Description of the Sugar Fingers tomato, cultivation, and planting instructions

The Sugar Fingers tomato is a standard variety, requiring no staking or side shoots. This tomato is ideal for growing in the southern regions of Russia. It's used in salads and juices. The fruits can be preserved whole. The green berries ripen naturally after harvesting. Some people successfully pickle Sugar Fingers for the winter.

What does a gardener need to know about this plant?

The characteristics and description of the Sugar Fingers variety are as follows:

1. This tomato plant is an early-ripening variety. The harvest can be obtained 78–87 days after sowing the seeds.
2. Its trunk is straight, and its branches are located at the top and cascade down.
3. The shape of the fruit resembles an elongated cylinder with rounded ends.
4. The berries are red, the skin is smooth. They weigh 75-85 g. This tomato tastes sweet. It has a fleshy interior.
5. The berries are quite dense and therefore do not crack, which allows them to be stored and transported over long distances.

Farmers' reviews of this tomato are positive. Many gardeners emphasize the plant's drought tolerance. The variety yields up to 10-12 kg per square meter.

However, it is important to note that the Sugar Fingers variety's resistance to various diseases is close to average, so it is recommended to carry out all agricultural measures to protect the bushes from late blight and fungal infections.

Farmers note the ability to harvest quickly, as the fruits ripen almost simultaneously. Although this variety is intended for the southern regions of the country, gardeners successfully grow Sakharnye Fingerchiki in the vast expanses of central Russia and Siberia, using film or glass greenhouses with good heating. Gardeners manage to obtain yields of up to 15 kg per square meter.

Growing tomatoes

It's recommended to sow seeds for seedlings in the last ten days of March or mid-April. The seeds are planted in trays at a depth of 12 mm. Before planting, treat the seeds with a solution of potassium permanganate or similar strengthening agents.

After 1-2 leaves appear, transplant the seedlings. Feed them with complex fertilizers 2-3 times throughout the growing season. Harden them off two weeks before planting.

Tomato cultivation in open ground begins after transplanting the seedlings, when they are 50 days old from the moment the seeds were sown. But this should only be done when there is no threat of a sharp cold snap.

If you plan to transplant the seedlings to a well-heated greenhouse, do so in late April, and transplant them into plastic structures in early May. The planting pattern is 0.5 x 0.6 m. Sugar Fingers are trained into a single stem. The bush is quite strong, so staking is rarely required.

Watering the bushes is done infrequently with warm water (after sunset), for example, if the sprouts are 8 to 10 cm high, then it is recommended to water them once every 7 days.

After this, it's necessary to regularly loosen the soil, remove weeds, and perform other agricultural procedures. It's best to fertilize the plants with complex fertilizers when the ovaries begin to set, and before that, use organic or nitrogen-based fertilizers.

To protect against various diseases, it is recommended to promptly treat the bush's leaves with various medicinal products. With timely care, the plants will remain disease-free. Tomatoes are most often affected by late blight, so it is necessary to treat them in advance with products such as Fitosporin. If garden pests attack the tomato plant, it is best to treat them with chemicals or folk remedies.