The value of tomatoes in our daily diet is difficult to overestimate. They are tasty, healthy, based on them you can cook a wide variety of dishes.
Each gardener tries to pick up those varieties that bring a big crop, easily take root, are quite hardy and unpretentious.
It is to such varieties refers "Aphrodite F1". And if we take into account in the description that the name of this variety was given for good reason, and it really bears fruit beautifully, then the tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" is an almost universal variety.
Appearance and description of the ultra early variety
Tomato "Aphrodite F1" in appearance during fruiting is the real goddess of beauty. This hybrid is a very early variety, it is characteristic of the friendly and early ripening of the crop.
The vegetation period from the time of planting the seedlings until the fruits appear is 70-80 days, sometimes up to 100 days (this period depends on the climatic and weather conditions of the area in which the tomatoes are grown). 
Tomato variety "Aphrodite F1" is determinative, the average height of its bushes is 50-70 cm in open ground, but under favorable conditions and high-quality care, for example, in a greenhouse, it can reach higher sizes.
These plants do not need to be staved. Tomatoes are characterized by the presence of quite lush foliage consisting of large green leaves.
The inflorescence of these plants is simple, having 6-8 fruits. The first brush is formed over a 5-6 sheet, then - through a single sheet or even without separation by a single sheet. Garter to the support for this variety of tomatoes is desirable.
The yield level of the Aphrodite F1 variety with proper care is considerable: in greenhouse conditions it is possible to harvest from 14 to 17 kg of tomatoes from 1 square meter. m, on open ground, these figures range from 8 to 10 kg.
Did you know? More than 90% of the American household plots grow tomatoes, which are the most popular among all the vegetables used by Americans. During the year, each US citizen eats on average about 10 kg of tomatoes, of which more vitamins enter his body than from any other representative of vegetable crops.
Fruit Characteristic
With proper observance of all the principles of cultivation of these plants, after 70 days you can get mature and usable fruits. When characterizing the fruits of tomatoes "Aphrodite F1", it should be noted that they have fleshy flesh, dense and fairly thick skin.
When ripe, their smooth, glossy surface acquires a bright rich red color; the fruits do not have the spots typical of most tomatoes on the stem of a yellowish-green color.
Learn more about such varieties of tomatoes as "Eagle Beak", "Explosion", "Primadonna", "President", "Sevryuga", "De Barao", "Casanova", "Honey Spas", "Samara", "Wonder of the Earth" , "Rapunzel", "Star of Siberia", "Gina", "Yamal", "Sugar Bison", "Golden Heart".
The level of dry matter content in fruits is no more than 5%. They have an excellent, as for early varieties, slightly sweet, characteristic of most varieties of tomatoes, taste.
Tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" is characterized by a symmetrical regular rounded shape. Each fruit has an average weight of 100 to 115 g, but this figure can go up to 170 g. 
Tomatoes of this variety are not characterized by cracking, they are well preserved, compared to other varieties, and are quite suitable for transportation over long distances.
Did you know? The tomato, heavier than anybody else managed to grow, weighed 3510 g. The tomato bush, the height of which could not be surpassed by any other plant of this species, was 19 m 80 cm high. And the most abundant crop of tomatoes, which could be harvested, was 32,000 fruits weighing 522 kg.
The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Like every variety, tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" have their advantages and disadvantages.
To the advantages and positive aspects of tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" when describing them should include:
- fast ripening;
- "harmonious" fruiting;
- almost the same appearance of the fruit in terms of mass and shape on one hand and a bush;
- high level of preservation and keeping quality of ripe fruits;
- good transportability;
- resistance to a complex of the main diseases characteristic of tomatoes;
- excellent taste characteristics of fruits compared with other early varieties;
- no cracking tendency;
- opportunity not stepchild.
- demands on the garter;
- the need to form plants;
- whimsical to weather conditions.
Methods of use
Tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" are recommended for growing in large farms and greenhouses for sale, as their fruits have a fairly high commercial quality. Grade "Aphrodite F1" - versatile tomatoes for diverse uses.
These tomatoes have shown themselves to be excellent in canning whole and in processed form, they are used in salads and consumed fresh. They can be successfully salted and get the most delicious addition to various dishes.
Agrotechnology
Tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" are recommended for growing in open soil and in greenhouses for obtaining early quality tomatoes.
The easiest way to do this is to grow these plants in open beds in the open air. This variety is quite demanding for weather conditions and the required temperature regime.
Plants respond well to the introduction of mineral fertilizers, periodic loosening of the soil in order to improve the aeration process. Shrubs are also desirable to tie up. 
Seed preparation
Harvesting seeds for the next planting season is necessary after the harvest has been harvested. For this purpose, healthy fruits are required from the second or third hand with the correct appearance of the variety in the stage of final maturity, but that the fruit does not show signs of deacidification.
The fruit is cut lengthwise to open the seed sinuses, then the seeds are carefully removed and placed in a warm place for fermentation for a couple of days.
Then they must be rinsed with water and decomposed to dry. When the drying process is finished, the seeds are poured into sachets of paper, pre-pereterev fingers, and determined to save in a place with a low temperature and a sufficient level of dryness.
When preparing for planting, you need to choose healthy, without any damage, dried seeds of the same size.
Important! To check the seeds most often use a solution of salt (from 3 to 5%). Here you can add immediately and potassium permanganate for disinfection. It is necessary to keep the seeds in such a liquid for about 15 minutes: those seeds that float up must be removed, and those that sink to the bottom are the most suitable for sowing on seedlings.Also, it is useful to check the seeds for germination. This is best done using a roll of a strip of a newspaper or other paper: on such a strip up to 6 cm wide along one side pour a certain number of seeds, roll up the roll, tie it with a thread and put the other end on 1-2 cm.
After 7 days, it is already possible to understand whether the germination energy of the seeds has been laid: the germination rate of less than 50% is considered low.
It would be worthwhile to conduct seed coating - the process by which seeds are enveloped in nutrient mixtures with adhesive properties.
As an adhesive substance, a solution of polyacrylamide (a couple of grams per 10 liters of water), an aqueous solution of fresh mullein (one to seven or ten) or serum is used. They add various mineral components or combined fertilizers.
This method will help the seeds to obtain the necessary nutrients that may not be in the soil. Immediately before planting, the seeds must be heated for several hours at a temperature of 50 to 60 ° C. 
After that, they need to be germinated at + 20 ... +25 ° C in gauze or other fabric on a saucer with a duration of 2-3 days. At the very beginning of seed germination, they must be hardened.
To do this, they are placed in a refrigerator at a temperature of + 1 ... +3 ° C for 19 hours, then the seeds are removed and kept at room temperature for about 5 hours. Such procedures need to be done 6 days.
In this case, the seeds must be constantly wet. An important point is also the soaking of seeds before sowing.
Important! For the process of soaking the planting material is better to use melt water. Such "living" water can be obtained by freezing in the refrigerator and its subsequent melting.As a result of such lengthy manipulations, the seeds are ready for sowing into the soil.
Landing
A few days before the planned date of planting seeds for seedlings, it is necessary to bring into the room for warming up the nutrient soil mixture stored in severe frost, which must be prepared in the autumn.
After complete melting, you can add to it a special purchase of the soil, as well as ash. Mix everything thoroughly. After that, in early March, seeds can be sown into the soil to a depth of approximately 1 cm, but not more than two. 
In the pits put seeds and sprinkled with earth. First, you can lay out the seeds of seeds on the soil surface, and then push them to a depth of 1 cm and sprinkle with earth. After sowing the seeds must be watered.
On average, shoots of tomatoes need up to one week. After normal germination of plants, they need to dive. Seedlings systematically need to be watered.
Until mid-May, seedlings are planted in the greenhouse, here the grade "Aphrodite F1" develops better. With the advent of stable warm weather, tomatoes can be planted in open ground.
Before planting seedlings, they dig up the soil, additionally fertilize them with mineral and organic substances, mix, loosen and moisten.
On 1 square. m of land in order to achieve excellent results of development and yield should be placed no more than 9 bushes of tomatoes at a distance of half a meter from one another. Otherwise, the plants will not develop enough and the harvest will not please their generosity.
Care and watering
Caring for tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" is no different from the care of other varieties of tomatoes. It also needs to be regularly and sufficiently watered and systematically loosened the earth around, removing weeds, to accelerate the development of plants and obtain a more abundant harvest.
Also, do not forget to feed the tomatoes, process the necessary means to combat pests and diseases, although this variety is subjected to all sorts of diseases to a much lesser extent than some other varieties of tomatoes.
But there are some features in the care of tomatoes "Aphrodite F1": they need to constantly shape, timely tie. They practically do not need stading.
Pests and diseases
Tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" is characterized by a fairly high resistance to various diseases caused by fungi and bacteria. This plant shows a fairly durable immunity to such diseases. 
But he is "loved" by the Colorado potato beetle, therefore, it is better to plant such tomatoes away from the potatoes, while additionally processing them with special means.
Conditions for maximum fruiting
With one hectare of open ground planted with tomatoes "Aphrodite F1", you can collect up to 100 tons of ripe tomatoes. In greenhouse conditions, this figure ranges from 14 to 17 kg of fruit per 1 square. m
But all these indicators are possible only with high-quality selection and storage of seeds, when planting seedlings in the nutrient soil in a timely manner, with proper regular care of the bushes.
Tomatoes "Aphrodite F1" absolutely correspond to their name if they fall into the hands of an intelligent and competent gardener.
In addition to their magnificent appearance, they will delight the owner with the absence of any special problems during cultivation, a fast "friendly" harvest and excellent taste characteristics of the fruit. 
