The most productive sweet tomato varieties and undersized non-stepchildren of the Nepas series

Most gardens and household plots are equipped with greenhouses with a film or glass cover. That is why gardeners choose non-stepping varieties of tomatoes for the greenhouse, trying to grow a guaranteed crop with minimal labor costs.

Stepchildren are formed on all categories of tomatoes, but in plants that independently limit growth, lateral shoots are formed at the junction of the leaf and stem only in the lower part of the plant. The branching of the bush ends here. This category also includes plants of the standard type, in which shoots of the first two orders develop on a vertical stem.

Advantages of non-stepping varieties

Plants with limited growth are called determinate, they do not need stabbing.

1. Determinant varieties yield crops earlier, and according to the growing season they belong to early or mid-ripening crops. Such tomatoes are suitable for open ground and for greenhouses. They fully mature during a short summer in any conditions. They are distinguished by a friendly yield, which allows you to harvest before the onset of the first frost.
2. Among varieties with limited growth, medium and low are distinguished. For greenhouses and hotbeds, they are suitable as basic or as a compacted planting. Growing tomatoes of different heights allows you to rationally use the entire volume of the greenhouse.
3. Medium-sized tomatoes are great for plastic-covered greenhouses, where they match the height of the structure. Such landings perfectly use the possibilities of open ground, and in case of cold weather they can be reliably protected.
4. The main advantage of growing such tomatoes is a small number of shoots that can not be removed. The plant will have time to form fruits and let them ripen even without this procedure. For non-stepping species, a greenhouse or soil growing method is suitable.

Anyone who has ever encountered the peculiarities of growing tomatoes, and planting varieties without limiting the growth of a bush, knows how much time and effort is spent on fighting stepchildren. Therefore, the advantage of determinants is obvious.

NEPAS variety series to help gardeners

A series of 14 non-stepping varieties with the name "NEPAS" was created by Russian breeders of the company "SeDeK". It includes the most fruitful and sweet, undersized, non-stepping varieties of tomato. They differ in appearance, taste, but are united by simplified growing rules.They do not need to remove side shoots and form the plant itself. This means that much less time and effort will be needed to get the harvest.

1. Starts a series of early ripe variety with a growing season of 105 - 110 days, with a red fruit of a flat round shape, the weight of which ranges from 50 g to 80 g. The plant is unpretentious, resistant to temperature extremes. Suitable for salads, juice preparation, various types of canning.
2. "Raspberry" tomato Nepas 2 has rounded fruits, smooth crimson in color, weighing 75 - 100 g. 3.7 - 4.5 kg of tomato are harvested from a square meter of plantings. Distinctive characteristics: yield stability, unpretentiousness, the ability to set fruits well. Tomatoes are eaten fresh, canned.
3. "Pink" tomato Nepas 3 is early ripe (85 - 90 days). Compact standard bush reaches a height of up to half a meter.The plant forms large fruits, weighing up to 140 g, with a pink skin color. The pulp is fleshy, sweetish in taste. Recommended for salads and winter preparations.
4. "Heart-shaped orange" tomato Nepas 4 has very beautiful fruits. Tomatoes are bright orange, rounded with a "nose", have the shape of a heart. The pulp is dense, sweet. Tomatoes are suitable for canning, salads and decorating dishes. The variety is valuable for resistance to root and top rot, yield stability, unpretentiousness.
5. "Orange" tomato Nepas 5 has fruits weighing 60 - 80 g, cylindrical in shape with a "nose" and a slight ribbing. The skin is thick, the original orange-yellow color. The pulp is dense, sweetish, very refreshing. The purpose of the fruit is table. Suitable even for barrel s alting.
6. "High-yielding" Nepas 6 is an F1 hybrid and allows you to get 7.5-8.0 kg of tomato per square meter. Shtambovy bush, low. The fruit is oval, with a small "nose", weighs 70 - 90 g.Skin color is bright red. The pulp is dense, excellent taste. The hybrid is resistant to a number of diseases, heat-resistant. The variety has proven itself during transportation and storage.
7. "Giant" Nepas 7 is distinguished by the weight of the fruit, which reaches 200 g. Standard bush. Fruits grow large with excellent taste. The skin is thin, red. The yield is 6-7 kg / m². The variety is recommended for making juices, purees, summer and winter salads.
8. "Carrot" tomato Nepas 8 has a cylindrical fruit shape with a "spout". Fruit weight 50 - 70 g. The skin is quite dense, glossy, red. The standard bush grows to a height of 60 - 70 cm. The crop per square meter is up to 6 kg of "carrot" tomatoes. The variety is heat-resistant, high-yielding, recommended for making salads, pastas, looks beautiful in assorted blanks.
9. The elongated fruit of the tomato Nepas 9 resembles the shape of a pepper. Tomatoes are red, weigh 50 - 60 g, sweet. The height of the bush reaches 80 cm, the growing season is up to 100 days. The yield is 5 - 6 kg per square meter.
10. Nepas 10 has its own peculiarity. It is distinguished by the original raspberry color of the fruit with narrow, yellow stripes. Weight of tomatoes 70 - 80 g, has fleshy pulp, excellent taste. Widely used in home cooking. The variety is standard, grows up to 70 cm, early ripe, with a vegetation period of 100 days. Reviews speak of its external attractiveness, decorativeness.
11. Standing apart is the indoor non-stepping tomato Nepas 11, whose name speaks for itself. An ultra-early plant (90 - 95 days), with a standard, compact bush, grows up to only 35 cm. Red, small tomatoes, weighing up to 20 g, look great against the background of green foliage. It is grown in boxes on balconies, winter gardens, in an apartment on the windowsill.
12. "Large-fruited" Nepas 12 is characterized by early maturity, ripening in 100 days. It can be grown by immediately planting seeds in the ground. This is possible due to the small height and increased cold resistance of the plant. Up to 6-7 kg of large tomatoes are harvested from a square meter of area, which are eaten fresh and processed into purees, juices, salads.The fruits ripen large, up to 150 g, red in color, with dense pulp, excellent taste.
13. "Plum-shaped" variety Nepas 13 has oval fruits with a "nose" weighing up to 90 g, red. The standard plant itself, up to 70 cm tall, produces up to 6 kg of tomato per season per 1 sq. m. Tomatoes performed very well in canning, in summer salads.
14. Sugar taste of tomato Nepas 14 is reflected in the name of the variety. The fruits are round, dense, red in color, gain weight up to 100 g, have a very pleasant sweet taste. Standard type plant, bushy. The variety is productive, resistant to adverse external conditions, recommended for all kinds of preparations, summer salads, where vegetables are not cooked.

All plants of the Nepas series are determinate, often of the standard type. The characteristics of each individual variety speaks of external differences, but the methods of growing and caring for them are almost the same.You can choose tomatoes to your taste, using the description of the variety, our recommendations. Suitable for canning: "Striped", "Heart-shaped", "Carrot", colored varieties "with a spout". For fresh summer salads, Giant, Pink, Raspberry, Sugar, Large are good.

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