Tomato tree "Sprout F1 Cream": care, features of tomato and photo varieties

High tomato bushes can cause a lot of trouble: they require tying up, pinching, pinching. At the same time, the yield is not always happy. Tomato variety "Sprout F1 Cream" - a welcome exception. It is very fruitful, bears fruit from the beginning of the summer to frosts, responds well to top dressing.

A full description of the variety can be found in this article. And also be able to get acquainted with its characteristics, origin, characteristics of cultivation.

Tomatoes "Octopus F1 Cream": description of tomato tree

Octopus F1 Cream is a mid-early high-yielding hybrid. A powerful bush of an interminant type is often called a "tomato tree". The plant grows up to 2.5 m, has a developed root system and abundant green mass. The leaves are medium-sized, dark green, the fruits are collected in large heavy brushes of 8-12 pieces. Maturing wrist, friendly. The plant is very productive, with 1 square. m planting can collect up to 10 kg of selected tomatoes.

The brushes on the lower branches are no different from the upper ones; the fruits are aligned in weight and size. The period of fruiting is long, the harvest begins in the second half of June, the last ovaries are formed in the autumn. Fruits of medium size, weighing 30-40 g, smooth and neat. Oval shape, slightly elongated.

The color of ripe tomatoes is bright red, dense shiny skin gives them an elegant look and protects against cracking. The flesh is juicy, multi-chamber, moderately dense. The taste is pleasant, refreshing, sweetish with a slight sourness.

Variety of tomato "Sprout F1 cream" bred by Russian breeders. Possible cultivation in glass greenhouses and film greenhouses. Fruits can be picked with brushes or individually, they are well stored and transported. Tomatoes are delicious fresh, they are suitable for cooking various dishes and whole-canning. Processing on tomato products is possible: juices, mashed potatoes, sauces, pastes, soup dressings.

And you can compare the weight of the fruits of this variety with others in the table:

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the main advantages of the variety:

• very beautiful fruits of universal purpose;
• high yield;
• unpretentiousness;
• early maturation;
• extended fruiting period;
• resistance to major diseases.

Among the shortcomings can be noted the need to form a bush. Tomatoes "Cream Sprut" are very demanding on the nutritional value of the soil, require frequent abundant dressings.

Read useful articles about fertilizers for tomatoes.:

• Organic, mineral, phosphoric, complex and ready-made fertilizers for seedlings and TOP best.
• Yeast, iodine, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, ash, boric acid.
• What is foliar feeding and when picking, how to conduct them.

As for the yield mentioned above in the article, you can compare it with other varieties using the table below:

Read on our site all about the diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses and how to deal with them.

And also about varieties of high-yielding and disease-resistant, about tomatoes not undergoing late blight.

Features of growing

Tomatoes "Octopus F1 F1" are recommended to be grown in seedlings. Suitable and hydroponic technology.

When using nutrient solutions, the yield remains high, but the taste of the fruit is affected, the tomatoes acquire a watery taste. To improve consumer quality will help the classic cultivation in protected ground.

To get the fruit in June, seeds are sown in the second half of March. Rassad needs a light nutritious soil based on humus. Planting seeds in small peat pots allows you to do without picking.

The transplant begins in May. Plants are often recommended to feed on mineral complexes with potassium and phosphorus. Immediately after transplantation, the bushes are tied to the trellis, the lateral processes above the third hand are removed.

In the year-round heated greenhouse, the variety “Octopus F1 F1” can bear fruit in the fall and winter. For this, seeds for seedlings are sown in the second half of August.

Plants require good lighting, preferably drip irrigation, which maintains ideal soil moisture. To turn a bush into a full-fledged tomato tree, in the first months it is not allowed to bear fruit, removing the ovary. But in a few months the yield will increase significantly.

A photo

Visually see the "tomato tree" variety "Octopus F1 Cream" can be in the photo below:

Diseases and pests

The tomato variety “Sprout F1 Cream” is resistant to many typical diseases of the nightshade: fusarium, verticillosis, tobacco mosaic. For the prevention of late blight, spraying with copper preparations is recommended.. Frequent loosening, soil mulching, careful watering and frequent airing of the greenhouse will protect from gray, summit or root rot.

Tomatoes are often affected by aphids, thrips, spider mites. For the prevention of the bush can be sprayed with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

For heavy lesions, industrial insecticides are used, the treatment is carried out 2-3 times with an interval of several days.

Tomatoes grade "Octopus F1" - an excellent purchase for any gardener. High bushes will not occupy much space in the greenhouse, providing the family with useful and tasty fruits throughout the summer season.

You can see the tomato variety “Octopus F1 Cream” on the video below:

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