Tomato Apollo: variety description, characteristics and yield with photo

Thanks to the hard work of breeders in various regions, orange, pink, and purple tomatoes are grown, many gardeners plant the Apollo tomato, the fruits of which have an original shape, ripen in damp and cool weather both in the greenhouse and in the garden.

Bright sweetish fruits serve as a decoration for any table, are valued for their useful properties. They saturate the human body with vitamins and minerals, act as antioxidants, and prevent the formation of tumors.

Features of the variety

Summer residents who grow the Apollo F1 hybrid give it only positive characteristics, since the tomato is not exposed to diseases, it normally tolerates weather surprises. Numerous reviews indicate that the variety is valued:

• for high yields;
• for a pleasant sweet taste;
• for crack resistance.

Indeterminate plant rises to a height of one and a half meters. Up to 12 elongated tomatoes are formed on one brush, about 50 on a bush. The first fruit ripens on the 108th day after germination, and weighs from 110 to 200 g. A crop of 14 kg is harvested from a square meter.

Tomatoes have:

• ellipse shape with spout;
• in red;
• dense pulp.

There is a green spot near the stem. Although the Apollo variety belongs to the F1 hybrids, it is possible to collect seeds from ripened fruits. They make strong seedlings.

How to form a bush?

Apollo has clear advantages over undersized varieties. The culture does not take up much space in the greenhouse as it grows upwards. New buds are constantly forming on the brushes. Fresh fruits in the open field are harvested until September.

Saplings are sent to the garden 55 days after sowing for seedlings. Such tomatoes begin to bloom when only 8 leaves appear. For tomatoes to give a good yield:

1. The bushes are tied to a support.
2. Remove side branches.
3. The stepchildren are cut off.

If this is not done, the plant thickens, air circulation worsens, which leads to the appearance of powdery mildew, gray rot. The lower leaves must be cut off. When growing the Apollo variety in open ground in August, pinch the top of the bush. Then the set fruits have time to ripen before the cold weather.

Crop care

Hybrids, like other varietal tomatoes, it is advisable to plant after dill, cucumbers, cauliflower, zucchini, parsley. On a square meter, you need to place 3 bushes at a distance of 50 cm from each other. Particular attention must be paid to watering. Heat-loving tomatoes love the sun, but they also need moisture. With its deficiency, the fruits are poorly tied, but the excess is harmful to the culture. In cool and wet summers, it is better not to water the plant; in hot and dry weather, this should be done three times a week. For tomatoes to please the harvest:

1. Don't add too many minerals.
2. It is better to fertilize the land near the bushes with a mixture of ash and crushed egg shells.
3. Several times a season, you need to feed the plant with a solution of manure and chicken manure, insisting such products in water.
4. It is advisable to alternate the application of organic and mineral fertilizers.
5. To stimulate the appearance of the ovary, tomatoes are sprayed with boric acid, 2 g of this substance is dissolved in water.

After each watering, the soil near the crop must be loosened.

After reading the description of the tomato, many summer residents began to grow the Apollo variety in adverse climate conditions and were not disappointed in their choice. With proper care, the bushes do not get sick in a damp summer, and the tomatoes have time to ripen before the start of autumn fogs.

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