- Authors: HM. Clause S.A. (France)
- Year of approval: 1997
- Category: hybrid
- Growth type: indeterminate
- Appointment: fresh consumption
- Ripening period: early
- Ripening time, days: 89-103
- Growing conditions: for open ground, for closed ground
- Transportability: good
- Marketable fruit yield,%: 88-93
Crystal is a French variety; it has firmly taken root in Russian soil. Delicious, early, disease resistant. In 1997 it was entered into the State Register of the Russian Federation, recommended for cultivation in the Central, Central Black Earth and North-West regions.
Description of the variety
This is an F1 hybrid, indeterminate, vigorous bush with thick stems. The foliage is feathery, medium green. The first inflorescence appears early - above 5-6 leaves.
The main qualities of the fruit
The fruits are almost perfectly round, sometimes weak ribs are visible. Unripe fruits are light green, ripe fruits are tomato red. The skin is thick, elastic, with a strong shine. Medium-sized fruits: 85-121 g, perfectly smooth, calibrated. The pulp is capacious, rich, with medium-sized seed chambers and thick juicy walls of 8 mm. The appearance of a light area at the stalk is possible. Fruits are collected in bunches of 7-10 pcs., Fruits ripen at the same time.
Taste characteristics
The taste is good, the tomato is sweet and sour, with a typical tomato flavor. The appointment is universal. The tomato is consumed fresh, sent for processing. It is good in salads, appetizers, soups and main courses, in winter salads, it is suitable for making pasta, adjika, ketchup, sauces. Perfectly holds its shape when salted, looks spectacular in jars.
Ripening and fruiting
The variety is early, ripens in an ultrafast period, in 89-103 days. Belongs to carp varieties, such tomatoes can be picked not by the piece, but immediately with brushes.
Yield
Productivity from 1 sq. m - 6.4-8.9 kg. According to some reports - up to 12.7 kg. The output of marketable tomatoes, even, beautiful, dense - up to 93%.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
Sowing seeds for seedlings in late March - early April. Planting seedlings in open ground at the age of 60 days, at the end of May or at the beginning of June.
Growing tomato seedlings is an extremely important process, because it largely depends on whether the gardener will be able to harvest at all. All aspects must be taken into account, from seedbed preparation to planting in the ground.
Landing scheme
For 1 sq. m are planted in 3-4 plants.
Growing and care
Shaping and garter are required. The variety is formed into 1-2 stems. The brushes are quite strong, with short powerful internodes, not prone to creases, despite the fact that a kilogram of tomatoes can ripen on one brush. The stepsons are removed by breaking them off so that a small stump remains.
The plant is best grown in greenhouses according to the scheme of summer-autumn turnover. In this case, he will show his best side. This scheme involves sowing seedlings in the summer, in this case it will reach the desired size much faster, it will take only 28-34 days.Until September 15, the plants form 10-12 inflorescences, at this time they pinch their top, the harvest falls in October-November. The Kristall variety is ideal for such purposes: it is not affected by diseases that rage in late summer - early autumn, is energetic, and accepts well the decrease in the level of illumination in the greenhouse.
According to the usual scheme, the tomato is grown like any undemanding variety. All tomatoes love well-lit areas, loose, light, nutritious soil, and occasional moderate feeding. If it is too cold or too hot during the ovary period, shaking the brushes is helpful. The procedure is performed early in the morning, immediately after that it is well watered. You can work with a squirrel brush.
For better tying, flowers are sprayed with a solution of boric acid: 1 g of powder per 1 liter of hot water, dissolve, cool. Spraying can be carried out three times: during the period of the appearance of flowers, flowering, fruiting. Between spraying - at least 10 days.
Watering is needed abundant, even, the quality, quantity and taste of tomatoes directly depends on this. The soil should dry out sufficiently between waterings. Tomatoes do not like moisture stagnation. The roots of the crop are quite sensitive to interruptions in watering or to temperature fluctuations. Therefore, in extreme heat, do not pour tomatoes with a double portion of water. It is better to distribute watering for 2 times: morning and evening, and leave the portion the same.
Mulching the soil will help prevent hypothermia, overheating or drying out of the roots. Sprinkle the soil with clean sawdust or spread it with straw.
The variety was specially created to be disease resistant. It is not affected by top rot, tobacco mosaic, cladosporium, fusarium, verticillosis. However, two calcium supplements will be helpful. Spraying with a solution is carried out on the sheet, in the evening. Calcium supports the plant's immunity and has a positive effect on the quality of fruits: they will be even tastier and stronger.
A plant needs different micronutrients at each stage of growth. All fertilizers can be divided into two groups: mineral and organic. Folk remedies are often used: iodine, yeast, bird droppings, eggshells.
It is important to observe the rate and period of feeding. This also applies to folk remedies and organic fertilizers.
Review overview
The variety is excellent, takes with a high yield, durability and quality of the fruit. During the harvesting period, the advantages of the variety are especially clearly visible: even, as if calibrated, dense tomatoes abundantly cover the bush, with ideal bunches, it is pleasant to collect them. There are few reviews, there are no "fashionable" characteristics or original features in the variety, but all opinions are positive.
The variety will be especially interesting for those looking for a versatile greenhouse tomato with good commercial characteristics.
