Tomato Honey

Thanks to the work of breeders, a huge variety of the most diverse varieties have been bred. There are various tomatoes according to the scope of application. Some are best suited for making preserves. Others are good for juices, while others are good in fresh salads. Tomato Honey just belongs to the latter. It is not for nothing that this name was given to tomatoes. After all, they have a very bright and sweet taste. If you follow all the basic rules for growing, then the high yield of honey tomato will not keep you waiting. In addition, this variety is not too whimsical to care for.

Tomato Honey: variety description and characteristics

Tomato Honey: photo of the variety

The Honey tomato variety appeared in the lists of the State Register of the Russian Federation relatively recently, in 2007. The originator of this variety is the Barnaul firm "Demetra". The honey variety of tomatoes takes root well even in not the most favorable conditions, for example, in Siberia. And in regions with a warmer climate, the Honey tomato will show you all its excellent qualities.

Thus, the honey tomato can be safely planted almost throughout the country. In the southern regions, you can plant the honey tomato directly into the open ground, and in the northern regions, Medovoy will be more comfortable in a greenhouse or greenhouse.

Honey tomato seeds can be found from different manufacturers. For example, such as Search, SEDEK, Aelita. All characteristics of the variety are preserved, regardless of the manufacturer.

• Tomato variety Honey in terms of ripening is mid-season... The fruits can be removed already one hundred and five days after the first shoots appear. If cool weather prevails in summer, then this period is shifted by about a week.
• The Honey Tomato is indeterminate culture, such plants themselves are not limited in growth. For this reason, such bushes need to be shaped from time to time. As for the height of the bush, it is medium.
• Such plants will feel good in a small tomato greenhouse. Mandatory tomato bushes Honey must be tied up. Otherwise, due to the severity of the crop, the branches may simply break. In addition, garters usually require not only shoots, but also brushes with tomatoes.
• Growing the honey tomato variety is usually done in two shoots. For this purpose, it is necessary to leave one shoot, which is located in the lower part of the first brush. The rest of the shoots must be removed.
• If you grow these tomatoes in areas where the summer is not too long, it is best to grow with a single stem. Thus, the tied hands can have time to form.

Description of the fruits of tomato honey

Honey tomato: photo of the variety

• Tomatoes of the Honey variety have a very beautiful appearance and no less good taste quality.
• Tomato Honey has a round, slightly flattened shape. The color of such fruits is bright pink. In its weight, one such fruit can reach about four hundred grams. The surface of the tomato has a slight ribbing.
• The first tomatoes of the Medovy variety, which the summer resident collects, usually have a larger size than the subsequent ones. These tomatoes will be a great addition to fresh salads. Such tomatoes are unlikely to be suitable for a marinade, since their size simply does not allow them to be placed in jars.
• Some summer residents cook different salts on the basis of such tomatoes. True, it takes a lot of time for salting.
• Various preparations for the winter are very tasty, such as vegetable stews. You can also make juices, pastes and sauces from Honey tomatoes.
• The aroma of the fruits of this variety is very bright, the sugar content is quite high, about five percent.
• The fruits of this variety are very well able to maintain their commercial qualities, provided that they were plucked in a state of incomplete ripeness. Tomatoes also tolerate transportation well. Thanks to a fairly dense skin, tomatoes do not crumple during transportation.
• As for the yield of honey tomato, different seed producers can find a different figure. The average figure is about three to four kilograms of vegetables per plant.
• The Honey tomato variety has a fairly strong immunity to various diseases and harmful insects that can damage tomato plantings. It is worth remembering that if you want to get a decent harvest of tomatoes, then you must follow some rules for caring for plants.

Growing tomatoes of the Honey variety

Tomato Honey: photo of the variety

The period when to plant seedlings of the Honey tomato variety depends on the region where the tomatoes are grown. In the middle lane, seedlings are usually planted in early to mid-March. As for other regions, here the term may vary depending on climatic conditions.

Let's go directly to the stages of planting seeds for seedlings of honeyed tomatoes.

• Any seeds, whether purchased in the garden department, or obtained from the fruits of this variety, must be prepared before sowing. They need to be disinfected, and then soaked in a growth stimulator. Disinfection of planting material is carried out in order to exclude the possibility of contamination of your future plants with any diseases. After all, unnecessary microbes and pathogens can be on the seeds. As for the use of growth stimulants, this way, you will speed up the process of sprouting. And also make the immune system of plants stronger. You can not buy ready-made growth stimulants, but use aloe juice diluted in water for this. It is worth noting that such a solution is capable of disinfecting your tomato seeds at the same time. If you are using fresh seeds for planting, then dilute the juice with water in a one-to-one ratio. For those seeds that have been lying for a long time, it is not necessary to dilute the juice. The seeds are usually soaked for about eighteen hours.
• If you see information on the package that the seeds have already been processed, then, accordingly, you will not have to do this yourself.
• If you have great confidence that the seeds will sprout, then you can sow them right after you pulled them out of the solution. If you are still not sure, then it is better not to neglect the germination process. This is usually done with a damp cloth, which is then placed in polyethylene. In this case, the temperature should be approximately +26 degrees. In such conditions, tomato seeds must be held before they hatch.
• To eliminate the risk of damping your seeds, remove the plastic cover twice a day for air circulation.
• As for the soil for planting seeds, you can not complicate your life and buy ready-made soil mixture in the store. Any one that is designed for nightshade plants will do. You can also use garden land for these purposes. Moreover, it should freeze well during the winter. Also, the land on which crops from a similar family were planted earlier will not work. In a permanent habitat, the soil should be as nutritious as when growing seedlings.
• The sowing soil must be warm enough. Honey tomato seeds are planted to a depth of about one centimeter. It is necessary to maintain a distance of about one to two centimeters between the seeds of a tomato variety Honey. More frequent sowing is fraught with damage to the root system during the dive.
• After sowing the honeyed tomatoes, it is necessary to remove the containers in a warm place, securely covering them with polyethylene.
• When the plants hatch, you need to transfer the container with crops to a bright place. A sill with a southern exposure is well suited for this. In this case, the temperature regime should be slightly reduced. In such conditions, the plants will not be pulled up too actively. In cool conditions, seedlings will develop better root systems than greens.
• After four to five days, the temperature regime rises slightly. It should be about +23 degrees during the daytime and five degrees lower at night.
• From time to time, tomatoes of the Honey variety must be watered. It shouldn't be cold. There is no need to transfuse the plants.
• It is necessary to dive the Honey tomatoes in separate cups when the first pair of real leaves appears. Until this moment, no fertilizing is applied to the seedlings.
• For a pick, you must choose the strongest and healthiest bushes. The rest must be removed. For four to five days, you need to remove the seedlings in the shade.
• In the subsequent period, it is necessary to fertilize twice. For this, mineral dressings are used in the complex. The concentration of such a solution should not be strong.
• If you see that the plants stretch up too intensively, then you need to install additional additional lighting. Since the seedlings begin to stretch when they do not have enough light. For this, special phytolamps are used.

What kind of care do Honey tomatoes require?

Tomato Honey: photo of the variety

Tomatoes of the Medovy variety are planted according to a certain scheme.

• There should be about forty centimeters between the plants. And between the rows about sixty centimeters.
• In order for the plant to "live" well, the growing area must be well lit.
• The temperature regime must be observed. At night, it should be at least +18 degrees, and during the day about +23 degrees. If the weather is too hot, then it is necessary to arrange small drafts in the greenhouses, the plants should not overheat. The right temperature is very important for Honey. If it drops to +13 degrees, then the growth of tomatoes will stop, and at temperatures above +30 degrees, the pollen becomes unsuitable for pollination.

It is very important to be correct to water tomato variety Honey. In no case should you overdo it with moisture. Until the fruits begin to form, you need to water the plants once every seven days. There should be enough water to keep the entire root system moist.

When the plants begin to bear fruit, watering should be done twice as often. At the same time, the water should be warm. It shouldn't be cooler than the air. After watering, the room should be well ventilated. At night, the humidity level should not be too high.

It will not be superfluous if you lay a mulch layer near your honey tomatoes. This will protect the plant root system from overheating. The water will not evaporate too much. Loosening can be omitted. Thus, the roots of tomatoes will be intact.

In addition, mulch helps to stop the growth of weeds. For these purposes, gardeners most often use straw, dried hay, grass. As for the thickness of the mulching layer, it makes no sense to make it thinner than ten centimeters. Periodically, this layer needs to be replenished and replaced with a fresh one.

Tomato variety Honey has a very positive attitude towards various feeding... It is best not to use the foliar method, since wet leaves are not desirable for plants. This method can only be used in emergency situations.

Honey tomato: photo of the variety

Concerning root fertilization, then they should be started after the seedling plants have taken root. For these purposes, you can use mineral dressings in a complex, which dissolve well in the soil, enriching the plants with the necessary nutritional composition. Especially honey tomatoes love to feast on calcium, boron and magnesium.

Tomato Honey has a very spreading plant shape. For this reason shaping bush is a must. Extra stepsons are usually cleaned up every week. The plant should spend its energy on forming tomatoes, not greenery.

It is necessary to organize the procedure for pinching and watering in such a way that they do not coincide. In early August, it is necessary to pinch the upper parts of the plants. And also remove unnecessary inflorescences. If you grow tomatoes in areas where autumn is warm enough, then this event can be held at the end of August.

In addition, it is necessary from time to time to remove the foliage located in the lower part of the plants. This is necessary so that the tomato bushes receive the required amount of light and air. This is done at a time when the tomatoes have grown to the required size in the brushes. It is not necessary to remove the lower leaves in one go.

Tomato Honey: reviews of gardeners

• Ekaterina Petrovna, 49 years old, city of Asbest: “A neighbor in a summer cottage advised me to buy tomato seeds Honey. I am skeptical about new varieties, but then I succumbed to persuasion. And I didn’t regret it. Tomato Honey made me happy with its unpretentious care and, most importantly, good yield. From leaving, it is periodically necessary to carry out preventive measures against various diseases and pests so that the Honey tomato variety does not die. "
• Stepan Viktorovich, 56 years old, Perm: “I have been planting tomatoes of the Medovy variety for the third year already. I like the fact that the tomatoes are large, and the taste is sweet, so even raw they really like me and all my household. If you follow all the not very complicated growing rules, you can get very decent results in terms of yield. In addition, the Honey tomato variety is quite resistant even to not the most favorable growing conditions. "