Morozko is an early-ripening salad hybrid for open ground. It allows you to get a bountiful harvest of delicious tomatoes, regardless of the region. Initially, the cultivar was tested in the Central Black Earth Region, and then spread to other areas.
| Height | Landing location | Ripening time | Fruit color | Fruit size | Origin | Fruit shape |
| Medium height | Open ground | Early ripening | Reds | Average | Hybrid | Flat-round |
Description of the variety
The bushes are small (determinate variety). The leaves are dark green. The beginning of fruit ripening occurs 90–95 days after the appearance of mass entries. The variety has increased productivity. With proper agricultural technology, it is possible to harvest at least 6 kg of tomatoes from one bush.
When grown on a production scale, farms harvest 188–241 kg/ha of Morozko variety tomatoes. In the most successful years, harvests of up to 500 c/ha were recorded. The marketability of the crop ranges from 59 to 63%. When stored in cool areas of vegetable stores, it is possible to preserve harvested tomatoes for 1 to 2 months.
The characteristics of this hybrid variety indicate that the tomato successfully grows and bears fruit even under unfavorable weather conditions for growing.
It has increased resistance to diseases (especially fusarium and TMV). A pinching process is required, although the number of stems to be plucked is small.
After the fifth inflorescence has appeared, the top of the bush is pinched, limiting its further growth. The height of plants usually reaches 75 centimeters (if grown in greenhouse conditions) and up to a meter in open areas. Up to 6 tomatoes ripen in one bunch. As with all hybrid varieties, seeds for growing seedlings must be purchased from specialized retail outlets.
The nuances of growing in open ground and in a greenhouse
The culture is recommended for cultivation in protected and unprotected soil. But in those regions that have a short summer season, the seedlings are kept under film for the first two weeks. The shelter is removed gradually, but the covering material is not removed in case of unexpected cold weather.
The Wild Rose tomato is able to grow and develop in highly saline soil
When planting in protected soil or open beds, do not thicken the bushes. The distance between seedlings should be such that each bush can receive the required amount of nutrients. Otherwise, a tall crop will not be able to fully grow and develop.
It is necessary to constantly tear off the lower leaves, otherwise they will rot from the moisture in the beds. In addition, removing the lower leaves promotes better ventilation of the plants.
Greenhouses are regularly ventilated to eliminate the causes of many diseases. The influx of fresh air has a beneficial effect on the growth of bushes and destroys pathogenic flora.
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Morozko's main advantages and disadvantages
Positive qualities of the variety:
- the ability to grow and bear fruit under different weather conditions;
- the rating on the tasting test scale is 5 out of 5 possible;
- resistance to typical tomato diseases.
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If you grew Morozko tomatoes, please write whether you liked them or not. What was the yield and taste of the fruits like under your climatic conditions? How do you rate the disease resistance of this hybrid? Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of this tomato in your opinion. If possible, attach a photo of your tomatoes to your comment. Thank you!
Your reviews of the Morozko tomato and additions to the description will help many gardeners evaluate this variety more objectively and decide whether it is worth planting or not.
Fruit characteristics
Tomato Morozko F1 has mild ribbing and a flattened shape. The skin of tomatoes is smooth, with a glossy surface. The filling fruits have a light emerald color, and after ripening they become bright red. Resistant to cracking.
Tomatoes have 3–4 seed chambers. The pulp has a barely audible sourness. The description of the variety notes that the fruits are small in size, have an average weight of 50 - 75 g, and the largest specimens reach 200 g. Excellent taste. Tomatoes are used for fresh consumption; tomatoes are suitable for processing.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Advantages | Flaws |
| High resistance to unfavorable growth factors and growing errors | Low yield of marketable fruits |
| Excellent taste, delicate skin, does not crack, balance of meatiness and juiciness | Narrow range of cultivation regions |
| Early ripening | |
| Possibility of growing through seedlings and without seedlings | |
| No need to pin or shape |
Growing rules
This variety can be grown in different conditions: in a greenhouse or in open beds. Grown seedlings are planted in the soil at the age of 50 - 55 days after planting the seeds. Tomatoes must be fed with mineral and organic fertilizers.
For 1 sq. m, 2–3 plants are planted in a greenhouse and 3–4 when planted under film or in open ground. The tomato has little foliage on its stems. It is necessary to form 4 – 5 inflorescences. The 2 lower clusters are considered the strongest and have the largest fruits.
In greenhouse conditions there is no need for pinching, but when growing in open areas, excess stems are cut off. The main shoot is formed under the fifth inflorescence. Staking the stems of the Morozko variety is not necessary. The more fruits there are on the bush, the longer the ripening process takes place. If you carry out pinching, the harvest can be harvested much earlier.
Characteristics and features of an early ripening hybrid
The tomato variety “Morozko” is an early-ripening hybrid of a universal type of cultivation. Regardless of which soil is most suitable for the region, you can get a good harvest of delicious tomatoes. The hybrid is intended for cultivation in the Central Black Earth region, but with good care it shows excellent results in other areas.
First of all, vegetable growers are interested in the characteristics and description of the Morozko tomato variety.
The variety is classified as hybrid. This information tells the summer resident that he should not collect the seeds himself. In the second year, tomatoes will lose their main characteristics. Therefore, you need to immediately decide that you need to purchase “Morozko F1” tomato seeds every year.
Information about the type of bush is also considered important. According to the description of the variety, Morozko tomatoes belong to determinate plants. The vegetable grower does not have to install supports and tie up the bush. The variety forms 5-6 clusters and stops its growth. Some vegetable growers independently limit the growth of the bush after the fifth inflorescence. The maximum height in open ground is 80 cm; in a greenhouse the bush stretches up to 1 meter. In the northern regions, the plant will have time to produce a harvest in a short summer when grown in a greenhouse. And in the middle zone it grows well in the open air.
It begins to bear fruit early and vigorously, and is distinguished by the frequent formation of flower buds. It takes 90 days from germination to fruit harvest. The bushes are compact and do not create crowding in the greenhouse. A very advantageous characteristic for closed ground. Tomatoes are well ventilated and suffer less disease.
The leaves of the Morozko tomato variety are quite large and dark green. The stem is weakly leafy.
The yield of the Morozko variety is high, but parameters may vary depending on the quality of care and conditions of the growing region. One bush produces up to 6-7 kg of nutritious fruits. The main condition for a gardener is to accurately comply with the requirements of agricultural technology.
According to reviews from summer residents who grew Morozko tomatoes, the plants tolerate weather fluctuations well. Even in damp, cool summers, the yield of the variety does not decrease, and there is no danger of the spread of late blight. The hybrid is very resistant to this dangerous disease, as well as to TMV.
Morozko tomatoes are distinguished by high commercial qualities. The fruits do not crack, are well stored and can withstand transportation. If favorable conditions are created in the vegetable storehouse, the early variety can be stored indoors for up to 60 days without loss of commercial quality. Excellent for commercial cultivation, the tomato is in demand among farmers.
How to grow an early tomato
Tomatoes taste best with the right combination of sugars and acids—a product of sunlight and photosynthesis.
Early varieties are often less tasty than late and mid-ripening tomatoes, as they spend less time in the sun. But if grown correctly, early varieties can produce very tasty fruits.
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Sowing begins by planting the seeds 5 to 6 weeks before the last expected frost. After 2 - 3 weeks, they are transplanted into other containers to allow the root system to develop freely.
Sun access
The seedlings must be placed so that they have access to sunlight for at least 16 hours. For this, fluorescent lamps are installed. The site for planting seedlings in the ground is selected in such a way as to ensure sunlight for 8 hours.
Soil heating
Before planting, the soil is warmed up. A black film is laid on top of the soil for about 7 - 10 days, then holes are cut in it for planting seedlings when the necessary time comes.
The process of planting in a hole
When planting plants in the soil, make sure that the upper leaves are above the surface, lowering the stem down to form additional roots.
A handful of well-rotted compost, manure, bone meal or other organic fertilizer for tomatoes, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, which are necessary for the development of the root system, are placed at the bottom of the hole.
Plants need to be planted at a sufficient distance so that the bushes can freely receive air and sunlight, which is especially important for early varieties of tomatoes. Stepchildren should be removed to get earlier tomatoes.
Preparing seedlings
Morozko tomato seedlings should be planted in a permanent place 50-55 days after emergence. Therefore, depending on the climatic conditions of the region, you need to independently calculate the date for sowing seeds for seedlings. In addition to the usual recommendations, vegetable growers take into account personal experience of the weather vagaries of their area.
During the period of growing seedlings, all factors play an important role:
- seed quality;
- choice of sowing time;
- soil structure and composition;
- thoroughness of pre-sowing preparations;
- density and depth of seed placement;
- compliance with care points;
- hardening of seedlings;
- term for planting seedlings in a permanent place.
The list is long, but for experienced vegetable growers all the points are familiar. And for beginners, our recommendations, photos and reviews from summer residents on growing seedlings of the Morozko tomato variety will be useful.
Tara
Morozko tomato seeds are sown in containers for seedlings or boxes of a convenient size. Further picking is carried out in separate pots. This allows the root system to develop well and prevents the seedlings from being pulled out. Therefore, before sowing, you should take care of containers for seedlings in advance. Containers must be disinfected with a disinfectant solution and dried. According to reviews from vegetable growers, it is better to sow tomato seeds of the Morozko F1 variety in plastic containers with opaque walls. A tray is placed under the container to collect irrigation moisture, and drainage holes are made in the cells themselves so that the roots do not suffer from excess water.
Priming
Morozko tomatoes need to be sown in fertile and loose soil, which must be disinfected. If the soil mixture is not prepared in advance, then you can purchase ready-made soil for seedlings.
The soil is prepared independently from:
- rotted manure or compost (5%), middle peat (75%) and turf soil (20%);
- mullein (5%), lowland peat (75%), finished compost (20%);
- rotted manure (5%), compost (45%), turf soil (50%).
The components must be thoroughly mixed and the mixture calcined. Additionally, you can spill “Fitosporin-M” to reduce the risk of spreading infection.
Planting process
Fill the container with soil and moisten. Then form grooves into which to place Morozko tomato seeds at equal distances with tweezers.
Important! Do not place the seeds of the variety very densely so that the seedlings do not get sick with blackleg.
Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil, then lightly compact it and moisten it.
Cover the container with film and place in a warm place where the temperature is maintained at +22°C.
2-3 days after seedling germination, remove the film.
Video
You will learn how to properly form tomatoes from the following video lesson:
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| Early ripening | Mid-late | Mid-early |
| Raspberry Viscount | Yellow banana | Pink Bush F1 |
| The Tsar Bell | Titanium | Flamingo |
| Kate | Slot F1 | Openwork |
| Valentina | Honey fireworks | Cio Cio San |
| Cranberries in sugar | Miracle of the market | Supermodel |
| Fatima | gold fish | Budenovka |
| Verlioka | De Barao black | Major F1 |
Fight for survival
Morozko variety tomatoes are resistant to most diseases typical of tomatoes, which is confirmed by numerous reviews from gardeners. Of course, as a preventative measure, you can spray the plantings with chemicals, but this is not necessary. Pests also practically do not affect tomatoes, which allows you to save on insecticides.
The variety is relatively resistant to late blight, but verticillium and powdery mildew can affect it. To avoid infection, in the fall the area is cleared of plant residues, and after planting the tomatoes, they and the soil are treated with potassium humate.
When infections occur, fungicides - Bayleton and Topaz - will help.
Growing the variety is not difficult, but harvesting it, much less consuming the entire crop, will be difficult, because its size will increase even experienced summer residents.
Other unpretentious varieties of tomato, the description of which you will find with us: Wild Rose, Russian Domes, Zhigalo, Metelitsa, Yellow Giant, Pink Miracle, Shchelkovsky Early, Spasskaya Tower, Chocolate, Miracle of the Market, Pink Fleshy, De Barao Pink, Honey King.
A bag of Morozko tomato seeds was bought by accident, absolutely at random, in one of the garden stores. From time to time we purchase new varieties and hybrids to try something new (I think all summer residents are into this). They planted seedlings, everything was as usual. At the beginning of summer, the seedlings were planted in open ground, under film, in a small greenhouse on the south side of the site.
Features of care
The subspecies is widely popular among gardeners. It can grow both in open ground and in film greenhouses. Required age of seedlings for planting in soil: 50-55 days. Purchased preparations or mineral fertilizers are used as fertilizers.
If the cultivation is vertical, then new shoots must be formed by pinching from 4 or 5 inflorescences. For 1 sq. m. it is necessary to plant 2-3 plants in glass greenhouses and 3-4 plants in greenhouses. Bushes with few leaves. They reach a height of 100-110 cm. Form 6-7 clusters of 5-6 tomatoes each.
When growing in a greenhouse, pinching is not required, but in open ground it is required. The number of stepchildren is small. The first two bottom ones are considered the strongest. There is no need to tie up the bushes.
The Morozko tomato has large, sweet and sour round fruits. Tomatoes are resistant to cracking. Used for preparing salads. The subspecies tolerates adverse weather conditions well. Designed for growing in private farms.
