High-yielding hybrid with excellent stability - tomato Soyuz 8 F1: description and characteristics of the variety, reviews on yield

Olympic peace, health and abundant harvests await everyone who chooses the Soyuz 8 F1 tomato. The hybrid is highly productive, hardy and resistant. Needs standard care.

Description and characteristics of the variety

Tomato Soyuz 8 F1 is a medium-sized determinant, with a compact but powerful bush. Characteristics:

• shoot height 60-80 cm;
• foliage is average;
• many side stems.

Early ripening - harvest begins 90-98 days from germination.

Description of tomatoes:

• average weight 80-110 g;
• round, slightly flattened shape;
• color bright red;
• the flesh is fleshy, dense, moderately juicy;
• the skin is dense, not cracking;
• seed nests 4-5;
• solids levels range from 4.7 to 5%.

The taste has a harmonious combination of sweetness and sourness.

Tomatoes Soyuz 8: variety description

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The bush is very powerful, with a large number of side shoots, the number of leaves is average. The total yield is up to 15 kilograms per square meter when grown in open ground. Growing in film shelters and greenhouses increases the yield to 18-19 kilograms. Recommended for growing in open beds, as well as greenhouses and film-type shelters. Advantages of a hybrid :

• Good taste and product quality;
• Quick return of most of the harvest;
• Compact bush, ideal for growing in film shelters;
• Excellent safety during transportation;
• Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus.

Disadvantages include weak resistance to diseases, including late blight, blossom end rot and macrosporiosis.

The fruits are very fleshy to the touch, with a dense skin, and red in color. The shape is round, slightly flattened. Weight 80-110 grams. Universal purpose. They are equally good both when prepared for the winter and when consumed fresh, in the form of salads and juices. The fruits contain 4-5 correctly located nests. Dry matter in tomatoes is up to 4.8-4.9%.

You can compare the weight of the fruits of this variety with others in the table below:

Features of cultivation and storage

4-6 bushes are planted per 1 m2. The optimal distance is 40 cm.

How to fertilize a garden bed correctly:

• 6-7 kg of compost,
• 20 g superphosphate,
• 5 g potassium sulfate,
• 1 cup wood ash.

The data is based on 1 m2.

What conditions are observed during cultivation:

• moderate watering of 6-8 liters at the root;
• feeding with phosphorus-potassium mixtures;
• the use of bioinfusions and organic solutions for root feeding;
• irrigation with copper preparations for the prevention of late blight.

Recommendations for cultivation and care

It is recommended to plant seedlings in the last ten days of March - the first ten days of April. The seed planting depth is 1.5-2.0 centimeters. Planting seedlings and picking after the appearance of 1-3 true leaves. After 55-65 days, after the threat of frost has ceased, the seedlings are planted on the ridges.

It is recommended to fertilize with complex fertilizers, water at room temperature, and regularly loosen the soil. When grown in open ridges, the height of the plant is from 60 to 75 centimeters. Film shelters, as well as a greenhouse, will increase the height to one meter.

Read more about diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses in the articles on our website, as well as about methods and measures to combat them. You will also be able to get acquainted with information about high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties, about tomatoes that are not at all susceptible to late blight.

It is not recommended to plant more than 5 plants per square meter. According to numerous reviews received from gardeners, the hybrid shows the best yield results when the bush is formed with one trunk with the obligatory garter to a support or trellis.

You can see the yields of other tomato varieties in the table below:

Early ripening (98-102 days) allows you to collect most of the harvest (about 65% of the total volume) before the mass destruction of tomatoes by late blight.

Features of the plant

The type of bush of the Soyuz-8 F1 variety is determinate. The main stem grows independently at a height of about 1 m, and further development of the plant occurs due to the formation of lateral shoots. Compact bushes at home do not need to be pinched, but it is advisable to tie them to a support so that the stems do not lie down under the weight of the fruit, intertwining with neighboring bushes.

Soyuz-8 tomatoes begin to bear fruit 90 days after sowing the seeds. 5-6 clusters are formed on the stem with ovaries equal in size and weight. The ripening of fruits on the cluster occurs simultaneously, and the gap between the ripening of individual fruits is small. The bush grows quickly and yields its harvest just as quickly, ending the growing season approximately 1 month after the start of fruiting.

In a home greenhouse, such varieties are planted reluctantly, as they take up space from long-term fruiting tomatoes. But to get early vegetables, you can plant several bushes, replacing them later with green crops.

Reviews from vegetable growers already familiar with the Soyuz-8 hybrid note that tomatoes bear fruit well in open ground. They are adapted to temperature fluctuations, resistant to cold snaps and prolonged rains. From 1 bush you can get about 4 kg of marketable products. The yield of the variety suffers most often due to too hot weather during the flowering of the clusters. At +35°C, tomatoes stop setting and part of the harvest may be lost.

Among the disadvantages, the characteristics and description of the variety highlight the susceptibility of tomato to late blight. When grown in greenhouse conditions, this disease practically does not affect the Soyuz-8 tomato variety, since the fungus spreads only in cold, damp weather.

In an open plot, tomatoes most often manage to yield the crop before it appears, but in unfavorable seasons the infection can damage the plantings.

To prevent its spread, it is advisable to remove the lower leaves on the stems and tie up the tomatoes. In very difficult cases, tomatoes are treated with fungicides, using them strictly according to the instructions until the first berries ripen.

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Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The indisputable advantages of Union 8 include the following advantages:

• excellent taste;
• ripe tomatoes tolerate transportation well over long distances;
• fruits are not prone to cracking;
• uniform ripening of tomatoes, despite weather conditions;
• the bushes are quite compact, so they are well suited for planting in protected ground;
• high resistance to tobacco mosaic.

The variety also has quite serious disadvantages:

• weak resistance to late blight, blossom end rot, macrosporiosis;
• the need for pinching bushes;
• in too hot weather (at air temperatures above 29 - 31 ° C), the fruits do not set;
• seeds of ripened tomatoes are not suitable for further planting.

Consumer properties of fruits

Tomatoes grow and ripen almost simultaneously on simple bunches, with 5-7 berries on each. The average weight of 1 tomato is 90-110 g. The shape is round, slightly flattened at the poles, with smooth ribbing at the stalk.

The skin is dense, the tomatoes do not crack when ripe. Ripe fruits tolerate long-distance transportation well and withstand long-term storage without loss of appearance and quality. When harvested in the technical and blanche phases, they are able to ripen at room temperature. The color is bright red in biological ripeness; in an unripe tomato it is light green, without a dark spot.

The pulp is fleshy, uniform red-pink in color, without light areas in the center. The core has 4-6 seed chambers. The walls of the fruit are thick, up to 0.7 cm. The consistency is dense, juicy; when slightly unripe, the Soyuz-8 pulp retains its elasticity. The taste is average: traditional tomato taste with balanced acidity, aroma typical of tomatoes.

The main purpose is fresh consumption. Tomatoes are convenient as a base for snacks; they can be cut into slices or pucks for inclusion in sandwiches and hamburgers. Tomatoes are easy to prepare in a wide variety of salads and summer dishes with fresh vegetables. The pulp of Soyuz-8 is well suited for hot sauces, soup dressings, and preparing vegetable caviar.

Surplus tomatoes in Russia are traditionally stored for the winter. It is convenient to include small calibrated fruits in pickled vegetable platters or preserve them separately. Tomatoes can be processed into tasty and healthy tomato juice. By boiling the pulp until it thickens, the vegetable grower can get a sauce or filling for canned snacks and lecho, as well as good tomato paste. If desired, Soyuz-8 tomatoes can be dried and dried, but their taste is not particularly suitable for these purposes.