Tomato "President": description and cultivation

It is difficult to imagine a picturesque and fruitful vegetable garden without a tomato bush - sprawling, with branches heavy from ripe bright fruits.

If such tomatoes fall under the description of your dreams, then you should familiarize yourself with the variety "President F1".

  • Description and characteristics of the variety
  • The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
  • Features of growing
  • Care
    • Watering
    • Top dressing
  • Diseases and pests
  • Harvesting

Description and characteristics of the variety

Tomatoes "President" is an early high-yielding indeterminantny hybrid. Bushes of this variety are able to grow up to three meters in height. Of course, such a plant requires a regular garter. Due to the fact that one of the characteristics of this variety is a small foliage, the process of forming a bush will not be too time consuming. For the growth of the bush should be left one or two stems. Each plant has about eight fertile branches.

Also in the description of tomatoes "President" includes its large-fruited. Tomatoes of this variety can weigh up to 300 g. The ripe fruit has a bright red-orange color and a flat-rounded shape.

Important! Regarding the taste characteristics of a variety of tomatoes "F1 President" no definite reviews. But many connoisseurs advise after harvesting to leave tomatoes ripen for ten days at room temperature. Then they acquire a rich aroma and pleasant taste.
Tomatoes "President" have a dense skin that increases safety during transportation and prolongs the shelf life. Especially this variety is valued in industrial agriculture for its attractive presentation.

The advantages and disadvantages of the variety

In the description of tomatoes "President F1" there are many points that determine their merits.

  1. Good taste.
  2. High yield.
  3. Resistance to many diseases and pests.
  4. Skoroplodnost
  5. Universality of the use of fruits.
  6. Variety "President" perfectly tolerates sudden changes in temperature.
Among the shortcomings, it should be noted that a tall bush with heavy fruits requires regular garters. The construction of props and trellis for a three-meter plant can be difficult.

Did you know? The largest tomato fruit in the world weighed almost three kilograms.

Features of growing

In order for the President variety to reveal all its positive characteristics, it will need light and fruitful soil. This variety of tomatoes is extremely capricious to the conditions of the soil.But at the same time, it is suitable both for greenhouse cultivation and for planting in open land.

Check out such varieties of tomatoes as "Katya", "Star of Siberia", "Rio Grande", "Rapunzel", "Samara", "Verlioka Plus", "Golden Heart", "Sanka", "Beer filling", "Red hat, Gina, Yamal, Sugar Bison, Mikado Pink.
Tomatoes "President" resistant to a lack of sunlight, which makes them particularly suitable for certain regions.

For seedlings, plant the seeds about one and a half to two months before transplanting into the open ground. At the stage of seedlings should strictly adhere to the regime of temperature and humidity. The storage of seedlings should also be well lit and disinfected.

Important! Sort "The president" very thermophilic and hardly suitable for growing in regions with cold climates.
Pickups can do after the appearance of the first two leaves. When planting, it is recommended to place no more than four bushes per square meter.

Care

After transplanting seedlings for the main care, it is necessary to water the plants regularly, weed weeds, loosen the soil and feed them.

Watering

The plant absorbs all the nutrients from the water, and its deficiency can have a detrimental effect on crop quality. When watering, use water with a salt content of 3-5 ms / cm and pour it directly to the bottom of the stem.

Did you know? In terms of botany, tomatoes are berries. In the US, the Supreme Court recognized them as vegetables. And in the European Union a tomato is considered a fruit.
Otherwise, you can burn the leaves. To avoid this, you can use a hose or drip-type irrigation.

Top dressing

During the direct transplantation of bushes in open ground in the hole should be added ash, humus or superphosphate. Next, young plants can be fed infusion of mullein every ten days.

When watering, you can also use mineral and organic water-soluble fertilizers. Foliar application will also be useful for the harvest and the plant as a whole. You can also spray the leaves with a nutrient solution.

Diseases and pests

Despite the fact that tomatoes "President" are immune to many diseases, do not forget about the treatment of plants from pests. For example, in the case of keeping tomatoes in a greenhouse, a greenhouse whitefly may appear.

And when grown in open ground trouble can deliver slugs or spider mites. In the first case, to get rid of pests need to sprinkle the earth around the plant with red pepper. And in the second will help washing the soil with soapy water.

In turn, the "President" is absolutely resistant to such diseases as fusarium wilt and tobacco mosaic.

It needs careful protection against pathogenic fungi and late blight. But with greenhouse breeding, these misfortunes do not arise at all.

Harvesting

Fruits of approximately the same size are formed on each of the eight fruitful branches. With proper care and favorable conditions, the tomato variety “President F1” produces 5 kg per square meter. Ripe fruits can be harvested about two and a half months after planting the seeds. Tomatoes have a long shelf life and tolerate transportation.

Important! Cold adversely affects the taste of tomatoes. Therefore, it is better to store them at room temperature, and not in the refrigerator.
Tomatoes "President F1" may not be the easiest to grow and maintain. But then its owner will always be sure of multiple returns in terms of quantity and quality of the crop.