The Antonovka Honey tomato is unusual in its qualities, so it is worth recommending to vegetable growers who grow original plants in their beds.
This tomato was bred by Russian breeders and is one of the few varieties with an unusual color of ripe tomatoes - green. The tomato was recently bred, so most summer residents have not yet planted a similar vegetable crop on their plots. And there is not a lot of information about this tomato yet.
Description and main characteristics of the variety
The description of the variety should begin with the timing of fruit ripening. From the moment the first seedlings appear until the fruits ripen, it takes about 4 months, so Antonovka Honey is classified as a mid-season tomato species.
The bushes are of a determinate type, quite strong. The shoots are erect, medium leafy, and can reach 1.0-1.25 m in height when grown in beds in the garden. In closed ground, the stems can reach 1.4-1.5 m. The bushes are medium spreading, but require obligatory tying to trellises or supports. The formation of shoots and regular removal of stepsons is also required. Antonovka is classified as a universal tomato.
Summer residents are not yet familiar with such tomatoes, but still, in some places they are already growing these unusual green fruits. The advantages of the variety include the characteristics of ripe fruits: round, slightly flattened tomatoes weigh about 200-220 g. The skin is quite dense, smooth, soft green with yellow veins. When cut open, ripe fruits reveal fleshy, bright pink flesh.
Characteristics of the variety will be incomplete without mentioning the taste of green tomatoes. In addition to the original appearance, the rich taste of the fruit is striking - sweet, with a slight taste of honey, with a pronounced honey aroma.
The original taste of ripe tomatoes gives salads and other appetizers an extraordinary flavor. The fruits are also used in canning.
It should also be noted the high commercial qualities of tomatoes of this variety. The crop can easily withstand transportation over fairly long distances without losing its good presentation and original taste. The bushes are quite resistant to most diseases that affect plants from the nightshade family.
Positive and negative qualities of Antonovka Medova
The undoubted advantages of the variety include:
- fairly high yields;
- excellent original taste;
- The crop tolerates transportation well over long distances.
Although many are unusual in serving green tomatoes (despite their excellent taste), in the future this variety will become more popular, and no one will pay attention to the color of Antonovka Medova’s peel.
But these tomatoes also have disadvantages:
- shoots should be tied to supports;
- weak resistance to late blight.
Nuances of cultivation
There are no special nuances in growing this vegetable plant - this crop is grown in seedlings, sowing planting material in containers 1-1.5 before planting in open ground or in greenhouses.
Caring for tomatoes is standard - regular watering, loosening the soil, removing weeds and applying fertilizers throughout the season.
