Description of the tomato variety Amber honey and its characteristics
Large and fleshy tomatoes have always been popular with tomato growers. Among the variety of varieties, Amber Honey tomato occupies a special place due to its rich taste and unusually warm color.
Acquaintance with the variety
Tomatoes "Amber honey" of a mid-season variety. From the moment of germination to full ripening of the first fruits, an average of 110-120 days pass.
Description of the plant:
- The tomato plant is indeterminate, but not too tall. The height of the bush rarely exceeds 1-1.5 m.
- Medium leafy, leaves are not large, they look like potato leaves.
- Good yield.
- The variety has an increased immunity to tobacco mosaic virus, cladosporium and Alternaria.
Fruit characteristics:
- Flat-round, ribbed.
- The color of ripe tomatoes ranges from golden yellow to bright orange.
- Fruit weight from 150 to 300 grams.
- The skin is thin but firm, not prone to cracking.
- Intense tomato aroma.
- Inside, the color is tender honey, and the flesh is fleshy and juicy.
- The taste is pleasant, sweet with sourness.
Reviews of avid summer residents, gardeners, although they differ somewhat, but agree on one thing: "Amber Honey" has a rich, bright taste and is excellent for universal use.
Agrotechnical methods
The variety is recommended for cultivation in greenhouse conditions. In central Russia, it develops and bears fruit no worse, in open ground.
- Sowing seeds is carried out 60-65 days before planting in the ground. Sowing should be in lightly tamped specially prepared soil to a depth of 1 cm. It is recommended to sprinkle it on top with a peat-soil mixture and cover with foil until the first shoots. The ideal temperature for seed germination is 25 degrees.
- Young shoots need additional lighting, while the temperature should be reduced to 18-20 degrees. After a week, raise again to 22 degrees.
- After the appearance of the first true leaves, the seedlings dive into separate pots.
- A couple of weeks before transplanting, the plants must be hardened.
- When the grown bushes acquire the sixth real leaf and the first brush, then it's time to plant tomatoes for permanent residence. They can be transplanted into greenhouses from the beginning of May, and into open ground, preferably not earlier than the beginning of June, when the threat of frost has passed.
- Planting scheme for tomatoes - 30 x 50 cm.
- As the bush grows, the formation of two stems is required, so it is necessary to carry out pinching in a timely manner.
- During the growing season, tomatoes need additional nutrients, so you should regularly feed the tomatoes with complex mineral fertilizers.
- You should also water and loosen the soil regularly.
Reviews
Elena:
Last summer I grew a tomato "Amber Honey" in a greenhouse.The bushes were good, powerful, but the first brushes dried up, and the subsequent ones did not produce many tomatoes. True, the fruits were large, more and more than 300 g. I planted this year, only now in open ground, I decided that it was too hot for him in the greenhouse.
Alexei:
The tomato grew in the OG. I got accustomed well, did not get sick. Bushes higher than a meter have not grown. But the harvest was worthy. Tomatoes are large, beautiful and tasty.
Svetlana:
Delicious tomatoes. When you cut it, it feels like there is honey under the thin skin of a tomato.
Alyona:
This year, I planted a tomato "Amber Honey" in the greenhouse. They are gaining growth well and have already formed the ovaries, only the leaf is not potato, but ordinary. I even doubted, or planted. I'll see what grows up.
