Time-tested Black Prince tomato: variety description, characteristics, cultivation, photo

The variety of tomatoes Black Prince has long been familiar to most gardeners. Children and adults love him for his unusual color and unique taste.

An unpretentious variety in cultivation is, without exaggeration, an ornament of any greenhouse. So that you can learn more about these tomatoes, we have collected a lot of useful information about them.

Read on for a full description of the variety, get acquainted with its characteristics and cultivation features.

Tomato Black Prince: variety description

Tomato Black Prince is a long-bred variety, now its first generation (F1) hybrids with the same name are created. Do not confuse a variety with a hybrid, carefully read the description on the packages with seeds.

From hybrid seeds will not make good offspring the next year, when, as the seeds of the variety can be safely collected for subsequent plantings. Seeds about a year old germinate worse, it is better to leave them for 2 seasons alone. The plant is medium in size, about 150 cm, it is higher - up to 2 m.

It is an indeterminate plant - it has no final points of growth. Indeterminate plants should "pinch" (remove the tip) when the fruit is formed - all growth and nutrients will go to their development. The head bush is not.

Black Prince's tomatoes have a resistant, bristly stem with several simple-type tassels, usually leaving 6-8 for the formation of good fruits. The leaf is medium in size, light green, typical tomato, wrinkled, without pubescence. The rhizome is well developed, reaching more than 50 cm in width, so the distance between plants should be about 60 cm.

The inflorescence is of a simple type, the intermediate one - the first inflorescence is laid after the 9th leaf, the subsequent ones are formed with an interval of three leaves. In the inflorescence many flowers. If you remove some flowers from the inflorescence, leave about 6-8, the fruits will be larger in size. Stem with articulation.

According to the degree of ripening, the plant is middle-ripening, about 115 days pass from seedling seedlings to ripening. It has moderate disease resistance.. Immunity to late blight is high.

Cultivation is available in greenhouses and open ground, under a film cover.

Specifications

Form - rounded, flattened at the top and bottom, polished. Sizes are small - about 7 cm in diameter, weight ranges from 100 to 500 g, happens more. The skin is smooth, thin, dense. The color of immature fruits is pale green with darkening at the base, mature fruits have burgundy (sometimes purple) color - at the base is darker.

Compare the weight of fruit varieties with others can be in the table:

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The flesh has the same dark color (burgundy with some enlightenment). Fruits are fleshy, sugary, with a high content of dry substances. Seeds in moderation are distributed in 4-6 chambers. Not for long storage, transport is bad.

For the first time the variety was bred by Chinese scientists, the originator in our country is JSC "Scientific - Production Corporation" NK. LTD. It is brought in the State registry across the Russian Federation for cultivation in an open ground and under film shelter in 2000.

Available for cultivation throughout the territory of the Russian Federation and nearby countries. Due to the interesting color, “Black Prince” is often used for decorating dishes, the sweet taste allows you to eat it fresh, in unlimited quantities, it is very popular with children.

Considered dessert variety. Vegetable salads, sandwiches, soups and other hot dishes acquire new exquisite notes with these tomatoes.

In whole-fruit conservation, it will most likely soften and lose its shape, for winter salads, lecho, other blanks with chopped tomatoes will suit for sure. Juice production is not possible due to the high concentration of dry substances, for the production of tomato paste, sauces and ketchups with a special taste, “Black Prince” is suitable.

Gives a harvest of 7 kg per 1 square meter, about 4 kg can be collected from one plant.

This indicator can be compared using these tables:

A photo

See below: Tomatoes Black Prince photos

Advantages and disadvantages

It has a number of advantages:

• early maturity;
• interesting color;
• quite large fruits;
• good harvest;
• excellent taste.

However, it has drawbacks - it cannot be stored, must be consumed or recycled almost immediately after collection.

Features and cultivation

In addition to the color and taste of the fruit, peculiarities in cultivation are noted - the Black Prince is a self-pollinating plant;

Planted "Black Prince" to or in a separate greenhouse or at a distance of about 1.5 m from other varieties. Another feature is that seed varieties are not available in all stores.

The “Black Princes” emerge for a long time, maybe more than 10 days, then they develop rapidly. Seeds must be decontaminated in a weak solution of potassium permanganate and impregnated in a growth stimulator. Read more about seed treatment here.

Sowing on seedlings in mid-March in a wide container with well-heated soil, rich in oxygen and fertilizers. Planting depth is about 2 cm, the distance between plants is 2 cm.

Important! The soil should be steamed (possible in the oven), it will kill possible harmful microorganisms.

For the best development of sprouts, the container is covered, pre-watered with warm water, polyethylene or thin glass. This forms the required amount of moisture. At emergence of shoots the covering can be removed. Without using a coating, it is necessary to water the soil as often as possible.

The temperature at the same time should not be below 25 degrees. With the formation of 3-4 full sheets picks are carried out - transplanting plants into separate containers.

The variety of tomatoes The Black Prince loves moisture, requires frequent abundant watering at the root. Loosening, mulching is welcome.

Feed every 10 days. Read useful articles about fertilizers for tomatoes.:

• Organic, mineral, phosphoric, complex and ready-made fertilizers for seedlings and TOP best.
• Yeast, iodine, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, ash, boric acid.
• What is foliar feeding and when picking, how to conduct them.

Needle backing is required. Garter on individual supports or horizontal thread. Brushes with fruits are also tied up.

Diseases and pests

The best treatment is disease prevention. It is necessary to spray plants with generic drugs.. From blight - a solution of copper sulfate (10 g per bucket of water), from brown spot - powdered roots with ashes, from tobacco mosaic - sprayed with potassium permanganate.

From most diseases helps seed disinfection. With pests help fight microbiological agents. Thus, after analyzing all of the above, it is safe to say that the Black Prince tomato variety is excellent in terms of yield and taste. It is worth to get it in your garden or cottage.

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