What yield can you expect from a Honey tomato in open ground?

Pink-fruited tomatoes are always popular: they are juicy, have a pleasant sweetish taste, and look appetizing. Salads made from such fruits are especially tasty. Pink tomatoes have a beneficial effect on hormonal levels, metabolism and human immunity.

There are dozens of varieties with pink berries, but lovers of tomatoes with an unusual aftertaste will certainly like the Honey tomato. Why is this variety so attractive and what are the nuances of its cultivation? Read on.

General description of the variety

Honey tomato is a variety bred by the Demetra agricultural company (Barnaul). In 2007, the variety was included in the Russian register. Many manufacturers produce the Honey tomato. Among them are “Sedek”, “Aelita”, “Search”.

Honey tomatoes are considered large-fruited. On average, the berries on a bush reach 500 g. They have a rich raspberry-pink color, the shape of such tomatoes is round and flattened. The fruit has a rich, sweet taste with a honey aftertaste, the flesh is tender and juicy.

The variety is classified as salad. It is not suitable for canning due to its large size and for freezing due to its high juiciness. But sauces and juices from such berries are especially tasty and aromatic.

Variety resistant to cold weather, not susceptible to temperature changes. Honey has good resistance to tomato diseases. However, it requires regular treatment with preventative agents.

Main characteristics

Tomato Honey not only have a pleasant taste, but also high yield. Even a novice gardener can cope with its cultivation.

Characteristics and description of the Honey tomato variety are given in the table:

Features of cultivation in different regions

The Honey tomato is suitable for growing in all regions of Russia:

• in the southern and central regions, tomatoes of this variety are grown both in open ground and in greenhouses. They are often planted under film covers;
• in the northern regions, Honey is planted in protected soil. In greenhouses it shows better yield.

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Advantages and disadvantages of the Honey tomato

Advantages of the variety:

• immunity to tomato diseases;
• high productivity;
• large fruit;
• resistance to temperature fluctuations;
• rich sweet-honey taste of the fruit;
• ease of care.

Disadvantages include: the need for garter and bush formation.

Tomato agricultural technology

Growing Honey tomatoes is not difficult. Even a novice gardener can cope with this.

Like other mid-season tomatoes, in our country Honey is grown in seedlings. In this case, the fruits have time to ripen before frost.

Growing seedlings

Seeds for seedlings are sown in early March. In the northern regions, seedlings begin to be grown at the end of March.

Before you start sowing seeds, they should be prepared.

There are 3 stages of processing planting material:

1. Seeds are checked for germination. They are soaked for half an hour in a salt solution. Specimens that float up are thrown away, and those that sink to the bottom are collected and used for planting.
2. The seeds are soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate prepared from 1 g of powder and 100 ml of water. After half an hour, they are washed under running water.
3. Stimulates germination of planting material. The seeds are soaked in store-bought (Epin, Gumat Naria) or homemade (honey water, aloe juice) products.

You can buy soil for tomatoes in stores or prepare it yourself. In the first case, they buy universal mixtures for peppers, tomatoes and zucchini. In the second, the following ingredients are mixed:

• peat, humus and black soil in equal proportions;
• sand and peat in equal proportions;
• chernozem and coconut substrate in equal proportions.

The soil is calcined in the oven, pour boiling water or a solution of potassium permanganate. These measures will destroy pathogenic microbes.

Containers for sowing seeds are also disinfected: Soak for half an hour in a solution of potassium permanganate. Soil is poured into the seedling boxes so that 1-2 cm remains to the edge. Seeds are placed in rows on the soil, leaving a distance of 2-3 cm between them. The planting material is sprinkled with a centimeter layer of soil.

The soil is moistened with a spray bottle warm water. The boxes are covered with film and placed in a warm place. When the first shoots appear, the film is removed. The boxes are placed on the windowsill.

Advice. In spring, seedlings often lack sunlight. To solve this problem, use a fluorescent lamp.

Water the seedlings as the soil dries out. This is done carefully so that the liquid does not get on the above-ground part of the plants. For irrigation, use only warm, settled water.

Tomatoes peak after their first true leaves appear.. They are carefully removed from the box and placed in individual pots. A drainage layer is placed at the bottom of the containers.

Two weeks after picking, the seedlings are watered and fed for the first time. Vermicompost or compositions intended for tomato seedlings are used as fertilizing. After another two weeks, the fertilizer is applied again.

14 days before planting seedlings they begin to harden it to a permanent place.The first time the plants are taken out onto the balcony or outside for 30 minutes. Then for 1 hour. So the time the tomatoes spend in the fresh air is gradually increased to 16 hours.

3-5 days before the pick tomatoes in open ground, they are watered and fed. Use fertilizers that contain phosphorus.

Planting in open ground

Tomatoes are planted in open ground in the second half of May.. In the southern regions, planting is possible at the end of April. The main thing is that by this time the soil temperature at a depth of 15 cm should not be below 14 °C.

Beds for tomatoes should be chosen correctly, namely:

1. Tomatoes should not grow in one bed for more than three years. Tomatoes should not be planted in an area where other nightshade crops previously grew. Tomatoes are planted in such beds no earlier than after 3 years.
2. Tomatoes are a light-loving crop. Their taste directly depends on the amount of sun. For this crop, choose a well-lit area of ​​the garden.
3. Potatoes should not be planted near tomatoes. It attracts pests to plants.

The soil for tomatoes is prepared in advance. To do this, it is dug up and cleared of plant debris. In autumn, per 1 sq. m add 5 kg of manure. If the acidity of the soil is increased, it is reduced by adding ash. In spring, the ground is cleared of weeds, leveled with a rake, and watered with copper sulfate.

The holes are dug in rows in a checkerboard pattern. For 1 sq. m place 3-4 plants. Add 1 tbsp to the bottom of the hole. l ash or long-acting granular fertilizers. One plant is placed in each hole. The holes are filled with soil, which is compacted. The plants are watered, using 1 liter of warm, settled water for each plant.

Caring for mature plants

When planting tomatoes in open ground For the first two weeks, the beds are covered with film at nightso that the plants do not die from frost.

Honey tomatoes tied up. As the bushes grow, they are attached to a wooden support with synthetic thread.

Form tomatoes into 1-3 stems. The more stems left, the more abundant the harvest will be, but the smaller the tomatoes will be.

This is interesting. Reviews say that the first tomatoes are the largest.

When pinching tomatoes, remove excess leaves. Remove greens up to the first brush. The procedure is carried out once a week early in the morning or at sunset. No more than three leaves are torn off in one session.

Water tomatoes as the soil dries out. Use 2 liters of water per plant. In a greenhouse, the soil is moistened once a week, and in open ground - 2-3 times. After each watering and rain, the soil is loosened. This procedure allows you to destroy the earth crust and restore air exchange in the roots. Experienced gardeners mulch their beds. Straw, hay or humus are used as mulch to protect the roots from pests and unfavorable environmental conditions.

When growing tomatoes in a greenhouse Ventilate the room daily to maintain optimal humidity.

Note! During flowering, tomato bushes are shaken regularly - this helps pollination.

Tomatoes should be fed regularly. During the season, 3-4 fertilizing is applied. Use complex mineral or organic fertilizers. Ammonium nitrate, mullein, “Superphosphate”, chicken droppings, etc. are added to the soil.

Plants also sprayed with foliar fertilizers. Use products that contain boron.

Prevention of diseases and pests

Honey tomato has high immunity to many tomato diseases. But there are still cases of infection of tomatoes of this variety.

To get a good harvest, it is important to follow the rules of prevention:

1. All tools that will interact with tomato beds are disinfected. Planting material, soil and containers should be treated.
2. There should be no weeds or cultivated plants left on the tomato beds - they may contain fungal spores and viruses.
3. Maintains optimal humidity in tomato beds and greenhouses. Both increased and decreased levels are ideal conditions for the development of infections.
4. Plant the plants, strictly following the rules of this procedure. Incorrectly broken stepsons increase the likelihood of plant infection.
5. Honey is sprayed with a solution of potassium permanganate. This will prevent fungal damage to the plants.
6. Insects carry pathogens and damage plants. To protect against them, tomatoes are sprayed with a decoction of wormwood or dandelion (take 3 parts of boiling water for one part of the herb, use the mixture after cooling). A solution prepared from a piece of laundry soap and dissolved in a bucket of water will help get rid of aphids. Chemical agents are also used to process tomatoes, for example, “Aktofit”, “Aktotsid”, “Napoval”.
7. On cloudy days, it is recommended to collect not only ripe, but also large green fruits. This will reduce the likelihood of plants becoming infected with late blight.
8. Tomato beds are inspected regularly. Diseased plants are removed and insects are collected by hand.

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Reviews from gardeners

Reviews about the Honey tomato are mostly positive. This is a tasty and aromatic tomato that is easy to grow.

Oksana, Mr.Nikopol: “I’ve been growing Honey tomatoes for three years now. I plant in open ground at the end of April. I form it into 2 stems. The yield of this tomato is excellent. From 1 sq. I collect at least 2 buckets of fruit. The tomatoes taste sweet and juicy. There really is a honey taste. The fruits are large and beautiful, as in the photo".

Elena, Sochi: “The Honey tomato is my favorite pink-fruited variety. Very productive and very tasty. Produces large berries with a honey aroma. Ideal for preparing salads. I form tomatoes into 1 stem. This way the fruits are larger. The largest tomato of this variety that I grew weighed 780 g. I use seeds from fruits ripened on the bush for planting. I just collect them at the end of summer, clean them from the pulp and dry them.".

Conclusion

Tomato Honey will appeal to lovers of pink-fruited tomatoes. Beautiful and large pink berries ripen on it. They have a sweet taste with an unusual honey aroma. The variety is ideal for salads.

Growing these tomatoes is easy. They are famous for their resistance to temperature changes and lasting immunity to major nightshade diseases. Beginner gardeners can cope with the variety without much difficulty.