Tomato Nastena

Nastena is a tomato hybrid obtained by one of the leading private originators in Russia. It has high yields, is suitable for planting in open ground and film greenhouses, and has outstanding taste. Plants respond well to fertilizing and growth stimulants. Also, this hybrid is sometimes referred to as Nastena F1.

Determinant hybrid, grows up to 100-120 cm in height. The central shoot is powerful, the tops are poorly developed, not too abundant. The first fruit cluster is laid on the plant above 6-7 leaves.

This hybrid has large fruits with a bright red skin and dense pulp, a large number of seed chambers. The average weight of each reaches 250-300 g. The shape of the tomatoes is round, in each cluster there are 6-8 pieces. After being removed from the bush, they can be stored for up to 1.5 months, while their marketability remains high.

Ripe tomatoes are sweet and tasty. They are suitable for pickling and pickling, making ketchup or juice.

The mid-early hybrid is ready for harvesting after 95-98 days from the moment of germination. On average, the harvest begins in July-August, depending on the climatic characteristics of the region.

The hybrid allows you to get 17-19 kg of fruits from 1 m2 of greenhouse or ridge area.

Seedlings can be started from 20 March to 10 April. This time is optimal for sowing seeds. Plants are transferred to the ground no earlier than May 15, making sure that the night frosts have stopped.

The standard distance between bushes in the beds should be 50x40 cm.

The tomato bush is formed into 1 stalk in order to achieve accelerated ripening of the fruit. He definitely needs a garter and regular pinching. Also, the originator advises to remember about the crop rotation. You can plant Nasten's tomatoes after cabbage and cucumbers, carrots. It will be useful to pre-sow the ridges with mustard, rape as siderates.

When sowing seeds, pre-treatment should be done. The easiest way is to soak them in a manganese solution. The use of growth stimulants will also be beneficial. It is better to buy clean sowing soil, and if the substrate is formed independently, its components will have to be calcined in order to ensure thorough disinfection. In the southern regions, seeds can be immediately placed in open ground, covered with foil until shoots appear.

Seedlings are gaining strength for transfer to open ground after 50 days. By this time, you can start hardening young plants. A site for planting (a garden bed or land in a greenhouse) must be dug up, sand and ash are added there. If the composition of the soil is too acidic, add lime. It will be useful to add a complex granular fertilizer to the hole before planting. After that, the roots of the seedling are sprinkled with earth, watered abundantly with warm water.

In the future, Nasten's tomato also needs regular and thorough care. Plants should receive maximum nutrients throughout the growing season. If maintenance is not regular, care should be taken to mulch the root area. The layer of straw, sawdust or peat is changed weekly after thorough loosening and watering. So the plants will not suffer from excess or lack of moisture.

Since Nastena is a tomato hybrid, the taste of its fruits raises reasonable doubts. In order for the taste to fully manifest itself, it is necessary to regularly feed the plants with potassium and phosphorus, occasionally nitrogen is added to them. Fertilizers cease to be applied only a few days before the start of the harvest.

The hybrid needs help at the stage of flowering, fruit setting. Pollination is carried out artificially, especially in greenhouses, where there is no free access for insects. The bushes are shaken daily. This will mix the pollen and form the ovaries. Plants must not be overheated: at temperatures above +30 degrees, they become sterile.

The hybrid is highly resistant to verticillium. But it is easily affected by various types of rot, so you should regularly ventilate the greenhouse, use fungicides as a prophylactic agent. The hybrid is resistant to Alternaria, late blight.

This hybrid successfully withstands lower atmospheric temperatures. Colds are not terrible for him, but planting on depleted soils can affect the growth and development of bushes. Excessive drying out of the soil should also be avoided.

Tomato Nastena, according to summer residents, demonstrates the friendly germination of seeds. The seedlings are strong and healthy, tolerate hardening well, and grow successfully even without intensive feeding. In the south, seeds begin to be sown very early, back in January: this way it is possible to get the harvest much earlier than the announced date. It is noted that the tomatoes themselves are formed and ripen together, evenly colored in the process of gaining mass. Also, according to the reviews, we can conclude that the plantings do not thicken too much, which helps prevent the spread of diseases.

The obvious disadvantages of tomatoes of this variety, summer residents include low resistance to top rot. In greenhouses, vegetable growers encounter manifestations of this infection in 30% of cases. This significantly reduces the ratings of the hybrid among novice gardeners.