Tomato Neptune: characteristics and description of the variety with a photo

Tomato Neptune - a hybrid variety. A sufficient amount of tomato is tied on a small compact bush. The size of the plant allows the owners of small plots or greenhouses to grow a hybrid.

Some features of the variety

The plant is sensitive to the level of humidity, warm dry air - optimal conditions for growth. The hybrid is genetically disease resistant:

• septoria;
• alternariosis, anthracnose;
• TTM.

Susceptibility to late blight is average.

Territorially distributed in all regions of the Russian Federation, Ukraine. Regions of admission according to the state register of the Russian Federation: Volga-Vyatka and Central region (open ground).

Determinant type of growth. The height of the bush is about 70 cm. The plants are powerful, not standard. The foliage is light green, slightly corrugated. The first inflorescence is formed after 5-6 leaves, then after 1-2.Tomatoes are early ripe, in greenhouses from germination to ripeness takes 80 days, in open ground - 98 days. Characteristics and description of the fruits of the tomato variety Neptune:

• round and flat-round in shape, red, smooth;
• weight 100-110g;
• high transportability and keeping quality;
• yield from 1 square. m in a greenhouse - up to 13 kg, without shelter - up to 7 kg.

The palatability of the Neptune f1 hybrid is good. 100 g of product contains:

• sugar up to 5%;
• dry matter 5.4-6.1%;
• ascorbic acid 23.5-23.7%;

Recommended agricultural practices

The site for planting is chosen with a neutral or slightly acidic ph level (6-6.7). Eliminate the possibility of flooding and stagnant water. The Neptune tomato will grow well on a southern slope, sheltered from the wind.

The beds have been prepared since autumn. For 1 sq. m area contributed:

1. Organics 9-10 kg (decayed manure, compost).
2. Phosphorus Potassium Supplements 20g

In spring - nitrogen-containing fertilizers (10 g per 1 sq. m). Before the winter season, the soil is deeply dug up, and with the onset of heat, they are loosened several times.

Seedlings are transferred to the ground at the age of 55-60 days. For 1 sq. m planted up to 9 plants, as the compact shape of the bushes allows. Leave 40 cm between plants.

50-100 g of sifted wood ash with superphosphate (1 tsp) is poured into each well during planting. The seedlings are dug in, the soil around the trunk circle is mulched and watered abundantly. Tomatoes of the Neptune variety receive the first root dressing 14 days after planting. All stepchildren under the lower flowering brush are removed from the plant.

Harvesting

In the seed catalogs there is an improved analogue of the hybrid variety - Neptune f1 plus. Has similar characteristics. Considered more resistant to outdoor conditions and major diseases.

In an early ripe hybrid, all ripened fruits are removed before the beginning of August. Harvest tomatoes that have just begun to turn brown. The crop will ripen within 10-15 days in a sunny place. Such tomatoes will not differ in taste from those that are fully ripe on the bushes.

On determinant early ripening varieties, signs of wilting appear already in the first days of August. Many consider this the beginning of the disease, in fact, it is a natural process. In open ground, bushes are completely dug up when the air temperature drops below +8 °C.

At the end of the season, all plant residues are removed from the beds. The soil is dug up, green manure plants are planted. Reviews of gardeners agree that the Neptune hybrid is problem-free in growing tomatoes.

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