Tomato Pink Bush

The quality of the tomato crop in the country depends on a number of factors. One of them is the choice of seeds. We need low-maintenance and high-yielding species. Tomato Pink Bush is a Japanese-made hybrid that has earned excellent reviews. Consider this variety, its properties and cultivation features in a specific climate: central and southern latitudes.

Pink Bush: general information

Pink Bush f1 is a hybrid product created by breeders in Japan (produced by SAKATA). Only in 2003, he underwent state registration. The early ripening variety is characterized by pink fruits. According to scientific opinion, tomatoes with a similar color, when eaten, reduce the risk of cancer. They are also beneficial for the work of the heart and blood vessels. It's all about the substance lycopene, which such tomatoes are rich in.

Unusual variety

Characteristics and features

Bush tomatoes do not require complex care, give a high yield of pink fruits. Developing into low-growing bushes, they are adapted to soil and greenhouse conditions. They don't need to be shaped. In the garden, the height reaches 50 cm, and in the greenhouse - 70.

For Pink Bush f1 (hybrid designation), infections with fusarium and tobacco mosaic are practically excluded. The cultivation of this variety of tomatoes is produced by seedlings. The fruits are juicy, fleshy, with a pink color. There is no green spot near the stalk.

Tomato Pink Bush, whose characteristics and variety description include typical appearance, qualities, properties, has the following varietal characteristics:

• The plant does not have significant frost resistance; in the northern regions it is not grown in beds. But indoors, the culture grows quite well in cold regions with a short summer period. In the south and even in the center of Russia, it is successfully sown directly into the soil. However, tomatoes tolerate changes in humidity and significant heat. Also endowed with immunity to prolonged rainy weather, diseases that it can cause;
• In terms of yield, Pink Bush is a mid-early variety. The amount of dry matter in the composition of ripening tomatoes does not exceed 7%, which indicates softness, juiciness, and good commercial properties. From planting to ripening, 100 days pass (a little over 3 months). Proper care provides a yield of 10 or even 13 kg per 1 sq. meters;
• Flowering can begin while the plant is growing at home. Therefore, you should not hesitate to transplant to the garden, if the climate permits. The plant is self-pollinated, the flower cluster is located on the shoots, one on each;
• Plant parameters: the ground part is distinguished by a standard shape with dense foliage, with a height of no more than 0.5 meters, and a dense thick stem. Leaves are usually dark green in color for tomatoes;
• The first fruits that appear on young tomatoes are slightly flattened, and the subsequent ones are round in shape, deep pink in color, weighing up to 200 grams, although they are more likely to be of an average berry size. They hardly crack and are very tasty in salads, but not suitable for heat treatment.

Agrotechnics

Painstaking care of the Pink Bush tomato variety is required when germinating seeds. An adult plant in a greenhouse or on a plot does not need so much effort. Consider the details of cultivation techniques.

Soil

To ensure the harvest, the planting site must be properly prepared. We need a nutritious fertile soil, for which they add to the soil:

• humus;
• ammonium nitrate;
• ammophosis;
• in the case of a clay structure, sand is added, 1/2 bucket per 1 sq. meter.

For acidic soils, additives are used: dolomite flour, ash, chalk.

Sowing

The sowing of the variety is carried out in fertile soil, specially prepared, deepening by 0.5 cm.In addition, it is not necessary to soak and process the seed with stimulants. The earth is moistened with a spray gun, after which the container is covered with a film. In a micro-greenhouse, tomatoes sprout and develop for the first time. The container should be kept warm at 24 or 26 degrees.

We sow the seeds

After the seedlings appear, the container is placed in the light, cool (15 degrees C), so that the tomatoes are hardened. There are standards for growing seedlings, according to which the plant will be healthy and stronger:

• illuminate at least 10 hours a day;
• 10 days the seedlings are kept at 15 degrees for hardening;
• in the future, the temperature is increased gradually, up to 20 degrees;
• after 2 true leaves, they dive, transplanted into separate pots;
• the next step is feeding using complex fertilizers.

With overgrowth of seedlings, tomato bushes can weaken, which will affect the yield. In this case, remove a couple of lower leaves, place the tomato on its side, sprinkling it with earth.

Transfer to soil

Pink Bush should only be grown outdoors in the southern and central regions. Seedlings are transferred to the garden bed after 40 or 50 days. Up to 5 bushes are placed on a square meter, but not thicker, otherwise the yield will decrease, and the risk of diseases will also increase.

We plant sprouted seedlings

When transferred to the ground, plants with a clod of earth are taken out of containers (transshipment). The well is filled up, compacted and watered with warm water. After mulching the soil near the bush, they do not loosen the soil and do not water it for 10 days.

We fertilize with manure

When disembarking, the land must be prepared. Manure, humus or mineral fertilizer are introduced into it.

Outdoor care

After transplantation, there are no particular difficulties in caring for the Pink Bush variety. Only standard rules should be followed:

1. Watering is carried out as needed, predetermined by climate conditions. If tomatoes grow in a greenhouse, they wait for the top layer of the soil to dry. Excess moisture should be excluded, because the fruits will be watery, their sugar content will decrease, they can crack and become infected with fungal diseases;
2. Top dressing is carried out when seedlings are transplanted into the ground, and complex mineral fertilizers for tomatoes are applied every 2 or 3 weeks. If growth is weak, this is done once every 10 days. The first feeding is a week after the transfer of the plant to the garden, when flowering is in progress. The second is when the fruits are poured. The third is also during the fruiting period;
3. Air humidity should be maintained at 50%, and soil at 90%;
4. A garter is needed due to the high yield. Trellises are installed in greenhouses;
5. There is no need to do it, but a couple of bottom sheets are removed weekly. This will provide protection against a number of diseases.

Watering correctly

It should be said about possible mistakes. It is not necessary to sow the same variety for many years in one place. It is also recommended to apply fertilizers on time.

Diseases and pests

Pink Bush has significant resistance to diseases, for example, fungal diseases: verticillosis, fusarium. But with such immunity, prevention is needed, including the following steps:

• Water it on time using warm water;
• The tomato needs complex fertilizers;
• Loosening, weeding is required from weeds - carriers of fungal diseases;
• Can be grown after onions, garlic, legumes and carrots.

Weeding the ground protecting from disease

Greenhouse Pink Bush can be affected by the following pests:

• Whitefly. Prevention - Confidor solution in a concentration of 1 ml per 10 liters of water;
• Snails, slugs. The earth is sprinkled with ash, red ground pepper, tobacco dust;
• The spider mite is eliminated with soapy water, as well as with chemistry, drugs "Apollo", "Actellik", "Fufanon".

Advantages and Disadvantages of Pink Bush

Good properties of Pink Bush are:

• high yield rates;
• the removal of stepsons and the formation of a bush are not required;
• fleshy and juicy fruits;
• tomatoes do not crack;
• good parameters for transportation, storage;
• resistance to a number of diseases;
• Pink Bush tolerates changes in humidity and heat, which is superior to many other tomatoes.

Proper care and timeliness of Pink Bush tomatoes will result in a significant yield of beautiful juicy fruits. By the onset of the next summer cottage season, gardeners will have to choose which vegetables to place in the beds. This hybrid is easy to care for and at the same time productive. Perhaps what exactly should be paid attention to.