Tomato Empress F1 is a new domestic hybrid registered in 2011. It is grown in any climate as a cover crop. Reviews about the taste of the fruit are not clear, but there are no complaints about the performance of this hybrid.
Brief characteristics of the new hybrid
Grow the hybrid only in greenhouses and temporary shelters. The Empress is registered as a salad plant, but most summer residents grow this hybrid for preparations:
- marinades;
- vegetable winter salads;
- preparing sauces;
- as a raw material for making sun-dried tomatoes.
Fruit
The Empress shape is classic cream with dense pulp and strong skin. The size of almost all fruits on one bush is the same, the weight of medium-sized tomatoes is 100 g, larger ones - 150 g. Ripe cream is bright red, unripe - light green. The cross section clearly shows 2 chambers. The taste of ripe pulp is good.
Bushes
Empress indent, in a greenhouse the bushes grow up to 2 meters or more. To stop growth, you need to pinch the crown of the central shoot. The bushes are covered with large, intensely green leaves. The bushes need support, regular garter, and constant pinching of the shoots.
Yield indicators
In protected soil, Empress tomatoes have excellent productivity - 9 kg/m².
Preparing the greenhouse for the new season
To get a good tomato harvest, properly prepare the soil in the greenhouse. Check the acidity using litmus paper. If the pH number does not correspond to the optimal values of 6-6.5 (less), then reduce the acidity by liming.
Every year, tomato bushes take large amounts of phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen from the soil. When preparing the beds for the season, take care to replenish them with these elements. Apply the necessary fertilizers before the autumn (spring) digging of the soil.
Disadvantages and advantages
Any tomatoes have their disadvantages and advantages, the new Empress hybrid is no exception. The main disadvantages of the variety are that the pulp is too dense and the tomatoes have an average taste. All other parameters are rated excellent:
- consistently high yields;
- smooth, beautifully shaped fruits;
- fruits are resistant to cracking and are not damaged during transportation;
- the hybrid is rarely infected with TMV, verticillium, and blossom end rot.
On the forums about the Empress tomato
When reading reviews that summer residents leave on forums, there is a desire to check their authenticity. There are too many complaints about the taste of Empress tomatoes. Only by growing your own tomato bush of this variety in the garden can you confirm or refute the statements of amateur vegetable growers.
Andrey, Nizhny Novgorod
I didn't like the taste of the Empress tomato. I planted it last year. One word: hybrid. The pulp is very tough. When eaten, it is unpleasantly fibrous and tastes bland. The bushes turned out to be productive, and the entire harvest was used for harvesting. We have already tried the pickled ones, but no one liked their taste either.
Tina, Tolyatti
This summer we grew several bushes in a greenhouse and 4 in open ground. The bushes in the ground were 1.6 m tall, the greenhouse bushes were noticeably taller. I was not satisfied with the taste of either fresh or pickled tomatoes. While tomatoes cooked in their own juice were still edible, they were absolutely not tasty in a simple marinade. But we must pay tribute to the yield; the hybrid’s yield is simply excellent, and no diseases were observed.
Olga, Kazan
I was convinced when choosing seeds by the description of the fruits from SeDek. I love small cream with dense pulp and strong skin. The fruits of the Empress paid off; many small, tight tomatoes grew, almost the same size. Most of them were picked green, they ripened well in the boxes, there were no limp or shriveled ones.
Nikolay, Chelyabinsk
I plant Empress for harvesting, but for food I prefer to plant a large-fruited variety - Queen of the Market. Sometimes I sell at the market; among the townspeople, my raspberry-pink Tsarina fruits always go down well. One fruit can weigh 400 g. There is nothing to say about the taste - royal.My characteristic is an excellent variety.
Conclusion
Try growing a few Empress bushes in your garden. It is quite possible that the yield and disease resistance will justify the minor taste flaws of this hybrid. Share your experience in growing harvestable cream.
