What miracles do not happen. Especially often they are found in the science of selection. A real miracle is a novelty among dark-colored tomatoes - Chocolate miracle. Tests he passed in Siberia.
It is recommended for cultivation in an open ground and greenhouses. Authorship is attributed to the monks of the monastery of St. Dionysius on Mount Athos. The seed production is engaged in the Siberian garden.
Read more about these tomatoes, read further in our article. Here you will find a complete description of the variety, you will get acquainted with its characteristics and cultivation features.
Tomato "Chocolate miracle": description of the variety
Plant determinant type. In open ground it grows up to 80 centimeters in height, in a greenhouse - up to 1.5 meters. “Chocolate Miracle” is a novelty among mid-early salad varieties. From germination to fruiting - 98-110 days. Wonderful tomatoes are bred specifically for vegetable growers and private farms.
The bush has an average foliage, which is very pleasing to those who grow the Chocolate Miracle in a greenhouse. No excessive shading occurs. It is necessary to form a plant in 2 stalks. For large fruits, part of the ovary must be removed.
When grown in open ground, plants need to be tied up and formed into 2 stalks, step by step moderately. Tomatoes do not grow as large as in the greenhouse, but tastier, sweeter. The yield is at least 6 kg per square meter, which is a good indicator for a salad variety. Fruiting stable.
Characteristics of tomatoes:
- Rounded, flattened, strongly ridged fruits.
- They have a very interesting color - light brown, in other words - the color of milk chocolate.
- Tomatoes are large, on average - from 250 to 400 grams, but with the observance of all agrotechnical norms, fruits are obtained from 600 to 800 grams.
- Like most dark colored varieties, Chocolate Miracle has a wonderful taste.
- Tomatoes are dense, fleshy, sweet, it should be noted that sugar accumulates even in the immature tomatoes, so the salad is quite suitable for fruits with greens.
- Seed chambers are not expressed, the seed is formed a little.
- The fragrance is not strong.
- Productivity at a grade remarkable, 6 kg from square meter.
- Excess tomato suitable for processing.
A photo
Below you will see some photos of the “Chocolate Miracle” tomato variety:
Features of growing
Planted young plants should not be thicker than 3 pieces per square meter. Tomatoes are planted in the open ground when the threat of frost has passed. To obtain an earlier harvest, tomatoes are planted in early May under a film arched portable cover. When the threat of cold has passed, the arched cover is removed until the new season.
Watering should be done moderately and evenly. Salad varieties have a thin peel of fruits and the ability to grow quickly with an excess of moisture, and because of this, cracking of fruits can occur.
Top dressings are brought under the scheme, universal for all types of tomatoes. Fruiting is a bit stretched, for salad varieties this feature is an advantage.
Diseases and pests
Variety "Chocolate miracle" - a novelty. His attitude towards disease is only being investigated. Gardeners in this case are testers. A serious pest for young plants is the Colorado potato beetle. When planting a large number of tomatoes, the site should be sprinkled with any pesticide. Adult plants are not interesting to beetles.
Despite the fact that the brand is new, it already has many admirers.
