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Tomatoes are a common vegetable crop with many varieties. The Marmeladny variety went on sale recently and has already become a favorite of many gardeners and summer residents. This variety got its name due to its peculiar color, taste, reminiscent of marmalade.
Tomato Marmalade: characteristics and description of the variety
The Gummy tomato is a type of determinant plant. The bushes are formed with a small number of branches, the bush is weakly branched. The main shoot stops growing when about 5 inflorescences are formed, stopping at a size of about 70 cm. In greenhouses, the branch height can reach even larger sizes, up to one and a half meters. Tomato Jujube yellow refers to early ripening, ripens 100 days after full sprouting. The yield of the variety is large and stable, several ripe fruits can be removed from one bush. On average, the yield per bush is about 4 kg. Leaves of moderate size and bright green color.
In color, the fruit looks more like a yellowish orange than a red tomato. As usual, one ripe fruit weighs about 0.1 kg. His size is standard, not a Cherry tomato, but not a giant either. As for the taste, the orange marmalade tomato is not a drop inferior to other varieties. The pulp has a characteristic firmness, meatiness and pleasant sweetness.
Growing features
Any tomato of a determinate species is a leader in disease resistance and not very pleasant weather conditions. This variety is also unpretentious. Tomato raspberry Marmalade feels good care and attention. There are a number of tricks you can use to ensure an earlier harvest and a better looking tomato.
Before planting, water the area abundantly for 2-3 days. For additional heating, the ground is covered with a film. The day before planting, it is recommended to properly loosen the soil and clear the area of weeds. Seeds are usually planted immediately in open ground, where the plant develops favorably, but in the greenhouse the conditions are more favorable. Then you need to remove the stepsons so that the bush takes shape. The shoots are fixed with a support or a spatula. After that, the necessary care is carried out, as for other varieties.
Pros and cons
Marmalade Tomato includes many positive factors:
- the plant is unpretentious. Even without a greenhouse, it feels great, brings a good harvest;
- the fruits have a fairly presentable presentation and rounded shape, which also cannot but rejoice;
- tomato Orange marmalade has an interesting and sweet tomato taste;
- the variety boasts of its disease and weather resistance.
This variety has no significant and obvious disadvantages.
Many vegetable growers and summer residents consider the Marmalade tomato very promising, because it is not for nothing that it has many fans throughout the country.