Tomato zhenaros f1: photo, what is good about these tomatoes, reviews from those who tried to plant them

Zhenaros has proven itself excellent both in greenhouse growing conditions and in open beds. It appeared in the arsenal of Russian gardeners and summer residents relatively recently, was bred by Dutch colleagues and belongs to the hybrid subspecies of the plant. This means that it is impossible to obtain high-quality seed material at home.

Zhenaros is famous for its high productivity of the mid-early type, relatively resistant to major types of diseases and good ability to ovary in areas with unstable climatic conditions. However, like all tomatoes, it prefers greenhouse spring due to the characteristics of the vegetable itself.

Description of the variety

The variety belongs to the indeterminate types of hybrids. The bush is medium leafy, medium tall. Inflorescences are simple with an intermediate structure.

Distinctive features

The plant has leaves of the usual tomato type, yellow-green in color . The variety is mid-early, the fruits ripen a maximum of 124 days after planting in the ground. When grown in greenhouses, the bushes can produce a large harvest - 12.7 kg of fruits per 1 sq. meter of land.

The plant reaches a height of 70 cm. Russian summer residents fell in love with Zhenaros for its high stress resistance and resistance to the main diseases of the nightshade family. At the same time, the plant is unpretentious: it tolerates extremely hot weather and produces a good harvest even on depleted soil.

Fruit characteristics

The fruits of this tomato variety are different:

flat-round or round shape;
high density;
glossy skin;
a ripe tomato turns red;
maximum weight 270 grams;
fleshiness;
sweetness;
aroma.

The photo below shows fully ripe fruits.

At room temperature, fully ripened fruit can be stored for 12-14 days. At lower temperatures, shelf life increases.

Productivity

The first fully ripened fruits on the plant appear on the 100th day after planting in the ground. The maximum period for their appearance on the bush is 124 days. The minimum weight is 110-115 grams, but can reach 200-270 grams.

In open ground, the yield will be 8 kg per square meter. meters, in greenhouse conditions - 12.7 kg.

Brief information about the plant

The characteristics and description of the Zhenaros variety are as follows:

This tomato bush has an average number of branches and leaves.
The leaf of the plant is small, slightly corrugated. The leaves are colored yellow-green.
The first inflorescences (they have a simple structure) appear above the 9th or 10th leaf, and subsequent ones develop at intervals of 3 leaves.
The bush of this variety grows up to 0.7 m.
The tomato fruits of this variety have a dense structure. Their shape approaches a sphere, but most of the fruits are slightly flattened.
Zhenaros tomatoes have a slightly ribbed surface and have a glossy skin. The base of the fruit is even, with a smooth top.
The number of nests in this tomato can reach 6. The fruits are colored red, and unripe specimens are green in color with a small dark spot in the area of the stalk.

The described tomato belongs to varieties with an average ripening period, which occurs in the interval from 100 to 124 days from the moment the seedlings are planted in the ground. The fruits of this tomato weigh from 0.11 to 0.15 kg, but sometimes you come across specimens weighing 200-270 g. The yield is quite high. It is up to 13 kg/m².

Feedback from farmers suggests that this tomato grows well in open ground in the southern regions of Russia. When grown in greenhouses in the North and in the middle zone of the country, the yield of the Zhenaros tomato can increase due to extended rotation up to 20 kg/m².

Growing seedlings

As you already understood, in order to achieve a richer harvest, it is better to grow Zhenaros tomatoes in greenhouses. But the first step is to get seedlings.

Seed preparation

Zhenaros seeds are planted for seedlings in March. Pre-sowing seed preparation consists of several stages:

Calibration
Warming up.
Etching.
Bubbling.
Soak.
Hardening.
Germination.

Calibration

Select viable seeds. They should be large in size and weight, and not empty to the touch inside. It is better to discard wrinkled, crooked, flat seeds.

Selected seeds must be placed in a 1% salt solution (2.5 grams of salt per 250 milliliters of water). After 15 minutes, check: discard any grains that float to the bottom, and dry those that have sunk to the bottom of the glass.

Warming up

Place the remaining seeds on a cotton cloth, place on a cardboard on the battery and keep there for 1.5 to 2 days.

Etching

Immerse the grains in a weak (light pink) solution of potassium permanganate for 20 minutes.

This is interesting ! Purchased seeds do not need to be treated against diseases - this process has already been done by manufacturers. Typically, dressing is done for tomato seeds collected from your own plot. But Zhenaros is a hybrid variety, and it is unlikely that it will be possible to grow a fruit-bearing plant from the seeds of last year’s tomatoes.

Bubbling

In simple terms - oxygen saturation. For this purpose, manual or special hardware processing is used. At home, bubbling is done like this: the seeds are placed in water heated to +26 - +30 degrees.

The water and seeds are stirred every hour for 15-18 hours. It is better not to place more than 20-30 seeds in one container. When the seeds begin to germinate, the process is stopped.

Soak

The seeds are placed in water slightly above room temperature and left for 12 hours. This step can be abandoned if bubbling is done. You can soak the seeds in special preparations - biostimulants.

“Zircon”, “Epin”, “Immunocytophyte” have proven themselves well. Soaking is carried out at an air and solution temperature of +20 degrees - in colder conditions, biostimulants stop working.

Hardening

Wrap the seeds in cloth and plastic and put them in the refrigerator (set the temperature to +2 - -3 degrees). After 8 hours, remove the seeds and leave for 8 hours at room temperature. Repeat 5-6 times.

If the region experiences short-term spring frosts, hardening will increase the plants' resistance to them.

Germination

Wrap the seeds in a layer of cloth or gauze. Place in a shallow container - saucer, lid. Moisten with water. The fabric should always remain damp. After the embryos appear, plant the seeds in the soil.

This is interesting! There is an opinion among experienced gardeners that if strong seedlings do not emerge from untreated dry seeds, then the viability and productivity of the variety will be much lower than those declared by the manufacturers.

Container and soil

Containers for planting are suitable for any shape, the soil is universal for tomatoes. You can prepare it yourself or buy it ready-made.

Components for homemade soil mixture:

1 part of garden land;
2 parts non-acidic peat (pH 6.5);
0.5 parts sand (river or washed);
1 part humus or sifted mature compost.

The soil is taken from the area where tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and eggplants have not previously grown. It’s good to add sifted wood ash (or dolomite flour), sphagnum moss and fallen pine needles.

Purchased soil should consist of:

humus;
peat (increases moisture supply and looseness of the soil);
baking powder (except for peat, this is coarse river sand);
leaf soil (mixed with other types of soil, since it has great looseness, but a small amount of nutrients).

Important ! Beginner gardeners often have a question: is it necessary to steam the soil? There is an opinion that only soil prepared on your own is steamed, but it would not be superfluous to treat purchased soil.

Sowing seeds

The seeds are planted to a depth of 2 cm, watered, and covered with cellophane. In the room where the container with seeds is located, maintain a temperature of +20 degrees. After the first shoots appear, the film is removed and the container is placed on the windowsill.

Growing and caring for seedlings

After the first two true leaves appear on the seedlings, the plants are pruned - planted individually in containers. The cotyledon leaves should be near the soil.

At this stage, they begin feeding the tomatoes: mineral fertilizers are added to the soil mixture for seedlings at the rate of 1 tbsp. spoon for 5 liters of soil. 2 weeks after picking, you can feed the tomatoes with complex fertilizer.

How is it grown?

It’s worth noting right away that there are no special nuances when growing

But it is important to follow the following rules:

It is best to plant seeds for seedlings at home.
In May, the plants are transplanted into a garden bed or in a greenhouse.
There should be a distance between bushes of at least 0.4 m.

Plants also require care. To get a good harvest, you need to water the bushes as the soil dries out, and apply fertilizer - it is sold in specialized stores. The beds also need to be weeded and loosened regularly. The variety is early ripening, so there is a chance that it will be possible to harvest two harvests during the season.

As you can see, this type of tomato really deserves attention. Without much effort, you can get an excellent harvest, and the tomatoes themselves have excellent taste. Harvesting will also not be energy-intensive due to the fact that the fruits ripen together.

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Transplanting to the garden

The main rule: the air temperature should be +16 – +18 degrees. Plants are planted at the age of 50-60 days.

Landing

It is recommended to harden Zhenaros tomatoes 2 weeks before planting in the garden. To do this, boxes with seedlings are taken out onto the balcony or open veranda for several hours a day.

Plants are planted in the beds using the square-cluster method: the bushes are planted in the corners of an imaginary square, each side of which is 50-60 cm. An irrigation hole with a diameter of 40 cm is made in the center. 1 liter of ash or a handful of superphosphate and potassium sulfate is placed on the bottom, and a beveled one is placed on top. grass without seeds and rhizomes.

For reference . It is recommended to plant tomatoes in beds where cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, cauliflower, parsley, and dill previously grew.

Care

Despite the fact that Zhenaros is an unpretentious variety, there are secrets of caring for the plant that will increase its productivity.

Tomatoes should be watered as the soil dries with warm water under the roots. You should not allow water to get on the leaves - this can lead to late blight.

Loosening the soil and weeding are carried out immediately after watering. If roots are visible on the stem near the ground, the plant is spudded.

At least 4-5 times during the summer they are fed with potassium-phosphorus fertilizer.

The variety belongs to the tall variety , therefore, by pinching it is formed into one stem: all the stepsons are removed, 8-10 brushes are left on the main stem. The bushes are tied to pre-prepared trellises.

Diseases and pests

According to manufacturers, Zhenaros tomatoes are resistant to a whole range of diseases:

tobacco mosaic virus;
cladosporiosis;
late blight;
fusarium;
verticillium.

Shoots extremely rarely suffer from golden nematode galls.

Disease resistance

The hybrid has excellent immunity to a number of diseases:

late blight;
VTM;
fusarium;
verticillium.

Nematode galls practically do not form on the shoots. The fruiting season is proceeding steadily.

Expert opinion

Valentina Rareko

Editor-in-Chief of Repka.online. Experienced summer resident and gardener.

Tomato Zhenaros F1 is effectively planted on farmland and summer cottages. The hybrid receives many positive reviews and has become a favorite of farmers.

Reviews from those who grew

Mikhail 10.28.2018, 13:48 Verified

City:

Kolomna
Where grown:
Open ground
Manufacturer:
Agros

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The nuances of growing in open ground and in a greenhouse

It is recommended to plant Zhenaros tomatoes in open beds only in regions with a hot climate. Sub-zero temperatures during spring frosts can destroy recently planted young seedlings.

In other regions, it is preferable to grow this variety in greenhouses made of both glass and film.

Important ! In cool summers, it is better to remove the lower leaves to avoid rotting of the plant.

Gardeners' opinion

Growing tomatoes is my hobby. I recently tried the Zhenaros variety. The impression is positive. For a hybrid, the fruits have an excellent taste and are sweet. The berries are large and regular in shape. The plant bore fruit without difficulty in the Moscow region. I planted the seedlings in a greenhouse, watered them regularly, fed them 5 times, and loosened the soil. I didn’t find any shortcomings for myself.

Victor Grabinin, 47 years old.

Good afternoon! I want to share my experience of growing Zhenaros tomatoes. Medium early, grows well even on poor soils. The gloomy St. Petersburg summer did not prevent us from getting a good harvest. Stress-resistant plant, not capricious. One of the features is that it is necessary to carry out pinching; it is better to form it into one bush. The berries are large, juicy and sweet. My positive feedback to the Dutch breeders. I recommend it to all summer residents!

Zhenaros F1 is a tomato hydride developed by specialists from the Dutch company DE RUITER ZODEN. In 1998, it was registered as a variety recommended for cultivation in the summer-autumn period (extended rotation is possible) in the third light zone. It was entered into the State Register of Russia in 2002 and is recommended for cultivation in the Central and Central Black Earth regions.

Farmer reviews

Farmers note that Dutch tomatoes produce a good harvest in various conditions: both hot and cool summers, in open ground and in greenhouses.

Vladislav Simonov, Krasnodar: “Gennaros are good, productive, heat-resistant, but in extreme heat the taste deteriorates and they are demanding on uniform watering and fertilizers. Good for pickling, a barely noticeable core that dissolves during storage for 10-14 days.”

Valentina Ivanova, Tyumen: “Last summer I planted Zhenaros, I really liked them. I also took cuttings. I placed the tops in water, and left 2 stepsons on each stem. The fruits are smooth, red, 150 grams each. The taste is good. The ripe ones lie for a long time, the green ones I picked - they are all ripe. I live in Siberia. I planted it in a greenhouse.”