Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Honey Candy
Tomato Sweetie is a variety that will appeal to most vegetable growers for its undemanding care, good taste of ripe fruits and their rather early ripening.
Tomatoes have long been firmly established in the human diet. They are used fresh, salted, pickled, added to other types of homemade preparations, and juice is prepared. Listing all the dishes that include this vegetable is a long task.
Every year breeders develop new varieties and hybrids of this vegetable crop, which have improved characteristics - increased resistance to diseases, resistance to drought and weather changes. Other qualities of these vegetables are also improved - yield, undemandingness to special care.
Tomato Honey Candy f1 is one such improved hybrid. Vegetable growers who want to plant this variety in their garden should know about its positive qualities and much more.
The history of the appearance of a hybrid
The tomato variety Sweetie is the fruit of the selection of Russian scientists, which breeders were engaged in breeding at the beginning of this century. Their work was crowned with success, and in 2005 this hybrid was entered in the state register.
And although Honey Candy appeared on the tomato market relatively recently, it is already in great demand among vegetable growers in different regions of our country. It is especially appreciated in large farms that specialize in growing tomatoes for sale.
Main characteristics and description of the hybrid
The description of the variety should begin with the timing of the ripening of the fruit. From the moment the first seedlings appear until the tomatoes are fully ripe, it takes about 3.5 months, so this hybrid is classified as a medium early variety.
In the southern regions and in the Volga region, this variety is grown in the open field, but in the middle lane and regions with a similar climate, it is better to grow Honey Candy in greenhouse conditions or under a film. The bushes of this vegetable are of the determinant type, therefore they do not grow in height above 0.9-1.0 m. Shoots are erect, powerful, weakly branching.
Honey Candy f1 can be grown in garden beds, and is also perfect for planting in greenhouses. The hybrid is moderately resistant to diseases usually affecting tomatoes. Due to the fact that the fruit ripens early enough (in mid-late July), Honey Candy is practically not affected by late blight.
Shoots are slightly leafy, foliage is large, dark emerald in color. The inflorescences are arranged alternately with the foliage. This hybrid is referred to as Cherry, so 15-27 small fruits usually ripen on each cluster. In total, no more than 6 brushes are formed on one shoot.It is best to shape each bush into no more than 3 stems in order to achieve the best ripening of the crop.
Bushes should be tied to trellises or other supports. The variety requires the mandatory removal of stepsons. The characteristics of the hybrid will be incomplete without a story about ripening fruits. They are small in size, rounded. The skin is smooth, firm, not prone to cracking.
The color of ripe fruits is yellow with an orange tint. Their weight is about 25 grams, the taste of ripe fruits is excellent. The yield of tomato Honey Candy is quite high - up to 6 kg per 1 m². Moreover, in greenhouses from this hybrid, the amount of the harvested crop is higher than in the open field.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The main advantages of the variety include:
- high productivity;
- good external qualities of the fruit;
- the possibility of growing at an industrial level for sale;
- ripe tomatoes are not prone to cracking;
- the harvested crop tolerates transportation well over long distances;
- the possibility of growing in open and closed ground.
The main disadvantages of tomato Honey Candy;
- in the conditions of central Russia, it is possible to grow a hybrid only in a greenhouse;
- the need for the obligatory tying of shoots to supports;
- compulsory pinching;
- resistance to major diseases - at the average level.
On the forum of this tomato variety, there are reviews of those vegetable growers who planted this hybrid. Most vegetable growers say Honey Candy is one of the best determinant varieties. There is also a good yield of the variety and good resistance to diseases.
