Description of Sweet Million cherry tomatoes and tips for growing hybrid tomatoes

The Sweet Million tomato is distinguished by its unusual appearance and high yield. This variety is a type of tiny cherry tomato popular worldwide and an essential part of the most exquisite dishes. Russian gardeners can easily grow these tomatoes in their plots. The Sweet Million variety boasts high yields. Furthermore, the appearance of the bush itself and the fruits on it resembles a miniature grape vine. The tomatoes cover the tall bushes in clusters from top to bottom.

What is a Sweet Million tomato?

Characteristics and description of the variety:

1. This tomato is an F1 hybrid. Saving the seeds for planting next season is not recommended. However, this hybrid variety is resistant to common diseases and produces an excellent harvest.
2. The plant is indeterminate, meaning its growth is unlimited. The bushes can reach up to 2.5 meters. They are best trained to a trellis—a structure that supports the plant. The bush is usually trained into two stems. The inflorescences are simple. The leaves are dark green.
3. A better harvest can be achieved by growing tomatoes in a greenhouse. However, this variety is also suitable for planting outdoors. It is easy to care for.
4. The yield is high: about 12 kg of tomatoes are harvested from 1 m².
5. The variety ripens quite early. After the seedlings emerge, it takes 100 days to produce its first fruits. Gardeners can harvest the crop as early as July.

Everyone who planted Sweet Million tomatoes was pleased with the results. The plant produces a prolific crop of fruits. A single plant produces between 100 and 300 small tomatoes. They grow in clusters like grapes, covering the entire plant.

The fruits are small, neat, and perfectly shaped. Each tomato weighs between 15 and 30 grams. The color is a rich red. The skin is smooth, dense, and glossy. The flesh is moderately sweet and juicy, with a piquant tartness. Sweet Million tomatoes store well. To ensure this, they need comfortable conditions. The temperature in the room where the tomato boxes are stored should be no higher than 8°C and no lower than 1°C.

The Sweet Million variety is versatile in cooking. They're used to garnish delicacies and are eaten whole as a snack. They're also used in a variety of dishes:

1. Assorted canapes.
2. Salads.
3. Sauces for pizza and spaghetti.
4. Tomato soup.
5. They are baked and stewed as a side dish.
6. They are preserved and pickled.

How to grow tomatoes?

This variety has a high seed germination rate. Before sowing, it's best to soak the seeds in a potassium permanganate solution. Then rinse and dry. It's recommended to soak the seeds in a growth stimulator. Afterward, plant them in prepared and fertilized soil.

When the first strong leaves appear in the boxes, the plant can be transplanted into individual cups. The seedlings should be hardened off by ventilating the room or taking the cups outside.

The seedlings are transplanted into the greenhouse approximately 60 days after germination. They are transplanted into the open ground a little later. The seedlings take root well. Before planting, gardeners dig the soil, remove roots and weeds, and add fertilizer, compost, and ash. Follow the planting recommendations: 3-4 plants per square meter. To allow more room for the root system, avoid planting too closely.

The bushes are formed into two stems. Excess leaves are removed. The plant should be pruned as needed. This is done to prevent the plant from wasting excess energy. All energy will be directed to the remaining stems and fruits.

Watering is done daily. The plant requires plenty of moisture. The soil under the bush is loosened periodically. Throughout the season, the bushes are fertilized and treated for pests. Green caterpillars and slugs should be prevented from spreading on the plants. To prevent mold and fungal diseases, vegetable growers regularly ventilate the greenhouse.

Gardeners' reviews of this variety are mostly positive. Experienced gardeners advise paying attention to the prevention of surface rot in tomatoes. It occurs due to a lack of moisture. If the disease has already appeared, it's easy to control. However, this should be done in the early stages. To grow healthy tomatoes, use high-quality insecticides.

If you don't tie the tomato plant to a trellis, it will twine along the ground, gradually forming a perfect circle. The ring's diameter reaches 1.5 m. Fruit will cover this green hoop.

This variety bears fruit for a long time. Plot owners harvest the fruit from July or early August until frost. Tomatoes on the same branch ripen simultaneously. This characteristic of tomatoes is called "even ripening."

It takes over half an hour to fill a 5-liter bucket of Sweet Million tomatoes. Medium-sized tomatoes take no more than 10-15 minutes to fill the same container.

From 100 to 300 fruits can ripen on one bush at the same time.

Sweet Million tomatoes produce beneficial substances, which help fight various types of cancer. Eating tomatoes can also significantly lower cholesterol levels.