Tomato Honey Candy: characteristics and description of the variety with a photo

Tomato Candy is a variety that most vegetable growers will like for its undemanding care, good taste of ripe fruits and their fairly early ripening.

Tomatoes have long been firmly established in the human diet. They are used fresh, s alted, marinated, added to other types of homemade preparations, juice is prepared. Listing all the dishes that include this vegetable is a long task.

Breeders every year bring out new varieties and hybrids of this vegetable crop, which have improved characteristics - increased resistance to diseases, resistance to drought and weather changes. Other qualities of these vegetables are also improving - productivity, undemanding to special care.

Tomato Honey Candy f1 is one such improved hybrid. Vegetable growers who want to plant this variety in their garden should know about its positive qualities and much more.

History of the emergence of the hybrid

Tomato cultivar Konfetka - the fruit of selection by Russian scientists, the breeding of which breeders were engaged in at the beginning of this century. Their work was successful, and in 2005 this hybrid was entered into the state register.

And although Honey Candy appeared on the tomato market relatively recently, it is already in great demand among vegetable growers in different regions of our country. It is especially appreciated in large farms specializing in growing tomatoes for sales.

Main characteristics and description of the hybrid

Description of the variety should begin with the timing of fruit ripening. It takes about 3.5 months from the moment the first seedlings appear to the full ripening of tomatoes, so this hybrid is classified as a mid-early variety.

In the southern regions and in the Volga region, this variety is grown in open ground, but in the middle lane and regions with a similar climate, it is better to grow Honey Candy in greenhouse conditions or under film. The bushes of this vegetable are of the determinant type, therefore they do not grow in height above 0.9-1.0 m. The shoots are erect, powerful, slightly branching.

Honey Candy f1 can be grown in beds in the garden, it is also great for planting in greenhouses. The hybrid has moderate resistance to diseases commonly affecting tomatoes. Due to the fact that the fruit ripens early enough (in mid-late July), Honey Candy is practically not affected by late blight.

The shoots are slightly leafy, the foliage is large in size, dark emerald in color. Inflorescences are arranged alternately with foliage. This hybrid belongs to Cherry, so 15-27 small fruits usually ripen on each brush.In total, no more than 6 brushes are formed on one shoot. It is best to form each bush to no more than 3 stems in order to achieve the best maturation of the crop.

Bushes should be tied to trellises or other supports. The variety requires the mandatory removal of stepchildren. The characteristics of the hybrid will be incomplete without a story about the ripening fruits. They are small and round. The skin is smooth, dense, not prone to cracking.

The color of ripe fruits is yellow with an orange tint. Their weight is about 25 grams, the taste of ripe fruits is excellent. The yield of tomato Honey Candy is quite high - up to 6 kg per 1 m². Moreover, in greenhouses from this hybrid, the amount of the harvested crop is higher than in open ground.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The main advantages of the variety include:

• high yield;
• good external qualities of fruits;
• commercially grown for sale;
• ripe tomatoes are not prone to cracking;
• harvested crop tolerates long-distance transportation;
• possibility of cultivation in open and closed ground.

The main disadvantages of tomato Honey Candy;

• in the conditions of central Russia, it is possible to grow a hybrid only in a greenhouse;
• the need for mandatory tying of shoots to supports;
• mandatory stepson;
• resistance to major diseases is average.

On the forum of this variety of tomatoes, reviews of those vegetable growers who planted this hybrid are given. Most growers say that Honey Candy is one of the best determinant varieties. Also noted is a good yield of the variety and good resistance to diseases.

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