Tomato Slastena: characteristics and description of the variety, yield with photo

The variety was created in Russia in 2000, included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2008. In the south, the Slastena tomato is planted in open ground, in Siberia, the Urals, and the Far East it is planted under film. This is an early variety: 90 - 95 days pass from planting seedlings in the ground to picking up ripe fruits.

General information

Description of the variety - bushes are indeterminate, standard, in height in the summer cottage up to 1 - 1.1 m, in greenhouses - up to 1.3 m. The foliage is rare, the leaves are medium-sized, darkish green.The first brush appears above the 8th - 9th sheet, the next - every 3 sheets. One brush contains 30 - 40 tomatoes.

Characteristic of fruits: slightly elongated, cylindrical in shape. Ripe tomatoes are scarlet and burgundy. They have a thick skin. Sweet, with honey aftertaste. Fruit weight - 30 - 50 g, on the first brushes - up to 70 g. There are 4 seed chambers, the presence of dry matter is 6%. They eat fresh, put in salads, canned, squeeze juice, make ketchup and lecho. Not suitable for barrel s alting.

Advantages and cons

Tomatoes have a number of benefits:

• small sweetish tomatoes;
• does not burst the skin;
• tie together;
• variety resistant to sudden changes in temperature;
• tomatoes ripen quickly;
• easy to transport;
• high yield: up to 2 - 2.5 kg of fruits are harvested from a bush, up to 8 kg from 1 m², and up to 10 kg in a greenhouse;
• bushes can grow even on depleted lands;
• long stored;
• variety moderately resistant to brown spot, root rot, late blight;
• good for canning.

Among the small disadvantages - the bushes need to be tied up, cut off stepsons, prop up branches.

Sowing seeds

Seeds of tomato variety Slastena Nastya F1 are sown at the end of March. If you purchased seeds on the market, then they are disinfected. Seeds are poured into a gauze bag and lowered for 20 minutes. in a solution of potassium permanganate (pour 1 g into half a glass of clean water). It is not recommended to keep the seeds in potassium permanganate for more than 20 minutes, as their germination is reduced. Then rinse the seeds with clean water.

Instead of potassium permanganate, you can make a soda solution. Pour 0.5 g of soda into half a glass of water. Soak the seeds in a baking soda solution for 24 hours.

Make soil from equal parts of peat soil, soddy soil, humus. Pour 1 teaspoon of superphosphate, carbamide, potassium sulfate into one bucket of prepared soil. Disinfect the soil by spilling it with a strong solution of potassium permanganate. Then let the earth stand in a wet state for 10 days so that beneficial bacteria multiply.

Place the seeds in the soil. Sprinkle with earth so that the seeds are 1 cm deep. Pour from a spray bottle. Cover with foil, put in heat. The air temperature should be 25 - 30 degrees.

Growing seedlings

When shoots appear, remove the film. Place the box on the windowsill. Seedlings are dived when 2 true leaves appear, transplanted into peat cups. To grow seedlings in the absence of the sun, illuminate it with lamps.

Water seedlings with a spray bottle in the morning. 2 weeks before transplanting, start hardening the bushes by taking them out to the balcony. First place them on the loggia for 5 minutes, then increase the interval for the seedlings to be outdoors.

Planting seedlings

In autumn, spread 4 kg of manure on 1 m² of land, dig the earth to the depth of a shovel. In the spring, spread the same amount of manure over the soil, but the manure must be rotted. Also sprinkle on 1 m² of soil 1 tbsp. a spoonful of potassium chloride and 5 tbsp. spoons of superphosphate. Dig the soil a second time. Although, in general, this variety is not picky about the composition of the earth.

Dig holes 15 cm in diameter, 30 cm deep. Drive in pegs. Place the seedlings in the holes. 4 bushes are placed per 1 m², they do it in a checkerboard pattern. Water plantings generously. Tie up the bushes.

Care

Feed your tomatoes for the first time 10 days after planting. Pour 1 kg of manure into a ten-liter bucket of water. Let it stand for a while. Then water, being careful not to get on the leaves. Feed at the same time as watering. After each watering or rain, loosen the soil. After the first feeding, mulch the ground with straw, pine needles in a layer of 5 cm.

In addition to tying the trunk, you also need to tie up the brushes. If you planted seedlings in a greenhouse, then form a bush in 2 stems, if in open ground - in 3 stems. Cut stepchildren every 10 days.

Diseases and pests

Be sure to take preventive measures. Ventilate the greenhouse daily. The variety tolerates sudden temperature changes well, but it is better to observe the temperature in the greenhouse.

Tomatoes are very fond of slugs. Pull out the weeds promptly. Sprinkle lime on the ground, but in such a way that the soil does not acquire alkaline characteristics. You can pour coarse sand, ground egg shells or nuts. Aphids often attack bushes. To eliminate planting pests, spray with Bison. If a whitefly appears on the bushes, spray with Confidor.

Reviews about the variety are extremely positive: children love small sweet cherry tomatoes.

Other tomato varieties with similar names

In addition to the Slastena variety, the State Register includes 3 more varieties with similar names.

Variety Lakomka was included in the State Register in 2003. The bushes are determinate, that is, they stop growing when flowers appear, up to 55 - 60 cm high. The variety is early ripe. Bushes semi-spreading. Tomatoes are rounded, weighing 100 - 120 g. Ripe tomatoes are raspberry, they have a wonderful dessert taste. Collect 6 - 7 kg from 1 m². The variety is drought tolerant. Immune to blossom end rot.

Sweet tooth variety included in the State Register in 2009. Early ripe variety. Bushes are indeterminate, they need to be formed into 1 stem and tied up. Refers to cherry tomatoes, fruit weight 35 - 40 g. Tomatoes are round, excellent taste. Planted on 1 m² by 4 bushes.

The Anastasia variety was included in the State Register in 2007. The bushes are determinate, but they still need to be formed and tied up. Fruits in the form of ellipses, a red shade. Tomato weight 100 - 120 g. They have a good taste. Harvested from 1 m² to 8 kg of fruit.

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