Tomato Ural F1: variety description, cultivation features and yield

In greenhouse conditions, tomatoes tend to bear fruit more abundantly than in open ground. Tomato Ural F1, in addition to high and stable yields, is distinguished by large-fruitedness, which is rare for hybrids. This quality is combined with resistance to many diseases and stress factors. In the aggregate of all signs, the newest hybrid Ural F1 is one of the best modern tomatoes for greenhouses.

Not only for the Urals

Thinking over the strategy of creating new varieties of tomatoes, the breeders of the Russian agricultural company "Gavrish" set out to combine several genetic lines, embodying all the advantages in one tomato. Experienced scientists got a brilliant result.

In 2007, the State Register of Breeding Achievements was replenished with the Ural F1 hybrid tomato. The sonorous name hints at the fact that the breeding novelty is hardy and unpretentious, capable of tangible returns even in the difficult climatic conditions of the Ural region. The first reviews of the Ural F1 tomato allow us to conclude that the variety is harvested in any Russian greenhouses, from St. Petersburg to the Far East.

Gavrish decided to draw attention to the new hybrid with a small publicity stunt. On bags of the 1 + 1 series (where they put 25 seeds, and not 10 pieces, as usual), a spectacular variety name appeared - Ural Super F1 tomato. In fact, this is the same tomato, with the same characteristics. No deception, just an enthusiastic declaration of love for their breeding luck.

Hybrid Benefits

For many years of work, the Russian seed company "Gavrish" has earned a reputation as a reliable and truthful company. The description of the variety printed on the bag of tomato seeds is consistent with the results obtained. Vegetable growers are used to trusting seeds from Gavrish.

Fruits

Tomatoes in the Ural F1 variety in the first brushes weigh 330 - 370 grams. Only three of these tomatoes are pulled per kilogram and even more. The average fruit weight for all collections is 200 grams. Most hybrid varieties are not large-fruited, and Ural F1 is a rare exception.

The shape of the tomatoes is standard, rounded flat. The surface is glossy, smooth or slightly ribbed on top. The color of the skin and pulp is classic, bright red, uniform. There is no green spot in the area of attachment of the peduncle - neither outside nor inside. Each tomato has a perfect presentation.

The skin and pulp of the Ural F1 tomato are distinguished by increased density. This description indicates a high resistance to various fruit rots, resistance to cracking, excellent transportability and keeping quality.

As a rule, hybrid tomatoes are inferior in taste to simple varieties with sugary pulp, so breeders set out to get tastier hybrids. Ural F1 was created as a salad tomato with good taste.

Plant dimensions

Characterization of the variety as indeterminate predetermines its features such as unlimited upward growth of the tomato, the laying of a large number of brushes, long-term fruiting. The height of the plant is comparable to the height of the greenhouse ceiling.

The vegetable grower himself limits the growth of the stem for the Ural F1 tomato, pinching the top at a reasonable height - when it hits the ceiling or before the end of the greenhouse season. Actively growing side shoots can thicken the bush if they are not removed in time. The leaf apparatus is formed large and very powerful, needs thinning.

Fruiting

Tomato Ural F1 has a simple, unbranched fruit raceme, bearing 3-4 tomatoes. The stem attachment is solid. Even kilogram brushes do not break, do not need additional fasteners. For a long greenhouse season, the bush is able to lay 7 - 10 full-fledged brushes.Within one brush, the tomatoes are aligned in size, ripen at the same time.

Such a large and dense tomato cannot be poured too early. Ural F1 - mid-season. The first crop ripens 115 - 116 days after the appearance of the first shoots.

The plants enter the phase of active fruiting on the 120th - 125th day. In any region, the return of the crop can last until late autumn: specific dates depend on the temperature regime of the greenhouse.

The yield of hybrid tomato Ural F1 is potentially very high, it is directly dependent on the level of agricultural technology. Mass plantings on large greenhouse areas bring 8-9 kg per square meter. For a large lettuce variety, this is a very good indicator. An amateur vegetable grower who is able to pay a lot of attention to each plant can get 4 - 5 kg from each bush.

In a heated greenhouse, record harvests are harvested - 7-8 kg from one tomato bush.

Climate adaptability

The Ural F1 hybrid tomato is unique in its adaptability to the temperature range. It is not in vain that it is called the "Ural" - it is accustomed to cold snaps. Bushes actively increase their yield even in simple film greenhouses, in cool summers and cloudy weather. They do not lose their ovaries even when overheated. The tomato calmly reacts to changes in temperature and humidity. Practically does not produce ugly and bursting fruits.

Disease resistance

Trump cards such as long fruiting and high yields may not work due to an infectious attack on the tomato plant. Successful disease resistance is the most important indicator for a tall tomato.

Ural F1 is a modern hybrid created by an experienced team of the best breeders in the country. The variety is generally not affected by the tobacco mosaic virus, which is not amenable to any treatment.In addition, the Ural F1 tomato does not suffer from Fusarium wilt. The most important advantage of this tomato is its resistance to a very harmful, common greenhouse infection called cladosporiosis (this is a fungal brown spot). Crop can be grown environmentally friendly, without chemical treatments.

Ural F1 - powerful, hardy tomato and not too capricious. However, it realizes its solid potential only indoors and with proper care.

Agricultural requirements

The main task when working with the Ural F1 tomato is to ensure uninterrupted power, direct it to the full formation of large and tasty fruits:

Young plants are prone to elongation, so during the seedling period they are in dire need of good sunlight or supplementary light. Tomato picking is carried out at the stage of the first true leaf.
The normal age of seedlings for transplanting into a greenhouse is 55 days. Undergrown or overgrown plants will not provide a full-bodied harvest.
Planting scheme: 60x40 cm. Planted tomato bushes are immediately tied up.
Hybrid Ural F1 needs soil enriched with a complex of organic and mineral fertilizers. Soils with low acidity are deoxidized in advance.
Growing a full-fledged crop requires additional feeding (weekly), regular moderate watering (2 times a week). Mulching is highly desirable.
Timely pinching is the most important agricultural technique when working with the Ural F1 tomato. The plant is kept strictly in 1 or 2 stems, no more. In the middle of the growing season, the lower leaves are removed. At the end of the season, pinch the top.

It should always be remembered that there are no tomatoes that are absolutely resistant to phytophthora yet. It is necessary to provide all the necessary measures to prevent this scourge.