In the spring, all gardeners think about what to choose for planting in the new season? Often, apart from the high taste qualities of tomatoes and other useful varietal properties, gardeners want to surprise their neighbors and friends with an unusual crop.
With the grade "Japanese black truffle" it will be easy to make, because it has such original fruits. In the article we will talk about these tomatoes in more detail. You will find here a full description of the variety, its characteristics and characteristics of cultivation, resistance to diseases and other subtleties and nuances.
Tomato Japanese Truffle: variety description
Grade name | Japanese Truffle Black |
general description | Early ripe determinant variety of tomatoes for cultivation in greenhouses and open ground. |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 90-105 days |
The form | Fruits are pear-shaped |
Colour | Maroon and dark brown |
Average tomato mass | 120-200 grams |
Application | Good for fresh use, for salting and canning. |
Yield varieties | 10-14 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Well dispensed |
Disease resistance | Resistant to diseases |
Tomato Black Japanese Truffle - a determinant hybrid, medium in height, about 100-120 cm. It is a stem plant. According to the type of ripening, it refers to the early ones, that is, 90–105 days pass from transplanting to ripening of the first fruits. It is recommended for cultivation both in open ground and in greenhouse shelters, but gives the best results in greenhouses. It has good resistance to diseases and harmful insects.
The mature fruits of this species have a maroon, dark brown color, in shape they are pear-shaped. Sami tomatoes are medium in size, from about 120 to 200 grams. The number of chambers in the fruit is 3-4, the dry matter content is 7-8%. Harvested fruits can be stored for a long time and ripen well, if they are picked not reached varietal maturity.
Despite its name, Russia is the birthplace of this hybrid. Received registration as a hybrid variety for growing in greenhouses and in the open ground, received in 1999. Since then, for many years, thanks to the interesting taste and good immunity is popular with amateur gardeners and farmers.
The weight of tomato fruits Black Truffle with other varieties can be compared in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Black truffle | 120-200 grams |
Bobcat | 180-240 grams |
Russian size | 650-200 grams |
Podsinskoe miracle | 150-300 grams |
Altaic | 50-300 grams |
Yusupovskiy | 500-600 grams |
De barao | 70-90 grams |
Grapefruit | 600 grams |
Prime minister | 120-180 grams |
Stolypin | 90-120 grams |
Buyan | 100-180 grams |
The president | 250-300 grams |
Lazy man | 300-400 grams |
What varieties of tomatoes are disease resistant and high yielding? How to care for early varieties?
Specifications
This variety of tomatoes, like the rest of the "Japanese truffles", is distinguished by its thermophilicity; therefore, southern regions of Russia are suitable for cultivation in the open field. In the middle lane, it is possible to grow in greenhouse shelters, this does not affect the yield.
Tomatoes of this type have a very high taste and good fresh. They are also ideal for whole-canning. That tomato "Japanese black truffle" more than others is suitable for pickling. Juices and pastes are rarely made from this type of fruit due to the high content of dry substances.
This variety has not the highest yield. With one bush with proper care you can get up to 5-7 kg. The recommended planting scheme is 2 bushes per square meter. m, thus, it turns out 10-14 kg.
Compare the yield of tomatoes Black truffle with others can be below:
Grade name | Yield |
Black truffle | 10-14 kg per square meter |
Gulliver | 7 kg from a bush |
Pink Lady | 25 kg per square meter |
Fat jack | 5-6 kg from a bush |
Doll | 8-9 kg per square meter |
Lazy man | 15 kg per square meter |
Black bunch | 6 kg from a bush |
Rocket | 6.5 kg per square meter |
Brown sugar | 6-7 kg per square meter |
King of Kings | 5 kg from a bush |
Among the main advantages of this type of tomato lovers are:
- very good disease resistance;
- excellent taste;
- possibility of long-term storage.
The main disadvantages are:
- capriciousness of a grade to temperature condition;
- demanding to feed;
- often suffers from breaking off brushes.
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Features of growing
"Black Japanese truffle" is perhaps the rarest of all varieties of this variety. The main feature of this species is the original color of its fruit and taste. For their ability to ripen, farmers who grow tomatoes in large quantities for sale have loved them. Also to the features should include its resistance to diseases and pests.
The branches of this plant often suffer from fracture, so they need a mandatory garter and props. At the growth stage, the bush is formed in one or two stems. This variety responds very well to complex feeding, but it is better to use with the content of potassium and phosphorus.
Diseases and pests
Of the possible diseases, this species may be subject to such a disease as black leg. It occurs with improper care. To get rid of this disease, it is necessary to reduce watering and ventilate the room. To fix the result, the plants are watered with a solution of potassium permanganate at the rate of 1-1.5 g of dry matter per 10 liters of water.
Of the pests, this plant can affect melon aphids and thrips, and they use the drug "Bison" against them. As well as many other varieties of tomatoes can be exposed to the greenhouse whitefly, they are struggling with it using the drug "Confidor".
Conclusion
Besides the fact that it is the rarest of "Japanese truffles", this species is one of the most capricious in the care. For the cultivation will require some experience, but do not be discouraged, all you get and the harvest will be canceled.
In the table below you will find links to varieties of tomatoes with different ripening terms:
Middle late | Early maturing | Late-ripening |
gold fish | Yamal | Prime minister |
Raspberry wonder | Rose of Wind | Grapefruit |
Miracle of the market | Diva | Bull heart |
De Barao Orange | Buyan | Bobcat |
De Barao Red | Irina | King of Kings |
Honey salute | Pink spam | Grandma's Gift |
Krasnobay F1 | Red Guard | F1 snowfall |