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If you need an early variety with good yield, then you should pay attention to the Vasily F1 tomato. The plant forms low compact bushes that consistently bear fruit throughout the summer season. Before planting, it is important to study this variety in detail, since it has unique external and taste characteristics.
Breeding history
In the process of breeding tests, agronomist scientists used tomato varieties that were distinguished by their hardiness and tolerance to diseases. The result of their work was the first generation hybrid Vasily, which is confirmed by the F1 marking. It surpasses its relatives in yield, beauty and taste of fruits.
Seeds from hybrids are not collected because they do not retain maternal varietal characteristics
Description and characteristics of the tomato variety Vasily F1
Description of the tomato Vasily classifies it as a plant of determinant growth type. The bushes are standard, no more than 60 cm high. The foliage is average. The leaf blades are small, corrugated, grass-green in color.The ovary is generous in fruit - each cluster can contain up to 10 tomatoes of the same size.
Characteristics of Vasily tomato fruits:
- Tomatoes are rich red in color, smooth and round in shape.
- The taste is dessert, without sourness.
- The average weight of one fruit is 100 grams.
- The skin is smooth, elastic, resistant to cracking.
- The pulp is dense in texture, but juicy, with a bright tomato aroma.
Vasily tomatoes can be stored for quite a long time and transported over long distances
Ripening time
Vasily is characterized as an early hybrid that matures 80-85 days after the start of the growing season. Fruiting is extended. In the middle zone, the harvest is harvested until mid-autumn.
Productivity
Most summer residents appreciated this variety of tomato not only for the taste of the fruit, but also for its productivity, which is confirmed by numerous reviews. It is enough to adhere to agrotechnical rules, and then from each bush you can collect up to 10 kg of fruit. If the tomatoes were picked before their ripening period, you can ripen them at home. To do this, you need to put them in boxes and periodically select the ripe ones.
Resistance to adverse factors
The Vasily variety resists unfavorable factors. The hybrid is tolerant to many Solanaceae diseases, including late blight.
The seedlings grow strong and quickly adapt to wind and sun when transplanted into open ground.
Where is it grown?
Vasily tomatoes have won the respect of many summer residents due to their unpretentiousness and undemanding nature.This persistent hybrid is grown even in the Chelyabinsk region. It grows equally well and develops correctly in structures and open ground.
Methods of application
The taste of the Vasily tomato is unusually sweet, unlike tomato. Therefore, the fruits are perfect for eating fresh. The harvest is also suitable for processing. Tomatoes are pickled, salted and dried. In favorable conditions, fruits can be stored almost all autumn without loss of commercial and consumer properties.
Advantages and disadvantages
The Vasily variety is a very promising hybrid, which gardeners respond well to. Tomatoes have excellent yields and are highly resistant to weather conditions.
Cultivation of the variety is carried out under film, in a greenhouse or in the open air.
Pros:
- resistance to major diseases;
- excellent taste and tomato aroma;
- beautiful appearance;
- high shelf life and transportability;
- stable fruiting;
- productivity;
- early fruit ripening;
- ease of care.
Minuses:
- bushes categorically do not tolerate high humidity, so when the soil becomes waterlogged, they get sick.
Features of agricultural technology
Each variety has its own characteristics. Therefore, it is recommended to familiarize yourself in advance with the intricacies of agricultural technology that guarantee a generous harvest.
For this tomato, the seedless growing method is not used. Sowing of seeds is carried out in mid-March or early April. Before sowing, they are subjected to stimulating treatment. For this purpose, they are soaked in an antiseptic solution and kept for half an hour.The soil chosen is nutritious, with the ability to conduct moisture and oxygen to the roots of plants.
Technology for planting tomato seeds:
- To begin with, damaged seeds are discarded and thrown away, and the rest are soaked in Kornevin for several hours.
- Prepare general or personal containers and fill them with loose soil.
- The seeds are placed in the grooves and sprinkled with soil. The substrate is moistened abundantly, then covered with plastic wrap until the first shoots appear.
- At the stage of formation of true leaves, the seedlings are planted and fed with an aqueous solution of superphosphate.
For proper development, seedlings are provided with 16 hours of lighting. In cloudy weather, connect an LED lamp.
Care Tips
Despite the fact that Vasily tomatoes are resistant to low temperatures, the seedlings are still hardened off in the open air before transplanting. They start with two hours, and then gradually increase the time spent outside.
Planting of seedlings in a permanent place is carried out after the end of frost, around the end of May or early June. First, the site is dug up along with rotted manure and ash in order to saturate the soil with nutrients.
Watering is carried out once every seven days. The moisture norm per bush is within 5 liters. The wet soil is loosened to a depth of 7 cm, trying not to damage the root system.
To ensure that many ovaries form on Vasily tomato bushes, use boric acid or mullein solution (500 ml of fertilizer is dissolved in 10 liters of water).
Treatment against diseases and pests
Tomatoes Vasily F1 are rarely affected by diseases. Dangerous pests for them are the Colorado potato beetle, cutworm and aphid. To protect plants, treatments are carried out with drugs such as Aktaru, Prestige, Fufanon.
Conclusion
Tomato Vasily F1 is grown for personal consumption and further sales. The red, round fruits are in demand due to their pleasant sweet taste. Their use in cooking is wide.
Reviews from summer residents about the tomato Vasily F1
