Early produce from your garden is a summer resident’s dream. Tomato Captain F1 will give juicy fruits in mid-July. Fresh tomatoes add variety to the family menu. Salads, juices, and cold cuts will decorate the table.
Why you should pay attention to the Captain
Growing tomatoes in open ground in the middle zone is difficult. Summer comes late and the weather is unstable. Cold mornings fall in mid-August. The bushes are affected by late blight. The harvest is dying.
Breeders create varieties and hybrids with rapid maturation. Gardeners manage to collect fruits before the “black dew”. Captain F1 is a successful development of scientists.
Description of tomato:
- intended for cultivation in open ground and unheated greenhouses;
- ultra-early (80 days from loops to tasting);
- determinate tomato (maximum size 70 cm);
- in a greenhouse it stretches up to 1 m;
- leaves are bright green;
- no formation required;
- yield up to 17 kg/m².
The captain does not suffer from TMV, fusarium, or bacteriosis. Ultra-early ripening and friendly yield of fruits allows you to “escape” from late blight.
How are tomatoes different?
Early ripening and ultra early tomatoes They have a hard skin, dense flesh, and a sour taste. They are poured in cool weather. And I really want a real juicy berry!
Gardeners are happy to receive an early salad tomato. The captain gives just such fruits.
Characteristics of tomato:
- medium size: weight up to 130 g;
- ripe fruits of bright red color;
- absence of spots on the stalk;
- regular, spherical shape;
- a small depression at the stalk;
- the skin is dense;
- the pulp is juicy (dry matter – 7%);
- taste sweet and sour (sugar 3%);
- The aroma is bright, “tomato”.
Captain F1 delivers richly flavored fruits. Agronomists have developed a hybrid for salad purposes. But gardeners appreciated the sweetness of juices, ketchups, and lecho. The thick skin protects the pulp from leaking out during whole-fruit canning.
Recommendations from agronomists
Ultra-early varieties and hybrids require strict adherence to planting and care rules. They are simple:
- drive out seedlings on March 20–30;
- soil temperature before biting is 20–25 degrees;
- after germination, place the tray on a cool windowsill (18 degrees);
- harden the seedlings, ventilate, feed, illuminate;
- fill the beds with mature compost in the fall;
- in the spring, add potassium-phosphorus fertilizers to the soil (prepare it yourself or buy ready-made mixtures);
- place in beds after the last frost;
- at first, shade the plantings from the bright sun;
- mulch the ground (to preserve moisture and loose structure);
- in the greenhouse, if necessary, a garter is required;
- ensure air exchange in the greenhouse;
- To speed up ripening, do not overexpose ripening fruits on the bush.
Tomatoes are not afraid of drafts. But at temperatures > 30 degrees the flowers are sterilized. In hot weather, the ridges should be shaded.
Captain F1 included in the State Register of Vegetable Crops of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasus and Central Black Earth Districts. Recommended for outdoor cultivation in private gardens and private plots.
What do gardeners think?
Gardeners talk about their experience in cultivating the Captain tomato. I liked: the formation of ovaries under any conditions, the ripening period of tomatoes, the friendly yield of fruits, transportability. Some summer residents have noticed that the taste deteriorates in the cold summer. Excess nitrogen leads to foliage on bushes.
