Description and characteristics of the tomato variety Plyushkin f1
In regions with short, hot summers, fast-ripening tomatoes are popular. Tomato Plyushkin F1 gives early tasty products to hardworking gardeners. The hybrid fruits are good in salads, sliced, canned food.
Hybrid appearance
The plant has:
- compact bush about 70 cm;
- leaf plates are medium-sized, light green.
Tomato Plyushkin pleases gardeners with a yield: up to 4 kg / m². It manifests itself perfectly in the open field, under a film, lutrasil, in unheated greenhouses.
What berries grow
The hybrid bears fruit:
- round, smooth, ribbed at the stalk;
- sweet and sour taste;
- at the stage of technical maturity, saturated red;
- medium size (100 - 125 g);
- dense consistency;
- with a hard skin.
Plyushkin tomatoes retain their commercial qualities during transportation. Perfectly ripened in the warmth. The harvested crop is stored at room temperature for up to 1.5 months.
Why is it Plyushkin who is being planted
Breeders are constantly introducing new types of tomatoes. They fight to shorten the growing season, increase yields, improve taste and marketability. The hybrid won the hearts of gardeners with its characteristics:
- early ripening (from germination to the first harvest 98 days);
- amicable return of fruits;
- resistance to TMV, fusarium;
- excellent berry taste;
- ovary formation in cool weather and heat.
Rapid ripening avoids late blight. The hybrid is included in the State Register of Vegetable Crops of the Russian Federation. The creators recommend planting it in dachas, backyards, private household plots.
How to grow healthy plants
The characteristics and description of the variety determine the cultivation technique. Plyushkin is sensitive to an excess of nitrogen. You should not fill the beds with organic matter in the year of planting. Responsive to mineral fertilizing. Gardeners need to take this into account.
Care rules are common for tomato hybrids:
- sow for seedlings after March 15;
- landing on a permanent place after late spring frosts;
- top dressing at planting (in each hole, 2 tablespoons of double superphosphate);
- timely watering only after the ground surface has completely dried;
- forming into 2 stems;
- pinching;
- clarification of ovaries;
- obligatory garter of stems and brushes;
- removal of leaves until the ovary is overflowing;
- Feed with mineral complexes 3 times during the growing season.
Healthy bushes of the Plyushkin hybrid can only be grown if the rules of crop circulation are observed. Ideal predecessors: cabbage, radishes, onions, beans, peas.With limited planting areas, the soil should be siderized: after harvesting the tomatoes, sow mustard, oats, rye, then dig up the beds with the seedlings embedded.
How to protect plants from diseases and pests
The Plyushkin hybrid is resistant to the main diseases of tomatoes. Early ripening will save you from late blight. To preserve the harvest, you should:
- follow the rules of watering (ideally organize drip);
- cover plantings with film during prolonged rains;
- minimize nitrogen input;
- timely add mineral complexes;
- ventilate the greenhouse (when grown indoors);
- mulch the soil (rotted sawdust, dried grass, black non-woven material are suitable);
- spray with ovary stimulants.
In dry summers, whitefly and spider mites become active. Plants of Plyushkin tomato should be treated with industrial insecticides or prepared independently.
Gardeners' assessment
Gardeners give good reviews about the tomato Plyushkin F1. They like the yield, sweet and sour taste, transportability. Pleases resistance to diseases, keeping quality, ability to ripen. The dense skin of the hybrid is unpleasant. It is recommended to remove it before use.
