Yield tomato variety “Slot F1”: secrets of cultivation and description of the variety

What is the variety

A lot of useful information about the species is provided by a detailed description. It helps to correctly place tomatoes on the site and care for them.

Plant:

• Bush: determinate, standard.
• Height: 1–1.5 m.
• Ripening time: 110–120 days.

Fruit:

• Shape: round.
• Color: red.
• Weight: 50–70 g.
• Density: high.
• Number of cameras: 2–3 pcs.
• Skin: thin but dense.
• Transportability: excellent.
• Shelf life: long time.

How and when to transplant to a permanent place

Approximately 50-60 days from the moment of sowing the seeds, the seedlings can be planted in the garden bed. They are transplanted into the greenhouse on May 10-20, into open ground - in late May or early June.

Before planting, tomatoes must undergo adaptation to fresh air. 10 days before planting, they are taken outside for several hours, and on the last day they are left to spend the night.

The site has been prepared since the fall. Choose a bed where cabbage, pumpkin crops, carrots, onions and beets previously grew. They remove garden waste, add a bucket of compost or last year's manure, 3 kg of wood ash, 100 g of superphosphate and 45 g of potassium sulfate, dig it up, and level it.

A week before planting the bushes, the soil is spilled with a urea solution - 15 per 10 liters of water. This product destroys all pathogenic microflora in the soil.

Dig holes according to the pattern - 50x40 cm (4 bushes per 1 m²). They moisten, transfer the seedlings along with a lump of earth, sprinkle with soil, compact, and water. To retain moisture, mulch with garden soil.

Planting and caring for the plant

They are grown only by seedlings. Seeds are planted in containers in March. You can add a little wood ash to the soil mixture. It contains potassium and phosphorus, which are necessary for young growing tomatoes.

Then, after the appearance of 2 full leaves, they are picked. It is important to timely fertilize the plants. This is done in order to give more strength to the young plant.

After planting in the ground, it forms 1–2 trunks. All excess stepsons are cut off. There is no need to remove the growth point. The plant regulates its height independently. There are up to 4 bushes per 1 m2.

The plant needs a garter due to the large number of fruits on them. To avoid breaking branches, it is better to secure it on supports in a timely manner.

Brief information about the variety

• Fruits and bush : tomatoes are red, slightly flattened, weighing from 100 to 150 g. The bush is semi-determinate, (height up to 120 cm).
• Productivity : high yielding.
• Resistance : cold-resistant, resistant to diseases and pests, but it is advisable to treat plants for prevention when planting seedlings, at the stage of flowering and fruiting.
• Distribution : In the southern regions of the country, tomatoes show high yield levels. In the middle zone they are recommended to be grown in a greenhouse.
• Application : fresh and for preservation.
• Planting : seedling method - seedlings are transplanted into open ground, depending on the region, from late April to mid-May. Planting scheme – 4 plants per 1 m².
• Soil : there are no special requirements for the soil, the main thing is that it is light, air- and water-permeable.
• Care : fertilizing is carried out at the growth stage; a complex composition with potassium and phosphorus is required. Water regularly as the soil dries. Stepping and forming a bush is a must.
• Ripening period : the first fruits ripen 90-100 days after emergence. It is possible to store tomatoes for 20 days.

Harvest volume and application

With proper care, Slot f1 tomatoes produce good yields. From one plant you can harvest from 5 to 7 kg of tomatoes. The description shows that 1m2 produces from 20 to 28 kg of fruit.

The scope is varied, excellently used for pickling and salting. In addition, it is suitable for preparing fresh salads. Juices and tomato paste are no worse than when using other varieties of tomatoes.

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Recommendations for cultivation

When growing tomatoes, summer residents initially make many mistakes and later pay for it with their harvest. How to grow tomatoes correctly? You need to start with seeds, namely with their selection. Try to buy seeds in specialized stores. If you decide to buy ready-made seedlings for planting, then give preference to strong bushes without inflorescences. Only high-quality seedlings will produce rapid flowering.

The Slot variety, like many other varieties, does not need frequent watering. Excessive humidity leads to rotting of the root system and the development of diseases. It is best to water tomatoes once every 5-7 days.

The cause of a poor harvest may be improper pinching. Shoots should be removed when they have reached 3-4 cm. Inexperienced gardeners feel sorry for the plant and, pinching off the shoots, leave stumps. Over time, this leads to the active activity of various bacteria and viruses. Shoots should be plucked off to the very base.

Many gardeners do not grow tomatoes at all. This leads to the fact that fruits begin to grow on the side shoots. The plant is unable to supply all the ovaries with nutrients, so the lower tomatoes begin to rot.

Positive and negative sides

The presence of a large number of negative characteristics discourages the desire to purchase seeds for your plot. But Slot tomatoes have virtually no downsides.

Pros:

1. Resistant to the vagaries of nature (in particular heat).
2. Very productive.
3. The taste is excellent.
4. Tolerates lack of moisture well.

Minuses:

1. Seeds collected from fruits are not suitable for independent propagation.
2. At the growth stage, tomatoes are capricious regarding feeding.

Features of care

In the first 10 days, Slot f1 tomatoes growing in open ground need to be shaded from the scorching sun and covered with film at night so that they do not freeze.

Watering

For 2 weeks, the transplanted tomatoes are watered daily so that they take root faster. Further watering depends on the condition of the soil - moisten it after it dries to a depth of 4-5 cm. Bushes experience an increased need for moisture during the period of vigorous flowering and fruiting. The optimal frequency of watering at this time is every 3 days. Water is poured under the root, avoiding contact with the stem and leaves.

To prevent a crust from forming on the surface of the soil, the next day after moistening, it is loosened, also weeded between the rows, and weeds are removed.

Feeding

At each stage of growth, tomatoes require different feedings.

Fertilizing is combined with watering so that the plants do not get burned and quickly absorb useful microelements.

Shaping and garter

To get a large and tasty harvest, you need to carry out the correct formation - into two stems. Wait until the first flower cluster with a side shoot appears, after which all the stepsons and leaves in the lower part of the bush are torn off. To prevent the development of new shoots, stepchildren pluck out the stump. The procedure is carried out early in the morning, by the evening the wounds have time to heal.

In addition to shaping, the Slot f1 tomato requires periodic garter. As they grow, the bushes are tied to a stake or trellis. This will protect the stems from breaking off under the weight of the fruit.

Disease susceptibility

The description of the variety confirms the plant's resistance to some common diseases. For example:

• Tobacco mosaic.
• Macrosporiasis.
• Black bacterial spot.

Most often, the plant suffers from brown spot and powdery mildew. Timely treatment with drugs will help to avoid a reduction in the volume of the harvest and the death of the plant itself.

Insect pests:

• Colorado beetle.
• Medvedka.
• Rusty mite.

To combat them, it is effective to use treatment with special preparations that are sold in agricultural stores.

Mistakes of summer residents

There are several most common mistakes that gardeners make when growing this crop, which results in a meager and not so tasty harvest:

• sowing infected or expired seeds, due to which the seedlings are weak, the seedlings stretch out, turn yellow and die;
• dense plantings - tomatoes grow, bloom and bear fruit poorly in crowded conditions;
• excessive watering with cold water leads to rotting of the stem, and the bushes dry out from lack of moisture;
• too frequent fertilizing with nitrogenous preparations, which inhibits the process of flowering and ovary formation;
• neglect of the bed - in weed thickets, tomatoes begin to get sick and are affected by various pests;
• improper formation of the bush, which makes the harvest smaller and less abundant.

The opinion of summer residents regarding the “Slot” variety

More complete information about tomatoes is contained in the reviews. In them, summer residents share their experiences and give advice to beginners. They also express their own opinions.

• Arseny. Tomatoes have been planted for more than one year. They don't take much care of them. I really like the taste of fresh fruits.
• Angelina. Every year he always grows 5-6 tomato bushes on the plot. Almost everything is eaten. The remainder goes for processing.
• Marina. I didn't like the tomatoes. When fresh, the taste is very sour. During pickling, the skin burst, disrupting the structure of the fruit.
• Christina. He has been growing tomatoes for 5 years. For her, he is among the first among those required to board. I like it pickled and fresh. The characteristics are satisfactory. The only thing I don’t like is that you have to buy seeds every year.
• Valentina. I like the high yield of the plant. And 100% seed germination.

The unpretentious variety of tomatoes “Slot” has earned a good reputation among experienced summer residents. Many people recommend it to others, since their characteristics are only positive. And caring for him is no different from others.

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Characteristics of the variety

Slot tomatoes are an early tomato variety.

Description of the bush

The bushes are quite tall and grow up to 100-120 cm. There is no need to pinch the tops: their growth stops on their own. Branched bushes. They grow well both in greenhouses and in open beds.

To get a sufficient number of fruits, the plant needs to be pinched. Usually the bush of the Slot F1 variety is formed into 1-2 stems. Excess shoots should be removed near the root. If this is not done, then the plant simply cannot cope with the nutrition of all the fruits that have set and they will die. The remaining stems of the bush need staking.

If you do not prun the tomato plant, then no death will occur. The fruits just won’t have time to ripen (in cold regions) or will be small.

Description of fruits

The size of the fruits is average, their weight ranges from 100 to 150 g. Tomatoes that ripened on the lower clusters have a larger mass, and fruits collected from the top weigh less. According to the characteristics, tomatoes have a juicy red color and a round, slightly flattened shape.

The taste of the fruit is very pleasant, with a slight sourness. Although the skin of tomatoes is thin, it does not crack.

Productivity

Gardeners note that under favorable weather conditions and following all the rules of agricultural technology, it is quite possible to get up to 10-11 kg of fruit from one tomato bush, which is a good characteristic of the variety.

In protected ground you can get about 15 kg of fruit. The dense arrangement of tomatoes in the garden negatively affects the yield: the plants do not have enough space for normal development. Therefore, the recommended planting density is 4 pcs. per 1 m² of land.

Application area

Tomatoes of the Slot variety can be used both for canning and for fresh consumption. They are juicy and meaty. They make salads, side dishes and many other dishes.

Housewives prepare delicious juices, sauces, ketchups from tomatoes, and add them to hot dishes. The description states that the tomatoes are well transported.

Let's start landing

First of all, you need to thoroughly moisten the soil in pots or boxes with seedlings. This will help you easily remove them from the seed container and prevent accidental damage to the root system.

Prepared holes for growing tomatoes in open ground should have a depth of 10-15 cm.

We water them (a bucket of water for 8-10 holes) and apply mineral fertilizers mixed with humus (proportion 1x3).

1. Turn the container with the seedlings over, wrap your middle and index fingers around the tomato stem and remove it from the container.
2. Tear off the leaves of the seedlings, leaving only 2-3 leaves on top (this will stimulate root growth).
3. Place the plant with a ball of root soil vertically in the hole and sprinkle with compost. In this case, the tomato stem should remain open. Only the roots or soil pot are placed in the ground.
4. Press the soil firmly around the plant and cover the compost with dry soil.
5. After planting, mulch the soil (cut, slightly wilted grass, sawdust, straw or newspaper leaves are suitable for this). The mulch layer should be about 10 cm high.

When planting tomatoes in the ground is finished, we will leave them alone for 8-10 days. During this period, the plants take root and become accustomed to the new location.

There is no need to water them yet. But you need to be prepared for frost. To do this, immediately after planting, we will cover our young tomatoes with transparent film.

It will remain until the threat of frost disappears (for the middle zone this usually happens by June 5-10). You can make holes in the film with a diameter of 10 cm. This will reduce the risk of late blight infection.

After 10 days, we water the seedlings and at the same time plant a new one in place of the dead one. The first hilling when growing tomatoes in open ground can be done two weeks after planting the seedlings.

In the future, we will hill up the plants as they grow.

Protection from diseases and pests

The most dangerous disease for tomatoes is late blight. Bordeaux mixture is used to protect against this disease. Processing is carried out in two stages:

• when fruits appear and fill on the first cluster;
• repeated - with an interval of 2 weeks.

To treat the disease in the initial stage, copper-containing drugs are used, for example HOM, Oxychom. Also, there are many other methods to combat this disease.

You can save fruits that have begun to ripen, but have been affected by late blight. To do this, they need to be collected and dipped in hot water (60 degrees) for a minute, and then cooled sharply. After this, the tomatoes can be stored for a short time, or ripened in a warm room, and will not deteriorate further.

You will find the most common tomato diseases with photos and descriptions in our material.

Nightshade pests carry diseases and cause irreparable damage to the crop. Growing tomatoes may be in vain if you do not treat the plants against parasites and allow them to multiply.

Whitefly (lat. Aleyrodidae)

A white butterfly resembling a moth is a whitefly. Plantings are destroyed within a few weeks. The preparations Fitoverm and Aktara will help - you need to spray the underside of the leaf. The procedure is carried out repeatedly, at weekly intervals.

Tomato rust mite (lat. Aculops lycopersici)

Creates cork-like growths on tomatoes. The fruit becomes inedible. The only chemicals that help against insects are Kemifos, Atellik, Vertimik, Fitoferm.

Spider mite (lat. Tetranychidae)

During its life, spider mites leave yellow and white dots on the back of the leaf, which cause fungal infection. Chemicals for insect control: Agrovertin, Anti-mite. Folk remedies include treatment with tinctures of dandelion, garlic, and tobacco.

Also, the mole cricket causes irreparable damage to the crop. You can read about ways to protect yourself from this parasite in our article.

About growing tomato seedlings

Picking

It is recommended to pick tomatoes when there are two true leaves; until this point, there is no need to fertilize young seedlings. If the vegetables were planted in special peat containers, this means that picking is not required in this case. Growing in ordinary containers requires planting one at a time in separate pots.

Rules for caring for seedlings

Caring for young seedlings is an integral part of agricultural technology for growing tomatoes, and the quality of young plantings will largely depend on it. Usually, tomatoes are planted in open ground a couple of months after planting the seeds. Caring for seedlings includes the following procedures:

Watering young tomato seedlings should be moderate and carried out at least once every 7 days; During the entire period of its growth, before planting in open ground, young tomato seedlings must undergo three feedings

The first time fertilizers are applied to the soil approximately half a month after picking vegetables, the second fertilizing in the form of liquid organic fertilizers is carried out 10-12 days after the first, and the third time the soil with young plantings is fertilized with superphosphate 10-12 days before placing the seedlings in the beds.

Hardening off seedlings is an important procedure in growing tomatoes. From about mid-spring, containers with young seedlings are recommended to be placed in the fresh air, where the temperature does not drop below 10 degrees

For more successful hardening of vegetable seedlings, it is recommended to use slight shading in the first three days, and then you can abandon it later. An important point in growing technology is the presence of a well-moistened clod of earth during hardening procedures.

Maintaining the correct ambient temperature, as well as creating sufficient lighting, will prevent the seedlings from stretching. The most suitable temperature for young seedlings is considered to be 16-18 degrees.

Transplanting seedlings into open ground

If tomatoes are grown by seedlings, they are transplanted into open ground in May if the young seedlings have 9-10 strong leaves. For these purposes, it is advisable to select an area with sufficient sunlight, as well as shelter from strong winds. Planting on land with a lot of stagnant water and cold winds is unlikely to yield a rich harvest of tomatoes. The basic rule for tomatoes is that these crops are not planted in the place where potatoes used to grow. A good place would be an area where root crops and legumes were previously grown.

Seedless method

In some areas with high air temperatures, summer residents resort to a seedless method of growing vegetables, that is, planting seeds directly in open ground. In this case, soil preparation begins in the fall, when the land is plowed. The seeds are sown in the soil in mid-April or early May, and it will be possible to wait for the first young shoots of tomatoes only after the air temperature has reached 14-15 degrees.

How to grow Slot tomatoes?

Let's look at how Slot tomatoes are grown. Tomatoes must be grown using the seedling method. First, the seeds are treated with a solution of potassium permanganate and growth stimulants. Sow seeds in boxes. When there is no frost at night, the sprouts can be planted in open ground. No more than 5 sprouts are planted per 1 m². A support must be installed next to the hole. The soil in the hole must be mixed with humus and wood ash. The bush is formed into 2 stems.

Stepchildren must be removed to the ground. Before planting tomatoes, the soil must be fertilized with phosphorus-containing compounds. Potassium fertilizing is needed to protect plants from diseases. It will give the tomatoes a richer taste. Twice it is necessary to apply mineral-organic fertilizers, which consist of ash and humus. Water the plants once every 10 days with warm water. Watering should not be too abundant.

If spots appear on the leaves, it is brown spot. This disease can be cured with the drug Zaslon.

If a coating resembling flour appears on the leaves, it means that the plants are sick with powdery mildew. To treat this disease, the drug Profi-gold is used.

Sometimes plants are attacked by parasites: insects and Colorado potato beetles. They can be destroyed using the drug Prestige. If you water and fertilize tomatoes in a timely manner, you can get an excellent harvest.

Fruit characteristics

The fruits are flat-round, dense, smooth, red in color at maturity, weighing 60-130 grams, good (for early) taste. Not prone to cracking, durable and transportable. These tomatoes are more suitable for canning and processing into tomato products, but if you allow them to fully ripen on the bush, they are also suitable for fresh consumption.

Planting pattern: 50 x 40 cm, planting density: 4-6 plants per 1 sq. m.

Productivity: in open ground in a stake culture 8.6-10 kg per 1 sq. m, in film greenhouses 15-18 kg per 1 sq. m.

Advantages of the hybrid: heat resistance, excellent transportability. Resistant to Alternaria blight, bacterial black spot and stolbur.

Tomato Slot F1 is included in the State Register for the North Caucasus and Lower Volga regions for cultivation in open ground.

Originator: Semko-Junior.

If you grew Slot tomatoes, please write whether you liked them or not. What was the yield and taste of the fruits like under your climatic conditions? If possible, attach a photo of the entire bush or individual fruits you grew. Thank you!

Your reviews of the Slot tomato will help many gardeners evaluate this hybrid objectively and decide whether it is worth planting or not.

Parameter and features of the hybrid

The tomato was bred by Russian breeders in 1999. It is a first generation hybrid (F1). This is a determinant (short) tomato hybrid of medium-late ripening. From planting seedlings in the soil to the start of fruiting, 115-120 days pass.

The plant is powerful, standard in form. The height of the shoots in the season is from 100 to 160 cm, depending on the agricultural technology used and growing conditions. The fruits are potbellied, fleshy, round, very flattened at the poles. The surface is smooth, with barely pronounced ribs. The peel is thin, but strong, elastic, and resistant to cracking. Inside, a tomato consists of 2-3 chambers with thick partitions between them.

The tomatoes are dense, so the pulp itself is tasty and juicy. The fruits have a well-balanced level of sugar and acid. The storage of dry matter in the pulp is low and amounts to 4%. Ripe tomatoes have a pretty bright red color with a glossy sheen. The fruits in the first samples are average in size, weighing 60-70 grams. Then the tomatoes become slightly smaller; God knows how much weight in subsequent selections is 50-55 grams.

Designed for cultivation both in open and protected ground (tunnels, film, glass or polycarbonate greenhouses). Suitable for cultivation even in large containers on a balcony or loggia. Has high yields. From one plant the waste is 5-7 kg. Recommended planting scheme: 4 plants per 1 sq.m. In this case, from one square meter of bed it is possible to get up to 28 kg of fruit.

Suitable for cultivation in open ground in the southern regions of the country - Crimea, Krasnodar Territory or Astrakhan Region. In other regions, due to the medium-late ripening period, the tomato may not have time to ripen. Therefore, indoor cultivation is recommended in these areas.