What yield can you expect from a honey tomato in the open field?

Pink-fruited tomatoes are always popular: they are juicy, with a pleasant sweetish taste, and they look appetizing. Salads from such fruits are especially tasty. Pink tomatoes have a beneficial effect on hormones, metabolism and human immunity.

There are dozens of varieties with pink berries, but lovers of tomatoes with an unusual aftertaste will surely like Honey tomato. Why this variety is so attractive and what are the nuances of its cultivation, read on.

General description of the variety

Honey tomato is a variety bred by the Demetra agricultural firm (Barnaul).

Honey tomatoes are considered large-fruited... On average, the berries on a bush reach 500 g. They have a rich raspberry-pink color, the shape of such tomatoes is round and flattened. The taste of the fruit is intense sweet with a honey aftertaste, the pulp is tender and juicy.

The variety is classified as salad... It is not suitable for preservation due to its large size and for freezing due to its high juiciness. But sauces and juices from such berries are especially tasty and aromatic.

Variety resistant to cold snaps, not susceptible to temperature changes... Honey has good resistance to tomato diseases. However, it needs regular treatment with prophylactic agents.

Main characteristics

Tomato Honey will differ not only in pleasant taste, but also in high yield... Even a novice gardener can handle its cultivation.

The characteristics and description of the honey tomato variety are given in the table:

Features of cultivation in different regions

Honey tomato is suitable for growing in all regions of Russia:

• in the southern and central regions, tomatoes of this variety are grown both in open ground and in greenhouses. Often they are planted under film shelters;
• in the northern regions Honey is planted in greenhouses. In greenhouses, it shows the best yield.

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Advantages and disadvantages of honey tomato

The advantages of the variety:

• immunity to tomato diseases;
• high productivity;
• large-fruited;
• resistance to temperature fluctuations;
• rich sweet-honey taste of fruits;
• unpretentious care.

Among the disadvantages are the need for a garter and the formation of a bush.

Tomato agricultural technology

It is not difficult to grow honeyed tomatoes. Even a novice gardener can handle this.

Like other mid-ripening tomatoes, in our country Honey is grown in seedlings. In this case, the fruits have time to ripen before frost.

Growing seedlings

Seeds for seedlings are sown in early March... In the northern regions, seedlings begin to grow at the end of March.

Before you start sowing seeds, you should prepare them.

There are 3 stages of planting material processing:

1. Seeds are tested for germination. They are soaked for half an hour in a salt solution. Floated specimens are thrown away, and those that have sunk to the bottom are collected and used for planting.
2. The seeds are soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate prepared from 1 g of powder and 100 ml of water. After half an hour, they are washed under running water.
3. Stimulates the germination of planting material. The seeds are soaked in purchased ("Epin", "Humat Nariya") or homemade (honey water, aloe juice) means.

Soil for tomatoes is bought in stores or prepared independently... In the first case, they buy universal mixtures for peppers, tomatoes and zucchini. In the second, the following ingredients are mixed:

• peat, humus and black soil in equal proportions;
• sand and peat in equal proportions;
• black soil and coconut substrate in equal proportions.

The soil is calcined in the oven, poured with boiling water or a solution of potassium permanganate. These measures will destroy disease-causing microbes.

Containers for sowing seeds are also disinfected: soaked for half an hour in a solution of potassium permanganate. Soil is poured into seedling boxes so that 1-2 cm remain to the edge. Seeds are laid on the soil in rows, leaving a distance of 2-3 cm between them. The planting material is sprinkled with a centimeter layer of soil.

The soil is moistened with a spray bottle warm water. The boxes are covered with foil and placed in a warm place. When the first shoots appear, the film is removed. The boxes are placed on the windowsill.

Council. In spring, seedlings often lack sunlight. To solve this problem, a fluorescent lamp is used.

Water the seedlings as the soil dries... This is done carefully so that the liquid does not get on the ground part of the plants. Only warm, settled water is used for irrigation.

Tomatoes dive after the first true leaves appear... They are carefully removed from the box and seated in individual pots. A drainage layer is poured at the bottom of the containers.

Two weeks after the pick, the seedlings are watered and fed for the first time. As a top dressing, biohumus or compositions intended for tomato seedlings are used. After another two weeks, fertilizer is reapplied.

14 days before disembarkation of seedlings to a permanent place, they begin to temper it. The first time the plants are taken out on the balcony or outside for 30 minutes. Then for 1 hour. So the residence time of tomatoes in the fresh air is gradually increased to 16 hours.

3-5 days before the pick tomatoes in open ground they are watered and fed. Fertilizers are used, which contain phosphorus.

Landing in open ground

Tomatoes are planted in open ground in the second half of May... In the southern regions, landing is possible at the end of April. The main thing is that by this time the soil temperature at a depth of 15 cm should not be lower than 14 ° C.

Tomato beds should be chosen correctly, namely:

1. Tomatoes should not grow on one bed for more than three years. Tomatoes are also not planted on the site where other nightshade crops grew before. Tomatoes are planted on such beds no earlier than 3 years later.
2. Tomatoes are a light-loving culture. Their taste directly depends on the amount of sun. For this culture, a well-lit area of ​​the garden is chosen.
3. Potatoes are not planted near tomatoes. It attracts pests to plants.

Prepare soil for tomatoes in advance... To do this, it is dug up and cleaned of plant residues. In the fall, 1 sq. m make 5 kg of manure. If the acidity of the soil is increased, it is lowered by adding ash. In the spring, the land is cleared of weeds and leveled with a rake, watered with copper sulfate.

The holes are dug in rows in a checkerboard pattern. For 1 sq. m place 3-4 plants... 1 tbsp is poured into the bottom of the hole. l ash or granular fertilizers of long-term effect. One plant is placed in each cavity. The wells are covered with soil, which is compacted. Plants are watered, spending 1 liter of warm settled water for each plant.

Adult plant care

When planting tomatoes in open ground the first two weeks at night, the beds are covered with foilso that the plants do not die from frost.

Tied up honey tomatoes... As they grow, the bushes are attached to a wooden support with synthetic thread.

Form tomatoes into 1-3 stalks... The more stems remain, the more abundant the harvest will be, but the smaller the tomatoes will be.

It is interesting. Reviews suggest that the first tomatoes are the largest.

When pinching tomatoes, remove excess leaves... Harvest greens to the first brush. The procedure is carried out once a week in the early morning or at sunset. In one session, no more than three sheets are ripped off.

Water the tomatoes as the soil dries... Use 2 liters of water per plant. In the greenhouse, the soil is moistened once a week, and in the open field - 2-3 times. After each watering and rain, the soil is loosened. This procedure allows you to destroy the earth crust and restore air exchange in the roots. Experienced gardeners mulch the beds. Straw, hay or humus are used as mulch that will protect the roots from pests and adverse environmental conditions.

When growing tomatoes in a greenhouse Ventilate the room daily to maintain optimum humidity.

Note!During flowering, tomato bushes are shaken regularly to help pollination.

Tomatoes should be fed regularly... 3-4 dressings are made per season. Complex mineral or organic fertilizers are used. Ammonium nitrate, mullein, Superphosphate, chicken droppings, etc. are added to the soil.

Plants also sprayed with foliar dressing... Use means that include boron.

Prevention of diseases and pests

Honey tomato has high immunity to many tomato diseases... But there are still cases of infection of tomatoes of this variety.

To get a good harvest, it is important to follow the rules of prevention.:

1. All tools that will interact with tomato beds are disinfected. Planting material, soil and containers should be processed.
2. Weeds and cultivated plants should not remain on tomato beds - they can contain spores of fungi and viruses.
3. Maintain optimal humidity in tomato beds and greenhouses. Both increased and decreased rates are ideal conditions for the development of infections.
4. Step-sonny plants, strictly following the rules of this procedure. Incorrectly broken off stepchildren increase the likelihood of plant infection.
5. Honey is sprayed with a solution of potassium permanganate. This will prevent the fungus from damaging the plants.
6. Insects carry pathogens and damage plants. To protect against them, tomatoes are sprayed with a decoction of wormwood or dandelion (3 parts of boiling water are taken for one part of the grass, the mixture is used after cooling). A solution made from a bar of laundry soap and dissolved in a bucket of water will help get rid of aphids. Used for processing tomatoes and chemicals, for example, "Aktofit", "Aktotsid", "On the spot".
7. On cloudy days, it is recommended to collect not only ripe, but also large green fruits. This will reduce the likelihood of plant infection with late blight.
8. The tomato beds are regularly inspected. Diseased plants are removed, insects are harvested by hand.

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Reviews of gardeners

Reviews of honey tomato are mostly positive... This is a tasty and aromatic tomato that is easy to grow.

Oksana, Nikopol: “I have been growing a honey tomato for the third year. I plant in open ground at the end of April. Form into 2 stems. The yield of this tomato is excellent. From 1 sq. m collecting at least 2 buckets of fruit. The tomatoes taste sweet and juicy. There really is a honey flavor. The fruits are large and beautiful, as in the photo ".

Elena, Sochi: “Honey Tomato is my favorite rosaceous variety. Very fruitful and very tasty. Produces large berries with a honey aroma. Ideal for preparing salads. I form tomatoes in 1 stem. So the fruits are larger. The largest tomato of this variety, which I have grown, weighed 780 g. I use the seeds from fruits ripened on the bush for planting. I just collect them at the end of summer, peel them from the pulp and dry them ".

Conclusion

Tomato Honey will appeal to lovers of pink-fruited tomatoes. Beautiful and large pink berries ripen on it. They have a sweet taste with an unusual honey aroma. Ideal for salads.

It is easy to grow such tomatoes. They are famous for their resistance to temperature extremes and strong immunity to the main diseases of the nightshade. Novice gardeners will cope with the variety without much difficulty.