Making a plan of landings, it is worth including "Honey Heart" - an early ripe grade with compact bushes and very tasty fruits.
Sweet and juicy tomatoes are ideal for salads, they can be given to children, as well as people in need of dietary nutrition.
Tomato "Honey Heart" F1: description of the variety
The variety of Siberian selection is bred for cultivation in the open ground or under the film. Due to the compactness of planting bushes save space in the garden. Suitable for all regions except the north. Possible landing in vases and containers for placement on glazed balconies and verandas. The harvest is well preserved, the immature fruits collected at the end of the season successfully reach physiological ripeness at home.
Honey Heart - an early ripe high-yielding grade. The first fruits ripen in 90-95 days after sowing the seeds.The bush is determinant, compact, not requiring staking and tying. The formation of green mass is moderate. With one square. meters of planting can be removed up to 8.5 kg of ripe tomatoes.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages of the variety:
- excellent yield;
- high taste of fruits;
- tomatoes are suitable for salads, side dishes, making juices and mashed potatoes;
- high content of sugars and beta-carotene;
- universality, cultivation in an open ground and under a film is possible;
- compact bushes do not require supports and pasynkovaniya;
- the variety is resistant to diseases and pests.
There are practically no drawbacks to Honey Heart. The only condition for obtaining a good harvest - fertile soil with frequent dressings.
Fruit characteristics
- Fruits of medium size, weighing 120-140 g,
- roundly heart-shaped, with a slightly pointed tip.
- Tomatoes are very pleasant to the taste, rich and sweetish, with delicate acidity.
- Seed chambers are few, the pulp is dense and juicy, the skin is strong.
- Bright orange, very beautiful fruits
- contain large amounts of sugars and beta carotene,
- Suitable for diet and baby food.
- Ripe tomatoes do not crack, they are well stored and carry the transportation without any problems.
Juicy fleshy tomatoes are ideal for making salads, side dishes, soups and mashed potatoes. From fruits it turns out very tasty juice, suitable for baby and dietary food.
A photo
You can see the fruits of the “Honey Heart” tomato in the photo:
Features of growing
The grade "Honey heart" is exacting to nutritiousness of soil.
Seeds are soaked for 12 hours in a growth stimulator, and then sown with a depth of 1.5-2 cm. It is better to germinate under a film. Watering is moderate, not more than 1 time in 5-6 days. The optimum temperature for seedlings is 23-25 degrees.
After unfolding 2 of these leaves, the seedlings dive into separate pots. After picking, it is recommended to feed with a liquid complex fertilizer with a high content of phosphorus and potassium.
Watering is moderate, 1 time in 6 days. At the beginning or middle of May, tomatoes can be transplanted to a permanent place of residence, in a greenhouse or in the ground under the film.
Young plants are planted at a distance of 40 cm, between the rows is to leave a space of 60-70 cm. The thickening of the plantings adversely affects the yield. During the season, the plants are fed 3–4 times with a full complex fertilizer, it is also possible to add organic matter (diluted mullein, bird droppings).
Compact bushes can not tie up, pasynkovanie also not required. Watering moderate, in the intervals of the top layer of soil should be slightly dry. To accelerate ripening in the greenhouse, you can put the tanks with an aqueous solution of mullein.
Pests and diseases
The variety is resistant to the main diseases of Solanaceae: late blight, tobacco mosaic, gray or root rot.
As a preventive measure, planting can be sprayed with an aqueous solution of phytosporin or another non-toxic bio-drug. Presowing treatment of seeds with a solution of hydrogen peroxide or potassium permanganate also helps.
Tomatoes "Honey Heart" - tasty and beautiful tomatoes that should be planted on your site. Compact bushes, abundant fruiting and undemanding to the conditions of detention make the variety an excellent option for novice gardeners.
