Tomato Empress F1: characteristics of the variety, reviews, photos

Preparing the greenhouse for the new season

To get a good tomato harvest, properly prepare the soil in the greenhouse. Check the acidity using litmus paper. If the pH number does not correspond to the optimal values of 6-6.5 (less), then reduce the acidity by liming.

Every year, tomato bushes take large amounts of phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen from the soil. When preparing the beds for the season, take care to replenish them with these elements. Apply the necessary fertilizers before the autumn (spring) digging of the soil.

Features of the variety

Characteristics and description of the variety:

Tomatoes have a classic oval shape, dense, hard skin and pulp.
The average fruit weight is 100 g, the largest are about 150 g, all tomatoes on 1 bush are approximately the same size.
Ripe fruits are bright red, unripe ones are greenish.
When you cut a tomato, you can see only 2 chambers with seeds.
Reviews from those who planted this variety are positive: gardeners note good taste and high yield.
The bush of the plant is not very tall, approximately 50-70 cm.
It is well resistant to diseases and can be grown without the use of mineral supplements and antiviral agents.
It is better to cultivate in areas with warm weather. But since the variety was bred specifically for regions with unstable climatic conditions, it is also quite suitable for cultivation in the northern regions.

After 3.5 months from the moment the sprouts emerge, the fruits begin to ripen. Despite the fact that the growth of the bush is small, it should still be tied to a support: the tomato bears fruit very well, and the stem may not support the weight of the fruit. Bushes are also tied to avoid damage from strong winds.

Tomatoes planted in a greenhouse can reach a height of 2 m. To stop growth, pinch the crown of the central shoot. On such bushes the leaves have a brighter color. In addition to everything, it is necessary to remove the stepsons in a timely manner and tie them to a support (trellis). 1 bed (2x1 m) in a greenhouse or hothouse produces a harvest weighing 20-21 kg.

Disadvantages and advantages

Any tomatoes have their disadvantages and advantages, the new Empress hybrid is no exception. The main disadvantages of the variety are that the pulp is too dense and the tomatoes have an average taste. All other parameters are rated excellent:

consistently high yields;
smooth, beautifully shaped fruits;
fruits are resistant to cracking and are not damaged during transportation;
the hybrid is rarely infected with TMV, verticillium, and blossom end rot.

Advantages and disadvantages

The positive characteristics endowed with the Empress tomato make it a welcome guest in any garden.

The main advantages:

The tomato is able to form an ovary even with deviations in growing conditions.
The variety is resistant to many diseases that affect tomatoes.
The long stem produces many clusters of fruit.
High yield. During the season, up to 7 kg of cream tomatoes are harvested from 1 bush. When grown in the garden the quantity is less.
The fruits are small, with thick skin. Marketable appearance and excellent transportability make it possible to grow
tomato for commercial purposes.
Peak ripening occurs just in time for canning season.

Tomatoes are used for various types of processing. Juices, pastes, sauces are prepared from small red fruits, pickled, pickled.

On the forums about the Empress tomato

When reading reviews that summer residents leave on forums, there is a desire to check their authenticity. There are too many complaints about the taste of Empress tomatoes. Only by growing your own tomato bush of this variety in the garden can you confirm or refute the statements of amateur vegetable growers.

Andrey, Nizhny Novgorod

I didn't like the taste of the Empress tomato. I planted it last year. One word: hybrid. The pulp is very tough. When eaten, it is unpleasantly fibrous and tastes bland. The bushes turned out to be productive, and the entire harvest was used for harvesting. We have already tried the pickled ones, but no one liked their taste either.

Tina, Tolyatti

This summer we grew several bushes in a greenhouse and 4 in open ground. The bushes in the ground were 1.6 m tall, the greenhouse bushes were noticeably taller. I was not satisfied with the taste of either fresh or pickled tomatoes. While tomatoes cooked in their own juice were still edible, they were absolutely not tasty in a simple marinade. But we must pay tribute to the yield; the hybrid’s yield is simply excellent, and no diseases were observed.

Olga, Kazan

I was convinced when choosing seeds by the description of the fruits from SeDek. I love small cream with dense pulp and strong skin. The fruits of the Empress paid off; many small, tight tomatoes grew, almost the same size. Most of them were picked green, they ripened well in the boxes, there were no limp or shriveled ones.

Tomato Empress reviews photo yield

Tomato Empress F1 is a new domestic hybrid registered in 2011. It is grown in any climate as a cover crop. Reviews about the taste of the fruit are not clear, but there are no complaints about the performance of this hybrid.

Brief characteristics of the new hybrid

Grow the hybrid only in greenhouses and temporary shelters. The Empress is registered as a salad plant, but most summer residents grow this hybrid for preparations:

marinades;
vegetable winter salads;
preparing sauces;
as a raw material for making sun-dried tomatoes.

Fruit

The Empress shape is classic cream with dense pulp and strong skin. The size of almost all fruits on one bush is the same, the weight of medium-sized tomatoes is 100 g, larger ones - 150 g. Ripe cream is bright red, unripe - light green. The cross section clearly shows 2 chambers. The taste of ripe pulp is good.

The nuances of growing indoors and outdoors

The hybrid is undemanding to care and requires only moderate watering and fertilization.

Slight difficulties with pollination may arise when cultivated in greenhouse conditions. For successful pollination, it is enough to shake the bushes and trellis twice a week, and keep the windows open to provide access to insects.

When cultivating in open ground, it is recommended to pinch the growing point so that the tomatoes have time to ripen before frost.

Reviews

Olga from Kazan. This is the second season I’ve been growing the Empress tomato in a film greenhouse. I care for them in the same way as for other tall varieties. Fresh tomatoes are not very good. Almost everyone goes for conservation. The variety is attractive for its high yields. There were no problems with diseases either.
Lyudmila from Astrakhan. I grew a hybrid in the garden in the garden. She tied long lashes to the trellis. The summer was hot, so I had to water it often and cover the bushes from the scorching sun. As a result, I received a wonderful harvest. The tomatoes are a little dense, but I liked the taste. I prepared most of it for the winter.
Dmitry from the Moscow region. The local climate allows you to grow such a tomato only in a greenhouse. Last year we were choosing a variety for sale, so the first thing we focused on was the yield. We were pleased with the result. Almost all costs were recouped.

Tomato Empress F1 is a productive variety that will never disappoint the gardener under any circumstances. Guided by the basic rules of care, ripe tomatoes can be removed in buckets.

In reviews of the Empress tomato, vegetable growers say: caring for it differs little from caring for other tall varieties. The Empress rarely gets sick; the hybrid attracts summer residents with high yields. In hot weather, when growing tomatoes in beds, it is necessary to water the bushes more often and also cover them from the scorching rays of the sun.

The best varieties and hybrids of tomatoes on Supersadovnik.ru

The gardening season is not coming soon, but many summer residents can’t wait to stock up on seedlings, fertilizers and, of course, seeds in advance. And again the question arises: how to choose a variety? Let's take a look and look at the new items for next season.

What summer resident doesn’t want to grow the largest, juiciest and most productive tomato?! Who doesn't want to brag about their achievements to their neighbors?! Unfortunately, large fruit and taste are often the only advantages of such varieties. For the most part, they are not suitable for transportation and are not characterized by high yields or disease resistance.

However, it is too early to be upset; new large-fruited hybrids are much more productive, more disease-resistant, and denser than varieties. The “fat” tomatoes that will be discussed can be transported and stored.

New generation hybrids - Azhur F1, Bourgeois F1, Zhirdyai F1.

The names speak better than any description: very “fat”, fleshy, juicy fruits, “sumoists” among tomatoes - thick, but not soft, but very dense and powerful.

The weight of the fruit can reach 400 grams or more, the yield from each bush is up to 5-8 kg.

If you want to make a splash and grow super-large tomato fruits, leave a small number of bunches on the plant, and 2-3 fruits on each bunch. Then the weight of each fruit can reach 600-700 g.

These hybrids always look beautiful in a greenhouse. The fruits do not shrink from the first cluster to the last, do not crack, and always look like in the picture.

In addition, Azhur F1, Bourgeois F1 and Zhirdyai F1 are disease-resistant, flexible, and perform equally well both in black soil and in the zone of unsustainable agriculture.

The same can be said about a couple of other “fat girls” - Merchant F1 and Curvy Merchant F1.

They are equally large-fruited, dense, very tasty, but the Lush Merchant can be grown by owners of higher greenhouses, since it is an indeterminate tomato.

With proper care, a tall plant (up to 1.8 m) can produce a yield of up to 9 kg/sq.m.

Kupchikha F1 is a determinate tomato that is well suited for low film greenhouses.

The fruits of these varieties make excellent tomato juices and pastes - they are very meaty and juicy. But at the same time, they can be safely stored and transported over long distances, which is almost impossible to do with most large-fruited tomatoes.

Royal tomatoes

Do you always manage to prepare delicious canned tomatoes!? The fruits burst in the jar!? They lose color and then their taste!? It's not about your culinary skills. The point is that you just need to choose the right varieties!

No matter how much you love large-fruited, very juicy “beefs”, they definitely will not decorate your preparations: they will crack and spread throughout the jar.

Especially for connoisseurs of high-quality blanks, truly “royal” hybrids have appeared: Empire F1, Empress F1, Russian Empire F1, Peter the Great F1.

Seeing them in a greenhouse, you will understand why they have “royal” names - tall (2-2.2 m) plants are literally hung with fruits.

5 benefits of royal tomatoes:

Attractive appearance of tomatoes.
Plum-shaped, elongated, shiny, equal in weight and shape. In addition, such a harvest significantly increases your professional level in the eyes of your neighbors.
Plastic. These hybrids set fruit well even in low light conditions or in conditions of temperature changes.
Environmental friendliness of the tomato harvest.
Due to their very high disease resistance, these hybrids require only simple care: watering, tying up the main stem, removing shoots, etc.
Not a single tomato goes to waste. They produce large yields, even if you are not a frequent visitor to the site. By the time you arrive, there will be a “cluster” of bright red fruits hanging on the fourth cluster, and the fruits on the lower cluster will not yet be overripe.
These tomatoes are ideal for harvesting.
Hybrids are well preserved. Unlike many varieties, they can be transported over long distances, and not just carried from the greenhouse to the house. They can also be safely stored for up to 1.5 months. It’s best to preserve it in barrels, along with dill umbrellas and grape leaves. This is delicious!

For reference

If you do not have a high greenhouse, but still want to get quality tomatoes for quality preparations, then you can give preference to determinate tomatoes with similar characteristics. This is Bogach F1, Tsarevna F1, Larisa F1, Katenka F1, Iron Lady F1. These are super tomatoes that perform well both in small film shelters and in open ground.

Get more tips on choosing the right varieties of tomatoes and other crops!

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Greenhouse care

This variety of tomato is an indeterminate tomato, that is, a tall plant, they reach a height of up to two meters, respectively, in order for the noble variety to feel comfortable, it is necessary to equip a greenhouse with sufficient height and area, and the greenhouse should also be positioned in such a way that the greenhouse was filled with sunlight.

Be sure to rationally distribute the plants when planting, calculating an area of two bushes per square meter. Thanks to good feeding with mineral fertilizers, fertility will accelerate, and when fruits appear, it is necessary to fertilize with potassium fertilizers.

If you pinch off excess inflorescences, you will only get large fruits.

Tomatoes that are grown in a greenhouse are very fond of drafts, therefore, when making a greenhouse, it is imperative to equip the windows.

You should also pay attention to the general condition of the soil so that it does not dry out, and when watering, water does not get on the bushes, this way you can avoid the appearance of fungal diseases on the bush. In order for the imperial hybrid to fertile well, you need to take care of these plants, because by following all the rules for caring for tomatoes in a greenhouse, you will achieve a fairly high yield and success in growing the imperial tomato.

Tomato cultivation

The rules of hybrid agricultural technology are standard: pinching, shaping bushes, abundant watering, application of organic and mineral fertilizers.

Disembarkation

Before planting in the ground (late May-early June), the roots of the seedlings are immersed in the root formation stimulator “Kornerost”. For 1 liter of warm water you will need 0.05 g of the substance. The solution is brought to the working volume. For example, 20 seedlings require 1 liter.

Reference . The “Kornerost” stimulator is completely safe for plants and people.

The Empress hybrid loves nutritious, loose soil with a pH of 6-6.5. The acidity level is determined using litmus papers or a special device with a long probe. Dolomite flour will help balance the acidity.

Application rates per 1 m² depend on soil pH:

acidic (pH below 4.5) – 500 g;
medium acidic (pH 4.5-5.2) – 450 g;
slightly acidic (pH 5.2-5.6) – 350 g.

2-3 bushes are planted per 1 m². The holes are dug to a depth of 20 cm and filled with a strong, hot solution of potassium permanganate. Add 3 g of superphosphate to each.

A week after planting, the bushes are tied to a trellis so that the stems do not sag under the weight of the fruit. The plant is pinched and formed into 1-2 stems, which increases productivity. Old leaves are periodically removed.

Tomatoes are provided with moderate watering 1-2 times every 7 days. During the period of active flowering, increase up to 3-4 times.

Mulching the beds with black agrofibre, sawdust or hay will help reduce the amount of weeding and loosening.

The Empress hybrid is fed with organic matter and mineral complexes:

after planting the bushes, organic fertilizers are applied;
before and during flowering and formation of ovaries - potassium-phosphorus fertilizing;
during fruiting - potassium-phosphorus with a small amount of nitrogen.

Pros and cons of the variety

The Empress was bred by Russian breeders. The tomato is intended for cultivation in film or permanent greenhouses. The variety belongs to the indeterminate type; in greenhouse conditions its height can reach two meters. The bushes have a lot of leaves, they are large and have a rich green color. The Empress tomato is characterized by a well-developed root system.

Gardeners note that in the southern regions of the country this variety thrives in open ground. The main condition is to have time to pinch the growing point at the end of summer, otherwise the tomatoes simply will not have time to ripen before the onset of cold weather.

Gardeners say that Empress is one of the best varieties of tomatoes for greenhouses. Among the positive characteristics of the variety are the following:

Ovaries can form even if the growing conditions are not met.
The hybrid is quite resistant to various diseases that often affect representatives of the nightshade family.
The stems of the plant are long, and a large number of clusters with fruits are formed on them.
The fruits are small in size, dense, with elastic skin. Due to the fact that the Empress has an excellent presentation and transportability, it can even be grown for commercial purposes.
Excellent yield. During the season, you can harvest about 7 kilograms of plum tomatoes from one tomato bush.
The Empress tomato is suitable for preparing salads, juices, sauces and pickling.

As for the disadvantages, according to gardeners, this hybrid simply does not have them. Breeders have tried to develop a variety that is resistant to diseases and pests, has good shelf life and taste.

Fertilizer application

The first feeding, experts say, should be done 10 days after planting the seedlings in a greenhouse or soil. The best option is a solution of mullein or bird droppings. Ready-made fertilizers are also suitable. Immediately after fertilizing, it is necessary to mulch the soil, which will retain moisture in the soil and prevent weeds from germinating.

After the plants have bloomed 2 racemes, you should wait two weeks and carry out a second feeding. For each bush, fertilizer should be applied, consisting of two liters of mullein solution or bird droppings in combination with one tablespoon of “Solution” and three grams of manganese and copper sulfate. During the period of collecting the first fruits, the same fertilizer must be applied to each bush in an amount of 2.5 liters.

Features of agricultural technology

According to the manufacturer's information, the Empress tomato is one of the most unpretentious varieties. But in order to get the maximum yield, you should take into account the peculiarities of growing tomatoes.

To ensure that the greenhouse space is used rationally, but at the same time the tomatoes are not crowded, only two or three bushes can be placed on one square meter. Since the Empress is a determinant type, it requires gartering to supports or trellises. The first garter should be done 7 days after you plant the seedlings in the ground. Otherwise, the plant will either sag under the weight of the fruit or simply break.

It is best to grow tall tomatoes in one stem. Old yellowed leaves should be removed from time to time. This will improve air exchange and significantly reduce the time required for fruit ripening. Do not forget to moisten the soil, loosen and mulch it, and also ventilate the greenhouse.

An important rule: it is recommended to water all determinate-type tomatoes exclusively at the root. Moisture should not get on the leaves or fruits. On cloudy days, you can water the bushes once a week, and on hot days - once every 2 days.

The presented tomato is positioned by the seed manufacturer as unpretentious. However, ignorance of the basics of care will lead to the loss of a significant part of the crop.

Features of growing the variety are as follows:

To rationally use the greenhouse space, 2-3 bushes are placed per 1 m².
The tomato is indeterminate, so staking to a trellis is required. The procedure is performed a week after planting the plant in the ground. If this is not done, the plant will gradually sag under the weight of the fruit.
Tall tomatoes are usually formed into 1 stem. It is in this form that the hybrid is presented in the photo. After the plant has reached the trellis, pinch out the growing point.
Remove old, yellowed leaves regularly. This improves air exchange and accelerates fruit ripening.

Advice. For successful pollination, you should shake the shoots and trellis 1-2 times a week.

What does the plant look like?

The Empress F1 tomato was bred by Russian breeders and is intended for cultivation in permanent and film greenhouses.

Description of the plant:

The bush is endowed with unlimited growth (indeterminate type). In greenhouse conditions, the stem reaches 2 m.
There are many leaves on the plant. The plates are large in size, rich green in color.
The tomato is endowed with a powerful root system.
Plum-shaped fruits. When fully mature they are red.
At the tip is a small, sharp nose.
In a cross-section of a tomato, 2 chambers are visible. There are few seeds.
The green spot on the stalk is not visible.

According to ripening time	By type of growth	By type of use	By growing method	Fruit weight (g)	Yield (kg/m²)	Ripe fruit color	Fetal characteristics
Mid-ripe	Indeterminant	For canning	For permanent and temporary greenhouses	80-100	Up to 20	Red	Plum-shaped, dense,