Unusual tomato with juicy pulp and excellent taste - "Cornabel f1"

Everyone has long been accustomed to the variety of tomato colors. Red, orange, yellow and brown tomatoes have become commonplace. Round, flattened and elongated in the form of a plum tomato shape is also not surprising. But the French breeders of the Vilmorin company have developed a new unusual form of tomato - Cornabel f1.

Description of the hybrid

Cornabel f1 is a tomato shaped like a bell pepper. From a distance or in a photo, you can even confuse them with pepper.

Distinctive features

A distinctive feature is not only the shape of the tomato, but also its belonging to indeterminate varieties. These are varieties that are constantly growing throughout the season. Since the bushes grow tall, they need to be shaped and tied up.

Fruit characteristics and yield

The harvest from such a powerful bush will be much larger than from an ordinary one. This variety is characterized by increased fertility. Tomatoes grow in clusters of 5-7 pieces. Fruits are 12-15 cm long.

The average weight of one tomato is 0.2 kg, especially large ones can weigh about 0.5 kg.

Despite the fact that the fruits themselves are dense like peppers, their flesh is juicy and sweet. The core is fleshy. The yield from one bush can reach 5 kg.

How to grow seedlings

Cornabel tomatoes are grown both in the garden and in greenhouses.

Seedlings are grown in the same way as for conventional tomato varieties.

Seed preparation

Since this is the first generation of the hybrid, the seeds must be purchased from specialized stores. Before sowing, the seeds are soaked in water for 20 minutes. The floating seeds are harvested, and the rest are used for sowing. You can hold the seeds in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection.

Before planting, the seeds are germinated a little. To do this, put wet gauze or cotton wool in a plate, spread seeds on it with a thin layer and cover with wet gauze. As soon as the seeds hatch, you can start planting.

Capacity and soil

Seeds ready for planting can be planted in convenient containers or directly into the soil. For planting, you can take not very deep plastic containers or wooden boxes. Seeds are planted in a soil prepared in advance and fertilized with organic matter. You can add saltpeter and a little superphosphate to the soil.

Sowing

The term for sowing tomato seeds is the end of February - March. This is done 50-60 days before planting in open ground. The seeds hatched on gauze are placed to a depth of 2 cm and covered with a thin layer of damp earth.

The containers with the planted seeds are covered with foil and placed in a warm and bright place. After the seeds sprout and appear from the ground, the film can be removed.

Growing and care

After the appearance of two leaves, the seedlings are picked into pots with a capacity of at least 0.5 liters. A single planted seedling will grow larger and more vigorously. Seedlings in pots should be kept only before flowering.

Before transplanting into open ground, the sprouts are hardened. For this, the seedlings are placed briefly at night on the balcony or in front of an open window. Immediately before planting, leave for the whole night. Tomato seedlings can be planted in open ground when the ground warms up to 15 degrees by 10 cm in depth. This happens around May.

How to grow

When the sprouts are strong and reach a height of 30 cm, they can be transplanted into open ground. Before planting, the beds must be loosened and weeded from weeds. The area for tomatoes should be sunny.

Landing

In the area designated for planting, holes are made to a depth of 15 cm and spilled with water... Since the Kornabel f1 hybrid is in constant growth, the seedlings are planted 0.5 m from each other, and a gap of up to 1 meter is made between the rows. Thus, no more than two bushes should grow per 1 square meter.

Seedlings are carefully removed from the pots and placed in the wells prepared in advance. They fall asleep with earth, not pressing down on the soil so as not to spoil the roots. Pour warm water again.

Care

For active growth, tomatoes must be provided correct watering... When the seedlings have not yet matured, 0.5 liters of water is enough for each plant. As the bush grows, the amount of water increases. Water it with settled warm water. Watering in the sun is not allowed, as a burn will result on the leaves and stem.

The optimal time for watering is morning or evening. Watering is done as the earthen coma dries out. Excessive watering can lead to fungal diseases and black leg. Do not allow the soil to dry out. In this case, growth will stop and the plant will die.

The planted plants must be weeded regularly and fluffed up with an earthen lump. This will have a positive effect on the ventilation of the root section of the plant.

For the Cornabel variety, to form a beautiful bush, it is imperative to pinch off the extra stepsons... Weak branches will produce small fruits. The top of the bush also needs to be pinched for the growth of large side branches. The growth of the stepsons must be monitored constantly as the bush grows, since their growth weakens the mother bush, taking away nutrients from it. It is recommended to form the plant according to the two-stem system.

For this hybrid, a garter to the support is also necessary, since the bush grows tall and powerful and can simply collapse under the weight of the fruit. To do this, they dig in high supports and, as they grow, tie up the stem with soft ropes.

7 days after planting, the seedlings produce top dressing... The first feeding is done with a weak solution of chicken manure or cow dung. Subsequently, watering is carried out with a moderate content of mineral fertilizing. Excessive nitrogen content leads to abundant growth of greenery. An overabundance of potassium prevents the bush from absorbing calcium, and can increase the fruit mass so much that the growth of the bush itself will slow down.

Top dressing is carried out as soon as the color of the foliage begins to change and the stem slows down.

Do not forget about weeding regularly, because only in soft, loose soil can you achieve a good harvest. Weeds pull the minerals and organic matter necessary for tomatoes from the ground. Pests and harmful microorganisms appear on contaminated areas.

Features of cultivation and possible difficulties

Cornabel for open ground is grown by seedlings. Before the onset of stable heat at night, the seedlings are covered from hypothermia. Growing this hybrid is not very different from growing conventional tomato varieties. The difficulty lies only in the fact that the bush must be regularly formed and, as the stem grows, constantly tied to a support.

Diseases and pests

The hybrid has good resistance to diseases and pests. But if you violate the cultivation technique, diseases can occur - late blight, gray rot, black leg, mosaic of leaves, bacteriosis.

Late blight appears with increased dampness and lack of soil loosening. The appearance of gray rot is facilitated by fungi that are in the soil with high atmospheric humidity. Dampness is also the reason for the appearance of the black leg. The mosaic on the leaves is due to aphids. Most often this happens after a dive. The affected leaves must be plucked and destroyed.The bushes are treated with fungicides: Fundazol, Maxim, Barrier, Skor.

With rare weeding, plants are affected by pests such as: whitefly, spider mites, scoops, nematodes, caterpillars. In the fight against them, you can use the drugs Aktellik, Aktara, Bi 58-new.

The nuances of growing in open ground and in a greenhouse

For growing in a greenhouse, seedlings are prepared one and a half months earlier than for open ground. If the greenhouse is equipped with heating, seedlings can be planted as early as April.

In the event that a plastic film is used for shelter in the greenhouse, it is necessary to plant later - in early May. At the same time, seedlings are planted in polycarbonate greenhouses.

If in the greenhouse there is neither heating nor covering material, then planting is carried out at the end of May.

Despite the greenhouse conditions, the variety performs better outdoors.

Harvesting and application of the crop

Harvesting begins 2 months after planting seedlings. Cornabel belongs to high-yielding hybrids with a long term of fruit formation. Tomatoes are harvested as they ripen. During the season, up to 5 kg of harvest is removed from one bush.

The variety tolerates long-term transportation well. Keeps perfectly fresh in the refrigerator for about a month. Juices, all kinds of sauces, salads are made from tomatoes.

It is well subject to conservation, since the dense skin does not crack when flooded with boiling water. A tomato of such an unusual shape will always decorate a festive table.

Such fruits can be dried and dried. Sun-dried tomatoes are considered an expensive delicacy.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Advantages of the Cornabel variety:

• high productivity;
• unusual beautiful appearance;
• identical fruits of the correct shape;
• long ripening period of tomatoes;
• resistance to diseases and pests;
• Long-term portability and high-quality keeping quality;
• excellent taste.

Disadvantages include difficulties with bush formation and regular garters. And the second drawback is that you cannot grow a bush like the mother from the seeds obtained. Expensive seeds have to be bought in the store every season.

Farmers reviews

Svetlana: «Cornabel hybrid. Just a miracle tomato: both in taste and in color, and especially in yield. I planted only two bushes, a favorite for planting next year. "

Irina: “My Cornabel is also good, though I just started singing. Sowed on March 8. The hybrid is cool! "

Valentine: “The Cornabel tomatoes are really very good. Delicious, meaty. I don't have a greenhouse, so they grow well in the exhaust gas. "

Conclusion

Tomatoes of the French breeders Cornabel f1 are in great demand. With many advantages, this variety is excellent for growing in gardens and greenhouses.

A good harvest in all weather conditions, an unusual shape of the fruit and an unsurpassed taste - all this attracts tomato lovers all over the world.