Description of the Super Steak tomato variety and its yield and cultivation
Tomato Super Steak f1 is a new generation hybrid that is very common in Russia. Despite the fact that the selection is young, it has already won many positive reviews.
Description of the variety
Tomato Super Steak can grow in all weather conditions, perfect for glazed and unheated film shelters... It is considered mid-season: from germination to harvesting the first fruits 100-110 days. The plant is vigorous, it can grow up to two meters.
During growth, up to eight brushes are formed. Fruit set occurs 15 days earlier than other mid-season hybrids. This is an excellent indicator, since this tomato is also considered large-fruited. During cultivation, it is better to use pinching in two stems, then there will be more fruits and the plant will get stronger.
Superstake fruits are beautiful, large, red in color. They have no voids inside. On average, a tomato weighs 450 grams, the maximum weight can be about a kilogram. The pulp is dense, juicy, with a sweet, slightly sugar taste. Most of all, gardeners are gladdened by the fact that large-fruit production goes well with high yields.
Tomatoes can be used raw. Due to its large size, the whole fruit is not suitable for conservation, but they can be used in tomato juice, adjika and a variety of salads.
Growing Tomatoes Super Steak
For seedlings, seeds are planted since March, the maximum burial depth is three centimeters. Before doing this, it is necessary to process them in potassium permanganate and then rinse with clean water. Do not forget to feed seedlings with special fertilizer two or three times. Super steak tomatoes require hardening of seedlings before planting them in the ground.
Since they can only be grown in greenhouses, temperature limits must be observed. If the greenhouse has heating, then planting can be done in April. And if the greenhouse is not heated, then not earlier than May. Seedlings must be at least 65 days old.
Bushes cannot be planted next to each other, as they will only interfere with each other. Oddly enough, but you need to limit the growth of the plant only upwards, otherwise they can grow strongly. That is why it is worth leaving a maximum of eight brushes on the bush. The lower leaves must be cut off.
Do not forget to regularly water the bushes with only warm water. If you decide to feed the plant, it is better to use special complex water-soluble mineral fertilizers. They are considered the most harmless.
Diseases
Due to the fact that the Super Steak variety is considered a hybrid variety, it has a genetic resistance to late blight, TMV, cladosporium disease, bacterial spotting and rootworm nematode.All other tomato diseases can be easily dealt with with the help of special fertilizers and treatments.
Basically, not the whole plant suffers from various diseases, but only the fruits or leaves. The affected parts are easily removed and the tomatoes continue to grow further.
Super steak tomatoes are considered one of the most unpretentious in their cultivation.
