Fruits for dietary nutrition - Honey Heart tomato: full description of the variety

Description

“Honey Heart” is a determinate variety. Unlike indeterminate varieties, it stops growing when the first tomatoes appear. The height of the bush rarely exceeds 60–70 cm. Therefore, it does not need to be tied up.

The variety is not only early ripening, but also high-yielding. Up to 8.5 kg of tomatoes ripen per 1 m2. The first tomatoes appear 90–94 days after the seedlings emerge. If you sow seeds in early March, you can harvest as early as the end of June.

“Honey Heart” is a light-loving plant. It grows well without film cover in the southern regions. Recommended for greenhouses in the middle zone. Residents of the northern regions are better off choosing other early ripening varieties. Or try growing tomatoes at home. They are suitable for growing in flowerpots on a balcony or loggia.

Diseases and pests

Tomatoes show good resistance to late blight, all types of root rot, and tobacco mosaic virus.

Pre-sowing seed treatment is often sufficient for the health of tomato bushes. In extreme weather conditions (heat, prolonged bad weather), the bushes are treated with phytosporin or other low-toxic fungicide.

Harvest

The fruits have a rich, honeyed taste and bright aroma. They weigh 120–150 g. They contain a large amount of sugars and beta-carotene. These tomatoes can be used to create a diet.

Each tomato has a beautiful orange-yellow color. Heart-shaped with a flat base and a slightly pointed tip. Tomatoes are resistant to cracking and tolerate transportation well . They ripen at home without losing their flavor and aroma characteristics.

Reviews from summer residents

Olga, Moscow region:

“I’ve been planting Honey Heart at my dacha for several years. The care is simple, the taste is satisfactory, we eat most of the tomatoes in salads, and some of them are used as juice for summer consumption. I weighed the fruits - all around 70 g. The bushes are about 60 cm high. I put up support, the stems are not very thick, I tie up the branches.”

Tomatoes for beginner gardeners - this is how you can characterize the easy-to-care hybrid Honey Heart. For those who do not have a summer cottage, Honey Heart is a real find; it can be grown in an apartment as a container crop.

Features of cultivation and care

In March or early April, the seeds are planted for seedlings. They are disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate. Rinse well with water and dry. Then they are placed in a container with soil and sprinkled with a layer of soil no more than 2 cm. Cover with film and place in a warm place until sprouts appear.

After the seedlings emerge, remove the film and move the container to a well-lit place. The optimal temperature for seedlings is 23-25˚C. Small tomatoes are watered with warm water. Periodically loosen. After several leaves appear, they are transplanted into large pots. It will be beneficial to fertilize with fertilizers containing magnesium and potassium 2-3 times before transplanting into open ground.

In mid-May or early June, seedlings can be transplanted into a greenhouse or garden bed. The soil must be fertile. The recommended planting pattern is 40 cm between rows, 70 cm between bushes. Too much concentration of plants per 1 m2 has a bad effect on yield.

Maintenance is easy:

• fertilizing with organic and mineral fertilizers several times until the ovaries appear;
• loosening;
• moderate watering with warm water;
• removing the lower leaves.

In most cases, there is no need to pin and tie up the trunk. If necessary, you can put supports under the branches with fruits.

Tomato “Honey Heart” F1: variety description

The Siberian variety was bred for cultivation in open ground or under film.
Thanks to the compactness of the bushes, plantings save space in the garden. Suitable for all regions except northern ones. It is possible to plant in flowerpots and containers for placement on glazed balconies and verandas. The harvest is perfectly stored; unripe fruits, collected at the end of the season, successfully reach physiological ripeness at home.

Honey Heart is an early-ripening, high-yielding variety. The first fruits ripen 90-95 days after sowing the seeds. The bush is determinate, compact, and does not require pinching or tying. The formation of green mass is moderate. From one square meter of planting you can harvest up to 8.5 kg of ripe tomatoes. Read about indeterminate varieties here.

You can compare the yield of this variety with others in the table below:

Productivity of the variety

From one bush you can get 3-4 kg, and from one square meter you can get at least 10 kg of juicy fruits. Accordingly, the yield of this variety is quite high.

The variety was bred for cultivation in Siberia, but is also well suited for other cold regions (Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, Magadan region). Since the variety grows in cold climates, it naturally can be grown in warmer regions.

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The yield of Honey tomato is on average up to 15 kg of fruit from each square of plantings. But, if the plants are not fed or watered properly, it will drop to 8-10 kg. On average, up to 3.5 kg of tomatoes are harvested from one bush per year.

Interesting!

The taste of a tomato is mainly determined by elements such as boron, magnesium, molybdenum, calcium and sulfur. If the fruits have enough of them, the taste will be rich and sweetish.

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The harvest is suitable for making juice and sauce. The fruits make delicious summer salads and fresh snacks.

Opinions and recommendations of gardeners

Positive reviews about the Honey Heart tomato indicate the excellent taste of the fruit and the versatility of its use in cooking.

Efim Vasiliev, 59 years old, Barnaul: “A neighbor at the dacha described this hybrid as one of the best tomatoes grown on a personal plot. Last season I tried to cultivate tomatoes. When growing the Honey Heart variety, it is important to ensure a high organic content in the soil, otherwise the yield will decrease. The bushes are low, the fruits are of medium size and amazing shape. The children really liked the juicy pulp and sweet taste.”

Natalya Popova, 62 years old, Krasnodar: “I planted a Honey Heart on the balcony for the first time. I just decided to see how the plant would react to the limited space. Seedlings were grown from seeds. The adult seedlings were transferred to a container with substrate. I watered only with warm water and a solution of mineral fertilizers. The plant grew to a height of 65 cm. I was very pleased with the unusual taste of the fruits and their shape. When cut vertically, the tomato resembles honey.”

Bush care

“Honey Heart” has a short and strong stem, thanks to which the plants do not need staking and pinching. Maintenance of tomatoes comes down to basic activities :

• Watering at least once a week, and during dry periods - at least 3 times. Basic requirements for watering: The depth of moisture penetration into the ground is 25-30 cm (7-10 liters of water for each bush);
• The water should be warm and settled;
• Water only after sunset;
• Avoid getting moisture on the leaves and stem;

About the advantages and disadvantages of culture

Breeders did not rely on yield. It is mediocre compared to other hybrid tomatoes. This is not the only drawback of culture:

• tomato is unstable to attacks by pathogens of certain tomato diseases;
• The skin is thick compared to other varieties.

On the other hand, tomato has more positive characteristics than disadvantages:

1. The bright fruits have an excellent smell and taste for hybrids. They can be salted, canned, eaten fresh, cut into salads, or twisted into juices, pastes or sauces.
2. The harvest has high commercial qualities. 90-95% of tomatoes are suitable for sale.
3. The shelf life of ripe crops is long. During this time, their taste does not deteriorate. The tomato also tolerates transportation well.
4. The harvest can be left to ripen.
5. Tomatoes can be grown in any conditions: in the garden, under cover, in pots on the loggia.
6. The plant does not need additional care: pinching, shaping, gartering.

Features of agricultural technology, reviews from tomato growers

Tomato loves the warmth of the sun and the nutritional value of the soil. To sow seeds for seedlings, choose the time from mid-March to mid-April. It all depends on when real summer arrives in your area. Despite the compactness and short stature of the crop, experts do not recommend planting more than 4-5 varietal bushes per 1 square meter. m.

Tip: The recommended tomato planting pattern is 40x70 cm.

The tomatoes of this hybrid are very beautiful on the branches and in cut, according to practicing gardeners. Photos are provided as confirmation. Summer resident Elya in her review recommends the hybrid to lovers of yellow-fruited tomatoes from Bashkortostan. She calls the crop productive. Juicy tomatoes in juices are especially good.

But Tatyana (Novosibirsk), in a polycarbonate greenhouse, was not pleased with the amount of yield and taste. The summer resident grew bushes with 2 stems. Each of them grew a pair of bunches of 5-7 tomatoes (100-150 g each). Maturation began really early.

The skin of the fruit was hard. Because of this, the woman was unable to fully taste the pulp. As the season progressed, the tomato bed in her greenhouse suffered from cladosporiosis. Tatyana refused to sow next year, although she noted that the source of problems could be the abnormal weather conditions of the season.

Honey heart F1 is of interest to gardeners because of its yellow fruit. The variety has a low yield, but other characteristics are quite good.

Advantages of the variety

Tomato Honey Heart f1 belongs to the first generation hybrids, belongs to the work of Siberian breeders. A compact plant, 60-70 cm high, can even be grown on a balcony. The hybrid adapts well to open ground conditions. In temperate climates, it is recommended to cultivate in a greenhouse.

The first tomatoes can be harvested from the bush 90-94 days after the seeds emerge. Tomatoes have a rich honey taste and bright aroma. The main characteristic of the variety is complemented by the yield indicator. From 1 m² of area you can collect 8-8.5 kg of fruit.

• The tomatoes are medium-sized, round in shape, with a smooth tip, and resemble a heart in outline.
• The color of the skin is yellow, the pulp of ripe fruits is also a rich, bright shade.
• The weight of the fruit is 120-150 g.
• In a horizontal cut, 7 seed chambers are clearly visible in the photo of a tomato.

All the advantages and disadvantages

The mid-late variety gives a decent harvest in a garden bed illuminated by the sun, where the tomatoes acquire a bright aroma. Ox's heart bears fruit even better in protected soil; in a greenhouse, a bush can bear up to 12-15 kg of tomatoes. The variety is valued:

• for endurance to adverse conditions,
• for resistance to fungal infection,
• for its pleasant taste and gigantic size of fruits.

Expert opinion

Stanislav Pavlovich

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Attention: tall bushes require tying up, frequent cutting off of stepsons, they quickly stretch upward and stop growing

Tomatoes are not suitable for pickling and pickling, they are not preserved in jars, but a lot of juice is squeezed out of the pulp, which is used to make sauces, ketchup, and tomatoes.

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