When it is spring outside the window, many gardeners are going to the country to open the season. They often have a question: what to plant for this year? After all, you want and quickly get a harvest, and that the tomatoes were tasty and fragrant.
There is an interesting hybrid with excellent taste and, most importantly, with early ripening. This is a sort of tomato Nastya, and it will be discussed.
In this article you will find a complete and detailed description of the variety, its characteristics, will get acquainted with the peculiarities of cultivation, as well as with a tendency to diseases.
Tomato Nastenka: description of the variety
Grade name | Nastya |
general description | Early ripe determinant type hybrid |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 80-95 days |
The form | Round fruits |
Colour | The color of ripe fruit is red. |
Average tomato mass | 150-200 grams |
Application | Universal, suitable for both salads and canning. |
Yield varieties | 10-12 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Watering and fertilizer are needed to increase yields. |
Disease resistance | Resistant to most diseases |
Tomato Nastya is a very popular early ripe variety.
As a bush, it refers to standard determinant plants, that is, it continues to grow throughout the season, giving more and more new fruits. This quality is like many gardeners, both experienced and novice. Low bush, only 50-70 centimeters. About indeterminantny grades read here.
The variety of tomatoes Nastya is equally well suited for cultivation both in open ground and under film, in greenhouses, in glass and polycarbonate greenhouses. Of the diseases particularly resistant to late blight.
In the stage of maturity, the fruits have a red color, round shape of medium size. Mature tomatoes can reach 150-200 grams, that is, medium size. Fruits have an average of 4-6 chambers and contain 4-6% dry matter. The taste of the fruit is pleasant, delicate, with sufficient sugar content.
The information in the table below will help to compare the weight of the fruits of this variety with others:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Nastya | 150-200 grams |
Snowfall | 60-75 grams |
Altaic | 50-300 grams |
Yusupovskiy | 500-600 grams |
Prime minister | 120-180 grams |
Andromeda | 70-300 grams |
Stolypin | 90-120 grams |
Red bunch | 30 grams |
Lazy man | 300-400 grams |
Honey heart | 120-140 grams |
Mazarin | 300-600 grams |
Specifications
Hybrid Nastya was bred by Russian breeders in 2008, and in 2012 received registration. Despite the fact that he is quite young, he has already gained popularity among gardeners.
Nastya is tomatoes that tolerate temperature fluctuations, and therefore they are ideal for all Russian regions.. In the regions of Siberia and the Far East, it is better to grow in greenhouses, while in the southern and central regions you can grow it in open ground.
It is often used for home canning, as the size of the fruit is ideal for this, and the moisture content makes it a good source of fresh tomato juice.
In addition to resistance to diseases and pests, this type of tomato has earned popularity among gardeners for its high yield. To increase the yield of the plant requires regular watering and mineral fertilizer.
You can compare the yield of a variety with others in the table below:
Grade name | Yield |
Nastya | 10-12 kg per square meter |
Gulliver | 7 kg from a bush |
Honey heart | 8.5 kg per square meter |
Broody | 10-1 kg per square meter |
Lazy man | 15 kg per square meter |
Buyan | 9 kg from a bush |
Black bunch | 6 kg from a bush |
King of the market | 10-12 kg per square meter |
De barao giant | 20-22 kg from a bush |
Rocket | 6.5 kg per square meter |
A photo
See below: tomatoes Nastya photo
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages can be noted:
- early ripe grade;
- high yield;
- unpretentiousness to the soil and watering;
- optimal size of the fruit;
- resistance to major diseases.
Despite a number of advantages, it has its drawbacks. Plants require certain skills in growing seedlings, beginners may experience difficulties. Variety of tomatoes Nastena requires a lot of mineral fertilizers to feed.
As feedings are also often used:
- Organic.
- Hydrogen peroxide.
- Ammonia.
- Boric acid.
- Yeast.
- Iodine.
- Ash.
Features of growing
Among the features of Nastya can be noted its yield and resistance to the main diseases of tomatoes. Lightweight, highly fertile soils are required for cultivation, so some effort should be made to obtain the promised harvest. This variety carries storage and transportation quite well.
And also, the use of growth promoters, fungicides and insecticides for growing Solanaceae.
In general, agricultural technology includes standard procedures: planting, tying, watering, mulching, and strawing.
Diseases and pests
This type of tomato is resistant to most types of diseases and pests, but still subject to some of them.
The main problems are caused by pests - spider mites and whitefly aphids. To combat the mite, soap solution is most often used, clearing the affected areas of the plant until complete destruction of the pest.
Konfidor is used against the whitefly, making a solution in the proportion of 1 milliliter per 10 liters of water. Another plant can hit slugs, it is easy to fight against them, just sprinkle the soil around the bushes with ash and ground hot pepper, then the slugs will go away.
Of the diseases of the tomato is most likely prone to cracking fruit. If you are overtaken by this problem, then you should adjust the mode of irrigation and temperature and the cracking will decrease.
Alternaria, fusarium, verticillis, late blight and protection from it, tomato varieties not affected by late blight. Varieties of tomatoes with high immunity.
As can be seen from the above, this hybrid of tomatoes can please gardeners with their fruits in a fairly quick time after planting, it is enough to follow simple rules for watering and caring for the soil. Good luck to everyone in growing this interesting and unpretentious plant!
In the table below you will find links to varieties of tomatoes ripening at different times:
Superearly | Mid-season | Medium early |
Leopold | Nikola | Supermodel |
Schelkovsky early | Demidov | Budenovka |
President 2 | Persimmon | F1 major |
Liana Pink | Honey and sugar | Cardinal |
Locomotive | Pudovik | Bear Paw |
Sanka | Rosemary pound | King Penguin |
The miracle of cinnamon | King of beauty | Emerald Apple |