Many gardeners prefer to plant hybrid tomatoes on their land. They are more resistant to disease, tolerate adverse weather conditions. One of these tomatoes is the recently bred and little-known Premium F1 tomato.
In this article, you will learn a little more about Premium Tomatoes. In it you can find a description of the variety, to get acquainted with its characteristics and characteristics of cultivation. You will also learn about the features of cultivation and the subtleties of care, about diseases and pests.
Premium F1 Tomato: variety description
Grade name | Premium |
general description | Early ripe, determinant, undersized hybrid |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 85-95 days |
The form | Fruits are rounded with a small spout |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 110-130 grams |
Application | Universal |
Yield varieties | 4-5 kg from a bush |
Features of growing | Grown only through seedlings |
Disease resistance | Need prevention of late blight |
This is a short growing ripening hybrid, only 85-95 days pass from the first shoots to harvest. The plant is determinant, not standard, about 70 cm high. Like any hybrid, the Premium F1 grows well in open ground, but can also be grown in film greenhouses, greenhouses.
The first flower brush begins to form over the 5-6 leaf, and the next - after 1-2 sheets. The inflorescence is simple, the leaves are medium in size, dark green. The tomato is not picky about growing conditions, but grows best on light loams and sandy loams.
It is resistant to temperature changes, bacteriosis, stolbur, tobacco mosaic, alternariozu. At high humidity of air and soil, it can be exposed to late blight. It is better to grow 2 stalks; when grown in a greenhouse, moderate pasynkovanie is required.
Premium tomatoes are medium large, rich red color, rounded, with a small "nose" on top. The number of chambers is 3-4, the dry matter content is about 4-5%. The skin is thick, durable. The fruits are fleshy, not very juicy, with dense pulp, weighing 110-130 grams. Well transported and stored for a long time in the basement or cellar, with t to + 6C. The taste is good, harmonious.
You can compare the weight of fruits of this variety with others in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Premium | 110-130 |
Prime minister | 120-180 grams |
King of the market | 300 grams |
Polbyg | 100-130 grams |
Stolypin | 90-120 grams |
Black bunch | 50-70 grams |
Sweet bunch | 15-20 grams |
Kostroma | 85-145 grams |
Buyan | 100-180 grams |
F1 President | 250-300 |
And also about the intricacies of care for early-ripening varieties and varieties characterized by high yield and disease resistance.
Specifications
Launched "Premium F1" relatively recently, the Moscow agrofirma "Search". Included in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 2010 for cultivation in open ground and unheated greenhouses.
Due to its resistance to temperature extremes, it can be grown in many regions of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. In the southern regions it grows well in open ground, and in more severe conditions, it is possible to grow only in greenhouses, greenhouses.
Tomatoes universal purpose. Well are suitable both for the fresh salad use, and for preservation, pickling, salting. Of them are preparing tomato juices, pastes, sauces. "Premium F1" has a good yield, up to 4-5 kg from a bush. Fruiting friendly. The fruits are very beautiful, one-dimensional, ripen right on the bush.
Grade name | Yield |
Premium | 4-5 kg from a bush |
Russian size | 7-8 kg per square meter |
King of Kings | 5 kg from a bush |
Long keeper | 4-6 kg from a bush |
Grandma's Gift | up to 6 kg per square meter |
Podsinskoe miracle | 5-6 kg per square meter |
Brown sugar | 6-7 kg per square meter |
American ribbed | 5.5 kg from a bush |
Rocket | 6.5 kg per square meter |
De barao giant | 20-22 kg from a bush |
Advantages and disadvantages
The undoubted advantages of the hybrid include:
- beautiful smooth tomatoes;
- pleasant harmonious taste;
- long shelf life;
- good transportability;
- high yield;
- early ripeness;
- universality of use;
- resistance to many diseases.
Of the minuses noted:
- tendency to late blight;
- requires a garter;
- may be attacked by some pests (aphids, spider mites).
Features of growing
Be sure to comply with the landing pattern 70 * 50. Grown only rassadnym way. Seeds start sowing on seedlings in mid-March, and placed in the ground in mid-May.
Because of the tendency to phytophthora, the bush must be tied to a support. In the greenhouse stepchild can be once. Pysynki is better to remove until they have reached 3-4 cm. For Premium F1, growing 2 stalks is suitable. At the same time, the main shoot and the lowest stepson remain below the first inflorescence.
Top dressing should be carried out as standard: at least 4 times during the growing season. Use complex mineral fertilizers. Variety demanding lighting, does not like waterlogging.
Diseases and pests
With increased humidity, tomatoes can suffer from phytophthora. To avoid the disease, it is necessary to carry out preventive treatment with Profit Gold or Barrier. As a preventive measure against ticks or aphids, a one-time treatment, at the beginning of the vegetative period, with Bison, Tanrek, Confidor insecticides helps well.
"Premium F1" quite unpretentious variety. It does not require constant attention, grows well on any soil, does not suffer from most diseases, fruitful. Good for beginner gardeners.
In the table below you will find links to informative articles about tomato varieties with different ripening terms:
Superearly | Early maturing | Medium early |
Big Mama | Samara | Torbay |
Ultra early f1 | Early love | Golden king |
Riddle | Apples in the snow | King london |
White filling | Apparently invisible | Pink Bush |
Alenka | Earthly love | Flamingo |
Moscow stars f1 | My love f1 | Mystery of nature |
Debut | Raspberry giant | New königsberg |