 kg per square meter |
Olya la | 20-22 kg per square meter |
Dubrava | 2 kg from a bush |
Countryman | 18 kg per square meter |
Golden anniversary | 15-20 kg per square meter |
Pink spam | 20-25 kg per square meter |
Diva | 8 kg from a bush |
Yamal | 9-17 kg per square meter |
Golden heart | 7 kg per square meter |
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages of the variety:
- very beautiful, ornamental fruits;
- high taste qualities;
- compact bush does not require pinching and tying to supports;
- disease resistance;
- undemanding to care.
The variety has almost no flaws. Yield increases with careful feeding and observing the rules of watering.
And how to get a good harvest in the open field? How to grow tomatoes all year round in greenhouses? And what are the subtleties of working with early varieties worth knowing?
Specifications
- Fruits are small, weighing up to 15 g.
- Rounded, smooth, with slightly pronounced ribbing in the stem.
- Ripening tomatoes change color from light green to rich red.
- Delicious taste, sweet with a slight sourness.
- Seed chambers are small, the pulp is dense, juicy, without wateriness.
- The skin is glossy, dense, but not hard.
And in the table below you will find such a characteristic as the weight of fruits from other varieties of tomatoes:
Grade name | Fruit weight (grams) |
Cranberries in sugar | 15 |
Katya | 120-130 |
Crystal | 30-140 |
Fatima | 300-400 |
Explosion | 120-260 |
Raspberry jingle | 150 |
The Golden Fleece | 85-100 |
Shuttle | 50-60 |
Bella Rosa | 180-220 |
Mazarin | 300-600 |
Batyana | 250-400 |
Fruits are suitable for canning, pickled or salted tomatoes look very nice in banks. They do not crack, fit a variety of vegetable platter. Tomatoes can be eaten fresh, cook a variety of snacks or stand-up meals. Small round fruits are very popular with children.
A photo
You can see the fruits of the tomato variety “Cranberries in sugar” and the process of growing them on the balcony in the photo:
Features of growing
As mentioned earlier, you can even grow these tomatoes on the balcony. Agricultural technology will be the same. Plants propagated by rassadnym way. Seeds are sown in March, before planting it is recommended to soak them in a growth stimulator for 10-12 hours.
Seeds are sown with a slight deepening, sprinkled with a layer of peat and sprayed with warm water from a spray bottle. For successful germination, it is important to maintain a stable temperature (23-25 degrees).
After sprouting, the containers are placed under fluorescent lamps or in bright sunlight. In the phase of the formation of the first true leaves of the seedlings dive into separate small pots. After transplantation, seedlings are fed with a full complex fertilizer.
Planting young plants for permanent residence is possible in early May. The soil is thoroughly loosened, and superphosphate and wood ash are added to the wells when planted.
Passover bushes do not require, for better ventilation, you can remove the lower leaves. Watering is moderate, every 2 weeks the plants are fed with an aqueous solution of phosphate and potash fertilizers. Mulching will help in weed control.
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.
Pests and diseases
Despite its diminutiveness, tomatoes are resistant to the main diseases of the nightshade. They are practically not affected by late blight, Fusarium, but may be susceptible to mosaic. For the prevention of viral diseases the soil is calcined.
When planting in open ground, it is recommended to choose the beds where bean or spicy greens grew. It should avoid the places that occupied the peppers, eggplant, potatoes, as well as other varieties of tomatoes. Young plants are recommended to spray from time to time with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, phytosporin or other non-toxic bio-preparations.
At home and in greenhouses, tomatoes can be affected by aphids or spider mites. Treatment with insecticides will help to get rid of pests, but they can be used only before fruiting. To protect plants from slugs, you can regularly spraying an aqueous solution of ammonia.
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Cranberries in the Sahara - a great option for lovers of garden experiments. Miniature bushes will decorate any garden or apartment, careful care will help to significantly increase the yield.
In the table below you will find links to informative articles about tomato varieties with different ripening terms:
Superearly | Early maturing | Medium early |
Big Mama | Samara | Torbay |
Ultra early f1 | Early love | Golden king |
Riddle | Apples in the snow | King london |
White filling | Apparently invisible | Pink Bush |
Alenka | Earthly love | Flamingo |
Moscow stars f1 | My love f1 | Mystery of nature |
Debut | Raspberry giant | New königsberg |