Tomato Geranium Kiss: description, cultivation, reviews

The article presents the tomato Geranium Kiss: description of the variety, planting, cultivation, reviews.

Most tomato growers exchange tomato seeds with each other. Every gardener keen on planting tomato plants has his own website where he sells tomato seeds. There is no over-grading when buying on sites. Tomatoes are completely the same as in the descriptive description. But there is one "but" - plants can manifest themselves in a different way. And the seller is not to blame here. The type of soil and climate are different for everyone. And this must be taken into account. The purchased seeds are checked for years. If the variety grows successfully on the site, then it begins to grow on an ongoing basis.

Tomato growers can be so crazy about their business that they are looking for new tomato products in all countries, testing tomatoes, and distributing new varieties throughout Russia. Just one of these tomato varieties is the Geranium Kiss tomato variety. A tomato with an unusual name differs in its characteristic features. Let's go straight to the study of the information.

Tomato Geranium Kiss: variety description

Geranium Kiss or Geranium Kiss was bred by Alan Capuler, a farmer from the American state of Oregon in 2008.

Characteristic of Tomato Kiss Geranium:

• Early maturing variety. Harvesting can be carried out 90 days after the seeds of the tomato Kiss Geranium were sown.
• The bush is compacted, in an open bed its height is 0.5 m, in greenhouse conditions - 1 m. The plant is determinant, it is not necessary to pinch.
• It grows well on the balcony in a 5-liter container.
• The tomato has thickened dark green leaves.
• Forms very large complex clusters, they can contain up to 100 tomatoes.
• The fruits are deep red in color, in the shape of an oval, there is a small nose. The average weight of the fruit is 40 g. This variety is one of the cocktail cherry species.
• Taste qualities of tomatoes are excellent, few seeds are formed.
• A variety of universal use. Fruits are eaten fresh, pickled, salted.
• This species has a younger brother - "Little Geranium Kiss". Their differences are only in height. The brother's height is no more than 30 cm, this is a superdeterminant. This small tomato is simply made for balcony cultivation.
  Geranium Kiss has a strong immunity to common nightshade diseases.
• In the south, the seeds of the variety can be sown directly into open soil that has warmed up. In other regions, the seeds of the tomato Kiss Geranium go to seedlings first.

Tomato Geranium Kiss: a description of planting in open soil

Tomato Geranium Kiss: a description of planting in open soil

You can sow dry seeds, then the seedlings will sprout after 8-10 days. If the seeds are germinated in advance, then the seedlings will appear on the 4th day.
Sprouted seeds need to be sown only in a heated soil, in an unheated one, they will die, the seedlings will not sprout.

I am going to prepare in advance. Then mark the pits on it according to the standard: row spacing - 60 cm, row spacing - 40 cm.Deep the seeds by 1 cm, compact the soil with your palm, for better contact. The soil must be moist. Watering before the seedlings sprout should not be carried out, as a crust may form, because its sprouts will not break through. Place 3 seeds in each hole.

Excessive sprouted seedlings must be cut off, leaving only the strongest sprouts.Do not pull out! Otherwise, thin roots may be damaged.
Summer in southern latitudes will help the seeds to realize their full potential. You can try planting seeds in an open bed in mid-latitudes, but prepare an insulated bed in the fall. Immediately after the snow has melted, you need to cover the bed with a film material so that the soil warms up.

The sown seeds must be covered in case of repeated frosts and sudden cold weather. Well, if you do not want to risk it, then we plant the seedlings first.

Geranium kiss tomato: photo, growing seedlings

Geranium kiss tomato: photo

The determinants are planted in a permanent place after repeated frosts have ended. For this reason, seeds are sown for seedlings in the last days of March or even in the first days of April.

Working process:

• First, it is necessary to pickle the seeds in a 1% solution of potassium permanganate or in a 2% solution of hydrogen peroxide, it must be heated to 43 degrees. Withstand: in potassium permanganate - 20 minutes, in hydrogen peroxide - 8 minutes.
  Soak seeds in a growth promoter. For example, "Zircon", "Epin", "Immunocytophyte". Follow the instructions strictly.
• Germinate seeds. This business is carried out using cotton pads soaked in warm water. To create a greenhouse effect, the container with disks is covered with polyethylene, which is removed 1 time / day for a short period of time in order to air the seeds. Sow seeds as soon as they bite. The roots should not exceed 1-2 mm in length, because they should not break during sowing.
• Sowing seeds takes place in containers with soil for planting tomatoes. It is recommended to carry out this process with tweezers so as not to harm the roots. Sow 2x2 cm. To create a greenhouse effect, the container should be covered with polyethylene and placed where it is warm. Seeds germination takes quite a long time, here you need to wait.
• As soon as the first shoots appear, the "greenhouse" must be removed, the container must be placed in a lighted place, the temperature conditions must be lowered by 2-3 degrees within 4-5 days.
  In the future, the optimal temperature conditions will be 18 degrees at night and 22 degrees during the day.
  When the seedlings already have 2 true leaves, they need to be picked in individual 0.5-liter containers. Transplanted seedlings are protected from direct sunlight for 3-4 days.
• Watering with lukewarm water is carried out if the surface layer of the earth is dry.
• Tomatoes are fed 2 times. A weak solution of the complete mineral complex is required to contain the trace elements. Before planting the seedlings, hardening procedures are carried out, they are accustomed to the climate of open beds.

Planting seedlings

Seedlings are planted in an open bed if the soil has warmed up to 15 degrees. At this point, repeated frosts are no longer threatened. When planting seedlings, find cover from the film for a while. After all, this is the Russian climate, it can be cold at night, although it was unbearably hot during the day. If at night the temperature drops to less than 14 degrees, then that's it, the tomatoes are in a stressful situation. The growth of the bushes will slow down. For this reason, at night it is better to make a film shelter stretched over arcs, do not be lazy. In wet and not very warm seasons, often in mid-latitudes, the shelter can be left in the daytime. This can save tomatoes from a disease called late blight.

Tomato Variety Care Geranium Kiss

• Every week it is necessary to water it with lukewarm water before the plants begin to bloom and 2 times / 7 days when flowering begins. Moisture requires such a volume that could wet the entire root system. Water only with the root method, do not touch the leaves. If the time is rainy, irrigation is corrected, look at the amount of precipitation.
• You need to feed well.The roots of transplanted tomatoes do not go deeper than 0.5 m, but they creep under the ground throughout the garden bed. For this reason, when applying top dressing, it is necessary to fertilize the entire soil surface. Top dressing should be applied 1 time / 10 days. When the green mass builds up, the tomatoes need more nitrogen-containing fertilizers. When plants begin to bloom, especially to bear fruit, potash fertilization is required. A large amount of potassium is also needed when the tomatoes are ripe. Here is an approximate proportion of nutrients: 1 part nitrogen, 0.5 part phosphorus, 1.8 parts potassium. You also need calcium, magnesium, boron, iron, manganese, copper, zinc. A complex of minerals for feeding tomatoes contains all the elements that are required, for example, "Zdraven".
• It is necessary to mulch the ridges. Mulching products: hay, dry grass; A 10 cm layer of cut grass, which has wilted, without seeds, will save the soil from overheating, keep it hydrated and resist the growth of weeds.
  With good agricultural technology, the yield of tomato Kiss Geranium will definitely be high. And summer salads, and twists will also be.

Tomato Geranium Kiss: reviews

Alexander, 50 years old, Rostov-on-Don: “I love to do experiments in the field of growing tomato novelties. I order them specially from breeders. I love exotics, so I'm planting a new one. This season I planted the Geranium Kiss variety. Naturally, at first the name was interested. Unusual. I read the testimonial and decided to plant it. Expectations exceeded themselves: large tassels of flowers initially covered the bushes, and then they turned into huge clusters of tomatoes. I counted, of course: one brush had 80 fruits, the other - 75, and the largest - 92 fruits !!! That's how they kissed me! "

Anna Sergeevna, 64 years old, Moscow region: “I don’t have a plot, but there is a loggia facing the south side. Cucumbers and tomatoes have been grown there for many years. Tested different varieties for balconies. For a couple of years now I have been planting Geranium Kiss. The bushes are decorative, when they bloom, and when the fruits ripen, it's generally a sight for sore eyes! I don’t do any blanks, the tomatoes fly away for salads ”.

Tomato Geranium Kiss: video