Description and description of tomato "Little Red Riding Hood"

This variety is good for open ground, greenhouses and even balconies. Belongs to early grades with excellent productivity.

About grade

This tomato is one of the determinants. The height of the bushes is not more than 70 cm, so they do not require supports and garters. The variety is early ripe, has a good yield. Ripening time - from 80 to 100 days. One bush gives at least 2 kg of the crop. Tomatoes grow with brushes. Three to five fruits appear on each. Tomatoes have a flat-rounded shape, the mass of one fruit is about 70 grams, the color is red-orange. Little Red Riding Hood has a pleasant sweet taste with a slight acidity. The fruits have juicy flesh, thin skin and few seeds.

Positive and negative sides

Just note that the variety has no minuses. These tomatoes are good in many ways:

1. High yield.
2. Resistance to cold and disease.
3. Good taste.
4. Numerous beneficial substances in the composition - including amino acids. Thanks to this, tomatoes are used in baby and diet food.

Resistant to parasites and pests

Little Red Riding Hood pleases gardeners with resistance to various diseases. These tomatoes are not afraid of late blight and alternariosis. To protect plants, it is not necessary to treat the bushes with protective agents. Immunity is laid in the genes of plants.

And in the fight against pests, it is better to help plants. Tomatoes can be threatened by aphids, whiteflies, spider mites and thrips. Before the ovaries appear, it is worth several times to treat the bushes with insecticides. In the future, you can use folk remedies. Effective prevention of decoctions of chamomile, onion peel, celandine.

Growing area

The variety has good adaptability to various conditions. Hardy to not long decrease in temperature. In Russia, it is grown everywhere. The best yield can be achieved in regions with a non-hot climate.

Features of cultivation and care

It is better to grow this variety seedlings. Planting time in the garden is the second half of May. When choosing a place for tomatoes, you should avoid the areas where eggplants, potatoes or bell peppers used to grow.

Tomatoes do not require painstaking care.

Plants are fed after the appearance of sprouts. For this, cow manure, chicken droppings, potassium salts are suitable. You can use one or all of these fertilizers at the same time.

Plants are watered rarely, but abundantly. Before the next watering, you should wait until the soil dries. In order for the fruits not to be watery, the amount of watering is reduced with the appearance of flowers on the bushes.

To enrich the soil with oxygen, it is necessary to systematically loosen the soil surface.

Grade purpose

Little Red Riding Hood is used in the preparation of various dishes. Salads, stews, soups, juices, ketchups, adjika, sauce, vegetable dressings will be delicious. It is better to preserve fruits in green. When exposed to high temperatures, ripe tomatoes lose their presentation - crack.

Seedling preparation

Seeds for seedlings are sown in late February - early March. It is better to use grains of 2-3 years ago. They have better germination than last year. Many people use the recommendations of the lunar calendar when landing.

Previously, the seeds can be soaked in a growth stimulator (three hours is enough). And to improve the protective properties, the seeds can be treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.An ideal soil for seedlings is a mixture of garden substrate and humus. They are mixed 1 to 1. In addition, you can "dilute" the soil with a small amount of river sand and peat.

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For good germination, you need to create comfortable conditions - a sufficient amount of light and heat. Before sprouts appear, a temperature is recommended - from 22 to 25 degrees, after the appearance - about 17. It must be remembered that excessive moisture is harmful to plants. It can provoke the death of roots and the appearance of Drosophila.

After the appearance of 2-4 leaves on the sprouts, the plants dive.

When 15 days have passed from the day of the pick, it is advisable to feed the plants. Necessary plant nutrients can be obtained from a solution of water with a nitrophos (1 tablespoon is added per 1 liter of water). Bushes can also be fed with urea, manure, wood ash, or yeast. After another 2 weeks, you can repeat top dressing.

To prepare seedlings for garden conditions, they begin to temper it in advance. First, the room is regularly ventilated, then you can take out the pots on the balcony. This will make the plants more resistant to various weather conditions. It’s important not to overdo it. If the air temperature is below 8 degrees, hardening should be postponed.

Reviews

Vitaly Luzhin, Yekaterinburg:

I use Little Red Riding Hood for pickling. I really like this variety - the whole bush in tomatoes, just have time to take it off, you do not need to tie it up, diligently take care, besides the taste is gorgeous!

 

Elena Krichkina, Kazan:

I have been planting this variety for only 2 years, but there is already an opinion about it. I am glad that there is no need for herding, and it matures earlier than others. From July to the end of August, the whole family was provided with tomatoes. This year, 30 cans were salted for the winter. Juice is also excellent.

Anna Nemova, Balashikha:

I read that the variety is suitable for growing on the balcony and decided to try it. In terms of planted as in open ground, planted seedlings in large pots and sent to the balcony in early May. The bushes grew small, but strong and had good fruiting. I was surprised at the rate of ripening, a few weeks earlier than the specified date. I liked the experience, I will definitely repeat it in the new season.

Valery Sladkov, Ryazan:

I tried to plant these tomatoes for the first time last summer. The variety met all my expectations. The bushes are small and completely covered with fruits. Tomatoes are so delicious! And most importantly, that the spins survived the winter perfectly, not one got cloudy.