Often, in addition to the high taste qualities of tomatoes and other useful varietal properties, gardeners want to surprise their neighbors and loved ones with the beauty and unusual type of bushes. With the variety "Japanese orange truffle" it will be made easy. This early ripe variety, in addition to its unusual appearance, also has a number of undeniable merits.
Read in our article a complete and detailed description of the variety, its characteristics and history of selection. As well as the features of cultivation and the ability to withstand various diseases of the nightshade.
Tomato Japanese Truffle Orange: variety description
Grade name | Japanese Orange Truffle |
general description | Indeterminate early ripe hybrid |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 90-105 days |
The form | Fruits are pear-shaped |
Colour | Orange |
Average tomato mass | 150-250 grams |
Application | Universal |
Yield varieties | 12-14 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Capricious to temperature conditions and picky feedings. |
Disease resistance | Good disease resistance |
This is an indeterminate hybrid, medium-sized, the height of a bush can reach 110-120 cm. It refers to standard types of plants. By type of maturation is early, that is 90–105 days pass from planting seedlings to ripening of first fruits.
It is recommended for cultivation both in open ground and in greenhouse shelters. It has good resistance to diseases and harmful insects.
The ripe fruits of this type of tomato have a bright orange color, they are pear-shaped in shape. Themselves tomatoes are medium in size, from about 150 to 250 grams. The number of chambers in the fruit is 3-4, the dry matter content is 6-8%. Harvested fruits can be stored for a long time and ripen well if they are picked a little immature.
Despite its name, Russia is the birthplace of this hybrid. Received registration as a hybrid variety for growing in greenhouses and in the open field in 1995. Since then, for many years due to its qualities, it is popular with amateur gardeners and farmers.
Tomato weight can be compared with other varieties:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Orange Truffle | 150-250 grams |
Marissa | 150-180 grams |
Rio grande | 100-115 grams |
Sugar cream | 20-25 grams |
Orange Russian 117 | 280 grams |
Boyfriend | 110-200 grams |
Wild Rose | 300-350 grams |
Russian domes | 200 grams |
Apple Spas | 130-150 grams |
Domes of Russia | 500 grams |
Honey Drop | 10-30 grams |
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Specifications
This variety of tomatoes is thermophilic, so for the cultivation in the open ground it is suitable southern regions of Russia. In the middle lane, it is possible to grow in greenhouse shelters, this does not affect the yield.
Tomatoes of this type have excellent taste and are very good fresh. They are also ideally suited for whole-canning and pickling. Juices and pastes are rarely made from this type of fruit due to the high content of dry substances.
This variety has an average yield. With one bush with proper care you can get up to 6-7 kg. The recommended planting scheme is 2 bushes per square meter. m, so it turns out 12-14 kg, this is certainly not a record, but still pretty good.
Among the main advantages of this type of tomato lovers are:
- high disease resistance;
- excellent taste;
- possibility of long-term storage.
The main disadvantages are:
- capriciousness of a grade to temperature condition;
- demanding to feed;
- suffers from wrinkles of the hands.
You can compare the yield of a variety with others in the table:
Grade name | Yield |
Orange Truffle | 12-14 kg per square meter |
Frost | 18-24 kg per square meter |
Aurora F1 | 13-16 kg per square meter |
Domes of Siberia | 15-17 kg per square meter |
Sanka | 15 kg per square meter |
Red cheeks | 9 kg per square meter |
Kibits | 3.5 kg from a bush |
Heavyweight Siberia | 11-12 kg per square meter |
Pink meaty | 5-6 kg per square meter |
Ob domes | 4-6 kg from a bush |
Red icicle | 22-24 kg per square meter |
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Features of growing
The main feature of the tomato "orange truffle" is the original color of its fruit and taste. Also to the features should include its resistance to diseases and pests. Bushes of this variety often suffer from breaking the branches, so they need mandatory garter and props. At the growth stage, the bush is formed in one or two stems, more often in two. This tomato responds well to supplements containing potassium and phosphorus.
Diseases and pests
Of the possible diseases, this species may be subject to cracking of fruits. We struggle with this disease by adjusting the mode of irrigation and temperature. It is recommended to provide a constant temperature without sudden changes and water less often, but the volume of watering is more.
Tomatoes "truffle orange" has a very good resistance to fungal diseases. Of the pests can affect melon aphid and thrips, against them use the drug "Bison". As well as many other varieties of tomatoes can be exposed to the invasion of spider mites. They fight with it with the help of the drug "Karbofos", and to fix the result, the leaves are washed with soapy water.
Conclusion
As you can see, this is not the most difficult hybrid in the care and quite a minimum of experience is enough to get an excellent result. Good luck and great harvests.
Mid-season | Medium early | Late-ripening |
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