Tomatoes can not only produce tasty, healthy or unusual fruits, but also have decorative qualities. They will decorate the kitchen interior, loggia and can simply serve as a beautiful border on the dacha. That is what the Garden Pearl tomato variety is.
You will learn more about these tomatoes from the article. We have prepared for you a description of the variety, its characteristics and characteristics of cultivation. Also tell you about whether these tomatoes are sick and can be damaged by pests.
Garden Pearl Tomato: variety description
Grade name | Garden Pearl |
general description | Early ripe determinant variety of tomatoes for cultivation in greenhouses and open ground. |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 80-90 days |
The form | Round fruits |
Colour | Pink |
Average tomato mass | 15-20 grams |
Application | Consume fresh, for canning. |
Yield varieties | 7-10 kg from a bush |
Features of growing | Do not require special care |
Disease resistance | Resistant to diseases |
Variety refers to the early ripening, the aging period is 80-90 days. It is also called a “crumb” for the small height of the bush - only 20-40 cm. The tomato belongs to the determinant varieties, has a creeping stem, densely covered with fruits. You can grow at home, in the open field, in the greenhouse. Some gardeners plant it in vases to decorate the garden space.
It has a long fruiting period. Does not require staking. Not a hybrid. "Garden Pearl" is distinguished by small fruits - only 15-20 g. They have a rounded shape, and sweetish taste. Color - transparent pink.
It is used both fresh and canned. Used in salads and for decorating dishes. Due to its good product quality, the variety is grown for sale in containers. Suitable for whole canning.
The versatility of growing a garden pearl tomato is the reason for its high popularity among gardeners and housewives. When growing tomatoes at home, the first fruits are ready for harvest in spring. In this case, the seeds are sown in early February, and after 2.5 months - in mid-April - you can shoot the first crop.
The weight of the fruit in other varieties of tomatoes can be seen in the table:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Garden Pearl | 15-20 grams |
Fatima | 300-400 grams |
Verlioka | 80-100 grams |
Explosion | 120-260 grams |
Altaic | 50-300 grams |
Caspar | 80-120 grams |
Raspberry jingle | 150 grams |
Grapefruit | 600 grams |
Diva | 120 grams |
Red Guard | 230 grams |
Buyan | 100-180 grams |
Irina | 120 grams |
Lazy man | 300-400 grams |
What are the dangerous Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticillis and what varieties are not susceptible to this scourge?
For planting in the greenhouse, seeds for seedlings are sown in the second half of March, and for open ground - in April. Harvest time - July, August. Garden Pearl Tomato planting scheme 50 X 40 cm. Due to the compactness of the bush on 1 square. m can be planted 7-9 plants.
In order for the stem not to lie on the ground, it needs a small vertical support and tying. The variety has good yield. For the season 1 bush can bring from 7 to 10 kg of fruit.
You can compare this indicator with other varieties below:
Grade name | Yield |
Garden Pearl | 7-10 kg from a bush |
Pink spam | 20-25 kg per square meter |
Pink Lady | 25 kg per square meter |
Red Guard | 3 kg from a bush |
Explosion | 3 kg from a bush |
Lazy man | 15 kg per square meter |
Batyana | 6 kg from a bush |
Golden anniversary | 15-20 kg per square meter |
Brown sugar | 6-7 kg per square meter |
Crystal | 9.5-12 kg per square meter |
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Features of growing
Tomato "Garden Pearl" does not require special care. The main advantage of the variety is that it does not need a cradle. On the garden he needs weeding, watering and feeding.
At home, the main key to successful cultivation will be properly selected soil. As a rule, it is turfy ground, sand and peat. The main fertilizer is superphosphate with vitamin mixtures. Frequent watering tomato is not needed, so as not to begin to rot the roots. The more often you remove ripe fruit from a bush, the more abundant and longer it will bear fruit.
Tomatoes are perennial plants. Therefore, at home, do not rush to pull the bush, which ended fruiting. Cut it under the stump and leave it until next year, not forgetting to water. By next season he will give new sprouts.
How to grow tomatoes on the window sill can be seen in the video below.
In the table below you will find links to varieties of tomatoes ripening at different times:
Superearly | Mid-season | Medium early |
Leopold | Nikola | Supermodel |
Schelkovsky early | Demidov | Budenovka |
President 2 | Persimmon | F1 major |
Liana Pink | Honey and sugar | Cardinal |
Locomotive | Pudovik | Bear Paw |
Sanka | Rosemary pound | King Penguin |
The miracle of cinnamon | King of beauty | Emerald Apple |