Tomato polbig characteristic and description of the variety

Every year, breeders bring new, more and more high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties that have good product and taste qualities.

This trend is due to the fact that the owners and consumers want to get environmentally friendly products that have not been treated with chemicals.

Today, we will look at tomatoes of the Polbig variety, talk about the positive and negative qualities, and also tell you the specifics of cultivation.

Appearance and description of the variety

We begin the consideration of tomato "Polbig F1" with a brief description that will help us determine its variety.

The appearance of the bushes

The above-ground part is represented by a small determinant shrub that has a height of up to 0.6 m. The number of leaves is average, the leaf plates are colored green, and are large in size. The form is standard.

The variety is early ripening, since tomatoes can be harvested as early as 95 days. "Polbig" is suitable for both indoor and outdoor ground.

Characteristics of the fruit

The fruits of tomato "Half-open" have the following characteristic: the shape is round, but each berry is flattened from the poles, therefore, slightly stretched horizontally; The average weight of a tomato in a greenhouse is 200 g.

As for safety and transportation, there are no complaints about the hybrid - it is perfectly transported over long distances, and due to resistance to cracking, the fruits are stored for a long time.

The application is universal, however it is best to use for preparing fresh mashed potatoes, juices or preservation in whole.

Productivity is very high. With one bush you can get up to 4 kg of high quality tomatoes. It should be noted that the indicated yield corresponds to the location of 5-6 bushes per square meter.

Advantages and disadvantages of this tomato

Let's summarize all the positive and negative sides of a hybrid.

Pros:

• berries ripen very early;
• tomatoes are formed even in low temperature conditions;
• hybrid disease resistant;
• products are well stored and transported;
• fruits do not crack;
• Tomatoes are of equal size, which increases the commercial quality.

• mediocre taste;
• the need for a garter, without which the bush will break under the weight of the fruit;
• you need to be staved.

Agrotechnology

We turn to the agricultural technology of tomato "Polbig F1". Let's talk about the basic requirements of the tomato to the growing conditions, as well as describe the process of planting on seedlings.

Sowing and growing seedlings

Variety of tomato "Half the grass", following the description, can be grown both in the greenhouse and under the open sky, so the sowing and cultivation of seedlings will vary.

Planting seeds is carried out in March. As a container, ordinary plastic boxes will fit, in which there are drainage holes for water flow.

We fill the boxes with soil mixture, which is peat and earth combined in equal proportions. We sow seeds at a depth of 1 cm.

After sowing, we moisten the soil and move it to a warm, well-lit place before germination. The optimum temperature is 25-27˚С. The lower threshold is 13 ° C. If the temperature falls below the minimum value, the seeds will not germinate.

When the first greenery appears, the container is transferred to a place well-lit by the sun so that it does not have to be artificially illuminated with lamps.

It is also worth a few days to lower the temperature to 13 ° C to harden the seedlings. Next, the temperature returns to the initial mark.

After the appearance of 2-3 true leaves, the seedlings dive into single pots or plastic cups, which must have drainage holes.

During the picking, it is recommended to pinch the central root in order to get a well-developed rhizome in the future.

Landing in the ground

Planted in open ground or greenhouse can only be 2 months after germination. If the air temperature is low, you can wait 1-2 weeks and land in the ground a little later.

If the tomato is planted in open ground, you should wait until the end of May, so that the seedlings do not fall under possible night frosts. In addition, each plant should have a well-formed stem with 6-8 true leaves.

For the landing, a well-lit, flat area is chosen, where moisture does not stagnate. Humus and superphosphate are added to each well during planting.

To stimulate further growth of tomatoes, you can use special stimulants like drugs "Mortar" or "Kemira."

Be sure to moisten the soil before planting and after it, so that the fertilizers applied begin to decompose.

Pests and diseases

It should immediately be said that the variety is resistant to verticillosis and Fusarium. Also there is good, like other hybrids, resistance to other fungal and bacterial diseases.

As for pests, Polbig can suffer from scoops - gray butterflies that lay larvae. Those, in turn, eat up the fruits and roots, reducing yield by several times. You can fight the pest with the help of the following drugs: "Decis", "Arrivo", "Sherpa".

In general, tomato hybrids are very rarely massively affected by diseases or pests, so preventive treatments should not be carried out. Just stick to proper watering, remove weeds and feed in time.

Conditions for maximum fruiting

To get a very high yield from each bush, you should start it in 3 stalks. You should also pay a lot of attention to the garter and pasynkovanyu. You need to tie up all the stems on which the formation of the fruit.

Do not forget about the required ground area for each plant, from which it will draw nutrients and minerals, therefore, plant no more than 5 plants per square meter.

Many gardeners who planted "Half the grass" at their site claim that it is best to let the fruit be fully preserved, as in this case their taste is revealed best. Fresh berries grown in the greenhouse will have a mediocre taste due to the nature of the variety.Use our instructions to get a good harvest.