Early ripe variety of tomato "Ivanhoe" F1: description of tomatoes, photo of fruits, advantages and disadvantages

Dutch tomato hybrids enjoy the deserved love of Russian amateur gardeners. They are fruitful, unpretentious, easy to clean.

A bright representative of the category is the Aivengo variety, recommended for greenhouse cultivation and having a lot of merit.

In this article you will find a complete description of the variety, you will get acquainted with its main characteristics, learn everything about disease resistance and the propensity to attack of one or another pest.

Toivo F1 tomato: variety description

Tomato "Ivanhoe" F1 - an early ripe high-yielding hybrid of the first generation. The bush is indeterminate, tall, moderately sprawling. You can learn about determinant plants here.

The stem is strong, the root system is well developed. The formation of green mass is medium, the leaves are small, simple, dark green. Fruits ripen by brushes of 6-8 pieces. Productivity is good, from 1 square. m landings can be removed 8-10 kg of selected tomatoes.

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According to the description, tomato "Ivanhoe" F1 is a fruit of medium size, weighing 170-180 g. The shape is round, slightly elongated, with a slight ribbing at the stem. The color of ripe tomatoes is rich red, monotonous, without green spots. The flesh is dense, multi-chamber, juicy. The taste is balanced, sweetish with a slight sourness, not watery.

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

Origin and Application

The variety of tomato "Ivanhoe" bred by Dutch breeders. Designed for growing in glass greenhouses and film greenhouses. Harvested fruits are well kepttransportation is possible. The variety is ideal for sale, so it is often grown on farms.

Fruits of universal purpose, they are tasty fresh, suitable for the preparation of salads, sauces, soups. From ripe tomatoes it turns out juice with the refreshing sweetish taste.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the main advantages of the variety:

• early amicable ripening;
• high taste of fruits;
• unpretentiousness;
• does not suffer from sunburn;
• resistance to major diseases.

There are practically no flaws in the variety. The only difficulty can be considered the need to form a bush.

A photo

In the photo below you can see how the Ivanhoe F1 tomatoes look like:

Features of growing

The variety tomato "Ivanhoe" is preferably grown in a seedling way. Seeds do not need to be disinfected or soaked; they undergo special treatment with growth stimulants before being sold. The soil for seedlings is made up of a mixture of garden soil with humus or peat. Seeds are sown in containers or peat pots, the latter method eliminates picking.

Attention! For germination need a temperature of about 25 degrees. After germination, it is reduced, the plants are regularly sprayed with warm water from a spray bottle.

When real leaflets appear on the seedlings, a pick is done. Young tomatoes are twice fed with complex liquid fertilizer. Read more about the fertilizer of tomatoes when picking here. A week before transplanting seedlings are recommended to harden, bringing to fresh air.

The transfer of seedlings to a greenhouse or greenhouse begins in the second half of May. Tomatoes must have 6-7 true leaves and at least one flower brush being formed.

Before planting, the soil is fertilized with humus, wood ash is laid out in the wells (1 tbsp spoonful per plant). Between the bushes leave a distance of 40 to 50 cm, thickening of the plantings adversely affect the yield. Tall bushes need formation. It is advisable to keep them 1-2 stems, removing the stepchildren after 1-2 brushes. For access of the sun and air to the fruit is recommended to remove the lower leaves.

Plants are not afraid of sunburn, so they do not need pritenyat. Watering moderate, warm settled water. For the season, tomatoes are fed 3-4 times with mineral fertilizer based on phosphorus or nitrogen.

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Diseases and pests

Like other hybrids, "Ivanhoe" is protected from typical diseases of the nightshade. It practically does not suffer from tobacco mosaic, fungus, nematode or fusarium wilt, tomato prevents late maturity from late blight. For greater safety, the soil is planted with a solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulphate before planting. Plants are sprayed with phytosporin or another non-toxic bio-drug.

During the flowering period, young tomatoes are affected by spider mites and thrips. Spraying with a weak solution of potassium permanganate helps, in severe cases, industrial insecticides are used. Aphids destroy warm soapy water. Bare slugs are harvested by hand, and then sprayed with an aqueous solution of ammonia. Read more about the fight against these pests in this article.

Variety of tomato "Ivanhoe" ideal for gardeners with greenhouses or greenhouses. Early close ripening allows you to get tomatoes in early summer, the plants do not get sick and are little affected by pests.

In the table below you will find links to tomato varieties with different ripening periods:

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