The Burnt Sugar tomato, or as it is also called Burnt Caramel, is one of the early productive varieties of universal use. Cultivation is carried out in open-air beds, in greenhouses (heated, temporary, without insulation).
| Height | Landing location | Ripening time | Fruit color | Fruit size | Origin | Fruit shape |
| Tall | Greenhouse, Open ground | Mid-season | Black | Average | Variety | Round |
History of variety development
This tomato variety was bred at the beginning of this century by breeders from the Russian company SeDeK , which is one of the best seed producers in Russia. After variety testing in 2009, the Brown Sugar tomato was included in the Russian State Register. At the same time, the peculiarity of this tomato is that it is recommended for cultivation throughout Russia, both in garden beds and in greenhouse conditions.
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Advantages and disadvantages declared by the originator
The recommended orientation of the tomato is salad. The pulp contains a lot of sugar. Sweet tomatoes are great to savor freshly cut or straight from the plant. But the tomato also performs well in other roles: pastes, soup dressings, sweet juices, savory sauces, whole preserves, etc. The rich color of the fruit outside and inside adds originality to dishes.
Other advantages of the plant:
- Increased content of nutrients. Some minerals and trace elements are found in large dosages only in such dark-fruited varieties. The fruits are used for diet.
- Extension of fruiting. Tomatoes ripen relatively late, but they ripen before the first frost.
- Resistance to cracking in the garden bed. Good preservation of the harvested crop at home. The tomato also tolerates the stress of transportation well.
- Cold resistance. The plant copes not only with summer, but also with autumn and spring periods of cooling.
Disadvantages of culture:
- general low yield;
- in many regions, due to the ripening time, it is impossible to grow this tomato outside a greenhouse;
- most useful components are destroyed during heat treatment;
- Tomatoes cannot be grown without gartering and shaping.
Description of tomato
The Brown Sugar tomato is of the indeterminate type, so the growth of its shoots is not limited. Typically, in open ground, tomatoes of this variety grow up to 1.6-1.8 m, and in greenhouse conditions - up to 2.0-2.5 m (with appropriate care).
It should be noted that Brown Sugar tomato bushes continue to grow and bear fruit until frost.
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Typically, the bushes of this tomato are formed into a pair of stems to achieve high yields. In greenhouse conditions, the shoots of this tomato are tied to trellises so that the shoots do not break under the weight of ripening fruits, and in garden beds - to strong supports.
Tomato Brown Sugar is classified as a mid-late tomato - from the moment of seed germination to the harvesting of ripe tomatoes, it usually takes at least 4 months.
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The shoots are strong and tall, medium leafy. The foliage is typically tomato-like, narrow and elongated with a characteristic tomato aroma and pointed tips. The leaf blades are shiny, dark emerald in color.
The inflorescences are racemose, the first of them is usually formed under the 6th leaf, and each subsequent one is formed through a pair of true leaves. Each ovary usually produces up to 5 tomatoes.
Ripe fruits are cuboid or oval in shape. The ribbing is not clearly expressed. The skin is compacted, smooth, shiny, and at the stage of technical maturity has a rich brown color. The fruits are not prone to cracking.
The pulp is quite fleshy, with a small number of seed chambers, and sweetish.
In the lower clusters the fruits are larger - 150-160 g, and in the upper clusters a little smaller - up to 120-130 g.
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The harvested crop tolerates transportation well over different distances and also has good shelf life.
Tomato variety Chocolate cherry (mid-season)
Hybrid semi-determinate plants, not standard. The bushes grow from 120 to 150 cm, both in greenhouses and open ground. With characteristic medium foliage. They have medium dense leaves with a dark green color.
The fleshy fruits have a red-brown color and a flattened-round shape. One tomato can reach a weight of 200 to 400 g. They are used fresh, canned, and in making juice. You can collect 10 - 15 kg per square meter. Each tomato has at least 4 nests.
Plants are disease resistant. When they appear, you can get rid of them with fungicidal drugs. It is almost never affected by crown and root rot. This is an unpretentious mid-early variety. It takes 110-115 days until the seeds are fully ripened from planting.
Main characteristics
This tomato variety grows well and bears fruit in any Russian region, but not everywhere in open ground.
Productivity
From each square of area you can collect up to 7 kg of ripe produce, which is an average for an indeterminate variety.
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Ripe tomatoes of this variety have an excellent taste and unusual color, they contain a large amount of macro and microelements and a small amount of acid, so they are used to prepare baby food and are included in dietary foods.
These tomatoes are also small in size, so they can be preserved whole, they do not burst during heat treatment and look beautiful when pickled.
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How gardeners rated the tomato
Hardworking gardeners have given excellent reviews of Red Sugar. They like the unusual grainy pulp, sweet juice, and thin skin. The fruits are original in salads and slices.
The skin does not interfere with swallowing pieces. Canned food becomes sweet naturally. Extended fruiting makes people happy: you can enjoy tomatoes until autumn.
The low transportability, the tendency to be affected by fungal diseases, and sensitivity to waterlogging are disappointing. We have to regularly fight pests (garden snails). They liked the sweetness and softness.
Diseases and pests
The Brown Sugar tomato is highly resistant to most diseases characteristic of other tomato varieties. But to prevent bushes of this variety from becoming infected with fungal diseases, all agrotechnical measures must be observed, especially the irrigation schedule - the soil should not be over-moistened.
Before transplanting into open ground, it is recommended to treat seedlings for preventive purposes with a warm solution of Fitosporin to prevent attacks by pests, including aphids. Also, in greenhouse conditions, the bushes of this vegetable plant can be affected by fungi. Therefore, for preventive purposes, it is recommended to shed the seedlings and the soil around them with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
And from spider mites, which can settle on Brown Sugar tomato bushes, usually only solutions of special insecticides help. If slugs appear in the beds with tomatoes, then it is enough to spill the beds with a solution of ammonia, and these pests will quickly disappear.
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Tomato variety Bronson (mid-early)
After planting the seedlings, indeterminate plants mature in 70 days. They have short internodes. Tomatoes are round in shape, with slight ribbing. One fruit weighs 200 g. Each cluster contains from 4 to 5 fruits. A stable yield is observed during the first and second rotation. In the second, an increased percentage of yield.
Tomatoes have an attractive bright brown color and high taste. They have good density. Tomatoes are transportable, even on long trips. They have excellent keeping quality. Plants are resistant to Fusarium wilt and tomato mosaic virus.
Advantages
The main advantages of the Brown Sugar tomato include:
- original coloring and good appearance of the harvested crop;
- harvested tomatoes can easily withstand transportation over any distance;
- the bushes of this tomato can tolerate short-term cold snaps even when grown in garden beds;
- Brown Sugar tomato is resistant to many diseases and pest attacks;
- unpretentiousness to maintenance and soil quality;
- If the tomato is provided with good care, the yield increases sharply.
Green tomatoes - a game of hide and seek among the leaves
The fruits of such varieties forever remain the same color as the ovaries, except that they change shade. This phenomenon is caused by a gene that enhances the effect of the gene that causes the plant to produce chlorophyll. Of course, lycopene, anthocyanins and carotenoids are also present in them, but there is so much chlorophyll that it makes the remaining pigments invisible to our eyes.
The inside of the fruit is also green; when cut, the color resembles a kiwi. Despite their unusual appearance - they are perceived as immature - their taste is excellent. The disadvantages include extremely low transportability, so green-fruited varieties are grown exclusively on private farms and sent to salads on site.
“Swamp” – bronze balls on a branch
The “swamp” variety is a product of domestic selection. It is an early fruit, the first fruits ripen three months after full germination. The ribbed, slightly flattened fruits acquire a noticeable shade of bronze when ripe. There may be yellowish and pinkish veins on the cut: tomato nature takes its toll.
“Swamp” – green outside and inside
“Swamp” is an indeterminate variety, requires pinching, and grows optimally when formed into two shoots. Productivity from 5 kg per sq. m. It is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation and is recommended for cultivation in protected soil, but in the southern regions it ripens well in open soil. According to reviews from vegetable growers, it performs well when pickling whole fruits.
“Malachite Box” – a berry with a surprise
The fruits of the “malachite box” variety, initially green, turn yellow when ripe, however, they become watery, so they should not be brought to full ripeness. When cut, the berries retain a pronounced green color. Breeders claim that the “malachite box” should have a distinct taste of melon, but, according to reviews from summer residents and tasters, rarely anyone has observed it.
The variety is indeterminate, mid-season, the yield under the film is over 15 kg per square meter. m. Like other green-fruited tomatoes, it has reduced resistance to disease and very thin skin on the fruit. Included in the State Register of the Russian Federation. Not stored, used in salads. The fruits can be pickled, but they are large, so canning is not always possible.
It’s as if a star is playing on the cut of the “malachite box”
Other green-fruited tomatoes include “green giant” (fruit weight up to 800 g), “emerald apple”, “jade gem”. All of them have a pleasant taste and are recommended for people prone to allergies to red fruits.
Features of planting and care
These tomatoes are usually grown in seedlings, so seeds for seedlings are usually sown at the end of March. To do this, you can buy seed material at a gardening store, or collect it from your own tomato bushes.
Soil for planting seeds can be purchased at a specialized store, or you can prepare it yourself. To do this, it is recommended to mix peat, turf soil and river sand in equal quantities, and before putting it into containers, such soil is spilled with a weak solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection.
In order for the seed material to germinate faster, the containers with the planted seeds are covered with plastic wrap.
After the emergence of seedlings, the containers are transferred to light windowsills, and regular watering and fertilizing are carried out. If the seedlings are thickened, they should be planted in separate containers.
Seedlings are transplanted to a permanent location at the age of 2 months, usually this occurs in the last ten days of May - the first ten days of June.
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When preparing the beds, humus and peat should be added to them before digging. And a handful of wood ash is also added to the planting holes.
Important! On each square of area no more than 3 tomato bushes should be grown. Brown sugar. And you should also place high supports next to the plants at the same time.
When the tomato bushes grow to a height of 0.5 m, the first shoots are tied to the supports. In this case, the bushes will not be damaged during further growth.
It is also important to adhere to the watering regime - the bushes of this tomato variety are watered 2-3 times a week. The volume of liquid should be such that the soil spills to a depth of 0.3 m. The next day after watering, it is necessary to loosen the root zone around the bushes in order to break up the dry crust that appears - oxygen and moisture will not penetrate through it into the soil.
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Also, during loosening, you need to remove all weeds along with the roots.
This tomato variety should be fed several times a season:
- a couple of weeks after transplantation to a permanent place;
- during flowering;
- after the formation of ovaries;
- during the period of active fruit ripening.
For the first time, nitrogen-containing fertilizer is applied to the soil, and then fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium are added. You can also use a solution of mullein or bird droppings, greenfinch or diluted wood ash. But these fertilizers must be alternated with complex mineral fertilizers.
Growing seedlings
Seeds can be purchased in the store, but those collected from last year's harvest are adapted to certain conditions and their germination rate is higher than those sold in the store. Before planting, both are disinfected with potassium permanganate. Seeds are sown in a hole not exceeding 2 cm in depth, after which the soil is watered with warm water using a sprayer and covered with film so that the seeds germinate more quickly. In the place where the box with seedlings is located, the temperature should be 23-25 degrees; when sprouts appear, it is removed and the container is transferred to a brighter place; the temperature can be reduced by a few degrees.
Important! If you plan to plant seedlings in open ground, then it is better to sow the seeds in late March early April.
When a pair of true leaves appears on the plant, it can be planted in separate containers, pots or cups. It is recommended to apply complex liquid fertilizers. Watering is carried out once every 5 days with rain or settled warm water. Some time before planting in the soil, young tomato seedlings begin to gradually harden off, each time increasing their exposure to air.
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