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Spring is coming, and you will have to think about choosing tomato seeds for planting. The assortment of varieties of these vegetables is rich, so often even experienced gardeners can not always make the right choice. We suggest paying attention to the honey Spas tomato variety.
These tomatoes have many unique qualities that gardeners will love. They can be grown both in open and protected ground. The features of tomatoes, the beneficial properties will be discussed in the article. To better understand the features of the Honey Spas tomato, we will present the photos and reviews of those who planted the variety on their plots.
Description
Tomato Honey Spas is a young variety created by Russian breeders from Novosibirsk. Head - V. N. Dederko. The culture was recorded in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 2004. A new variety is recommended for growing in any regions of Russia in open ground and greenhouses.
Gardeners in their reviews note that the Honey Spas tomato, according to the characteristics and description of the variety, completely coincides with the properties declared by the breeders.
Let's look at the description in detail.
Bush
Tomato Honey Spas belongs to indeterminate tall plants. Gardeners are happy to grow fruitful tomatoes, despite the fact that this salad variety has to regulate the height of the stem during the entire vegetative period. The Honey Spas variety must be tied to a support.
In addition, in areas of risky farming, it needs to be planted only in a greenhouse due to the long ripening period of the fruit. The first tomatoes are removed after 110-115 days from the moment of germination.
Tomatoes of this variety are powerful, about 130-175 cm high, with medium foliage. The leaves on the tomatoes are light green. Tomatoes Honey Spas are grown in 1-2 stems, a maximum of three.
Tomatoes are powerful because they have a well-developed root system. Roots get food not only at the surface: the central root goes to a great depth.
Fruit
Tomatoes are glossy, with dense skin, do not crack when ripe. The shape of tomatoes even on one bush, according to gardeners, is different. Some look like a heart or a kidney, others, on the contrary, are round or slightly flattened. Look at the photo, here they are varieties of tomatoes in all their glory.
The fruits of the Honey Spas tomato variety are large, weighing one to 200 grams. There are also champions of their own, growing up to 500-600 grams with excellent agricultural technology. It is impossible not to notice tomatoes during ripening, because they have an unforgettable and incomparable warm orange-honey or bright yellow color.
Tomatoes Honey Spas according to the description of the variety are dense, juicy, fleshy, sugary on the cut. There are few seeds, they are smallish.
According to gardeners and variety lovers, the consistency is a little oily. The amount of sugar is large, but there is little acid, so tomatoes are not suitable for canning.
Tomatoes taste sweet with a pleasant honey aroma, do not crack.
Yield
Looking at the photo, it's easy to judge the yield of the Honey Spas tomatoes. Peduncles are strong, strong. Up to 5 fruits are poured on one flower cluster. That is how many ovaries must be left in order to get large tomatoes. In this case, the tomatoes do not interfere with each other, they grow and are poured to the desired size. Each bush can be harvested 4-6 kg of delicious aromatic fruits.
Characteristics
Like any variety of tomatoes, Honey Spas has its advantages and disadvantages. Let's figure them out.
Dignity
- According to the description, the variety is fruitful and in demand among gardeners, despite the fact that fruits are not suitable for canning due to their large size and low acid content. But you can prepare salads from fresh tomatoes, prepare aromatic juice for the winter.
- The ripening cycle is extended, you can harvest until the end of the warm season, which is also convenient. Tomatoes Honey Spas, collected in blanche ripeness, are perfectly ripened indoors. Keep the plucked fruits in a warm and dark place to avoid depleting sugar.
- Tomatoes of this variety can lie for several months without losing their useful qualities and presentation. Transportability is excellent, but gardeners who leave reviews about the Honey Spas variety advise picking unripe tomatoes for such purposes. Then they will get to the consumer in the right condition.
- The tomato juice of this variety is called purified water in medicine and is recommended for dietary and baby food. The benefits of yellow tomatoes can hardly be overestimated, but the most important thing is, perhaps, the absence of substances that cause allergies. It is useful to use tomatoes for gastrointestinal diseases, as well as for people with kidney and liver problems.
- Abroad, there is a special attitude towards tomatoes with yellow and orange fruits. It is believed that with regular use of a tomato of this color, including the described variety, you can postpone the onset of old age. It is not for nothing that the inhabitants of the Mediterranean coast call the Honey Spas tomatoes a golden apple.
- Tomatoes can be grown in open and protected ground. In the southern regions, they produce an excellent harvest outdoors, as they are able to adapt to unfavorable conditions, including extreme heat or slightly lower temperatures. But in the zone of risky farming, it is preferable to grow Honey Spas tomatoes under a film. After all, the harvest (see the photo below) in the greenhouse will be much larger than in the open field.
- Since this is a variety and not a hybrid, you can get your own tomato seeds. Although, as indicated in the description, there are not many of them.
- The tomato variety Honey Spas is liked by gardeners for its special resistance to diseases of nightshade crops: late blight, gray rot, tobacco mosaic.
disadvantages
Despite the obvious advantages, this variety also has disadvantages:
- Best of all, the fruits of this variety are tied at a temperature of + 20-25 degrees. If the temperature is below +15 degrees or rises above +35, then barren flowers may appear due to the sterility of the pollen. Experienced gardeners shake tomato bushes in the open field or greenhouse for better fertilization.
- Some gardeners in the reviews call it a disadvantage that it is impossible to preserve fruits for the winter.
Tomatoes with yellow fruits:
Growing and care
Honey Spas tomatoes are propagated by seedlings. It is easy to calculate the timing of sowing seeds, because they depend on the time of planting the plants in a permanent place. Ripe tomato seedlings are considered at the age of 50 or 60 days. Seedlings should be thick-footed and stocky, with evenly spaced leaves.
Seedling
- Tomatoes already at the seedling level need fertile soil. You can use ready-made soil or prepare it yourself. In any case, the soil must be disinfected two days before sowing the seeds. To do this, the earth is heated on a stove or poured with boiling water with the addition of potassium permanganate. It is necessary to disinfect not only the soil, but also the planting containers.
- Tomato seeds are also prepared for sowing. As a rule, this is the end of March or the beginning of April. First, the seeds are placed in salt water in order to select good material (unripe seeds will float to the surface). After that, the inoculum is washed in clean water and soaked in a pink solution of manganese or boric acid.The seeds are washed again and dried to a free-flowing state.
- Growing seedlings of tomatoes of this variety can be with or without a pick. If you are not a fan of planting seedlings, then the seeds should be germinated and sown in separate pots, 1-2 seeds each. After the tomatoes grow up, the strongest seedling is chosen, and the second is removed.
- It is necessary to close the seeds to a depth of no more than 1 cm. Then the container is covered with a film so that the tomato seedlings appear faster, they are removed to a warm and bright place. After the first hook appears (and this happens in 4-5 days), the film is removed and the temperature is slightly reduced.
- In the phase of 2-3 true leaves, seedlings of tomatoes of the Honey Spas variety dive. When transplanting, the plants are buried to the cotyledonous leaves, shed well and removed for 2 days in partial shade.
It is possible to determine that tomatoes are rooted by the turgor of the leaves: they become elastic, and their color corresponds to the variety. - Seedlings are watered without waiting for the topsoil to dry out, but they should not be poured either. If you are not a fan of mineral fertilizers, you can feed the Honey Spas tomatoes with infusion of wood ash.
In-ground care
Seedlings are planted in open ground or a greenhouse when night temperatures stop dropping below 15 degrees. The soil is prepared in advance: humus, compost or mineral fertilizers are added. Wood ash is one of the essential ingredients. It contains a lot of micro and macro elements necessary for tomatoes.
The lower leaves, and then those that grow above the formed brush, are gradually removed. This will ensure air circulation and sufficient illumination. Stepsons also remove, form a bush with 1-2 or at least 3 stems.
You need to water the bushes abundantly, no more than 2 times a week. It is advisable to combine top dressing with watering. For good fertilization of the ovaries, a tomato of the Honey Spas variety, as gardeners write in reviews, is sprayed with a solution of boric acid. This is an excellent foliar feeding.
The infusion of mullein or freshly cut grass (without seeds!) Is very popular with tomatoes, they react to such feeding with an excellent harvest. You can dust the tomatoes and the soil around them with wood ash from time to time: both nutrition and protection from diseases.
And, of course, the prevention of fungal and viral diseases, despite the fact that, according to the description, the variety is resistant to them. Spraying chemicals are undesirable. It is better to hang tea bags soaked in iodine in the greenhouse or spray the plantings by dissolving 1 tablespoon of iodine in a bucket.
Tomatoes are harvested as they ripen. But so that the fruits do not slow down growth, it is advisable to remove them in blanche ripeness.
