For lovers of large fruits, there is an interesting specimen - the Fat Neighbor tomato f1. It is included in the State Register of plants suitable for cultivation on the territory of the Russian Federation in open and closed ground. Let's take a closer look at the quality characteristics, growing rules and feedback about this hybrid.
Description of the variety
The plant is tall, indeterminate, and reaches 2 meters when planted in a greenhouse. The variety is of medium ripeness - it takes about 115 days from planting the seeds in the ground to receiving the first ripe fruits. The name of the variety corresponds to its actual size.The bushes are of medium climbing, the first cluster is formed with 8–10 fruits, the next ones with 5–6 tomatoes. When growing, the hybrid is demanding on garters and pinching.
The fruits are formed with an average weight of 190 grams. The color is red when ripe, green when unripe. When ripe, there is no green spot near the stalk. The shape is round, the flesh is dense, when cut, the fruit contains from 4 to 6 nests with seeds. They differ from other large-fruited varieties by their thin skin. But despite this feature, they are perfectly stored. The taste in the greenhouse is sweet. When grown in open beds, there is sourness.
The hybrid is high-yielding; with proper care, you can get up to 23 kilograms of fruit per square meter in film or polycarbonate shelters, and up to 12 kilograms per square meter in an open garden bed. According to the State Register, the yield is 7.3 kilograms per square.
Bushes of the tomato hybrid Fat Neighbor are resistant to diseases: fusarium, tobacco mosaic virus and cladosporiosis.
Growing the variety
Reviews from gardeners have shown that this hybrid grows better in seedlings. In this case, the seeds are planted in a warm room at an air temperature of 22–25 degrees. Choose light, fertile soil. Seeds are sown to a depth of 0.5 centimeters, watered with a spray bottle and covered with film until germination. After the first shoots appear, the film is removed and the seedlings are placed in a warm and sunny place for further growth.
Watering continues to be done with warm water from a spray bottle so that the soil does not clump together.
Picking is carried out when two permanent leaves appear on the seedlings. Plant the plants in separate pots. Nowadays it is popular to plant seedlings in peat containers, which can be purchased at any seed store.In this case, the root system is not damaged during transplantation; the seedlings are planted in a permanent place of growth directly in the pot.
Seedlings are transplanted into open or closed ground under certain conditions:
- The soil should warm up to at least 15 degrees.
- No night frosts.
- The average daily air temperature is 22–25 degrees. Only under such conditions will the seedlings take root well and not freeze.
Plant tomatoes in a checkerboard or row pattern. A distance of 40–50 centimeters is left between plants. So one square meter can accommodate from 3 to 5 plants. To grow a high-quality harvest, you need to constantly care for your tomatoes.
Plant care
Typically, caring for tomatoes consists of the following manipulations:
- tying plants to the crossbar;
- pinching of extra shoots;
- timely watering of plants;
- weeding;
- fertilizing beds and bushes with mineral and organic fertilizers;
- inspection and treatment of plants from diseases and harmful insects;
- timely harvest.
These conditions must be met in order to obtain a bountiful and high-quality harvest, regardless of the place and time of planting.
Review of hybrid reviews
Since the f1 variety appeared on the markets of Russia and neighboring countries a long time ago, there are also a lot of reviews about this tomato on the Internet.
Grigory Pavlovich from Belarus writes: our family fell in love with the variety in the first year of use. Medium-sized tomatoes can be used for everything: pickling, salting, preparing tomato juices and sauces. We use fresh fruits in salads; my granddaughter loves our homemade tomato juice made from these fruits. They never got sick with fusarium in the beds; they were grown using seedlings.When fogs appeared, the bushes were occasionally sprayed with a serum solution: safe and effective. Now I recommend to all my neighbors to use this hybrid for growing.
