Eggplant Valentine

The eggplant market will always be overgrown with new varieties of seeds through selection. Eggplant Valentina f1 received Russian registration in 2007. And they took him out in the company of Monsanto (Holland). This eggplant has excellent taste, it is an early ripe variety, has a strong immunity to diseases, and therefore is so popular with vegetable growers and farmers.

Eggplant Valentine f1: variety description and characteristics

Eggplant Valentine: photo of the variety

Eggplant Valentine f1 is grown in greenhouse conditions or under the cover of a film. In the south, eggplants are planted in open soil. The Valentine eggplant variety is not afraid of weather changes. Flowers in bad weather remain on the bushes, do not fall off, ovaries and eggplants are formed. The fruits are beautiful, elongated, dark purple in color. They please with their gorgeous appearance quickly: 59-69 days after landing. The first crop can be harvested in the second summer month. Ripening occurs 3 months after seedling formation. Productivity from 1 m2 - 3 kg of eggplants and more. The fruits of Valentine's eggplants are uniform and have good commercial qualities. Eggplants can be easily stored for almost a month in a cool place without losing flavor. A variety of homemade twists and dishes are prepared from eggplants. How to understand that the fruits have acquired culinary ripeness? Answer: they are dark saturated in color and glossy. If the Valentine f1 eggplants are tarnished and pale, this means that they are overripe and begin to form small, hard seeds.

Important! The Valentine f1 eggplant variety is a hybrid, so there is no need to propagate it with the seeds you have harvested. Newbies will not have maternal qualities.

Valentine's eggplant bushes are of strong growth, stand upright, reach up to 1 m in height, semi-spreading. The stem is pubescent, of a weak light purple color. Leaves are medium, bright green, with grooves along the edges. The flowers are large, purple-white. Vegetables are oblong, drop-shaped, dark purple in color, can grow up to 21-26 cm.The diameter of the thicker base is 5.5 cm, the part at the top is 4 cm.The weight of Valentine's eggplant is 199-251 g. The skin is thin, with a glossy finish, good is cleaned. The contents are dense, creamy white. According to the reviews of farmers who are cultivating the Valentine f1 eggplant variety, the taste of the fruits is delicious, the eggplants are famous for their pleasant taste without bitterness.

Advantages of the variety

Eggplant Valentine f1: video about the variety

Gardeners highly appreciate the quality of vegetables and the whole variety of Valentine's eggplants. The vegetables ripen quickly, the yield is high, the taste and appearance of the vegetables are excellent. The plants themselves are unpretentious. Eggplant variety Valentina f1 has strong immunity to tobacco mosaic. Interesting - vegetables have a delicate structure, because they have a small amount of seeds.

Eggplant Valentine: planting and caring for the variety

Seeds are sown in early March. Valentina f1 eggplant seeds are offered for sale already treated with special chemicals. But judging by the conversations and reviews of gardeners, it is more effective to soak the seeds in biostimulants, so their germination will accelerate. Another option to accelerate germination is to soak the seeds in aloe juice for 12 hours. After that, the seeds are dried and they begin to germinate.

Valentines eggplant seeds are placed in wet wipes, cotton wool or hydrogel and remain at a temperature of 25 °.When the seeds have sprouted, they must be carefully, with a part of a napkin or a drop of gel, transferred into the soil of a peat pot or glass of paper.

How to sow Valentine eggplant seeds without germination

It is necessary to prepare the saturated soil. Mix the soil with humus, peat, sawdust, add wood ash and urea solution (1 tbsp. L / 10 l of water). Sand must be added to clay soil. Eggplant seeds Valentine f1 are planted 1-1.5 cm deep, the containers are covered with foil or glass. Temperature for good germination is 25 °. Seedlings can be seen after 10 days. Important! It is advisable to immediately sow seeds in a separate container, because the eggplant root system reacts negatively to transplanting.

Seedling care

During the first 16-21 days, recruits need comfortable temperature conditions, namely, so that the air temperature is warmed up to 27 °. Then the temperature should be lowered in the daytime by 1 °, at night it should be from 15 °. In cloudy weather, the temperature during the day is maintained from 23 ° to 25 °. Seedlings are illuminated up to 10 hours. Water for irrigation should be warm, the soil moist. Eggplants are fed with "Kristalin": 6-8 g of the preparation / 5 l of water.

Eggplants Valentine f1 in greenhouse conditions

In greenhouse conditions and greenhouses, the Valentine f1 eggplant variety is planted in the 20th of May. The soil should warm up to 15-17 °. During this time period, the seedlings rise up to 25 cm, 5-7 leaves are formed. Planting scheme "Valentina": 60 × 40 cm. Watering with warm water 2-4 r / 7 days. After watering, the soil is loosened carefully so as not to harm the roots. It is better to mulch the soil. The first feeding is carried out 21 days after planting. Solution: 1 tbsp. l. "Kemira-universal" / 10 liters of warm water. Watering 0.5 l for each bush using the root method. Organic (herbal infusion, manure solution, wood ash) or mineral fertilizers are used. At the end of the second summer month, an inspection of the bushes takes place. Leave the largest ovaries. The rest of the ovaries and flowers are removed. This procedure is needed for the quick ripening of the fruit. The greenhouse should be ventilated so that the plants do not feel bad from high temperatures. Eggplant Valentine f1, although stable, and even able to preserve flowers and ovaries, but the eggplants themselves will grow small.

Important! Check the moisture level. It should be up to 70%. In excessively humid conditions, pollen will not be able to move, therefore, do not expect a great harvest.

Eggplant Valentine f1 in the open field

In open ground, the Valentina f1 eggplant variety is placed in the last days of May or the first days of June. A well-lit place is chosen where such predecessors have previously grown: cabbage, beans, peas, carrots, green or melons and gourds. At this point, Valentine's eggplants will do well.

When the earth is dug up, superphosphate, potassium sulfate, and ash are simultaneously introduced into it. It is recommended to apply humus or compost fertilizers. Sand is added to the clay soil. Valentine's eggplants are more comfortable to grow and bear fruit in light fertile soil. Before planting the plant in the ground, according to the instructions, one of the mixtures is introduced: "Growth", "Agro-growth", "Kemira-universal". The interval between the rows is 60-70 cm, between the seedlings - 25-30 cm. In the first 7-10 days, the plants need to make a shade if it is hot and cloudless outside. How to shade: spunbonds, boxes without a bottom, buckets without bottoms, in general, what you find on your farm. Watering Valentine's eggplant seedlings is carried out with warm, settled water, in the morning the soil needs to be loosened and mulched.

Eggplant Valentine: gardeners' secrets

Eggplant Valentine f1: photo of the variety

Eggplant variety Valentine f1 is unpretentious and stable. But you need to be even slightly aware of the secrets of growing eggplant in order to get a rich harvest. The experience of vegetable growers will tell about this.

• After planting Valentine's eggplant in greenhouse conditions, the seedlings are watered for the first time after 5 days.
• You need 0.5-1 liters of water for each bush.This will allow the water to reach all the roots of the seedling.
• Watering occurs under the root with warm water.
• Only the surface of the soil needs to be loosened.
• For a good flow of the growing season, seedlings need warm, comfortable temperature conditions - up to 30 degrees.
• During the period of bud formation, the plants are fed. Solution: 30-35 g of ammonium nitrate, 25 g of potassium sulfate, 10 liters of water. Pour 0.5 liters of fertilizer under each bush.
• When the ovaries are formed, nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizing is applied. Recipe: 25 g of superphosphate, 25 g of potassium salt, 10 liters of water.

Important! Top dressing with a mullein should be carried out in a small dosage so that there is no excessive mass collection of leaves - there will be no fruits or will be small.

Protecting Valentine's eggplant from pests and diseases

Due to an excess of moisture, the Valentine f1 eggplant variety is threatened by a fungal infection.

• Medicines for late blight: Antracnol, Quadris.
• The drug is from gray rot - "Horus".
• Disease prevention: "Zircon", "Fitosporin".
• Enemies of eggplant: colorado, spider mites, aphids, slugs.
• In a small area, they get rid of insects with their own hands.
• Ticks and aphids will not pass if you use the Strela insecticide.
• Slugs will fall to the bottom if you sprinkle the ground with ash.

These small steps will help the crop emerge in the midst of summer days.

Eggplant Valentine f1: reviews of gardeners about the variety

• Nikolay: “Eggplant Valentina f1 has been growing here for a couple of years. It has shown itself in all its glory: it gives a high yield, has good immunity. It ripens quickly. We collect the first eggplants at the height of summer. "
• Olga Ivanovna: “Initially, I bought incomprehensible elongated eggplants on the market, but my own ones have not arrived yet. Immediately a picture appeared in my head, what a good ratatouille would come out of them. I liked the Valentine's eggplant variety that the fruits are very tasty, and the fruits ripen early. This year I bought seeds. "
• Svetlana: “I was also very happy with Valentine's f1 eggplants. At first I saw it at my neighbor's. These eggplants are good for cooking, very tasty. That summer I already had my eggplant Valentine f1.