Description of the Early Girl tomato and rules for pollinating the plant

The "Rannaya Devochka" tomato is designed for greenhouse cultivation. It has good immunity and resistance to various diseases. The fruits ripen before the peak of late blight, allowing gardeners to harvest the entire crop before then. Below are the characteristics and description of the variety.

What is the Early Girl tomato?

The fruits of the Rannyaya Devchonka variety have a remarkable flavor. They ripen in the hot summer, becoming sweet and rich in nutrients. These tomatoes produce excellent juice. Fruit weight ranges from 50 to 200 g. The yield is high. Up to 15 kg can be harvested from 1 m².

Early Girl is a hybrid variety. The bushes are tall and need to be tied to a support. It takes about 50-60 days from planting to fruit formation. The fruits are bright red.

Sowing tomatoes

Let's consider when to sow this variety. Each tomato variety is planted at a specific time. If the correct planting dates are observed, the tomato plants will be healthy and produce a bountiful harvest. Tomato seedlings have thick stems with 1-2 inflorescences. The distances between nodes are small, and 6-8 leaves grow on the stem. The time to sow tomatoes depends on the local climate.

If your region has a cold climate, sow the seeds of the "Rannyaya Devochka" tomato variety in mid-March and plant them in a greenhouse no later than the first ten days of June. Seedlings can be planted outdoors only after the air temperature has returned to normal and there are no more frosts at night. You can determine the time to sow tomatoes yourself. If it's cool outside, the seedlings will need to be planted outdoors later. Therefore, the sowing date should be moved to early April. Flowers will appear two months after the sprouts emerge.

The seeds you select for sowing must be of high quality. To select good seeds, follow these steps:

1. You need to soak the seeds in a salt solution for 10 minutes.
2. Those that float to the surface are thrown away, the rest must be sown.
3. They should be washed with water and sown in disinfected soil.
4. To do this, the soil is preheated in the oven.
5. After the seeds have been sown, the container is covered with film.

Tomato pollination

This variety is not self-pollinating. Therefore, gardeners must pollinate the plants. There are two methods: natural and artificial pollination. To facilitate natural pollination, open the greenhouse during flowering to ensure air movement and attract bees for pollination. When there is wind outside, open the greenhouse. Honey-producing flowers can be planted between the rows to attract bees. Bee pollination increases yields by 40%.

Artificial pollination is carried out as follows. Inspect the flowers. A flower that has been pollinated will have petals curling back. If this is not the case and the ovary is not forming, the tomatoes need to be pollinated artificially. Pollination should be done early in the morning, as pollen ripened overnight is not damaged by the wind.

Pollination should be done with a brush. The brush transfers pollen from one flower to another. A battery-powered toothbrush can be used. The vibration will transfer the pollen from one plant to another. You can also shake each plant by its branches.

Some gardeners use a fan to create a breeze that pollinates the tomatoes. After this, it's important to maintain high humidity by spraying the plants with water.

To increase the yield and protect tomatoes from diseases, you can spray them with a solution of boric acid.