Description of tomato Pink Siberian Tiger

Every year in early spring, gardeners think about what new tomato variety you can try growing this year. Today, the market has a large selection of tomato varieties and choosing one is not so difficult. One of the unique and interesting varieties of many experienced gardeners call the tomato Pink Siberian Tiger. It was created in the USA, tomato breeder Mark McCaslin worked on this variety.

Tomato description Pink Siberian tiger

Variety Description

We created a variety from other species – the Blue and the Beauty King. If you plant the Tiger in the southern regions, you can get an excellent return on the variety, as in open ground, the species is distinguished by excellent productivity. If you plant a variety in the middle lane, then it is best to plant in greenhouses, since the fruits do not like cold very much.

Uniqueness of the bushes

This variety is called exotic, also the Siberian tiger belongs to indeterminate species. The plant is mid-ripening, from the moment of planting to the time of fruit collection no more than 115 days pass. Bushes grow not small sizes above 1.5 m (if grown in greenhouses). The plant must be constantly tied up and the support set up, without which it will be impossible to grow fruits.

In order to get a good percentage of yield, you need to pinch bushes and remove all unnecessary leaves. On average, experts advise to leave only 1 -2 stems.

1. The leaves of the variety are bright green.
2. They are long and quite dense.
3. Strong peduncles with a large number of strings, on average, from 3 and to 7.
4. From 6 to 8 brushes with tomatoes are formed on one stalk.

Description of the fruit

There are cases when the shape of the tomato does not match the description that is on the bags of seeds. And all this is due to the fact that to date the variety is constantly being improved and the shape may change slightly, but, most often, the fruits are rounded.

In the Russian Federation, most often there are round-shaped fruits that resemble a ball, the skin is smooth, but on pure American fruits, ribbing is observed on the skin. Tomatoes are dense in structure, and the flesh is fleshy and tender, but the skin is a bit thin. Fruits that have not yet ripened – a bright green hue with only appearing black stripes. It is because of them that the variety was named Tiger, since the fruits are reminiscent of the tiger coloring in their color.

When the tomatoes are fully ripe, they have a rich pink-purple hue and black stripes stand out on it, shoulders of purple tomatoes colors.

Attention: fruits that receive a large amount of light, they have a much brighter and more intense coloring.

On average, the fruits weigh no more than 300 grams, all the inflorescences are tasty and have a sweet swelling with rich fruity aroma.Tomatoes of this variety are multi-chamber and sugared on the cut. The pulp is red in color, there are a lot of seeds in the fruits and they are all small in size.

How to grow tomatoes

Carefully choose a place for planting seedlings

When you purchase seeds for yourself, carefully look at the label, it should say“ for open soil “. It should also have a clear description of the taste of the product. Take into account the fruit ripening time, as in the open field the fruits ripen in 115 days, but in the greenhouse it is from 95 to 105 days.

Experts advise planting seedlings of this variety in late May or in early June. Do not forget to adhere to the distance between the bushes of 40 cm. It is also necessary to ensure that the soil is sufficiently warm. Be especially careful when choosing seedlings, this should not be the place where the potatoes used to grow. Also, tomatoes do not like acidic soils, select areas where compost, ash or lime were previously added.

Care recommendations

I must say that that immediately after planting, it is necessary to water and mulch the soil. The first leaves must be sprayed before the fork. If we are talking about greenhouse cultivation, it is necessary to form a bush in less than two stems.If the planting was done in open ground, you can increase the number of stalks to three.

From the site where the tomatoes are planted, weeds must be constantly removed. Water the bushes at least once a week during the growing process. In order for the fruits to pour well, a sufficient amount of moisture is necessary, and if the soil is dry, then the fruits will begin to rot slowly. During a drought, watering can be increased up to 2 times a week.

Such a variety does not even require top dressing, but only if the weather is constantly sunny, but if it is rainy it is best to go to the ground, as top dressing, add nitrogen, under each bush.

Diseases and prevention

The Siberian Tiger f1 has excellent immunity and can withstand many diseases and you don’t need to preventive actions. It has not yet been noticed that at least some disease is affected by the variety.

Due to the fact that the tomato ripens early enough, you do not need to worry about protecting it from pests.If you worry that tomatoes can attack aphids, treat the bushes with soapy water – uh that’s enough.

Conclusion

Pink Siberian Tier is a unique and interesting variety that is only beginning to gain its popularity among Russian gardeners. it’s quite difficult to find seeds of this kind in the country. Tiger is a large variety that can be grown even in the garden.