Which tomato to choose for planting in the new summer season? For all gardeners who do not have a spacious greenhouse and who want to grow tasty tomatoes quickly and simply have a good variety.
Tomato Elena f1 is resistant to temperature extremes and possesses strong immunity to the tobacco mosaic virus and black tobacco spot.
Read the full description of the variety later in the article. And also get acquainted with characteristics of tomatoes, features of cultivation, tendency to these or those diseases.
Tomatoes Elena: variety description
Grade name | Elena F1 |
general description | Early ripe indeterminantny grade of tomatoes for cultivation in an open ground and greenhouses |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 90-95 days |
The form | Fruits are flat and round, slightly ribbed. |
Colour | The color of ripe fruit is red. |
Average tomato mass | 100-150 grams |
Application | Universal |
Yield varieties | 3-4 kg from a bush |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard |
Disease resistance | Resistant to most diseases |
"Elena F1" is an early variety in terms of ripening, from planting the seedlings to the ground until the fruits ripen it is necessary to wait 90-95 days. Indeterminate bush, shtambovy, quite high 100-120 cm, in the southern regions in greenhouses can reach 130 cm. Brings good yields both in unprotected soil and under film.
It has a very high resistance to phytosporosis, tobacco mosaic virus and black tobacco spot..
Fully ripened fruits of bright red color. The shape is round, flat, slightly ribbed. The skin is thin, hard, glossy. Tastes are high, the taste is pleasant, sweet and sour, typical for a tomato.
Medium or small fruits from 100 to 150 grams, with the first harvest can reach 170 grams. The number of chambers 4-5, the dry matter content of 3-4%. The ripe harvest tolerates transportation well and ripens well if the fruits are picked a little immature.
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Helena | 100-150 grams |
Big Mama | 200-400 grams |
Banana Orange | 100g |
Honey saved | 200-600 grams |
Rosemary pound | 400-500 grams |
Persimmon | 350-400 grams |
Dimensionless | up to 100 grams |
Favorite F1 | 115-140 grams |
Pink flamingo | 150-450 grams |
Black moor | 50 grams |
Early love | 85-95 grams |
Specifications
Hybrid "Elena F1" was bred in Russia in 1999, received state registration as a variety recommended for film shelters and open ground in 2000. Since then, it has been in steady demand among amateur gardeners and farmers.
The highest yield results in unprotected soil are given in the southern regions. The best harvest can be obtained in Astrakhan, Belgrode, Voronezh, in the Crimea and in the Caucasus. In the middle lane for a guaranteed harvest is better to cover this variety film. In more northern areas of the country it is grown only in greenhouses.
Small cute fruits of the variety "Elena F1" will look great in a comprehensive whole-canning. In barrel salting these tomatoes will also be very good.
In fresh form it is good to use in vegetable salads, first courses, in combination with other vegetables. Due to the high content of vitamins and balanced taste, they make a very healthy and tasty juice. Pastes and mashed potatoes differ excellent taste.
Under good conditions, 3-4 kg can be collected from one bush.. On apt. m recommended to plant no more than 3-4 plants. It comes out about 11 kg, in the southern regions and in the greenhouse it can reach 15 kg. This is a satisfactory measure of yield.
You can compare the yield of a variety with others in the table below:
Grade name | Yield |
Helena | 3-4 kg per plant |
De Barao the Giant | 20-22 kg from a plant |
Polbyg | 4 kg from a plant |
Kostroma | 5 kg from a bush |
Lazy man | 15 kg per square meter |
Fat jack | 5-6 kg per plant |
Lady shedi | 7.5 kg per square meter |
Bella Rosa | 5-7 kg per square meter |
Dubrava | 2 kg from a bush |
Batyana | 6 kg from a bush |
Pink spam | 20-25 kg per square meter |
And also about tomatoes that are resistant to late blight and about effective methods of protection against this disease.
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Look at the photo: tomatoes Elena F1
Advantages and disadvantages
The main advantages of the variety "Elena F1" are:
- suitable for preservation teams;
- unpretentiousness to external conditions;
- tolerance to frost;
- beautiful appearance;
- high yield;
- good resistance to typical diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses.
Among the drawbacks, it is noted that inexperienced summer residents often have difficulty with the garter of the trunk and support under the branches. Requires good nutritional soil and regular watering.
Features of growing
Among the features of the variety, amateur gardeners and farmers note the high immunity to diseases of the "Elena F1" variety. It should also be noted a good yield, pleasant taste and beautiful appearance. Seeds are sown at the end of March. Dive produced in phase 1-2 true leaves. The stem of the plant must be strengthened with sticks or trellis, its heavy brushes need fixing.
The first garter needs to be made when the plant reaches a height of 20 cm. If the tomato "Elena F1" is planted in a greenhouse shelter, the bush is formed in two stems, in open ground in three. The soil does not need special preparation, but the soil must be good and fertilized.
At all stages of growth, it responds well to standard organic fertilizers and growth stimulants.
Diseases and pests
Those who grow tomato Elena F1 rarely have to deal with diseases. It usually comes down to prevention. Measures such as: airing greenhouses, observing the irrigation and light regime, loosening the soil will serve as an excellent protection against diseases.
Most importantly, it eliminates the need to use chemicals in the event of illness. As a result, you get a clean product, harmless to the body.
Slugs can also cause great damage to these bushes. They are struggling with removing excess tops and zoliruya soil, creating an unbearable environment for their habitat. Also a good measure of protection will be coarse sand, ground nuts or eggshells, they must be scattered around the plants to create the desired barrier.
A frequent uninvited guest in a greenhouse or greenhouse is a melon aphid, and the Bison is also used against it. Like many other varieties of tomatoes can be exposed to the greenhouse whitefly, they are struggling with it using the drug "Confidor".
Conclusion
As you can see, this is a fairly easy-to-care variety, with simple rules of care, you can get a very good harvest. Good luck and tasty and rich results.
Early maturing | Middle late | Medium early |
Crimson Viscount | Yellow banana | Pink Bush F1 |
The Tsar Bell | Titanium | Flamingo |
Katya | F1 slot | Openwork |
Valentine | Honey salute | Chio Chio San |
Cranberries in sugar | Miracle of the market | Supermodel |
Fatima | gold fish | Budenovka |
Verlioka | De barao black | F1 major |