We would like to recommend an excellent variety that can be grown in greenhouses and open ground until autumn, to all summer residents living in the central regions of Russia and its more southern parts.
This guest from Holland named "Richie", though not a record holder in crops, will delight you with his taste and fast ripening.
Read in our article a complete description of the variety, get acquainted with its characteristics and characteristics of cultivation, the ability to resist diseases.
Richie Tomatoes: variety description
Grade name | Richie |
general description | Early ripe determinant variety of tomatoes |
Originator | Holland |
Ripening | 80-95 days |
The form | Rounded |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 90-120 grams |
Application | Versatile, good for whole canning |
Yield varieties | 1-1,5 kg from a bush |
Features of growing | Requires shaping and tying |
Disease resistance | Resistant to major diseases of tomatoes |
Tomato "Richie" f1, variety description: this is a very early ripe tomato, it takes 80-95 days from transplanting to first fruits. Plant short 50-70 cm. According to the type of bush, the standard, determinant. About indeterminantny grades read in this article. "Richie" is recommended for growing in greenhouses, greenhouses and under film, but successfully grows in open ground, some try to grow on the balconies of city apartments. This tomato has a very high degree of protection against fungal diseases. It has the same hybrids F1.
Ripe fruits of red color and rounded shape. Tomatoes small from 90 to 120 gr. The number of chambers 2-3, the solids content of about 5%. The collected fruits can be stored for a very long time and perfectly tolerate long-distance transportation. For these qualities they are loved not only by gardeners, but also by farmers.
You can compare the weight of tomatoes of this variety with others in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight (grams) |
Richie | 90-120 |
Russian size | 650-2000 |
Andromeda | 70-300 |
Grandma's Gift | 180-220 |
Gulliver | 200-800 |
American ribbed | 300-600 |
Nastya | 150-200 |
Yusupovskiy | 500-600 |
Dubrava | 60-105 |
Grapefruit | 600-1000 |
Golden anniversary | 150-200 |
How to grow a lot of tasty tomatoes in the open field? How to get good yields all year round in greenhouses?
Country of breeding and growing regions
This hybrid was bred in Holland in 2000. State registration as a hybrid variety for film shelters received in 2010. "Richie" almost immediately found fans among both amateurs and farmers.
Growing a tomato "Richie" f1 in the south can be produced in unprotected soil, this will not affect the yield and incidence of the plant. In the regions of the middle band is better to cover the film. In more northern areas grows well in greenhouses.
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Specifications
Tomatoes hybrid "Richie" is very well suited for whole-canning. Your taste perfectly complement any dish. They also make a very tasty and healthy juice, for lecho and mashed potatoes are also very good.
With good greenhouse conditions, this species gives 1–1.5 kg per bush, with a planting density of 7–8 plants per square meter, up to 10 kg is obtained, in open ground the yield is slightly lower. This is a very modest figure.
Compare the yield of Richie with other varieties can be in the table below:
Grade name | Yield |
Richie | 1-1,5 kg from a bush |
De barao giant | 20-22 kg from a bush |
Polbyg | 4 kg per square meter |
Sweet bunch | 2.5-3.2 kg per square meter |
Red bunch | 10 kg from a bush |
Summer resident | 4 kg from a bush |
Fat jack | 5-6 kg from a bush |
Pink Lady | 25 kg per square meter |
Countryman | 18 kg from a bush |
Batyana | 6 kg from a bush |
Golden anniversary | 15-20 kg per square meter |
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of varieties of tomato "Richie" include its quality and transportability, they are very high. As well as disease resistance and early maturity. Some lovers say that it can be grown on the balcony.
The main advantages of the "guest from Holland" include:
- early ripeness;
- the ability to grow at home;
- high immunity;
- good taste
The disadvantages include not very high yield and moodiness to external conditions, such as temperature, watering and fertilizing.
Features of growing
Although the bush is not high, it is better to tie it up, and strengthen the branches with supports. It is necessary to form in three or four stems, if grown on the balcony, then in two. This variety is quite picky about the mode of irrigation and lighting.
Reacts very well to complex feeding at all stages of growth.
Read on our site all about fertilizers for tomatoes:
- Organic, mineral, phosphoric, ready, TOP best.
- Yeast, iodine, ash, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, boric acid.
- For seedlings, foliar, when picking.
You should also pay attention to the fact that the tomato grows better on neutral soils, on acidic it can lose yield. On our site you will find a series of articles on this topic. Read about what types of soil for tomato exist, which soil is more suitable for seedlings, and which for adult plants in greenhouses, how to independently make up a soil mix, how to prepare soil in a greenhouse for spring plantings.
How to build a greenhouse for tomatoes with glass and aluminum and a mini-greenhouse for seedlings?
Diseases and pests
Ritchie's tomato variety has earned its popularity due to its resistance to diseases, but this does not mean that we can forget about prevention. To support the plant in a healthy form, it is necessary to comply with the irrigation regime, fertilize the soil and loosen it in time. This will help to avoid many troubles.
In very rare cases, root rot may be affected. They combat this disease by loosening the soil, reducing watering and mulching. Chemicals are not used.
In our articles, you can read in detail about such common diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses as Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticilliasis, Phytophlorosis and measures to combat them. And also how to protect plants from phytophthora and varieties that do not have it.
When grown in open ground, the most frequent pest of this type of tomato is the Colorado potato beetle, it can cause irreparable harm to the plant.
Pests are harvested by hand, after which the plants are treated with the drug "Prestige". Also, this plant can affect aphids and thrips, the drug "Bison" is used against them.
To get a good harvest, growing this species, you must try, it is more suitable for experienced gardeners, but the early harvest and its taste will be a great reward for all the work, you will succeed. Good luck!
We also bring to your attention articles on tomato varieties with different ripening terms:
Medium early | Middle late | Mid-season |
New Transnistria | Abakansky pink | Hospitable |
Pullet | French grapevine | Red pear |
Sugar giant | Yellow banana | Chernomor |
Torbay | Titanium | Benito F1 |
Tretyakovsky | Slot f1 | Paul Robson |
Black Crimea | Volgogradsky 5 95 | Raspberry elephant |
Chio Chio San | Krasnobay f1 | Mashenka |