If you want to grow excellent tomatoes without putting in the effort of caring for the bushes, then this tomato variety is for you. The Valya variety is unpretentious in care, created by breeders for cultivation in the climatic zones of Russia, therefore it is resistant to weather changes, slight cold snaps and sultry heat, grows in beds and in a greenhouse, does not require pinching, which is why gardeners often praise it.
Varietal characteristics
Early determinate tomato variety Designed for growing in greenhouses and open gardens.The first fruits appear on the 105th day after seed germination. The variety is highly productive - up to 3 kilograms of tomatoes come out of one bush, and up to 12 kilograms of ripe fruits per square meter. It was bred by breeders from the Vavilov Institute of Vegetable Growing.
The bush is short, spreading, and under favorable growing conditions reaches a height of only 60 centimeters; in a greenhouse it grows up to 80 centimeters. The foliage is weak, the formation of stepsons is insignificant. Therefore, the bush does not require careful care. You just need to tie it up for stability in the garden. The bushes bear fruit well and develop even in cold weather down to 15 degrees.
The tomatoes are ripening together, the bush is strewn with small plum-shaped fruits of bright red color. One fruit weighs 120 grams, but the bulk weighs 80 grams. Unripe fruits are almost white with a green tint. The taste is sweet without acid, the cut of the fruit has 4 nests with seeds, the pulp is juicy and fleshy. The skin is thick, so the fruits are stored for a long time without cracking. They endure long-term transportation without losing quality.
Tomatoes are intended for whole-fruit pickling and fresh consumption. The fruits make delicious juices and sauces. The variety is also grown for sale due to its keeping quality.
Advantages of the variety
Over the entire period of growing these bushes, gardeners who planted Valya f1 tomatoes noted many positive qualities of the variety:
- Frost resistance.
- Early ripeness.
- High yield.
- Easy to care for.
- Keeping quality and transportability.
- Excellent taste.
- Disease resistance.
As you can see, this hybrid has a lot of advantages, and if we take into account that during growth the bushes do not need to be closely monitored, leaves and shoots need to be plucked off, then the variety is ideal for growing in Russia and neighboring countries.
Agrotechnics of cultivation
Although the hybrid is unpretentious in care, you still have to make an effort to get a rich harvest. Tomatoes are usually grown in seedlings. To do this, you need to grow seedlings at home in March. The soil chosen is light; you can take garden soil mixed with black soil. Before planting seeds, the soil is disinfected by watering with a warm solution of potassium permanganate. If the seeds were purchased in a store, then they do not need to be processed. If the seeds are your own, they are soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate for one hour, then washed and immediately planted in the ground.
Since Valya is already resistant to cold snaps, it is not advisable to harden the seeds.
Plant the seeds in deep containers with soil, sprinkle one centimeter of soil and water with warm water. The containers are then covered with plastic wrap until germination and left in a warm, lighted place to grow.
When the seeds hatch and the first shoots appear, the film is removed and the seedlings are grown until the first 2-3 permanent leaves form on the bush. After this, it is dropped into separate glasses with soil and placed in a well-lit place for further growth. Two weeks after transplantation, the seedlings need to be fed. For this, organic or mineral fertilizers are used.
When warming occurs, when the air temperature warms up to 22 degrees outside, the plants are transplanted to a permanent place of growth in a greenhouse or garden bed and continue to be grown.
Gardeners plant seedlings in the greenhouse two weeks earlier than in the garden. Therefore, the harvest there is obtained about two weeks earlier. After planting, plants need care.
Plant care
For tomatoes to develop well, they need:
- water;
- loosen the soil;
- tie to a support;
- weed;
- inspect for rot and diseases;
- harvest on time.
The characteristics and description of the variety say that it is resistant to droughts and cold snaps. In order for the fruits to ripen, the bushes need to be watered. The procedure is carried out in wet weather twice a week, in dry weather - once every two days or every day.
Weeding is carried out as the weed grows; after each watering, the soil is loosened. Fertilize the bushes and the soil under them at least three times a season. For this purpose, mineral fertilizers are used, complex or single-component and organic: cow or chicken droppings, compost infusion, humus.
Tomatoes need to be harvested on time so that the green fruits have time to ripen. If ripe fruits hang on the bush for a long time, then new vegetables will not form. If these conditions are met, you will have beautiful plum-shaped tomatoes on your table until late autumn.
Review of hybrid reviews
Due to its positive qualities and ease of care, the variety has received numerous reviews from gardeners all over the country.
Marina Pavlovna writes: “I planted the tomato Valya f1, after reading the description in the store, for the first time five years ago. It was a cold year then, and there were bushes growing outside. I thought they would disappear, but no, all the plants grew poorly, but the bushes with tomatoes developed perfectly. As a result, I got an excellent harvest of delicious tomatoes. Since then, Valya tomato bushes have always grown in my garden.”
