Tomato Afen f1 is grown in suburban areas and in large agricultural farms. The tomato was added to the State Register of the Russian Federation in 2011. The first generation hybrid is recommended for indoor soil, but it can also be grown without cover. This is a salad tomato, used fresh and stored well. Reviews from experienced gardeners are mostly positive for this class.
Description and characteristics of the variety
The hybrid is early ripening, indeterminate, tall. It is characterized by early ripening of the crop; the first tomatoes are harvested 95-100 days after germination. The stem is powerful, with short internodes and dense foliage. The leaves are medium in size, classic in shape, light green in color.
When working with this hybrid, you need to spend enough time periodically gartering, pinching and removing excess green mass.
The inflorescences are complex, formed after 6 leaves; in total, the plant is capable of forming 7-9 clusters on one stem. The brushes grow strong and do not break. Each inflorescence bears 3-6 fairly large tomatoes. The fruits are round, multi-chambered, slightly flattened, and have slight ribbing near the stalk. At the stage of biological maturity they acquire a rich crimson-pink color. The taste is tomato, sweet. The pink flesh of the tomato is juicy, multi-chambered, dense, with an average seed content.
What is an Afen tomato?
Characteristics and description of the variety:
- The plant needs support, as the variety is indeterminate and can grow quite high.
- The bushes are formed and stepsoned.
- Stepping is carried out once every 10 days.
- The Afen tomato has dense, rich green foliage, small internodes and complex inflorescences.
- The plant is resistant to many diseases of the nightshade family. And throughout the growing season he almost never gets sick.
- The shape of the fruit is round.
- The skin is raspberry colored.
- The weight of the fruit varies from 120 to 350 g (depending on care and conditions).
- A cut tomato is pink, has many chambers, and tastes sweet and juicy.
- With good care, the yield reaches 9 kg per 1 m².
40 days after sowing the seeds, the seedlings grow and become ready for planting in the ground, and after another 60-65 days the tomatoes ripen. The fruits on the bushes ripen together, at the same time.
Advantages and disadvantages
Pros:
- Beautiful, large pink tomatoes of early ripening.
- Excellent fruit taste for an early hybrid.
- The tomatoes on the bunch ripen very smoothly.
- Tomatoes do not crack.
- Productivity is above average.
- Good keeping quality and transportability.
- Resistant to the main range of diseases.
Minuses:
- Tomato does not tolerate dampness; it is advisable to grow it in heated, ventilated greenhouses.
- Sometimes, in cold weather and high humidity, cladosporiosis infections occur.
- It forms a lot of greenery, which has to be dealt with regularly.
Diseases and pests
The description notes resistance to the following diseases:
- like fusarium;
- fungal cladosporium;
- yellow curl virus;
- verticillium wilt;
- nematodes.
Verticillium wilt
Reviews of Afen tomatoes, presented directly on the Internet, almost all look in a positive way; first of all, they note the attractive appearance of the ripened fruits. Diseases and pests for these tomatoes are not so terrible. Therefore, every gardener recommends growing tomato bushes of the same variety as Afen in his greenhouse.
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Features of cultivation
The hybrid loves loose soil that can retain moisture well. To obtain good soil, you can dilute the garden soil with turf, add rotted manure, vermicompost, river sand, and special leavening agents such as perlite. The soil is placed in the greenhouse in summer or autumn.
High air humidity increases the incidence of cladosporiosis, so for the Afen f1 hybrid, open planting is a risky business. Growing in unheated greenhouses during a rainy, cool period greatly reduces the chances of a large harvest. Fruits set poorly at low temperatures.
Photo
For a more thorough acquaintance with the Afen variety, you can view the photographs below.
You can also watch a video where a gardener with extensive experience in growing tomatoes will tell you how the Afen variety grows.
The Afen tomato, the description of which you just read, is an ideal hybrid for growing in a greenhouse, both for sale and for your needs, so we recommend that you definitely try to grow these tomatoes in your garden, you will definitely like it.
Landing
Afen f1 is grown through seedlings. Seeds for it are sown in March, after the second leaf they are picked. The seedlings ripen quite quickly; after just 1.5 months, young tomatoes can be planted in a greenhouse, and two months after transplanting, the first fruits will ripen on the bushes. The soil is prepared in advance; it must overwinter.
Plants are planted at the rate of 3-4 bushes per 1m2. Plantings cannot be thickened: the hybrid requires good nutrition, and if there is a lack of micro- and macroelements, the fruits become smaller. When laying beds, you must ensure that there are trellises or other devices for fixing the tomatoes in a vertical position.
Afen tomatoes, video
Originator : Clause (France).
You can see other interesting varieties and hybrids of tomatoes with photos, descriptions and reviews in our Tomato Catalog. Enjoy watching.
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Tomato care
Before flowering, water the bushes every 4-5 days. After the flowers appear, watering is increased.
Afen tomatoes need to be fertilized more often than other varieties. The bush is formed into one stem so that the emerging fruits reach a larger mass.
Top dressing
14 days after emergence, young plants are fertilized with complex fertilizer.
After planting plants in greenhouse conditions, the following substances are used as fertilizers:
- mullein solution;
- ash;
- superphosphate;
- boric acid;
- sodium humate.
At the beginning of tomato flowering, seedlings are fertilized with mullein solution. After the ovaries form, the tomatoes are watered with an ash solution. To prepare it, use 10 liters of water, 2 tablespoons of ash, 2 g of boric acid.
Tomato variety Afen f1
Description of the tomato variety Afen f 1
Hello, dear friends!
Tomatoes are a combination of taste and benefits. Few people don’t like tomatoes, because they have a unique sweetish taste, juicy structure and aromatic smell. The tomato occupies one of the most significant places in the world of vegetable crops. There are an incredible number of types of this vegetable: cherry, “cream”, ox heart, for salads and for rolling, red, pink, yellow...
Tomatoes help the cardiovascular system, are a source of the strongest antioxidant lycopene, and protect the body from toxins.
Many gardeners love to grow tomatoes, but it is not as easy as it seems at first glance. Today we’ll tell you about the tomato variety Afen
f1
, which is rightfully considered one of the best for growing in amateur and professional vegetable growing.
Description of the tomato variety Afen f1
Afen f1 is a fairly common tomato variety nowadays. The hybrid was first grown by breeders from France. Often packaged in quantities of 10, 250 and 1000 seeds. This variety of salad tomatoes is used mostly fresh. But such tomatoes are also rolled up, cooked into ketchup, and added to soups and sauces. They willingly plant it in dachas in the suburbs for their own use, even in the absence of a large plot of land.
This variety is also good for specialized agricultural farms, since its cultivation
ideal for commercial purposes.
Experienced gardeners love to work with this variety. In general, reviews of the Afen f1 variety are mostly positive. The tomato is considered ideal for greenhouse cultivation.
The main advantages of tomatoes of the Afen f1 variety
1.High level of taste characteristics.
3.Excellent presentation.
4. Does not require special care.
5.Resistant to various diseases and pests.
Varietal characteristics and care
The bushes are tall, powerful, indeterminate; It is necessary to form bushes into one stem, pinching and support. Can be cultivated both indoors and outdoors.
The trunk is thick. Thick green leaves protect fruits well from the sun and bad
weather. One bush has about 10 bunches and an average of 40-50 tomatoes. The color of the fruit is from crimson to pink, the shape is round and regular.
The fruits can be classified as large (on average 200-500 grams). The tomatoes are juicy, sweet, and store well. Tomatoes of this variety ripen quite quickly (60-100 days).
The ideal temperature for seedlings is 22-23 degrees with a gradual decrease to 17-19 degrees. The most ideal time for sowing is early March. It is better to water the plants in the morning. Water only at the roots, avoiding water getting on the leaves.
In order to speed up growth and maturation, it is a good idea to remove all the leaves under the lower cluster. It is also necessary to cut off side shoots once every two weeks.
This variety is created for large yields, so these tomatoes absorb nutrients faster than simple varieties. Fertilizers required for Afen f1: potassium (strengthening the root system, responsible for long-term storage and taste), phosphorus (ripening, variety of fruits and stems), nitrogen (green leaves, bush growth). Potassium should always exceed nitrogen. You also need to support tomatoes with a fertilizer containing boric acid. When active fruit growth begins, liquid sodium humate with superphosphate is added.
Description of the variety
This variety of tomato was bred by French breeders. The plant is indeterminate and requires artificial formation of bushes, removal of stepsons and installation of support. The inflorescence is complex, the internodes are short, the leaves of the plant are highly dense and protect the fruits from exposure to sunlight and bad weather conditions. The plant reaches a height of 1.5-2 meters.
To prevent growth from going further and the condition of the fruit from deteriorating, the top of the bush should be removed. In a greenhouse, an adult tomato has a compact appearance and good formation of green parts with large tassels. In open ground it is difficult to achieve such a result. The variety belongs to early ripe tomatoes. The harvest can be harvested within 100 days from the moment the seeds are sown.
Ripe Afen tomatoes have a round shape, with a slightly flattened surface below and above. The stalk has ribbing. The color of tomatoes is raspberry-pink. The pulp is divided into a large number of seed chambers with an average number of seeds.
The taste is excellent; when eating a tomato, you can feel a bright tomato taste and sweetness.
The fruits have a hard skin, so they can be transported over long distances without the risk of deformation.
When overripe, the fruits do not crack. The harvested crop can be stored for a long time, without loss of presentation and taste.
Advantages and disadvantages
The Afen variety has both positive and negative qualities. Pros:
- The bush bears beautiful fruits of raspberry-pink color, which have a wonderful taste and pleasant aroma.
- The process from planting seedlings in the ground to harvesting takes a short period of time, which allows us to classify this variety as early ripening.
- The fruits ripen in the form of a vine; the size of the tomatoes on the bunch is almost the same.
- The fruits are not deformed or cracked.
- The Afen tomato produces a large amount of harvest, which distinguishes it from other varieties.
- Tomatoes can be stored fresh for a long time and also transported over long distances.
- The plant resists diseases and attacks from insect pests.
In addition to the positive aspects, this variety also has negative qualities that make its use difficult:
- It is recommended to grow tomatoes in greenhouse conditions.
- It is necessary to ensure a constant ventilated air flow and prevent waterlogging of the soil.
- The gardener often has to cut off the branches on the bush, since their growth occurs quickly and abundantly.
Agricultural technology varieties
Bushes are planted at the rate of 3–4 units per 1 square meter. The distance between bushes is 40 cm, the distance between rows is 50 cm.
The indeterminate tomato variety Afen is formed into one stem. To do this, cut off the side shoots - stepchildren, which take away a lot of nutrients. The procedure is carried out once every 10–15 days. Get rid of all the leaves under the lower flowering cluster - this speeds up the formation and ripening of the fruits. To stop growth and direct all forces to the fruits, the top of the main stem is pinched. The action is performed a month before the end of the harvest.
To maintain seedlings in the greenhouse, fertilizing is carried out. 1–2 weeks after planting, spill with the following solution (per 10 liters of water):
- 1 liter of liquid mullein;
- 8 tbsp. l. ash (60 g);
- 25–30 g superphosphate;
- A pinch of manganese and boric acid.
With the beginning of active flowering, tomatoes are supported with complex liquid fertilizer. During the period of formation of ovaries on the bushes, tomatoes are spilled with an ash solution with the addition of boric acid. The mixture is infused for 24 hours, per 10 liters of water take 2 g of boric acid and 2 tbsp. l. ash.
As the fruit grows, the tomatoes are fertilized with liquid sodium humate and superphosphate. A month before harvesting, fertilizing and watering are stopped. Anyone, even a novice gardener, can get a beautiful Afen variety tomato that matches the descriptions and characteristics.
