Can the Krasavchik tomato be not only a decoration for your garden, but also give a good harvest?

Tomato Handsome is grown by many gardeners. Against the general background of many cultures, hybrids have an undeniable advantage: being unpretentious in care, it gives a high yield. Even inexperienced gardeners will be able to delight themselves with fresh tomatoes, if they follow the rules of growing and caring for the crop.

In the article we will give the characteristics and description of the hybrid, we will list the pros and cons of this handsome tomato.

Description and indicators of productivity

Tomato Handsome f1 entered the register of breeding achievements in 2008. The hybrid does not require special attention in the care, while it gives a bountiful harvest. Differs in average terms of fruit ripening. It is recommended for cultivation in private household plots under film shelters.

The plant has the following characteristics:

1. The bush is tall, continues to elongate after the formation of inflorescences, reaches 1.5–2 m in height.
2. Fruits are collected on branches in bunches of 8-12 pieces.
3. Tomatoes ripen 100–115 days after planting.
4. It has dense and strong stems.
5. Shoots and foliage are pubescent on the front side and are painted in a rich green color.
6. The branches are spreading, for this reason, the plants need support and a mandatory garter.
7. Red fruits of round or cylindrical shape weigh 50-100 g each. They have dense and fleshy flesh with few seeds.
8. The skin is dense, without green spots at the stalk, does not crack or deform during transportation.

Important! Hybrid Handsome has high transportability. After harvesting, the fruits are easily stored for 2-3 weeks.

The marketable yield indicated in the State Register is 13.6 kg per sq. m.

Pros and cons of the variety

Like all garden crops, the Krasavchik hybrid has advantages and disadvantages. Reviews of gardeners who grew the Krasavchik hybrid show that the advantages of the tomato are still much greater than the disadvantages.

Positive traits:

• resistance to pests and diseases;
• high productivity;
• unpretentiousness;
• attractive presentation;
• tomatoes do not crack and do not have green spots;
• forms ovaries even in unfavorable climatic conditions;
• excellent taste of fruits;
• tolerates transportation well.

Disadvantages of culture:

• requires a garter and formation of bushes;
• cannot be propagated by seeds yourself.

How to grow a crop

The hybrid is suitable for cultivation in open ground and greenhouses. Sowing for seedlings is carried out 1.5-2 months before planting in a permanent place. The timing depends on the growing region, on average, seeds are planted in the last days of February or early March.

Seedling

For sowing, seedling cassettes or plastic cups are used; drainage holes are necessarily made in them to prevent moisture stagnation.

Instructions for growing seedlings:

1. Soak the seeds in 1% potassium permanganate solution for 30 minutes, then rinse them in running water.
2. Disinfect the containers and fill with a universal substrate for seedlings or a mixture made of sand and peat in a 1: 1 ratio.
3. Moisten the soil and plant one seed in each glass, pressing them into the ground 1 cm.
4. Cover the plantings with plastic wrap or a piece of glass to help maintain the required humidity and temperature.
5. Remove the greenhouse after the first shoots appear.
6. Water with a spray bottle to avoid damaging the young shoots.
7. After the formation of the first true leaves, proceed with hardening.To do this, lower the room temperature to 10-15 ° C during the day and 8-10 ° C at night for three days. Repeat the procedure periodically; in total, in such conditions, the seedlings should spend at least 2 weeks.

Transfer to the ground area

When growing tomatoes, choose a warm, sheltered area with good lighting.

Handsome's predecessors can be:

• cucumbers;
• onion;
• zucchini;
• cabbage.

But after pepper, eggplant and potatoes, it is better not to plant it. The garden bed is prepared in the fall. For this, the soil is dug to a depth of 10-15 cm, adding per 1 m2 of land:

• lime - 500-700 g;
• compost, bird droppings or peat - 5 kg;
• superphosphate - 50 g.

Such fertilizers reduce the acidity of the soil and saturate it with useful substances. In the spring, it will be enough just to dig up the bed, breaking all the lumps and removing weeds. Transplanted into greenhouse or open ground at the end of May or the first decade of June according to the following algorithm:

1. Dig the planting holes at a distance of 40-50 cm from each other, and then pour them abundantly with water.
2. Place the plants in the prepared holes, press the root system with earth so that it is directed to the bottom.
3. Dig in the bushes, water the plants, and sprinkle dry soil on the near-stem circle.

Reference. Experienced gardeners recommend picking off the lower leaves from tomatoes before planting and burying them in the soil to half the stem.

Care

The soil between the plants is loosened every two weeks. Water as the soil dries up, about 1 liter of water is poured under one bush. The procedure is recommended to be carried out in the afternoon, when the sun is not so bright.

Don't forget about feeding. Hybrid Handsome is fertilized according to the following scheme:

1. First feeding- 10-12 days after the transplant. In 10 liters of water, 20 g of superphosphate is diluted, as well as 1 liter of mullein or slurry. One bucket of solution is enough for 10 bushes.
2. Second and third feeding produced by mineral fertilizers. 15 g of potassium salt, 20 g of superphosphate and 10 g of ammonium nitrate are added per 1 m2.

Attention! Top dressing is applied at intervals of two weeks.

When caring for a hybrid, a bush is formed. To do this, dry leaves are regularly removed, and after the plant reaches 1.5 m in height, pinch the top.

Bushes are tied to pegs or a wire stretched along the rows. Stakes are placed on the north side of the row at a distance of 10 cm from the plants. Tomatoes are attached to the pegs in three steps:

• immediately after transplanting to the site, not far from the first leaf;
• as the bush grows, first at the level of the second brush, and then the third.

Reference! To increase the yield, experienced gardeners recommend forming the Handsome bushes into one stem, leaving 2-3 brushes.

Prevention of diseases and pests

Plants of this hybrid are endowed with resistance to the following diseases:

• cladosporiosis;
• fusarium;
• tobacco mosaic.

To prevent fungal and viral infections, gardeners treat the soil with boric acid, and seeds, planting containers and tools - with a solution of potassium permanganate.

Often pests can be found on tomatoes. They love to feast on the foliage and stems of Handsome:

• aphid;
• ants;
• Colorado beetles.

To protect bushes from diseases and pests, do not forget about agricultural practices:

1. Before planting, treat the bed with a solution of 6 ml "Fitosporin" and 1 bucket of water. This volume is enough for watering 1 sq. m of land.
2. Do not neglect dressing.
3. Remove weeds regularly.
4. Avoid thickening of the landings.
5. Follow the norms and schedule watering.
6. Spray the bushes with a potassium permanganate solution once a month.
7. Change the planting site every 2-4 years, and in greenhouses, replace the old soil with new one every year.
8. Treat plants with special prophylactic agents: "Raek" and "Gumat" have proven themselves well.

For prevention purposes, folk remedies are also used:

1. Grind a piece of laundry soap (200 g), combine with 20 g of baking soda and dissolve in 5 liters of water.Process all the bushes with the resulting solution.
2. Mix 5 l of water and 0.5 l of whey, then spray the plants.
3. Chop three to four heads of garlic on a fine grater or in a meat grinder, pour 4 liters of water and leave for 3 days. Use the product for spraying tomatoes and cultivating the soil.
4. Nettle-based infusion will help increase the immunity of tomatoes. To prepare it, you need to grind the grass and fill half of the bucket with it, then fill it to the brim with boiling water. The product is left to ferment in a warm place for 5 days. The finished infusion is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 and poured over the plants under the root. A liter of the product is poured under one bush.

Reviews of gardeners

Anna Ivanovna, Lipetsk: “I have been growing the handsome man for more than one year. The hybrid produces large and beautiful fruits with a uniform color. They lie very well, do not deteriorate for several weeks. Tomatoes are great for preparing preparations for the winter. "

Igor, Tomsk: Hybrid Krasavchik pleased me with the taste of the fruit and the long shelf life. I grow it in a greenhouse, I form a bush into one stem, then more fruits are tied on the branches. Tomatoes ripen dense, bright red, as in the photo from the package of seeds. "

Alexander Sergeevich, Yekaterinburg: “Handsome f1 really pleases with delicious fruits that do not crack and tolerate transportation well. But it seemed to me that its yield cannot be called high, it is rather average. "

Conclusion

Hybrid Handsome f1 will not cause trouble even for novice gardeners, and a rich harvest will delight the whole family. Juicy tomatoes are used for salting for the winter or vitamin salads are prepared from fresh fruits. Subject to the rules of agricultural technology and formation in one stem, the yield increases.

A hybrid resistant to the main diseases of tomatoes does not require special attention. The main thing is to water on time, fight weeds and take preventive measures against diseases and pests.