Classic medium-sized bright red tomatoes are indispensable in cooking. You can provide yourself with your favorite fruits with the help of properly selected varieties planted in a greenhouse or open field.
Ideal option for gardeners of fans - undemanding and fruitful hybrid "Verlioka". It is easy to care for, is not prone to diseases and guarantees the excellent taste of the fruit.
Verlioka Tomato F1: variety description
Hybrid of Russian origin, for growing in glazed greenhouses and film greenhouses. Landing is possible in warm regions. Fruits are well stored, transportation is possible. The last tomatoes can be picked green; they ripen quickly at room temperature.
Verlioka is a hybrid of F1 of the first generation, high-survival, early ripe. The bush is determinant, of medium height, reaches a height of 1-1.5 m. Moderate formation of leaf mass. Fruits are collected in small brushes of 3-5 pieces. Yield is decent. With proper care, one bush can collect up to 4.5 kg of high-quality tomatoes.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages of the variety:
- high taste of fruits;
- good yield;
- resistance to major diseases of the nightshade;
- lack of care;
- fruits are suitable for canning and salads.
The disadvantages of the variety "Verliok" F1 include:
- the need to tie up and form a bush;
- sensitivity to top dressing and nutritional value of the soil.
Fruit characteristics
- Fruits are medium-sized, rounded flat, even, weight from 80 to 100 g.
- Tomatoes are very beautiful, the dense glossy peel protects them from cracking.
- The color of ripe fruit is bright red.
- The pulp is dense, juicy, the number of seed chambers is small.
- Taste is pleasant, saturated, sweetish with easy sourness.
- Fruits have a high content of sugars, amino acids and beta-carotene.
From a culinary point of view, the variety is universal. Fruits can be consumed fresh, used for stuffing, cooking salads, various snacks, hot dishes, soups, sauces and juices. Small even tomatoes with dense skin are great for salting or pickling, they do not crack and look beautiful in a jar.
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Features of growing
Seeds for seedlings are sown in early March. Before planting, it is better to disinfect them in a pink solution of potassium permanganate, and then soak them in a growth stimulator for 10-12 hours. Instead of industrial composition, you can use fresh aloe juice.
For seedlings need a light and nutritious soil. You can make a mixture of garden or turf land with peat or old humus.For greater airiness, a small portion of vermicult or washed river sand is added.
Before planting, superphosphate and wood ash are added to the soil mixture. The soil is packed into containers, the seeds are planted with a depth of 2 cm. If desired, the seeds can be planted in individual peat pots, excluding the subsequent pick. For successful germination, the container is covered with a film and placed in heat. The optimum temperature is 23-25 degrees.
Picks of young plants is carried out after the unfolding of 2-3 of these leaves. Immediately after transplantation, the tomatoes are fed with a liquid complex fertilizer. Another additional feeding is needed before transferring to a permanent place of residence. Plants need to be watered with warm settled water from a watering can, no more than once every 5-6 days. Tomatoes do not like stagnant moisture in the soil, in between watering the top layer of the soil should dry out slightly.
When the seedlings grow up, it is hardened, bringing to the open air. The first walks last no more than an hour, gradually increasing the time.In the onset of heat plants spend on the street all day. The procedure is especially important for plants that will be planted in open ground.
Planting in film greenhouses is possible in the first half of May; plants are planted in the open ground closer to the beginning of June. On 1 square. m can accommodate no more than 3 bushes, thickening leads to lower yields. It is advisable not to plant tomatoes on the beds that were occupied by other nightshade: potatoes, peppers, eggplants. The best precursors of tomatoes are legumes, cabbage, carrots. Before planting, the wells are spilled with hot water, 1 st. spoon of complex mineral fertilizers or wood ash.
The plants transplanted to the greenhouse or the ground need abundant, but not too frequent watering.
Low plants can be tied to stakes or other supports. Heavy branches deserve special attention, and they can break under the weight of ripening fruits. For better insolation and air access, it is better to remove the lower leaves and excess side processes, forming a shrub in 1 stem.
Pests and diseases
The hybrid is resistant to the main diseases: late blight, verticillosis, fusarium, mosaics. For prevention, it is recommended to treat the soil before planting. It is shed with an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulfate. Prevent illness helps frequent loosening of the soil and timely removal of weeds. Landings are inspected regularly.
Finding spots on the leaves or fruits, you need to take action immediately. For example, soft spots on the stem can signal a lack of calcium. The problem will be solved by timely fertilization.
Airing of greenhouses, thinning of leaves, attentive watering without stagnation of moisture in the soil will protect from rotting. The soil can be mulched peat or straw.
Insect pests are destroyed by insecticides or folk remedies: infusions of celandine, chamomile, onion peel.
"Verlioka" - A great choice for novice gardeners. Having mastered the subtleties of the formation of the bush and ensuring timely feeding, you can not worry about the yield. Experimenting with the landing site and planting dates, it is easy to get your own universal scheme of growing these promising tomatoes.
