Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Red date (yellow, orange, Siberian) F1, its yield

Hybrid Date red F1, variety description: medium late, refers to semi-determinant. This means that the main stem stops growing after 8 to 12 inflorescences have formed. The first inflorescence grows on the main stem above 7-9 leaves. Such plants have short internodes, that is, the distance between the brushes is 12 - 18 cm, while in indeterminate varieties it is 25 - 30 cm.

The bushes are up to 1.5 m in height, but they can grow more compact, up to 90 cm. The bushes are moderately leafy, 6 - 8 fruits ripen in a cluster.

The variety has a long fruiting period, the fruits are harvested from July to the end of September. The tomato is intended for planting in a greenhouse, in the southern regions it can be planted under film.

Fruits in the form of elongated ovals have a pointed tip. Fully ripe tomatoes are scarlet. The skin is dense, does not crack, because of this, they are easy to transport, tomatoes are perfectly stored. The mass of a medium-sized fruit is up to 20 g. The fruit tastes sweet, has a delicate aroma. Tomatoes are put in salads, canned, dried, used in diets and in baby food.

general information

Since the market is replete with bags of "dates", naturally people buy. Moreover, some sown seeds and grown plants give good yields of tasty and sweet tomatoes, which are quite suitable for vegetable growers, while others still have much to be desired.

Perhaps someday, they will conduct a variety trials and introduce such a "miracle" into the register, but for now we will be content with what the "folk craftsmen" have produced in the field of seed packing.

Culture care

To obtain a bountiful harvest, you must adhere to the rules of caring for a hybrid variety.

• Regular watering. It is best to perform the procedure after sunset with warm and settled water. This procedure is especially important during flowering, ovary and fruit growth.
• Fertilization. The culture responds especially well to organic fertilizers, which include chicken manure, previously dissolved in water. At the end of flowering, nitrogen is removed from the dressings to improve crop productivity.
• Pruning. Shrub formation involves pruning off excess shoots. This procedure prevents excessive thickening of the plants.

  

Description of the series

If you consider all the possible options for date tomatoes on the market, then you can find common features for the entire series:

• Small fruit (up to 50 g);
• Oval, ovoid or obovate;
• Abundance of fruits;
• Semi-determinantism is the indeterminacy of the vegetative form.

Grown date tomato bushes, if you are lucky enough to become the owner of good seeds, can amaze and delight the grower with the beauty of their bush. Red and yellow candle tomatoes hang in clusters from low-leafed bushes.

These tomatoes are also good in a tin can. Vegetable growers who love exotic and know a lot about cooking, are constantly in search of interesting forms, and in this regard, dates are quite appropriate.

These varieties are also popular in Europe. Although they are not called dates, small, oval, cocktail tomatoes are present at any meal.

A vegetable plate with colorful tomatoes can be a decoration for any table.Having picked up very small tomatoes, you can combine them with olives and olives, which also looks interesting.

Children like these small tomatoes, both raw and canned.

"Date red"

The small-fruited red tomato has come to the taste of vegetable growers.

Characteristics and description

who introduced this "date" to the market describes the hybrid as semi-determinate. However, the tomato red date f1 in the reviews is listed as tall, indeterminate, reaching heights of 180, or even more centimeters. Some, describing these tomatoes, compare them with the octopus tomato.

Describing the form, it should be said that it is not unambiguous. One bush, and even one tomato bunch, can bear fruits of a round classic shape, oval, ovoid and obovate. This feature does not upset vegetable growers at all, since it is easy to calibrate them according to their shape.

The size of the tomatoes is also not uniform. At the time of ripening, one tomato can weigh 15 g, the other 7-8 g. But in color, they will all be of a uniform, scarlet, saturated color.

When cut, two nests with small seeds are clearly visible. The seed nests are not filled with pulp, and the juice is almost transparent.

The skin of the fruit is very delicate, thin, but at the same time strong and well keeps the pulp from cracking. The fruits are also very good for temperature treatments, they do not crack under the influence of boiling water.

Tomato fruits are collected in clusters. Harvesting can be done with brushes, since ripening is uniform and all fruits have approximately the same degree of ripeness.

The taste of tomatoes deserves special praise. The fruits are sweet, with a rich tomato flavor and a pleasant tomato aroma.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the advantages, vegetable growers identified the following:

• high productivity;
• good disease resistance;
• great taste;
• good keeping quality;
• the shape of the fruit is interesting.

The disadvantage of the variety can be considered a re-grading. However, this is most likely a human factor, and not a property of the variety.

Characteristics

The hybrid is small-fruited, the tomatoes are oval, even, shiny, with a slightly pointed tip. At the stage of physiological ripeness, they acquire a rich yellow color. The pulp is bright yellow, dense, sugary, with a delicious fruity taste. The high content of solids and sugars makes the fruits suitable for baby and dietetic nutrition. The peel of tomatoes is quite dense, but not tough, it does not crack during storage and canning.

The fruits are consumed fresh: in salads, snacks, cocktails, side dishes. Tomatoes are suitable for baby food and for decorating dishes. Their dense skin and juicy flesh make them ideal for canning, especially in mixed vegetable compositions, and for drying.

You can find out what the weight of fruits in other varieties of tomatoes is in the table below:

"Date yellow"

Oval yellow tomatoes are beautiful on a bush and on a plate.

Description of the variety

The yellow date tomato has a semi-determinate bush. The plant is of medium-late ripening. The foliage is weak, and the leaf blade itself is small and light green.

The fruits are not large, even in size and shape. Oval fine cream weighs up to 20 g. Tomatoes are tied on plain sour, 6-8 pieces each.

When cut, you can see two nests filled with rich pulp.

The taste of tomatoes is very rich, sweet, without cloying.

Advantages and disadvantages

Vegetable growers like the tomato very much.Among its advantages:

• Productivity;
• Interesting taste with sweetness;
• Disease resistance.

As a disadvantage, vegetable growers note the late ripening of fruits.

Disease and pest resistance

The tomato is very disease resistant. There is not a single review that would say that his tomato bushes were "attacked" by phytophthora or bacterial diseases.

The yellow date is insensitive to changes in temperature and humidity of the environment and knits fruits well.

Features of growing varieties

There are no particular difficulties in growing this "date". Like all semi-determinant varieties, it needs support and tying.

The formation of shoots is carried out in 2-3.

Planting seedlings in the ground

Prepare the soil in the fall. Spread 3 buckets of soil mixed from equal parts of peat, humus and sawdust on 1 m² of clay or loam. If you have peat, then on 1 m² pour 3 buckets of a composition of 2 parts of humus, 2 parts of turf, 2 parts of sawdust and 1 part of sand, a teaspoon of double superphosphate and 2 tbsp. tablespoons of ash. Dig up the ground by pulling out weeds and digging out roots.

In late May or early June, plant the seedlings in a permanent place. Dig holes so that when planting seedlings, place 3 plants per 1 m². Pour the holes with hot water, then drive in the pegs, then put the seedlings, cover with soil. Next, tie up the bushes. Saplings need an air temperature of +20 - 22 ° C during the day, and at least 18 ° C at night.

The variety loves moisture, water it with warm, settled water in the evening. Watering is especially important before blooming, when flowering and pouring fruits. Loosen the soil after watering very carefully so as not to damage the root system.

Water at least 2 times every 14 days by adding diluted mullein or bird droppings to the water. Instead of organic matter, you can add complex mineral fertilizers.

After the ovaries have formed, stop feeding with nitrogen. Pinch the bushes. You can leave 1 - 2 stepsons at the bottom of the bush, ovaries will appear on them. Begin harvesting from July 15, when the tomatoes become technically ripe, as tomatoes ripen quietly during storage.

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Siberian date

What sort of tomato was so named remains a mystery, but the tomato "Siberian Date" f1 leaves positive reviews if it is from.

Characteristics and description

This tomato has a determinate bush. Ripening begins quickly - the tomato is early ripe. In the garden, the height of the bush will be within 60-70 cm, but in a limited space it will not stretch above 50 cm. The tomato shoot is elastic, dense, it holds a large number of fruits well.

Tomatoes weigh about 20 grams. They ripen amicably, and the bush quickly becomes covered with squirrel-shaped tomatoes. If the grower does not have time to harvest, he may well hang on the bushes until the tomatoes are harvested. The shoots hold the crop tightly, and sometimes you have to pick it off with a stalk and whole bunches.

Reviews about the taste of the fruit indicate that the sugar content in tomatoes is very high, and the balance of organic acids is very organically combined with sugars.

The wonderful sugar content is reflected in the taste of the tomatoes preserved in pickles. Such tomatoes are dense, tasty, sweet and without cracks.

Advantages and disadvantages

The Siberian Date tomato has a number of advantages:

• early maturation;
• high productivity;
• excellent taste properties;
• amicable maturation;
• good keeping quality of fruits;
• universal use;
• the ability to grow in a confined space.

Features of growing varieties

Experienced vegetable growers, knowing that an early ripening tomato does not grow its seedlings, but sow it directly into tubs. If the seeds germinate well, then in the phase of two true leaves, the seedlings are thinned out. The surplus is planted in the garden, and part is left in the tub.Leaving 25-30 cm between plants, after a while they close and form a beautiful composition.

The main concern when growing Siberian Date comes down to carrying out:

• dressing;
• watering;
• loosening the soil;
• mulching if needed.

Advantages and disadvantages

Let's start with the benefits of a hybrid:

• simple agricultural technology;
• immunity to many tomato diseases;
• high rate of fruiting;
• great taste;
• unusual shape;
• suitable for dietary and baby food;
• high glucose content;
• safety of presentation;
• good keeping quality.

The advantages include the possibility of breeding on the balcony at home. This is especially important for those who do not have summer cottages.

The hybrid has few negative sides. These include:

• obligatory garter;
• the impossibility of growing in the northern regions.

"Sweet date"

Since there are no varieties of dates in the register, experienced businessmen solve the problem in their own way. This is not always a bad thing, but vegetable growers get confused in varieties and hybrids.

Vegetable growers, growing tomato "Sweet date", the description of which completely coincides with the hybrid "Cherriliz F1" came to the conclusion that this is the brainchild of Moscow, Russia.

The hybrid was entered in the registry in 2010 and is recommended for growing under film shelters.

Characteristics and description

Tomato has a salad purpose, and is also suitable for whole-fruit canning. Early maturing, it quickly releases an intermediate type inflorescence and imposes wonderful fruits.

The plant is tall, indeterminate. The leaf is dark green and completely small.

Fruits are cylindrical, smooth, firm, bright orange in color. The weight of one fruit is from 8 to 10 g. The fruits are the same, equal in length and width. Each brush bears 18-20 fruits, which look lovely.

Farmers reviews

There are many reviews about tomato and almost all of them are positive. Here are some of the opinions of experienced gardeners:

Svetlana, Nizhny Novgorod region: “The culture was bred in a polycarbonate greenhouse. I planted yellow and red hybrids, I wanted to do multi-colored conservation. Tomatoes were born wonderfully well. Everything is as on selection, sweet, with a strong peel that does not crack during heat treatment. Now I will be with tomatoes all winter. "

Natalia, Ivanovo: “The best tomato for children! In the morning they run to the garden and pick their favorite tomatoes. I have been growing dates for more than one year. For the first time I tried to dry the fruits. I was very pleased with the result. Real jam!".

"Date orange"

It is very similar to the date sweet, but unlike it, the orange date tomato belongs to the late ripening tomato.

Characteristics and description

The tomato is intended for growing both in film greenhouses and in the open field.

The variety is tall, indeterminate, carpal. One brush bears up to 20 fruits equal in shape and size, weighing up to 20 g.

The fruits of this tomato are bright, rich, orange-amber color, oval in shape.

Taste characteristics are rated "excellent". Balanced sugar and acidity, pleasant notes in taste and aroma, long aftertaste, all this makes the tomato desirable for growing again and again.

The core of the tomato fruit has no voids. The seeds are small, the skin is thin, but does not allow bursting during bad weather and heat treatments.

Advantages and disadvantages

The variety is very good for growing, has:

• great taste;
• beautiful colour;
• high productivity;
• excellent keeping quality of fruits;

As a disadvantage, you can call:

• late ripeness;
• the need for formation;
• the need for garters.

Disease and pest resistance

In a greenhouse, the tomato behaves very well. But there is no specific data on the resistance of the variety to diseases in the open field.

To avoid damage to the tomato during the growing season, it is better to apply a series of preventive spraying.

Using modern fungicidal preparations, you can easily prevent the spread of fungal infection. The first spraying is best done at the time of the formation of the initial ovary, and then with an interval of 15-20 days.

Experienced vegetable growers recommend changing 3-4 fungicidal preparations per season, this will not allow microscopic fungi and their spores to mutate and adapt to chemical preparations.

Features of hybrid agricultural technology

Seedlings are the only sustainable way to harvest tomatoes. Tomato seeds are sown in the second half of March. Germination takes place at temperatures from +22 to +25 ° С. After 55-65 days thereafter, young greens can be rooted in garden soil or greenhouse.

Up to 3 bushes are planted on 1 square of the area of ​​the personal plot. Near each of them, small supports are thought out in advance. Plants actively stepchild up to the 1st brush. It is recommended to lead them in 3-4 trunks. This is how the greatest efficiency of the bushes is achieved.