On the eve of the new season, summer residents should pay attention to the relatively new hybrid of the first generation F1 - Katenka. Its precocity deserves attention. Agree that your own fresh tomatoes, picked in June, are a good bonus for the variety.
Summer residents about the Katenka tomato
Reviews and discussions of tomatoes on forums can say a lot about a variety. Here are some opinions about the Katenka hybrid from summer residents.
Alena, Ufa
I grow tomatoes for sale.I prefer early varieties, they are especially in demand on the market. I grow the Katenka hybrid in open ground. I can't say anything bad about him. Seeds from the company "Gardens of Russia", good germination of seeds, description of the variety: yield, other characteristics of tomatoes declared by the manufacturer are true. The taste of the fruit is ordinary, but this is normal for early tomatoes.
Inna, Belgorod
Katenka tomatoes are like a lifesaver for me. Every year I plant several bushes and always have a harvest. The bushes are usually all strewn with tomatoes; they are not large, but very nice: dense, even, without flaws. They begin to sing early and bear fruit all summer. If there is no time, I don’t remove the stepsons; this only increases the harvest.
Description and main characteristics
Katenka – determinate tomato, intended for cultivation both in open ground and in greenhouse conditions (film, polycarbonate). The recommended region for growing in soil is the North Caucasus.
The yield characteristics of the variety are excellent. In open ground the yield is from 7 to 10 kg/m²; in a greenhouse this figure is higher.
According to reviews, summer residents remove up to 15 kg of quality fruits per square meter of ridge.
The characteristics of the variety in relation to diseases are resistance to viral infections (tobacco mosaic) and fungi that cause blossom end rot, late blight, and alternaria.
Fruit
The color of the ripe fruit is red, the average weight is in the range of 120 – 130 g. The fruits are even: round, flat-round. The pulp has a good taste, is quite dense, has 3 to 4 chambers, and contains about 4.6% of the total mass of dry matter in ripe form.
Ripe fruits can be processed into juice or preserved whole.In most cases, gardeners grow these tomatoes for sale and fresh consumption without heat treatment in salads, slices, and as an addition to sandwiches.
Bushes - description and planting scheme
The height of bushes grown in the ground is 0.6 m. In a greenhouse, this value may differ upward. It is recommended to plant up to 6 plants per square meter of ridge. With such density, it is optimal to form a bush with 3 trunks. Leave 2 stepsons for this: one above the first flower brush, the second above it.
Features of care
The height of seedlings before transplanting into the ground (greenhouse) is from 15 to 20 cm. Katenka grows better in illuminated areas, but tolerates light partial shade. The variety is responsive to potash fertilizers. Fertilize after the formation of the first fruits. Work of a summer resident on caring for Katenka’s tomatoes during the season:
- Watering at least once a week.
- At least 2-3 feedings with fertilizers.
- Removing weeds.
- Removing stepchildren.
- Bush garter.
- Loosening the soil between the rows.
Advantages and disadvantages
Information about the disadvantages and advantages of the variety is given in the table.
| Advantages | Flaws |
| productivity | possible damage to the branches (fracture) under the weight of the fruit |
| transportability
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require obligatory garter to the support |
| resistance to viruses and fungi | |
| drought resistance | |
| normal fruiting in the rainy season | |
| long fruiting | |
| early harvest – 80 days |
Simple tips for growing tomatoes in the country
You can speed up the ripening of fruits and improve the formation of ovaries using food waste: milk diluted in water, juice from meat, whey. Experienced gardeners recommend watering tomato bushes with them. Watering with such food waste will partially replace fertilizing with organic fertilizers.
If you want a strong tomato bush that bears fruit all summer, plant the seedling bush in the hole not straightly, but at an angle. Additional roots will form on the stem; the more powerful the tomato root, the stronger the plant, the higher the yield.
Excessive air dampness in the greenhouse - late blight, blossom end rot and others tomato diseases. Humidity can be reduced by regular ventilation and mulching the beds with hay, straw or dried lawn grass.
If you are afraid of nitrates, use a simple way to reduce them in tomatoes: a day before harvesting the fruits, water the tomato beds generously with running water.
Conclusion
Include the productive hybrid Katenka in your list of tomatoes. The modern variety will meet your expectations for an early tomato harvest. Katenka means a large harvest of quality tomatoes in your garden.
