Tomato Ladies Fingers has been included in the Russian State Register of Breeding Achievements since 2006. Suitable for any climatic zone, in the southern regions it is grown in open ground without garters and shaping. Tomato retains its commercial qualities for a long time and tolerates transportation well.

Characteristics of the variety

Imagine a tomato Lady's fingers characteristic and description of the variety.

Ripening period - early ripening, 100-115 days from germination to fruit ripening, with a friendly return of the harvest.

Fruit type - tomatoes of red color, elongated oval shape, about 10 cm, pear-shaped with dense skin, smooth. Fruits with two nested internal structure, with a small content of seeds, weighing one fruit 52 g.

Interesting... Fruit taste - tomato, good, with firm pulp and low liquid content.

Type of bush - type of growth determinant, low bushes, independently ending the growth of the stem at a height of up to 80 cm, after the formation of 3-6 brushes. The top of the bush ends with a flower brush. The inflorescences are simple, formed in 1-2 leaves. Leaves are medium in size, green to dark green in color. Peduncle without articulation. In tomato Ladies fingers, lateral shoots are formed only in the axils of the lower leaves, so the bushes can be grown without pinching. This type of shrub is well suited for outdoor cultivation and early harvests.

Tomato Lady's Fingers

Productivity - in open field 2.7 kg / m², in greenhouses - up to 15 kg / m².

Appointment - salad, for canning whole-fruit. Tomatoes with a low liquid content are not suitable for making juices.

Additional advantages and features of the culture - resistant to unfavorable growing conditions: drought, high temperatures, cold. Fruits with thick skin and early ripening are resistant to late blight. The fruits are not affected by disease and ripen even on a lodged bush.

Agricultural technology varieties

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The finger tomato is grown from seedlings from our own or purchased seeds. The timing of planting is adjusted, depending on the region of growth, the average for early maturing varieties is 55-60 days, adding about a week for seed germination.

It is undesirable to plant seedlings earlier than the terms, the parameter of which is declared for the variety - this can provoke its stretching. The elongated stem becomes thin and weak, buds may not set on it, it will be difficult to transport and plant it. Overgrown seedlings slowly adapt to a permanent location and do not give an early harvest.

Growing

Seeds of quality producers are sorted and pre-sowed. Prepare your own homemade seeds for planting using a step-by-step technique:

  • Select even, healthy specimens, rejecting small and empty ones. When processing a large number of seeds, they are immersed in a saline solution, in which the empty seeds will float, they must be removed, and the remaining full-fledged ones rinsed with water;
  • To improve the germination of seed, before planting, it is heated at a temperature of 50 ° C for 5 minutes;
  • For the prevention of many diseases, the seeds are disinfected in a solution of dark-colored potassium permanganate for 20 minutes, then washed with water;
  • To accelerate germination in the soil, seeds are pre-germinated in a damp tissue, not allowing it to dry out, for 2-3 days or until a sprout appears;
  • Additionally, the seeds are treated with freshly prepared solutions of growth stimulants, they actively awaken dormant seeds and prevent various diseases.

For the treated seeds, prepare the soil for planting. To do this, they purchase a ready-made substrate for a tomato or prepare a soil mixture on their own. For seedlings, you can take in equal parts garden sod land, peat and humus. The soil of its own workpiece tends to accumulate diseases and become poorer after previous plantings, so it needs to be disinfected by steaming and fertilizing. For fertilization, take 1 glass of ash or 1 tbsp. l. dolomite flour, 1 tbsp. l complex mineral fertilizer, for example, nitrophoska. Complex fertilizer can be replaced with the following composition: 1 tbsp. l. superphosphate, 1 tsp. urea and potassium sulfate. The indicated volumes are calculated for 1 bucket of potting soil.

Potassium sulfate

For sowing seeds, different planting containers are chosen, for further transplanting, common boxes are used, without intermediate transplanting, seeds are planted in separate containers. The containers are filled with soil and watered with settled warm water. To drain off excess moisture, it is imperative to make drainage holes from the bottom of the container. In sowing boxes, grooves are made with a depth of 1.5 cm at a distance of 5 cm, the seeds are laid out at intervals of 3 cm. Several seeds are laid out in separate glasses at a distance of 3 cm from each other, and then one strongest sprout is left. The seeds are covered with 1 cm of moist loosened soil, lightly pressed without watering.

To create the desired microclimate, the containers are covered with foil or glass and placed in a warm, dark place.

Important! Seedlings can be placed near batteries, but not on top of heating appliances.

It will take 4-6 days for the first loops to appear, after germination the film is immediately removed and the seedlings are placed in a bright and cooler place. Coolness is needed so that the root system can develop and strengthen at a temperature of + 15 ° C. If, when straightening the loops, the seed shell is attached to the cotyledonous leaf, it must be removed, otherwise the sprout will die. You need to carefully remove the rest of the seeds by moistening it with water; when it swells, it easily separates.

When growing with a pick, transplanting seedlings into separate, more spacious containers is done in the phase of the appearance of two true leaves in the seedlings. When transplanting, the seedlings are buried to the cotyledon leaves.

Additional Information. Tomatoes do not like thickening, containers with seedlings should be placed evenly for light and airing.

The strongest plants are chosen for transplanting into the ground, the weaker ones can be planted separately or not at all. Lead plants when planted together will take light and nutrition, and smaller plants will always lag behind. Before planting in the ground, it is better to water the seedlings in advance to reduce their fragility.

Fertilization of the soil at a permanent place of growth is carried out a week before planting seedlings. It is not recommended to apply fresh manure, only rotted manure. Mineral fertilizers are applied to the soil individually or in combination, then loosened, watered.

Fertilizing tomatoes

For planting low-growing Finger tomatoes, the distance between the bushes is 30-40 cm enough. Seedlings are planted with an earthen clod, if grown correctly, it should be completely braided by roots. Depressions are made in the ground, humus, ash are brought in, spilled, mixed, so that a slurry is formed from water and earth, then a seedling is placed in it. The tomato hole is covered with earth and squeezed tightly. It is advisable to cover the soil, mulch with humus, peat or special dark material.

Important! When transplanting, the roots should be injured as little as possible, which increases the adaptation of the plant and the further growth rate.

Variety Ladies fingers is unpretentious in care, does not need a garter and pinching.For the safe cultivation of tomatoes, you will need abundant leveled watering and loosening. Excessive watering is harmful to the plant and reduces the accumulation of taste in the fruit. At the time of the onset of ripening, watering is stopped, the next watering is performed after the next picking of tomatoes.

Varieties with a related name

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Elongated tomatoes are also found in other varieties and hybrids:

  • Tomato Baby fingers - mid-season, with a tall, indeterminate bush, reaching 2 m. Tomato for growing in greenhouses or other film shelters requires moderate pinching. A bush with large leaves. Elongated fruits, ending in the shape of a spout, bright red, average weight 100 gr. Tomatoes contain a large amount of dry matter as an indicator of their high palatability. A variety of salad purposes and use for canning in its own juice.

In the characteristics and description of the tomato variety Children's fingers, it is indicated that this is a hybrid f1, meaning improved plant qualities, resistance to various diseases, including verticillium and fusarium wilt. The fruits are resistant to cracking and show themselves well in keeping quality and transportation. A hybrid cannot be reproduced again from its own seeds while maintaining all the excellent qualities, but only by purchasing new seed;

  • Tomato Miracle fingers are cherry tomatoes for open ground, from the agricultural company "Siberian Garden". Mid-early variety with a low-growing determinant bush, abundant fruiting. Fruits are bright red, dense, weighing 20-30 g and 5 cm long. Compact tomatoes look beautiful when preserved as whole fruits. Perfect for preparation for the winter in dried and dried form. Tomato variety Miracle fingers is unpretentious to care for, grows well in open ground or under a light film cover. Minimal care does not require a garter or pinning. Harvesting begins in mid-summer. You can collect your own seeds.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

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The advantages of the variety:

  • suitable for open ground;
  • the ability to harvest from mid-summer until the onset of frost;
  • long-term storage unchanged;
  • withstands transportation well;
  • easy care without shaping and tying a bush;
  • disease resistance;
  • the ability to collect your own seeds.

A disadvantage, but rather a feature of the variety, can be considered the fact that tomatoes are not suitable for juicing. Fruits with a low liquid content and dense skin are ideal for canning and drying whole fruits.

Finger tomato varieties have been grown for over a hundred years. This is an early maturing, unpretentious, high-yielding variety, with a compact bush, from which even a novice gardener will get delicious tomatoes.

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