Description of the hybrid tomato Impala F1: pros and cons, reviews

Pros and cons of the Impala tomato variety

The Impala tomato differs from many varieties in a large number of advantages. Due to its positive qualities, unpretentiousness and lack of disadvantages, the Impala tomato is recommended for beginning gardeners.

The advantages of the variety include:

• early ripeness;
• long shelf life;
• high taste and external qualities;
• immunity to disease and resistance to sudden temperature changes;
• sweet pulp and rich aroma;
• versatility in application;
• The fruits are resistant to cracking.

Many gardeners consider it a disadvantage that Impala tomatoes are hybrids. Therefore, independently collecting seeds will not give the expected harvest and the fruits will not retain varietal characteristics.

Important! Before planting an Impala tomato, you need to familiarize yourself with the characteristics and description of the variety, view photos and videos, and read reviews from gardeners.

Taste qualities of fruits

Impala tomatoes have an ovoid-flattened shape and a bright scarlet color. The skin is thin, but dense and does not crack. Thanks to the elastic peel, the crop is well transported and has excellent shelf life. The pulp is dense and juicy, the taste is sweet without excess sugar. The aroma of tomatoes is rich, bright and unique.

The Impala f1 tomato variety is universal. It can be used for preparing salads, slicing and canning.

Growing Impala tomatoes

Productivity depends on properly grown and planted seedlings, as well as on further care. In order to obtain maximum fruiting, it is necessary to provide tomato bushes with favorable conditions.

Landing rules

Impala tomatoes can be grown in open and closed ground. But in order for tomatoes to ripen at the end of June, it is necessary to plant tomatoes in seedlings. Seeds are sown 2 months before planting the plant in a prepared place.

To increase resistance to diseases and for rapid germination, pre-sowing preparation of seeds can be carried out. To do this, you can use one of the following methods:

• Hardening - this method will increase resistance to unfavorable climatic conditions. Pre-moistened seeds are kept in the refrigerator for about 2 days.
• Disinfection - seed material is soaked for 15 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
• Soaking - this method allows you to get early shoots.

The prepared planting material is planted in cups or a box with a height of at least 11 cm. For planting, it is necessary to prepare nutritious, disinfected soil. The containers are filled with earth, the seeds are buried 1-1.5 cm. They are spilled with warm water and create a greenhouse effect. The temperature for seed germination should not be less than + 22 °C.

A week after seed germination, the cover is removed and the container is moved to the sunniest place. During the growth of seedlings, as the soil dries out, it is necessary to water with a spray bottle with heated, settled water. Irrigation should be moderate, since excess moisture affects the root system and can cause the appearance of blackleg.

Important! If the seedlings are grown in a box, then after 3-4 true leaves appear, they need to be planted in separate containers.

A week before transplanting to a permanent location, the tomatoes stop watering and begin to harden. To do this, the containers are taken out into the open air, increasing the residence time daily.

Seedlings are ready for planting if they have a strong, healthy trunk, a well-developed root system, a height of 25-30 cm and one flower cluster.

It is better to plant seedlings in cloudy evenings. For this:

1. The garden bed is being dug up.
2. Make holes at a distance of 30-40 cm from each other.
3. Add 1 tbsp to the bottom of the planting hole. l. wood ash and a layer of nutritious soil.
4. The seedlings are carefully removed from the container, the cotyledons and yellowed leaves are removed.
5. Planted in a prepared hole, sprinkled with soil, watered and mulched.

Watering and fertilizing

The first watering is carried out 10 days after planting. Irrigation is carried out with warm, settled water in the morning or evening. Before flowering, watering is carried out 2-3 times a week at the rate of 4 liters per 1 square meter. m. During flowering, watering is increased, spending per 1 sq. m. to a bucket of water.

After irrigation, the soil is loosened and the greenhouse is ventilated. Loosening is necessary for good moisture and air permeability of the soil. Ventilation – to maintain optimal temperature and humidity conditions. Ventilation is especially important during flowering bushes, since wet pollen does not fall on the pistil, and as a result, pollination does not occur.

Important! The temperature in the greenhouse should not be lower than + 15 °C and not higher than + 30 °C.

14 days after planting, they begin feeding Impala tomatoes:

1. First feeding - 0.5 liters of liquid mullein and 1 tbsp are dissolved in a bucket of water. l. nitrophoska.
2. After 10 days, re-feeding is carried out - 1 tsp is diluted in 10 liters of water. potassium sulfate and 1 tbsp. l. drug "Fertility".
3. Subsequent fertilizing is carried out once every 10 days, using phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.

Advice! During the entire growing season, tomatoes are fertilized 4-5 times.

Pinching and tying

Despite the fact that the Impala tomato is a determinate variety, it needs a garter. This is explained by the fact that a large number of fruits are formed on the plant, which can lead to breakage of shoots and flower ovaries. For gartering, it is better to use linear or frame trellises.

To obtain a rich harvest, it is necessary to remove the stepsons every 7 days. They take a lot of energy from the plant, thereby reducing fruiting and the taste of the fruit.

Formation

Experienced gardeners recommend growing Impala tomatoes in 2 stems. This method reduces the weight of the fruit, but increases the yield. To form into 2 trunks, leave the strongest stepson after the first flower cluster. When growing a tomato bush in this way, it is necessary to strictly maintain the interval between plantings. Otherwise, the plant will lack sunlight and fresh air. This can lead to the appearance of various diseases, reduced yields and changes in taste.

Protection from diseases and pests

The Impala tomato has strong immunity to many diseases. But if the care rules are not followed, tomatoes can be affected by the following fungal diseases:

1. Verticillium - a fungus that attacks the leaf blade. She begins to curl and fade. Without treatment, the veins turn brown and dark spots appear on the surface of the leaf.
2. Cladosporiosis or brown spot - the disease affects the leaves of tomatoes in the flowering phase. Light green spots appear on the lower surface of the leaf, which, without treatment, change color to brownish-yellow.

You can get rid of fungal diseases using broad-spectrum fungicides.

Pest and disease control

To prevent the spread of fungal diseases, Impala tomato seedlings must be treated with fungicides in early May (a week before planting in the greenhouse or a few days after that). You can use any proven drug, for example:

• Bordeaux mixture;
• "Maksim";
• "Skor";
• "Fundazol";
• "Tattu";
• "Fitosporin".

To combat insects, folk remedies are used (for example, an infusion of mustard powder, garlic, onion peels, chili peppers, a solution of wood ash with soap) or insecticides:

• "Vertimek";
• "Fitoverm";
• "Match";
• "Colorado";
• "Spark";
• "Fufanon."

Important! Impala tomato bushes are processed late in the evening. After using chemicals, tomatoes can be harvested after 2-3 days or later (depending on the waiting period specified in the instructions).

Description of the hybrid

Tomatoes of this variety are of the determinate type, which means the following: they are small in size and the top shoots do not need to be pinched. In open soil they can be approximately 70 cm high, but when grown in a greenhouse they can grow up to 1 m.

From the outside, the bushes look dense, there are a lot of fruits, and in general the plant is compact. Clusters of four to five pieces are formed, the inflorescences are simple, and the internodes are short.

Thanks to their dense foliage, tomatoes are extremely resistant to the effects of sunlight; they practically do not get burned.

Rating of varieties by bush height

According to the classification by height, there are three types of tomatoes: indeterminate - the tallest, semi-determinate - medium height and determinate - located close to the ground.

Indeterminate

1. Tomato "Mikado pink". The height of the seedling is 1.6 - 2.5 m. The yield of tomatoes is 10-12 kg per 1 sq. m.
2. "The Scarlet Flower". The height of the plant varies from 0.7 to 1.5 m. A summer resident can count on 4 kg of fleshy fruits with gymnosperms.
3. "De Barao." Bush height: 1.7-2.4 m. The powerful stem allows the tomatoes to ripen evenly and form 5-7 kg of plum-shaped tomatoes with sour-sweet pulp.
4. "Pink Giant" The plant needs a garter, since its height is 1.8-2.9 m. The flattened round fruits weigh 400-600 g. Basically, 3-4 kg of tomatoes are removed from the bush.
5. "Crimson fig." The spreading bush grows up to 3 m. Long-term fruiting allows you to regularly obtain up to 7 kg of pear-shaped tomatoes from the bush. Tomatoes have a pleasant honey-fruity flavor and unusual color.

Semi-determinant

1. Tomato "Pink Elephant". A greenhouse subspecies of tomatoes that grows up to 1.3 - 1.5 m. 7-10 fruits weighing 400-1000 g each are formed on the bush.
2. "Anna". Heart-shaped fruits develop on a plant 1.5 m high. Round tomatoes weigh 100-300 g, while their flesh is loose and dense.
3. "Magnus". Flat-round tomatoes of a light green hue, weighing 120-150 g. Bush height 1.2-1.5 m.
4. "Baron". Disease-resistant early ripening variety. Reaches a height of 1.2 - 1.6 m.
5. "Eagle Beak" Pink, oblong-shaped fruits develop on a plant 1.3 m in height. Moreover, the weight of tomatoes does not exceed 700 g.

Determinate varieties

1. Tomato "Abakan pink". The height of the bush is 0.8-1.2 meters, while one cluster produces up to 6 fruits.
2. "Biysk rose" It grows up to 1.5 m, while the weight of tomatoes varies from 500 to 700 g.
3. "Alsu." An early plant with a thin stem and a height of 0.7-1 m. From one bush you can collect up to 4 kg of heart-shaped fruits.
4. "Panekra". Fleshy scarlet tomatoes develop on a bush 0.9 m high. The fruits weigh 400-500 g.
5. "Grushovka" Red, cooked fruit with a rich tomato taste. The height of the plant with a dense stem is 0.6-0.8 m.

Features of care

Growing tomatoes in Spring requires compliance with the usual agrotechnical practices:

• bushes are formed into 2-3 stems, taking stepson once every ten days (since the shoot-forming ability of the hybrid is weak, the stepsons grow slightly);
• water in hot weather once every 2-3 days, if it’s cloudy - a little less often, at the root;
• In open beds, timely weeding and removal of weeds are important.

Fertilize the plants in the standard way for tomatoes:

• 20 days after transferring the seedlings to a permanent place of growth - nitrophoska;
• 10 days after the first feeding - potassium sulfate;
• after another 10-12 days - superphosphate and wood ash.

Organic matter is also gratefully received by tomatoes - it is added a little every couple of weeks.