In spring, all gardeners and gardeners are in a hurry to redo everything. In April, you need to tidy up your favorite tomato beds, fix the greenhouses and choose high-quality seedlings.
Large producers also face a difficult question: what sort of tomato to plant this season, so that it gives a quick harvest and the fruits are tasty and have a beautiful presentation.
We want to tell you about an interesting tomato variety, which is simple and unpretentious in cultivation, it is called the Crimson Vikonte tomato.
Tomato Raspberry Viscount: variety description
Grade name | Crimson Viscount |
general description | Early ripe determinant tomatoes for cultivation in greenhouses and open ground. |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 90-105 days |
The form | Fruits are round, slightly flattened |
Colour | Dark Crimson |
Average tomato mass | 300 grams |
Application | Universal variety |
Yield varieties | up to 15 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard |
Disease resistance | Resistant to late blight |
The variety of tomatoes Crimson Vikonte belongs to the early ripe varieties, from planting to harvesting the first harvest about 90-105 days. The plant is standard, determinant, the bush grows small, not more than 55 cm. About the indeterminant varieties read here.
The plant is strong and compact, but at the same time it gives large heavy tomatoes, so you should take care of a good support for tying. Leaves are dark green, wide. It grows well both in open beds, and in greenhouses and greenhouses. The plant has good resistance to late blight and fungal diseases..
Usually the ovary is formed amicably, mature fruits have a rounded flat shape, bright red or dark crimson in color with a slight ribbing. The taste is sour, common to tomatoes. The flesh is of average density, the number of partitions 8-10, the dry matter content of 4.5%. The weight of the fruit is quite large: up to 300 grams, sometimes with good care, tomatoes grow up to 450 grams or more.
The table below shows for comparison data on the weight of fruits in other varieties of tomatoes:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Crimson Viscount | 300 grams |
Fat jack | 240-320 grams |
Prime minister | 120-180 grams |
Broody | 90-150 grams |
Polbyg | 100-130 grams |
Buyan | 100-180 grams |
Black bunch | 50-70 grams |
Grapefruit | 600-1000 grams |
Kostroma | 85-145 grams |
American ribbed | 300-600 grams |
The president | 250-300 grams |
"Crimson Viscount" is a prominent representative of the Siberian selection. This tomato was obtained by Russian breeders and the variety received state registration in 2008.
In the Voronezh, Astrakhan, Belgorod regions, in the Crimea and in the Krasnodar Territory it is better to plant in open beds. In the southern Urals and in the northern regions of the crop yields only under film shelters. It is also necessary to take into account that this species needs a good support, without it there will be a bad growth and the yield will fall.
As well as growth promoters, fungicides and insecticides for the nightshade.
Specifications
Tomatoes Raspberry Vikonte perfect for all sorts of conservation and pickles. Most often consumed fresh, in vitamin salads. It is allowed to use in a dried look. The fruit produces a wonderful delicious tomato juice and thick, high-quality pasta.
Productivity at a high level, it is possible to collect 5-6 kg from one adult plant. Under the right conditions and active feeding, it is possible to get up to 15 kg per 1 sq.m. This is a good result for such a low plant.
With the yield of other varieties you can see in the table:
Grade name | Yield |
Crimson Viscount | up to 15 kg per square meter |
Olya-la | 20-22 kg per square meter |
Nastya | 10-12 kg per square meter |
King of Kings | 5 kg from a bush |
Banana red | 3 kg from a bush |
Gulliver | 7 kg from a bush |
Brown sugar | 6-7 kg per square meter |
Lady shedi | 7.5 kg per square meter |
Rocket | 6.5 kg per square meter |
Pink Lady | 25 kg per square meter |
A photo
The photo shows a tomato Crimson viscount:
Advantages and disadvantages
Tomato "Crimson Vikonte" has many advantages:
- bright interesting taste;
- fruits do not crack;
- presentable presentation;
- long stored;
- has good ripening ability;
- prolonged fruiting until cold weather;
- tolerates frost well;
- wide use of ripe tomatoes.
Disadvantages of this type:
- poorly tolerates heat and lack of watering;
- mandatory sturdy backup;
- demanding soil grade.
"Crimson Viscount" is quite unpretentious, tolerates frost well, but does not tolerate heat. Sowing on seedlings should be done in late March and early April. In open ground need to be planted in late May - early June.
The plant needs regular watering 1-2 times a week, prefers neutral soils. It responds well to complex feeding and loosening.
Read more about fertilizers for tomatoes.:
- Organic, mineral, ready-made complexes, TOP best.
- Yeast, iodine, ash, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, boric acid.
- Top dressing for seedlings, when picking, foliar.
Diseases and pests
The plant has powerful immunity to late blight and macrosporosis. To prevent fungal infections and rotting of fruits and ovaries of the greenhouse, it is necessary to constantly air and maintain the correct mode of heat and light in them.
Alternaria, fusarium, verticillis, late blight and protection from it, varieties not subject to late blight.
The most common pests in the middle lane of this species are moths, moths and sawflies, and Lepidocide is used against them. The sucker miner can also affect this variety, it should be used against the drug "Bison". In the southern regions, the Colorado potato beetle is the most frequent pest. Against him use the means "Prestige".
If the "Crimson Viscount" grows on the balcony, then there are no significant problems with diseases and pests.
"Raspberry Vikonte" - a good crop, beloved by many gardeners. It is easy to grow even a novice tomato lover. It will be very popular with large producers for its unpretentiousness and beautiful presentation of fruits. Be sure to plant it in your greenhouse and after 90 days you will have delicious beautiful tomatoes. Have a great season!
In the table below you will find links to varieties of tomatoes with different ripening terms:
Early maturing | Middle late | Medium early |
Pink meaty | Yellow banana | Pink king F1 |
Ob domes | Titanium | Grandma's |
King early | F1 slot | Cardinal |
Red dome | gold fish | Siberian miracle |
Union 8 | Raspberry wonder | Bear Paw |
Red icicle | De barao red | Bells of Russia |
Honey Cream | De barao black | Lev Tolstoy |