Tireless gardeners are looking for the best tomatoes among a huge number of proposals of varieties and hybrids.
Pink tomatoes are in great demand. Their excellent taste and useful properties have gained popularity among owners of personal plots, villas, farms. One of the most popular in this segment is the Pink Spam tomato.
In this article you will find a complete description of the variety, you will get acquainted with the main characteristics and subtleties of agricultural technology, you will learn all about the propensity for diseases.
Tomato Pink Spam: variety description
Grade name | Pink Spam |
general description | Early ripe indeterminate type hybrid |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 95-100 days |
The form | Heart-shaped |
Colour | Pink |
Average tomato mass | 160-300 grams |
Application | Table grade |
Yield varieties | 20-25 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard, requires the formation of bushes |
Disease resistance | Prevention of fungal diseases is necessary. |
The origin of this hybrid variety is associated with the traditional Bullish Heart. From him, Pink Spam has inherited the specifics of growth, color and size of the fetus. According to the type of development, it is an indeterminate plant requiring support. Indeterminacy is the ability of a plant to grow throughout the entire growing period. Read about determinant varieties here.
You can stop the aspiration of the plant upwards and to the sides by pinching at the right height, removing extra trunks and branches, that is by pinching. Tomatoes of this variety belong to the early ripening: from germination to the start of fruit ripening, 95 - 100 days.
In the southern regions, pink spam tomatoes can be grown in open ground, but, being a hybrid, they develop better in greenhouses, greenhouses and under film. In them, tomatoes successfully counteracts kladosporiozu, vertitsellezu and tomato mosaic virus. Resistance to late blight is not the highest.
Specifications
Multichamber fruits with medium density and thin skin. They contain more nutrients, vitamins, micro-and macronutrients than tomatoes of the original variety. Sweet taste. Their color is more pink. The shape of the tomatoes on one bush is lined, heart-shaped, less often - rounded.
Fruit weight from 160 to 300 g. Immediately after harvesting, the fruits tolerate transportation well, but are not intended for long-term storage. Domestic breeding hybrid, registered in the Russian Federation and listed as Tomato Pink Spam F1 in the State Register for growing in private greenhouses in film greenhouses.
Compare the weight of the fruit with other varieties can be in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Pink spam | 160-300 grams |
Room surprise | 25 grams |
Riddle | 75-110 grams |
King of Siberia | 400-700 grams |
Dimensionless | up to 1000 grams |
Apparently invisible | 280-330 grams |
Crystal | 130-140 grams |
Katya | 120-130 grams |
Caspar | 80-120 grams |
Nastya | 50-70 |
Tomato variety Pink Spam - table. Tasty, juicy, large fruits with thin skins are used fresh to prepare salads and sauces. For use in winter, they prepare juice with pulp, tomato paste and seasonings (for example, adjika).
If the agrotechnical minimum is observed, the yield of the Pink Spam variety is above average: 20–25 kg with 1 m². This is more than the productivity of many other varieties of tomatoes. You can compare it in this table:
Grade name | Yield |
Pink Spam | 20-25 kg per square meter |
Red bunch | up to 10 kg from a bush |
Gulliver | 7 kg from a bush |
Bella Rosa | 5-7 kg per square meter |
Countryman | 18 kg per square meter |
Golden Jubilee | 15-20 kg per square meter |
Diva | 8 kg from a bush |
Rose of Wind | 7 kg per square meter |
The Golden Fleece | 8-9 kg per square meter |
Explosion | 3 kg from a bush |
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A photo
See below: Tomato Pink Spam photo
Advantages and disadvantages
The undoubted advantage over other varieties of tomatoes are:
- high yield;
- amicable fruit setting;
- no cracking tendency;
- excellent taste;
- high content of nutrients.
The disadvantages of a hybrid much less:
- more complex care;
- low keeping quality;
- susceptibility to certain diseases.
Features of growing
Growth of a hybrid and its productivity in many respects depends on growing conditions. Each bush requires formation to achieve the greatest yield.
Grow a variety of tomato Pink Spam most often through seedlings. Seeds are sown in March using growth stimulants, two-month-old plants are transferred to a greenhouse or to open ground for cultivation under shelter or without.
From a very early age the bush requires formation. This regular procedure is especially relevant in the limited space of the greenhouse. The plant is formed into 1 stem. Much attention is paid to the removal of stepsons. These shoots thicken the bush and use nutrients, which negatively affects the yield.
For tall varieties, increased illumination is required. To achieve this, the shrub is tied up to a vertical support as early as possible and regular stacking is carried out. Also, the plant needs fresh air and not too high temperature.
The variety uses nutrients from the soil very quickly and needs additional feeding. During the growth period, phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are applied, which significantly increases the yield. As fertilizers also use:
- Organic.
- Mineral
- Yeast.
- Iodine.
- Hydrogen peroxide.
- Ammonia.
- Ash.
- Boric acid.
Watering regular but not excessive. Abundant watering after severe drought is dangerous. No matter how resistant the strain is to cracking, waterlogging after the soil is completely dry is very dangerous for the integrity of the fruit. Mulching will save you from weeds during planting.
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Diseases and pests
Like many hybrid members of the nightshade family, these tomatoes are not too susceptible to pests. They are afraid of only some fungal diseases, in particular, phytophthora.
To prevent the development of fungal diseases, the greenhouse is regularly aired to remove excessive air humidity. The soil before planting seedlings in the greenhouse is treated with phytosporin or another antifungal agent.
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Thus, the tomato hybrid Pink Spam is a promising high-yielding variety of table purpose, worthy of the attention of gardeners.
In the table below you will find useful links about tomato varieties with different ripening periods:
Middle late | Medium early | Superearly |
Volgogradsky 5 95 | Pink Bush F1 | Labrador |
Krasnobay F1 | Flamingo | Leopold |
Honey salute | Mystery of nature | Schelkovsky early |
De Barao Red | New königsberg | President 2 |
De Barao Orange | King of Giants | Liana pink |
De barao black | Openwork | Locomotive |
Miracle of the market | Chio Chio San | Sanka |