The new work of Siberian breeders - the Honey Heart tomato - will delight lovers of yellow tomatoes. There is no need to wait for summer at all: a compact plant can grow and bear fruit on the loggia in a beautiful flowerpot.
Description of the hybrid Honey Heart
Honeyheart is a first generation hybrid. The bushes are compact in shape, low (maximum height 70 cm, height may be lower). According to the ripening period, the hybrid is included in the group of early tomatoes - Honey Heart enters the time of fruiting at 90 (95) days from germination.
The F1 hybrid shows good performance.More than 8 kg of fruits (8.5 kg/m²) are collected from a unit area (1 m²). In the south, a hybrid of the determinate type grows well in open ground; in temperate climates it is recommended to grow it in a greenhouse or in a container, growing it in one stem.
The fruits are not large, round, elongated heart-shaped. The tip of the fruit is not sharp, smoothed. The color of the skin and pulp of ripe fruits ranges from a delicate yellow tint to a brighter, yellow-orange color. Average weight - 120 - 140 g.
The characteristics of the composition of the pulp will please lovers of diets and healthy eating. In the summer, the yellow fruits of the Honey Heart will be the main source of beta-carotene. Children love the yellow-orange tomato for its high sugar content in the pulp and sweet taste.
The fruits can be picked from the bush in an unripe form - tomatoes ripen well in boxes and accumulate the required amount of sugars. The fruits are stored for a long time, eaten fresh, and prepared into healthy juice.
The main valuable qualities of the hybrid
Description of the variety, main advantages, disadvantages are summarized in the table.
| Advantages | Flaws |
| High yield declared | Requires high soil fertility |
| Good taste rating | |
| Healthy composition of pulp with a high percentage of beta-carotene and healthy sugars | |
| Immunity to pests and diseases of tomatoes | |
| The bushes are easy to care for; you can do without pinching stepsons and forming a bush |
Features of cultivation
The timing of planting seeds for seedlings is extended due to the early ripening of the variety: tomatoes can be sown from the beginning of March to the first days of April.
Before sowing, the seeds must be treated against diseases and pests with a solution of potassium permanganate, and the soil must be treated with it. When sowing seeds into the substrate, do not plant them deeply. A layer of soil of 1.5 cm is sufficient.Honey Heart seedlings must be pinched when they reach 5–7 cm and two leaves appear. Seedlings respond well to fertilizing with fertilizers containing magnesium and potassium.
Planting in a permanent place takes place from mid-May to the first ten days of June. The soil needs to be fertilized with organic matter and mineral fertilizers. Adhere to a planting pattern of 40 by 70 cm. In the summer, tomato care is standard. The peculiarity of the variety is that the stepsons do not need to be removed.
Diseases and pests
Tomatoes show good resistance to late blight, all types of root rot, and tobacco mosaic virus.
Pre-sowing seed treatment is often sufficient for the health of tomato bushes. In extreme weather conditions (heat, prolonged bad weather), the bushes are treated with phytosporin or other low-toxic fungicide.
Reviews from summer residents
Olga, Moscow region:
“I’ve been planting Honey Heart at my dacha for several years. The care is simple, the taste is satisfactory, we eat most of the tomatoes in salads, and some of them are used as juice for summer consumption. I weighed the fruits - all around 70 g. The bushes are about 60 cm high. I put up support, the stems are not very thick, I tie up the branches.”
Tomatoes for beginner gardeners - this is how you can characterize the easy-to-care hybrid Honey Heart. For those who do not have a summer cottage, Honey Heart is a real find; it can be grown in an apartment as a container crop.
