Hybrid tomato Werner was bred by Dutch breeders. It is suitable for open ground. But it is also successfully grown in film greenhouses. This is an early ripening beef tomato. It bears fruit well even in northern regions.
Characteristic
This hybrid type of tomato has an optimal combination of plant power with early ripening and the formation of relatively large fruits. The height of the bushes is no more than 70 cm (determinate type of tomato), they have little foliage.
Tomato ripening occurs approximately 90 days after the appearance of the first shoots.The weight of one Werner tomato can reach 240–280 g, and in some cases - 300 g. Weather conditions have only a slight negative impact on the quantity and quality of the ovary formed.
The fruits have a rich pink color, and the taste is quite high. On a 10-point scale, this hybrid has 9 points. They do not contain the usual acid inherent in many representatives of this type of vegetable. The sugar structure of the fruit is most organically suitable for eating Werner tomatoes fresh, for adding to salads, as well as for making juices, pastes or ketchup.
Tomatoes have a flat-round shape. On top they are covered with a rather dense skin. This circumstance prevents it from cracking under unfavorable irrigation conditions (insufficient or too abundant irrigation). As reviews note, the plant is highly resistant to disease.
Landing rules
Tomato seeds are sown in containers for growing seedlings no earlier than March. Before sowing, seeds must be treated with special means and then disinfected. For this purpose, a weak solution of manganese is used. The seeds are dipped in a slightly warm liquid for a quarter of an hour, and then placed in a solution of Epin for 12 hours, having previously studied its description. Seeds prepared in this way are planted in containers with soil.
Temperature is of no small importance when growing seedlings:
- Containers with planted seeds are left in a room with a temperature of +23–24 ⁰С.
- After germination, the container with the plants is brought into a room where the temperature is from +20 to +23 degrees.
At this time, the plant will benefit from diffused sunlight.Direct rays can burn tender shoots.
Dive
2 weeks after the sprouts appear, diving is carried out (plants removed from the soil are transplanted into a new container). By this time, the plants should have at least 2 true leaves. This procedure helps to increase the root system. As a result, the plant will be able to receive additional nutrition and water from the soil.
The plant is transplanted into separate peat pots or into a large container, but the distance between the seedlings is left about 5 cm. The seedling is deepened to the first cotyledon leaf.
After the tomatoes have planted and taken root, containers with seedlings can be taken out into the open air, provided that the temperature is not lower than + 8 degrees.
Planting in open ground
By the time of planting in open beds, the plant must be at least 2 months old. The distance between plants in a row is 50 cm, and the row spacing is from 70 cm to 1 meter. To protect plants from fungal infections, the soil in the garden bed is pre-treated with a solution of copper oxychloride (1 tbsp per bucket of water).
Reviews
Vladislav, 43 years old: “Like other hybrids, the Werner f1 tomato always has friendly shoots. After transplanting into open ground, the seedlings quickly took root. There were no problems with diseases. The taste of the fruit was also unexpected. It is practically not inferior to the taste of elite tomatoes.”
Maria Petrovna, 64 years old: “Every year I plant a couple of new varieties of tomatoes. On the advice of a neighbor, I bought Werner tomato seeds. It turned out that they are easy to grow and taste delicate. I didn’t like their thick skin, but it didn’t interfere with cutting salads.”
