Tomato General f1: description of the variety and secrets of cultivation

The modern assortment of tomatoes allows vegetable growers to select varieties for cultivation that have the appropriate characteristics and meet a variety of requirements. Tomato "General" f 1 is suitable for amateur gardens and farms.

Content:

• Description of tomatoes "General" F 1
• How to get tomato seedlings "General"
• Planting "General" tomato seedlings in the ground

Description of tomatoes "General" F 1

The official producer of the seeds of this hybrid is the first seed company in Japan, "Sakata seeds corp." The products of this company are in demand in more than 130 countries. "General" tomatoes fully confirm the high quality of varieties from "Sakata" and are popular among domestic vegetable growers.

The hybrid was bred for growing tomatoes in open ground. It belongs to the early ripening hybrids. From the moment the main shoots appear until the ripe crop is harvested, only two months pass. Hybrid with limited growth of shoots, its bushes do not exceed a height of 60 - 70 cm. Moreover, the weight of the fruit is 220 - 240 g.

Fruits are equal not only in weight, but also in shape. They have round, slightly flattened shapes.

At the stage of full maturity, the color is bright red, without a green spot in the area of ​​the stalk. When cut, the flesh is dense, uniformly red in color, without yellow or white spots. For a hybrid tomato it tastes great. Table variety, intended for fresh consumption.

The advantage of these tomatoes is:

• high yield
• good taste
• resistance to viral and fungal diseases of tomatoes
• excellent presentation
• good fruit set in hot and dry weather
• transportability

Variety has been tested and approved for cultivation in the country.

How to get tomato seedlings "General"

Like all early tomatoes for open ground, this variety is grown through seedlings in regions with temperate climates. In the southern regions it can be sown directly into the ground.

Sowing time for seedlings

Considering that the time for planting early tomatoes in open ground occurs in most regions only at the very end of May, they should be sown for seedlings between March 15 and March 20. Shoots will appear after a week, and by the time of transplantation the seedlings will have reached the desired age and size. In regions with late frosts, seedlings can be sown in the first week of April.

Sowing seedlings

If the seedlings are intended to grow tomatoes for sale, the seeds can be sown in boxes or seedling trays. For an amateur garden, you can use individual seedling cups with a capacity of 0.4 - 0.5 liters.

The selected containers are filled with earth. To do this, you can buy ready-made soil for crops from the Solanaceae family. You can make the mixture yourself, for this you need to take the following components:

• one part of garden land
• one part of humus
• a glass of wood ash per 10 kg of soil

After the seedling boxes or cups are filled with soil, it is well watered and sealed seeds at a depth of no more than 0.4 - 0.5 cm into the soil. The containers are covered with glass or film and placed in a warm room in a bright place. After germination, the glass is removed.

At the stage of three or four true leaves, the seedlings are plucked, and with the onset of warm weather they are transplanted into open ground. Before transplanting, the seedlings are hardened off 8-9 days before transplanting. To do this, in warm weather it is taken out into the open air for several minutes, gradually lengthening the period of stay in it to several hours. After watering the seedlings generously 48 hours before planting in the ground, they are no longer watered.

Video about sowing tomato seeds for seedlings:

Planting "General" tomato seedlings in the ground

The place to place tomatoes on the site should be in good sunlight. The best soils for them are sandy or loamy. When digging, you need to add 150 grams of complete mineral fertilizer per 1 square meter. meter. Important! It is necessary to ensure that no potatoes, peppers, physalis, or eggplants grow on the site in the last three years.

The best predecessors for tomatoes would be beans, peas, zucchini. In the bed prepared for planting, you need to fill holes. This can be done with a flat cutter or a hoe. The depth of the holes should be about 15 cm. The distance between them is 0.3 - 0.4 m. It is most convenient to plant tomatoes in two rows. The distance between them is left at 0.4 - 0.5 meters.

Having dissolved epin or another root formation stimulator in water, pour a liter of such a solution into each hole. One seedling is placed per hole, and the holes are covered with earth. After this, the seedlings are watered again for a more even distribution of moisture.

During the season, the bed with tomatoes needs to be weeded 2-3 times, combining the removal of weeds with loosening the soil and hilling the bushes. This variety does not require the formation of a bush and the removal of stepsons. Additional watering is needed in the absence of regular rains.It is enough to carry out about 8 waterings over the entire season, from planting to the beginning of ripening.

Watering must be combined with fertilizing. At the stage of flowering and fruit set, nitrogen and phosphorus-containing fertilizers are used. Closer to ripening, fertilizing is carried out with potassium mixtures. Everything else cultivation Tomato "General" F 1 is no different from growing other early varieties of this crop in open beds.