Bright and tasty decoration of your summer cottage - tomato "Monisto pink"

Cherry tomatoes are loved for their attractive appearance and rich taste. Cocktail tomatoes look great in salads and preserves. They become a stylish decoration for cuts and main courses.

Among all cherry tomatoes, the Monisto group of tomatoes is popular. They are distinguished by beautiful tall bushes, which are literally strewn with fruits collected in a brush. The variety has several varieties. There are yellow, green and chocolate fruits with this name. Fans of soft berries will like the Monisto pink tomato. Why is this variety so attractive and what is its agricultural technology, read on.

Description of the variety

Tomato Monisto pink is a variety bred by domestic breeders. It is not yet in the State Register... Despite this, the seeds are produced by many Russian companies. The variety is also known in the countries of the former CIS.

Distinctive features

Monisto pink - cocktail tomato variety... Its fruits are small. The maximum weight of berries is 50 g.

Pink cherry cherries have a high content of iodine and other beneficial trace elements... Thanks to this, they have a positive effect on the state of the thyroid gland, stimulate metabolic processes, help to strengthen the immune system, and raise mood.

One more a feature of the cherry tomato variety is the yield... On one plant, an average of 6 brushes are formed, each of which contains up to 50 berries.

The variety is considered unpretentious... However, it still needs pinching and a garter because of the high growth of the bush.

It is interesting! Among all varieties of tomatoes from the Monisto group, it is the variety marked "pink" that has the largest fruits.

General characteristics

The characteristics of Monisto pink will delight both the beginner and the experienced gardener.

From the description it becomes clear that it is not difficult to grow it on your site:

Growing seedlings

Monisto pink is grown in seedlings... Sowing begins 60 days before planting in a permanent place. Before growing, some gardeners prefer to check if the lunar day is suitable for these purposes. According to the method, sowing the planting material is favorable in the days of Scorpio.

Seed treatment

Store-bought seeds should be checked for expiration dates... If the planting material is harvested from its own harvest, remove all darkened and damaged specimens.

If the grains were not pickled at the factory, they do it at home. To do this, they are soaked in one of the means:

• for half an hour in a light pink solution of potassium permanganate (1 g of potassium permanganate per 100 ml of water);
• for a quarter of an hour in hydrogen peroxide;
• for 12 hours in a solution of soda (1 teaspoon for 1 glass of water);
• for 12 hours in a mixture of water and aloe juice in equal proportions;
• for 6 hours inFitosporin».

After preventive treatment, the seeds are washed under running water... Then dry with a paper towel.

To speed up the appearance of the first shoots, stimulate seed growth in one of the following ways:

1. Soaking in water... The grains are wrapped in gauze napkins soaked in warm water. Rags with planting material are folded in a saucer, covered with foil and placed in a warm place. As it dries, the liquid is topped up. The seeds are planted after germination. This takes 3 days.
2. Soak in a purchased growth promoter: "Epine", "Zirkone", sodium humate. The processing time of the planting material is indicated in the instructions.
3. Soaking in folk remedies: aloe juice, honey water (1 teaspoon of honey in 1 tbsp. water). The duration of the procedure is 12 hours.
4. Cold treatment... The seeds are placed in a refrigerator for 5 days, then transferred to a warm place for 1 day and planted.

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Preparation of containers and soil

The soil for tomatoes is chosen nutritious, but light... It is prepared from equal proportions of peat, humus, black soil and sand. Tomatoes do not like acidic soil, so ash is added to it at elevated pH values.

The shops sell ready-made soil. For tomatoes, use a universal seedling mixture.... The earth is disinfected by sprinkling with a strong solution of potassium permanganate (5 g per 100 ml of water) or boiling water, or ignited in the oven.

As containers for sowing seeds, choose special boxes, trays or other containers that are suitable for size. If sowing a small amount of seeds is planned, it is advisable to use peat tablets.

Council. For sowing seeds, it is convenient to use cake packaging. Its lower part is used as a container for sowing seeds, and the upper part is used instead of a film to create a greenhouse effect.

Containers are also disinfected... To do this, it is enough to soak them for half an hour in a dark pink solution of potassium permanganate.

Sowing in boxes and peat tablets

Monisto pink seeds are often planted in peat tablets.... They do it as follows:

1. The tablets are placed in a deep container and soaked in boiling water. Water will be absorbed into the pressed pieces and they will swell. If necessary, add new liquid to the container.
2. When the tablets are swollen (bags with soil substrate should be obtained), they are removed from the container, turned upside down and allowed to drain off excess liquid.
3. In the peat of each bag, 1 seed per 1 cm is buried using a toothpick. Seed tablets are placed in one deep container, covered with foil and removed to a warm place.

Plant Monisto pink and no pills... For this, the boxes are filled with soil, which is abundantly moistened with warm water. In it, grooves are made 1 cm deep at a distance of 2 cm from each other. The seeds are placed in grooves with an interval of 2 cm and sprinkled with soil.The boxes are covered with foil and placed in a warm place.

Seedling care and possible problems

Growing tomato seedlings is easy. You just have to study basic principles of plant care:

1. Seed boxes are placed in a warm place with temperatures from +23 to +26 ° C. The higher the soil temperature, the faster the seeds will germinate. For example, if at + 20 ... + 23 ° C the first shoots will appear only after a week, then at + 26 ° C the seeds will germinate in 2-3 days.
2. After the seeds germinate, the film is removed and the boxes with seedlings are placed in a well-lit place.
3. Before the seeds germinate, the soil is moistened with a spray bottle... It is impossible to spray seedlings. To prevent water from getting on the ground part of the tomatoes, use a pipette or syringe to moisten. Plants planted in separate pots can be conveniently watered from a watering can with a narrow spout.
4. After the appearance of 2-3 non-cotyledon leaves tomatoes dive into individual containers. A drainage layer must be poured onto the bottom of the pots.
5. After the pick start feeding tomatoes. The first time is in 10-14 days. The next two dressings are done with an interval of 2-3 weeks. The last time fertilizer is applied 3 days before transplanting vegetables to a permanent place.
6. 2 weeks before transplant the seedlings are hardened into the ground, taking them to fresh air.

When growing seedlings, novice gardeners face a number of problems.... The list contains the most common ones:

1. Loss of turgor by plants, when they turn yellow and become lethargic, indicates non-compliance with watering conditions. The problem arises both when the soil dries out, and when watering is too frequent. Depending on the cause, the frequency of watering should be increased or decreased to avoid plant death.
2. Mold on the soil with seeds indicates waterlogging of the soil. To solve the problem, the affected layer is removed so that the planting material remains in the soil. A layer of new disinfected earth is poured on top. The soil is watered with a solution of potassium permanganate.
3. Pulling seedlings occurs when there is a lack of light. To avoid this problem, gardeners recommend using fluorescent lamps. It is also useful to keep the seedlings in a cool place for the first week after germination.

Agrotechnics Monisto pink

The variety is grown outdoors in the southern regions and in greenhouses in the northern and central... In the first case, the seedlings are planted in a permanent place at the end of April, in the second - in the first half of May.

Before planting seedlings in a permanent place, they need to be prepared.... For this, plants are watered and fed with phosphorus agents 3 days before the pick.

Planting seedlings in open ground

Tomato beds are best placed in the most illuminated area of ​​the garden... No other nightshade crops should have grown in this place for the last 3 years. When growing outdoors, do not plant potatoes next to tomato beds. Greenhouse tomatoes are not grown with other plants.

In autumn, the garden area where vegetables will grow is cleared of weeds and residues of cultivated plants. Humus and ash are introduced into the ground. In the spring, the beds are dug up and watered with infusion of chicken droppings. Recesses for planting tomatoes are dug in a checkerboard pattern in rows. 1 m² do not place more than 4 plants.

1 tbsp is poured into each hole. a spoonful of ash or granular fertilizer long-acting. Then the plants removed from the pots along with a lump of earth are placed in the recesses. The roots are covered with soil and compacted. Then watered using 1 liter of water for each bush.

Note! Seedlings grown in peat tablets are not removed from the container when planted in open ground. The same applies to plants in peat pots.

Care

In most cases Monisto pink independently forms in 1-2 stems, since it does not form a large number of stepsons. The lateral processes are removed when they appear.

It is imperative to tie up indeterminate plants... Otherwise, they will break under the weight of the fruit. For these purposes, use wooden supports or plastic trellises and synthetic thread.

The growth of Monisto pink tomato is artificially limited... The top is pinched at the end of July, leaving 3 leaves above the last brush.

As the top layer dries out, the soil is moistened... For one plant, use 1.5–2.5 liters of warm, settled liquid. Tomatoes are watered at the root so that water does not fall on the ground part of the vegetable.

The first feeding is applied 14 days after transplanting the seedlings to a permanent place... Then the tomatoes are fed every 2 weeks. Organic (mullein, humus, chicken droppings) and mineral (ammonium nitrate, superphosphate, potassium salt) fertilizers alternate.

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Success secrets

By following the care rules, every gardener will be able to grow his own tomatoes. If you use a few tricks, the yield of vegetables will be much higher:

1. To accelerate the formation of ovaries, tomato bushes are regularly shaken during flowering. This must be done carefully so as not to damage the stem.
2. It is useful to plant basil and rosemary between tomato beds. This will attract beneficial insects and repel pests.
3. Yellow leaves and greens of the lower part of the bush (up to 1 brush) are removed. Thanks to this, plants have the strength to form and ripen fruits.

Diseases and pests

Monisto rose variety is resistant to tomato diseases... However, there are still risks of contamination of the culture. To reduce them, you should follow the rules of prevention:

1. All instruments that the plants will interact with are disinfected before use. Tomato beds must be cleaned of plants on which fungal spores and viruses remain.
2. It is necessary to follow the rules for the selection and preparation of soil and planting material. Care tips should not be neglected either.
3. During epidemics of tomato diseases, plants are regularly sprayed with Bordeaux liquid. Diseased bushes are removed from the beds and burned.
4. Tomatoes are also treated for insects. Soap solutions (a piece of grated laundry soap on a bucket of water) and decoctions of herbs (dandelion, wormwood, celandine) are considered effective, but safe means.

The nuances of growing in open and closed ground

When grown in a greenhouse it is important to provide the tomatoes with an optimal climate. This is easy to do: you should regularly ventilate the room by opening the vents.

Outdoors it is important to protect the plants from night frosts in the first 2 weeks after planting. To do this, in the evening, the tomato beds are covered with foil.

The frequency of watering in the open field and in the greenhouse is different... In the first case, the soil is moistened 2-3 times a week, and in the second - only 1.

Harvesting and application of the crop

Monisto pink will sing at the end of June... The variety is characterized by amicable ripening. Harvested in whole bunches. Such tomatoes also ripen in harvested form. However, in this case, they will be less sweet.

Monisto pink - universal variety... Its berries are consumed fresh and used for preservation as a whole.

Advantages and disadvantages

The positive qualities of Monisto pink include the following:

• has immunity to the main diseases of the nightshade;
• has a good fruit taste;
• has a high yield;
• the fruits ripen together;
• does not form a large number of stepsons;
• unpretentious in care;
• does not lose shape during transportation.

The disadvantages are the need for a garter and pinching.

Color varieties

Monisto is a whole group of tomato varieties of various colors... They have the same characteristics, but differ in color and properties of the fruit:

1. Monisto amber... A yellow-fruited variety of cherry tomatoes. Its oval berries reach a weight of 20–35 g.The taste has a more pronounced acidity than the pink-fruited Monisto. Yellow tomatoes are less allergenic. They contain a lot of beta-carotene and lycopene, which have a positive effect on the work of blood vessels, the heart and visual acuity.
2. Monisto emerald... Green-fruited tomato (see photo). The berries weigh 20–35 g. The taste is sweet with a fruity aftertaste. They contain a lot of chlorophyll. They are useful for muscular and skeletal systems of the body, metabolism and immunity.
3. Monisto chocolate... Brown fruits with brown splashes. The taste is sweet with fruity notes. It contains a lot of anthocyanin, which acts as a strong antioxidant.

Farmers reviews

Reviews of gardeners about Monisto pink are mostly positive. All varieties from this group attract farmers' attention.

Irina, Adler: “I plant several Monisto bushes every year. At the same time, I prefer to grow several flowers of this variety at once. Tried Pink, Amber and Chocolate (on the picture). I also want to buy Emerald. I am very pleased with the result. In most cases, tomatoes form themselves into 2 stems. From 1 sq. m collecting more than a 5-liter bucket of berries. Delicious fresh. But I like to cover such berries of different colors for the winter. Looks very nice ".

Vitaly, Solnechnogorsk: “I grow Monisto pink in a greenhouse. My favorite cherry tomatoes. Pink with a pronounced taste and pleasant aroma. I use seeds from my own harvest. I just collect seeds from the fruits ripened on the bush, rinse them from the pulp and dry them. Tried Monisto Emerald and Monisto Amber. I liked it too ".

Conclusion

Monisto Rose are cocktail tomatoes that impress both beginners and experienced gardeners. The fruits of this variety are collected in bunches of 50 pieces. Thanks to this, during the ripening period of berries, the plants look very decorative. Such tomatoes taste good too.

Growing Monisto in any color (pink, green, chocolate and amber) is easy. The culture needs a garter and formation, but does not form many stepchildren and is undemanding to care for.