Tomato Crystal F1: variety description, cultivation reviews and photos

Hybrid tomato "Crystal F1" bred by French breeders and recommended for growing in a greenhouse, hotbed and open ground, received excellent reviews from gardeners.

Tomatoes "Crystal F1" all-weather, early ripe, carpal hybrid. The period from sowing seeds into the soil until the first fruits ripen is 90-105 days. The bush is tall, the internodes are short, the inflorescence is simple. The stem is thick. Leaf pinnate light green. The first inflorescence is formed above the 5-6th leaf. Each inflorescence has 8-10 fruits. "Crystal F1" is a tall and high-yielding variety, so it definitely needs to be tied to a support, and it is also recommended to remove stepchildren.To grow a strong bush, it is formed into one or two stems.

Fruit characteristics

Description: Tomato "Crystal F1" has fruits weighing 120-160 grams, round, even, dense, red inside and out, of uniform color and the same size. Inside the tomato are three small seed chambers with small seeds. The wall thickness of the hybrid "Crystal F1" is 6-8 mm, which ensures a high-quality presentation and good safety during transportation. Tomatoes of this variety are not subject to cracking. The brush ripens completely, so you can harvest with brushes.

The weight of one brush "Crystal F1" can reach 1.5-1.6 kg.

Taste and specifications

Fruits "Crystal F1" sweet and sour, fleshy with dense thin skin. This variety of tomatoes is suitable for fresh consumption, in salads, and has proven itself in home preservation.The fruits keep their shape well when pickled and s alted. To get great shades of taste, you can put tomatoes of different degrees of ripeness in one jar. Pasta and mashed potatoes from these tomatoes received especially enthusiastic reviews for their pronounced red color and thick texture.

Features of cultivation

Tomatoes "Crystal F1" are grown on slightly acidic or neutral soils. Seeds are sown in accordance with the ripening period and weather conditions of the region. Sowing is carried out to a depth of 1-2 cm and lightly press the top layer of soil.

The first prerequisite for obtaining strong seedlings is the picking of seedlings, which is carried out when 2-4 true leaves appear on the seedlings (30-35 days after sowing the seeds). By about 50-60 days, the seedlings reach a height of 25-30 cm. The finished seedlings are planted on beds at a distance of 50 by 40 cm from each other; planting density of 2-3 plants per 1 square.m.

Cultivation in a greenhouse or in greenhouses for the "Crystal F1" variety is preferable, since the yield per bush increases from 6 kg in open ground to 10 kg in a greenhouse and 15-18 kg in a greenhouse. A greenhouse plant develops better, as the optimum temperature, light regime, drip irrigation and top dressing are constantly maintained there.

Further plant care comes down to simple procedures:

water every 7-10 days;
mandatory soil mulching;
timely application of fertilizers to the soil;
ventilation;
loosening and weeding planting.

Fertilization and fruiting

Tomatoes are fertilized for the first time in the phase of active seedling growth, then 10 days after the start of flowering of the second ovary, and then, as soon as the first crop was harvested.After the appearance of fruits on 3-5 ovaries, it is necessary to cut off the lower leaves of the bushes, freeing the stem to the base of the second brush. This improves air flow to the plant, it grows better, increases resistance to fungal diseases, and accelerates fruit ripening.

Also, the following folk remedy is used to speed up fruiting: dilute ash in 2 liters of water (a third of a bucket). Dilute it with 5 liters of boiling water, then mix well and cool the solution. After that, bring the resulting mixture to a volume of about 10 liters, add 1 can of iodine and 10 g of boric acid. Infuse the solution for a day.

You can also speed up the ripening of tomatoes with the help of special ready-made preparations.

Disease resistance and handling

An important characteristic of the "Crystal F1" tomato variety is that it does not suffer from the tomato mosaic virus, it is resistant to the virus of spotted, verticillium wilt, fusarium.To increase the resistance of a tomato to fungal infections, you can use mineral fertilizers containing potassium, magnesium, nitrogen.

Pros and cons

Needs pickingSuitable for garden and greenhouse growing Sharmon fruit ripening Possibility of harvesting with tassels Excellent presentation

Pros	Disadvantages
Early variety	Stem tie
Gives excellent yields	In greenhouse cultivation, increased greenhouse maintenance costs
Resistant to tobacco mosaic, Fusarium, Verticillium



Good transportability