Tomato Intuition: reviews, description, cultivation
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The article presents a tomato Intuition: gardeners reviews, a description of the variety, growing rules.
Tomato growers for the new planting period direct the benchmark to different characteristics when choosing varieties, as well as to the climate of their region. The market today offers a wide variety of types of tomatoes, the choice is not easy.
To understand what kind of tomato look to get, you need to read the descriptive characteristics of the tomato variety. For example, the Intuition tomato variety, although young, is already famous. Produces a generous and regular crop at all times, even if the weather changes like a woman's.
Historical characteristics of the tomato variety Intuition f1
This is a hybrid variety. Originally from Russia, appeared at the end of the 20th century. Patented by the Gavrish agricultural company.
Registered in the State Register in 1998. It is recommended to grow the variety in the Russian center, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in the Republic of Tatarstan.
The variety is easy to care for, so there is no need to be afraid to grow it just because it is a hybrid. His fruits are very tasty, even the most fastidious gourmets are delighted.
Tomato Intuition: variety description
Tomato Intuition: characteristic of the variety
The bush is indeterminate, does not grow on a trunk, does not limit its growth, in this regard, it is necessary to pinch the top. Middle period of maturity. Ripening period - 115 days after the sprouts appeared.
Description of the bush
The stalk is strong, with bristles, its height is 2 m or more. There are not so many leaves, they are colored bright green. Leaves of the usual form, inherent in tomatoes, wrinkle, no pubescence. Variety - carpal type. The inflorescences are simple, have 2 sides. The first inflorescence appears above 8-9 leaves. Further inflorescences are formed after 2-3 leaves. Each inflorescence sets 6-8 fruits.
The root system is strong, with side branches. The roots can spread up to 0.5 m from the bush.
Description of tomatoes
Tomatoes are round, smooth, even. Diameter - 7 cm, average fruit weight - 100 g. All tomatoes are identical in size.
The skin of the fruit is smooth and firm. Unripe tomatoes are light green in color, there are no dark spots. Ripe tomatoes are colored bright red.
The inner contents of the fruit are firm and pleasant. There are few seeds, 3 chambers. The dry matter is slightly more than 4%.
The taste is tomato, sweet and sour.
Tomato Intuition f1: advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Tomato Intuition: photo
- Almost all seeds sprout.
- Tomatoes are grown in open beds, greenhouses, hotbeds.
- The taste is gorgeous.
- The fruits ripen at the same time, do not burst, remain on the bushes for a long time, do not fall off if touched.
A generous and regular harvest. From one square, 22 kg of tomatoes are obtained. In greenhouse conditions, the yield index of tomatoes of the Intuition f1 variety is even higher. - Tomatoes are stored well, taste and marketability remain unchanged. This contributes to the realization of tomatoes for quite a long time after the fruits are harvested. The room where tomatoes are stored should have a warm, dry, dark atmosphere. Temperature changes will reduce the storage time of the fruit.
- Tomatoes are intended for universal use. They are eaten fresh, tomatoes are preserved whole. Strong leather does not crack under the influence of boiling water. Tomatoes are used to make salads, lecho, adjika, frosts for the winter period.Fresh tomatoes remain plump during storage, do not crumple. You can also dry tomatoes.
- Transportable tomatoes. During transportation, the fruits retain their original commercial properties.
The variety has good immune protection against Fusarium, cladosporium, tobacco mosaic.
Minuses. They hardly exist. One drawback is that it is impossible to breed your seeds. The hybrid variety does not produce tomatoes in the 2nd generation that would correspond to the characteristic features of the first generation.
Tomato variety Intuition f1: all about seedlings
When to sow seeds
It is necessary to sow seeds 60-70 days before planting seedlings in the ground. It is easy to find out the term, but it depends on the cultivation area.
How to prepare the soil
Tomatoes can be planted in wooden or plastic boxes, or in containers. The container needs to be disinfected. It is necessary to pour over boiling water, potassium permanganate or boron must be dissolved in it.
The soil is prepared well in advance. You can purchase a store-bought primer. It already contains all the necessary elements for good growth and development of seedlings. If you want to make the soil yourself, then in this case you need to mix turf, humus or compost fertilizer, or peat. In order for the earth to be more well saturated, wood ash and superphosphate must be added to it.
Seed preparation and sowing
The variety is immune to common nightshade diseases. But preventive measures will not hurt. If you are not sure about the seeds, then before sowing, process them in a solution of salt or potassium permanganate. After the seeds are soaked, you need to rinse them with clean water and dry them completely. You can also treat the seeds with the drug "Fitosporin".
It is necessary to plant seeds in furrows, the interval between them is 3 cm, and between seeds - 1-1.5 cm. It is required to deepen the seeds by 0.8 cm.
How to care for and replant seedlings
Until the shoots appear, the boxes are left in a warm and bright place. When seedlings emerge, the temperature conditions should be lowered slightly to prevent the seedlings from pulling out. If there is not enough light, install a lamp.
Watering is carried out when the surface soil layer is dry.
Excessive watering and drying of the land are two dangerous reasons for disrupting the growth of bushes.
When 2-3 true leaves appear, picking is carried out in individual 0.5-liter containers. The soil composition is identical to the seed composition. If the soil is fertile, you do not need to feed the seedlings. Care: watering on time, turn the containers every day.
Agrotechnics
Seedlings should be 20-25 cm tall, have a thickened stem before planting and grow Intuition tomatoes in a greenhouse.
Greenhouse soil must be prepared in advance. It is necessary to add humus, peat, wood ash to it, spill it all with boiling water with potassium permanganate. It is better to prepare during the autumn season. The depressions should be 60 cm apart. If you want to add soil, then take it from the ridges where cabbage, peppers or eggplants grew. Do not use soil that was previously used for tomatoes.
Seedlings are planted in cloudy weather or in the evening. When planting seedlings, do not deeply bury them. Otherwise, the bush will give out new roots, and green mass collection will begin.
Subsequent care procedures: watering, weeding, mulching, fertilization.
Rules for the variety
7 days after the seedlings are rooted, they need to be tied to a support, since a bush of high stature will not be very good from being overloaded with fruits in the future. As long as the stem is growing, it must continue to be tied up.
The formation of the bush takes place in 1-2 stems. Excess shoots are cut off.
Leaves and shoots are removed up to the first flower. In the future, you should remove the leaves under the tassels that are tied.
Fertilizers can be herbal infusion, mullein infusion and wood ash. Ash can be applied dry and sprayed with the solution on the leaves. Or make an ash hood.
Tomato Intuition: reviews
Mikhail, 55 years old, Sverdlovsk region: “I have been growing“ Intuition ”for about 10 years. The variety is good, yields a generous harvest every year. It is very easy to grow, and the plant does not get sick. "
Victoria, 36 years old, Ryazan: “The first season was planting seedlings of" Intuition "on an open ridge. The crop was good, but a garter was needed. The next season, I planted 3 bushes indoors. It became easier to take care of, because the garter was made on the trellis. Salt tomatoes, do not crack. We even cut them into circles, they don't burst. "
Sergey, 39 years old, Kursk region: “I got the seeds this winter. In the third month of winter, seedlings were planted. All the seeds have sprouted. One part of the seedlings was planted in the beds, the second part in greenhouse conditions. When the tomato ovary started, I was surprised. Inflorescences were given in 8-10 tomatoes, dispersed throughout the stem. All fruits are even, almost identical to each other in all clusters. Tomatoes are loved by my family for their sweet and sour taste. Naturally, we will continue to plant. "
Tomato Intuition: video