A budding gardener's friend - a tomato “Shuttle”: description and characteristics of the variety, cultivation features

Novice gardeners are usually very carefully choose varieties of tomatoes for growing. Ideal - undemanding and fruitful varieties, giving tasty fruit throughout the season. And it is desirable that it does not require special care at the same time.

These are the tomatoes Shuttle. This variety, created by Russian breeders and is suitable for growing in a greenhouse or in open ground, in all regions of the Russian Federation. He does not require a lot of effort and attention and at the same time is able to please the result.

In our article we will give you a complete description of the variety Shuttle and its characteristics, tell you how to grow it and how to protect it from diseases.

Tomato "Shuttle": description of the variety

The variety of the Russian selection, is suitable for cultivation in all regions of Russia, except northern. Planting in open ground, in greenhouses and under film, in glass or polycarbonate greenhouses is recommended. In greenhouse conditions, fruiting begins 2 weeks earlier and lasts until frost.

Compact bushes can also be planted in pots and flowerpots and placed them on loggias and window sills. The harvest is well stored and tolerates transportation.

Shuttle - an early ripe high-yielding grade tomato. 95-110 days pass from sowing seeds to fruit formation. Bush determinant, very compact, stem-type. About indeterminantny grades read here. The size of an adult plant does not exceed 50 cm. The amount of green mass is average, the bush does not require formation and pinching. On the branches formed by 6-10 ovaries, fruit ripening is gradual, throughout the summer.

Among the main advantages of the variety:

• tomato "Shuttle" has a good yield;
• tasty, fleshy fruit;
• compact bushes save space in the greenhouse or on the garden;
• a very long fruiting period, tomatoes ripen from June to frost;
• lack of care;
• cold resistance;
• fruits are suitable for fresh consumption, as well as for canning.

You can compare the yield of the Shuttle variety with other varieties in the table below:

Despite numerous advantages, the variety has some minor drawbacks.:

• Tomatoes require preventive measures against late blight and viral diseases; disease resistance is moderate;
• Bushes tolerate low temperatures, but in a cool summer the number of ovaries decreases.

Specifications

Fruits are elongated, cylindrical in shape, with a pointed tip, shaped like a sweet pepper. The mass of each tomato 50-60 g. The fruits are very juicy, pleasantly sweetish, fleshy. Seed chambers a little, the glossy dense thin skin protects tomatoes from cracking. The high content of nutrients makes the fruit suitable for baby food.

You can compare the weight of fruits with other varieties in the table below:

Tomatoes are versatile, they are suitable for salads, side dishes, soups and sauces. They can be canned: pickle, pickle, dry, use for vegetable platter. Dense skin preserves the beautiful appearance of tomatoes. Tomatoes "Shuttle" can be used for making juice, it turns out thick, sour-sweet.

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A photo

Now you know the description of the variety of tomatoes and you can see the tomatoes "Shuttle" on the photo:

Features of growing

Depending on the region, seeds are sown on seedlings in late February or early March. It is possible to grow seedlings of tomato "Shuttle" without picking. For this, seeds are sown at large intervals (4-6 cm). The box with seedlings is covered with a film and placed in heat (special mini-greenhouses can be used). For successful germination requires a stable temperature not lower than 25 degrees. Growth stimulants will help to speed up the process.

After the emergence of shoots containers are exposed to bright light. Tomatoes need the sun, in cloudy weather they can be illuminated with electric lamps.

Watering is moderate, in the first days it is convenient to use a spray gun. Water should be soft, room temperature. Cold water will slow down the development of seedlings for a long time. After unfolding 2-3 true leaves, saplings dive.

For transplanting it is convenient to use peat pots, which are then mixed into the ground. The pots are placed as freely as possible so that the leaves do not touch. After picking, fertilizing is carried out with a liquid complex fertilizer.

Planting of plants in the greenhouse is carried out at the beginning of May, the seedlings are mixed later in the open ground. Before planting, the soil should be loosened carefully, 1 tbsp should be added to each well. spoon complex mineral fertilizers.

As fertilizers for tomatoes are also often used.:

• Organic.
• Yeast.
• Iodine.
• Hydrogen peroxide.
• Ammonia.
• Ash.
• Boric acid.

On 1 square. m can accommodate 4 bush. After planting the plants need to be watered. Planted in open ground tomatoes in the first days cover with foil. Do not neglect and mulching.

Bushes do not require the formation and tying up, so that the sun's rays penetrate to the fruits, you can remove the lower leaves on the plants. During the season it is recommended to conduct 3-4 dressing with liquid complex fertilizer. Watering need tomatoes after 6-7 days, in the heat of watering is carried out more often. Tomatoes do not like stagnant moisture in the soil; between irrigation, the top layer of the soil should dry out.

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Diseases and pests

Tomatoes require protection from major viral and fungal diseases. The topsoil needs to be updated annually, for prevention the soil is plentifully spilled with an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulfate. This procedure will help destroy fungal pathogens.

For the prevention of late blight, it is recommended to spray the bushes with copper preparations. Damaged leaves or fruits immediately break off and burn. There are varieties of tomatoes that are not susceptible to this disease. The greenhouse should be ventilated frequently so that the air is not too humid. Preventing viral diseases will help the land turnover. Tomatoes can not be planted in the beds, which were occupied by the nightshade: other varieties of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, potatoes.

Ideal precursors for tomatoes are a variety of legumes, cabbage, carrots, or spicy herbs.

Outdoors, plants are often affected by pests. To prevent their occurrence, the soil should be mulched peat, straw or humus. Emerging weeds should be removed. Planting must often inspect, looking under the leaves. Having found larvae of pests, they are collected by hands or washed off with warm water with the addition of laundry soap.

To get rid of slugs will help an aqueous solution of ammonia, which periodically sprayed planting. To scare away flying insects are able to plant spicy herbs planted along the ridges: parsley, mint, and celery.

In case of severe damage by pests, tomatoes can be treated with insecticides. Spraying spend 2-3 times with an interval of several days. Processing can be carried out before the formation of ovaries, during the period of fruiting toxic drugs are excluded.

Conclusion

Tomatoes Shuttle - is a promising variety, ideal for novice gardeners. Tomatoes are grown in beds, greenhouses and greenhouses, the collected fruits are widely used in cooking. Miniature bushes save space in the garden, and if necessary they can be placed in pots and grown at home.

Below you will find links to varieties of tomatoes with different ripening terms: