Hybrids of tomatoes are much easier to grow than classic varieties. They are fruitful, resistant to diseases, the fruits ripen quickly and have excellent taste.
A bright representative of the family of Dutch hybrids - Half fast F1, recommended for cultivation in open beds or under film.
Read in our article a complete description of the variety, get acquainted with the peculiarities of cultivation and other characteristics. We will also tell you about which diseases a variety is resistant to, and which ones will require some prophylaxis.
Tomato "Polfast F1": description of the variety
Grade name | Half fast |
general description | Determinant early ripe hybrid |
Originator | Holland |
Ripening | 90-105 days |
The form | Fruits are flat-rounded with pronounced ribbing |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 100-140 grams |
Application | Suitable for fresh consumption, cooking sauces, mashed potatoes, side dishes, soups, juice |
Yield varieties | 3-6 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard |
Disease resistance | Good disease resistance |
F1 half-fast - early ripe high-yielding hybrid. The bush is determinant, compact, up to 65 cm high. The formation of green mass is moderate, the leaf is simple, large, dark green.
The fruits ripen with brushes of 4-6 pieces. Productivity is excellent, from 1 square. meters of planting can be collected from 3 to 6 kg of selected tomatoes.
The fruit is medium-sized, flat-rounded, with pronounced ribbing at the stem. Fruit weight from 100 to 140 g. In the process of ripening, the color of the tomato changes from light green to rich red, monotonous, without spots.
The thin, but dense peel perfectly protects fruits from cracking. The flesh is small seed, moderately dense, juicy. Taste is saturated, not watery, sweet. The high content of sugars and vitamins allows us to recommend fruits for baby food.
The weight of a variety of fruits can be compared to others using the table:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Half fast | 100-140 grams |
Labrador | 80-150 grams |
Rio grande | 100-115 grams |
Leopold | 80-100 grams |
Orange Russian 117 | 280 grams |
President 2 | 300 grams |
Wild Rose | 300-350 grams |
Liana Pink | 80-100 grams |
Apple Spas | 130-150 grams |
Locomotive | 120-150 grams |
Honey Drop | 10-30 grams |
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Origin and Application
The hybrid of the Dutch selection is intended for cultivation of tomatoes in an open ground and film shelters. Fruits easily tied at a low temperature and ripen to frost. Tomatoes are well stored, to be transported.. Green fruits ripen quickly at room temperature.
Salad fruits, suitable for fresh consumption, preparation of sauces, mashed potatoes, side dishes, soups. Their ripe tomatoes turn out delicious thick juice.
A photo
You can visually get acquainted with the tomato variety “Half Fast F1” in the photo below:
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages of the variety:
- excellent taste of the fruit;
- resistance to cold and drought;
- possibility of cultivation in open ground;
- compact bush that does not need formation;
- resistance to major diseases (fusarium, verticillus).
- good yield.
Deficiencies in tomato is not seen. The only difficulty common to all hybrids is the inability to collect seeds for the next crop from ripe fruit.
The yield of other varieties of tomatoes is shown in the table below:
Grade name | Yield |
Half fast | 3-6 kg per square meter |
Bony m | 14-16 kg per square meter |
Aurora F1 | 13-16 kg per square meter |
Leopold | 3-4 kg from a bush |
Sanka | 15 kg per square meter |
Argonaut F1 | 4.5 kg from a bush |
Kibits | 3.5 kg from a bush |
Heavyweight Siberia | 11-12 kg per square meter |
Honey Cream | 4 kg per square meter |
Ob domes | 4-6 kg from a bush |
Marina Grove | 15-17 kg per square meter |
Features of growing
Seeds for seedlings are sown in the second half of March. It is not necessary to process and soak the seed, it passes all the necessary procedures before it is sold. For seedlings preparing light nutrient soil from a mixture of garden soil with humus. A small portion of washed river sand and wood ash is added to the substrate.
Seeds are sown with a depth of 2 cm, the soil is sprayed with warm water and covered with foil. For germination need a temperature of 24-25 degrees. After the sprouts appear, the temperature in the room can be lowered and the containers rearranged to light. For successful development it is necessary to light the fluorescent lamps. After the appearance of the first pair of true leaves, the seedlings are diving and fed with complex mineral fertilizer.
The hybrid begins to bear fruit very early, the first fruits ripen in 52 days after planting seedlings in the ground. Plants are planted with a distance of 40-50 cm from each other, in the first days of landing, you can cover the film. Watering with warm soft water, as the topsoil dries. During the season, tomatoes are fed 3-4 times with fertilizer based on potassium and phosphorus.
Diseases and pests
Sort tomato "Polufast F1" resistant to major diseases. Before selling the seeds are treated with drugs that increase the immunity of plants. For the prevention of fungal and viral diseases, young plants can be sprayed with a weak solution of potassium permanganate or phytosporin. At the first signs of late blight, plants are treated with copper-containing preparations.
Simple preventive measures will help prevent diseases.: loosening of the soil, destruction of weeds, moderate but abundant watering in warm weather.
Half-fast is a good choice for novice gardeners living in regions with a cool climate. Fruit ovaries are successfully formed at low temperatures, the collected fruits ripen without problems at home.
Medium early | Superearly | Mid-season |
Ivanovich | Moscow stars | Pink Elephant |
Timofey | Debut | Crimson onslaught |
Black truffle | Leopold | Orange |
Rosaliz | President 2 | Bull forehead |
Sugar giant | The miracle of cinnamon | Strawberry dessert |
Orange giant | Pink Impreshn | Snow tale |
One hundred pounds | Alpha | Yellow ball |