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

Tomato "General F1" was bred by the specialists of the Japanese breeding company "Sakata seeds corp" (the first Japanese seed company). It is successfully grown by vegetable growers in our country. This hybrid is early maturing, determinate, productive, bred for planting in open ground, but it also showed itself well when cultivated on soils protected by shelters.

The period from sowing seeds into the soil until the first fruits ripen is 100-105 days. Growing season accelerated: 60-70 days.

Description of the variety: The bush is not tall (grows up to 75 cm), the internodes are short, the inflorescence is simple.The stem is thick. Leaf pinnate dark green. The first inflorescence is formed above the 4th leaf. Each inflorescence has about 4-6 fruits, the weight of which can reach 200-240 grams. It is not necessary to remove stepchildren from the General F1 tomato variety, however, in order to grow a strong bush, it is formed into two stems.

Another positive characteristic of this variety is the ability to form high-quality fruitful inflorescences even in dry and hot weather. Tomato "General" super-yielding variety: from 1 square. m. you can get up to 12 kg of crop.

Fruit characteristics

Tomatoes of the "General F1" variety have a pronounced taste and aroma with a pleasant sourness. The shape of this tomato is round, without ribbing, slightly flattened from above and below. On the cut, the fruits are red without white fibers, moderately juicy, covered with a thin delicate skin.

Reviews about their nutritional qualities "Red General" deserved only positive. These tomatoes are mainly used fresh, as well as in the preparation of tomato juice, lecho, sauces and adjika.

Tomatoes "General F1" do not crack and show themselves perfectly when preserved. Suitable for s alting, both green and ripe.

After harvesting, with an average degree of ripeness, the fruits of this variety lie for up to two weeks without losing their presentation. Green tomatoes can be stored for up to 2 months. Well transported.

Features of cultivation

Depending on when the harvest is planned, sowing of this tomato variety is carried out either on seedlings in film-type shelters (for early harvests) or directly on the ground (for later harvests).

The advantage over competitive varieties is that General F1 tomatoes are good in secondary planting of tomatoes after harvesting early carrots, cabbage, new potatoes, onions, etc.

Disease resistance and handling

An important characteristic of the variety is disease resistance.It does not suffer from tomato tobacco mosaic virus, is resistant to tomato bronze, Alternaria, gray spot, Fusarium rash, yellow leaf curl virus, and is resistant to spotted, verticillium wilt virus.

Tomatoes become more resistant to fungal infections if mineral fertilizers containing s alts of potassium, magnesium, nitrogen are used.

You can use folk remedies to achieve a better tomato crop: wood ash (as a solution, or just powder the soil under the bushes), bird droppings or mullein (solution for wet dressing).

Pros and cons

Dignity:

• fruit set in hot weather;
• yield about 350-400 kg per hectare;
• good tasting hybrid;
• tomato virus resistance;
• tomato fungal disease resistance;
• transportability;
• Storage duration.

Flaws:

• seeds must be purchased annually as the quality of the variety is not preserved;
• tomatoes "General F1" very often sick with late blight;
• requires a constant competent combination of watering, as well as top dressing (especially in the secondary planting).

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