In summer cottages you can often find greenhouses or neat beds with tomatoes. They prefer to grow early-ripening varieties with a rich harvest, such as the “Energo” F1 tomato. The fruits of this variety are round and deep red; they are not large in size.
Good tomato productivity directly depends on the correctly chosen variety or hybrid. Therefore, before sowing, it is recommended to carefully study the characteristics and description of the “Energo” tomato variety.
Features of the hybrid
An early-ripening and high-yielding hybrid of semi-determinate type.Tomato "Energo" is resistant to temperature changes, so it is suitable for growing both in greenhouses and in open ground. Fruit ripening occurs already on the 110th day after germination.
Advantages of the variety
- Intensive formation of bushes and fruits.
- The brushes are laid at a shorter distance - 12-18 cm, after one or two sheets. This allows the plant to produce more clusters.
- Good fruit set.
- Plant resistance to viruses and diseases.
- Increased plant plasticity.
- The only hybrid that is recommended for all climatic zones of the Russian Federation.
Fetal characteristics
- The outer shape is round.
- Rich red color.
- The skin is dense and smooth.
- Inside, the fruit is divided into four or five segments.
- Weighs, on average, 100-150 grams.
- Excellent taste.
At the beginning of ripening, a dark spot is observed on the stalk, which disappears when fully ripe, and the fruit acquires a uniform color. The size of the tomatoes is ideal for pickling, and due to their taste, the fruits can be eaten both in their natural form and in processed form.
Agricultural technology
To grow tomatoes and get the desired result, you need to know and follow the correct agricultural practices, taking into account the characteristics of a particular variety.
Sowing and cultivation
- Tomatoes of this variety should be sown in the second half of March in prepared, moist soil. The sowing depth should not exceed 2 cm.
- The optimal temperature for seed germination is 20-22 degrees.
- During the phase of the appearance of the first true leaves, seedlings should be picked.
- After picking, it is necessary to fertilize; for this it is recommended to use sodium humate.
- To prevent plants from experiencing stress after planting, they need hardening. After the shoots have grown stronger, they should be taken out into fresh air or a window should be opened, avoiding drafts.
Specifics of care after disembarkation
- You can plant seedlings in a greenhouse in mid-April, under film in early May, and in open ground no earlier than 50 days from germination. If the seedlings are kept too long and not planted before flowering, it is better to remove the brush with flowers, this will help avoid premature termination. The fruits on such a cluster, even if they set, will be small and underdeveloped.
- Scheme for planting tomatoes “Energo” 40 x 70 cm or two and a half bushes per 1 sq. m.
- Before planting, it is advisable to spill the soil with a solution potassium humate: 25 ml of potassium humate 3% per 10 liters of water.
- Immediately after planting the seedlings, it is necessary to prevent the sprouts from late blight. Feedback from experienced vegetable growers convinces of the need to alternate treatment agents, since the fungus is tenacious and quickly adapts if the same preventative drug is used every year.
- The plant needs rare but abundant watering. The soil is moistened carefully at the root, avoiding erosion around the bush.
- And of course, you need to regularly loosen, weed and hill.
- Tomato "Energo" is a medium-sized type. Although the growth of the plant is limited, the height of the bush can reach from one and a half to two meters, so it requires additional support; the bush should be tied under the first brush.
- It is recommended to fertilize the soil 4-6 times per season with complex mineral mixtures. Tomatoes love feeding and “Energo” is no exception. In addition, semi-determinants are tomatoes of generative growth; they tend to sacrifice the development of the bush and roots in favor of the formation of fruits.To prevent this from happening, they must be fed diligently. First feeding tomatoes should be done after the first ovaries reach the size of a walnut.
- Forming a bush with two or three stems and mercilessly removing stepsons will help achieve an increased yield. But in case of early termination of the plant, it is worth leaving one, so to speak, backup stepson. This technique will make it possible to get a larger harvest of tomatoes.
As soon as the tomatoes turn red, they should be removed from the bush. Untimely harvesting inhibits the growth of the plant and the ripening of the remaining fruits.
