- Authors: Bejo Zaden B.V.
- Year of approval: 2005
- Name synonyms: Polfast
- Category: hybrid
- Growth type: determinant
- Appointment: fresh consumption, for pickling and preserving, for juice
- Ripening period: mid-early
- Ripening time, days: 86-91
- Growing conditions: for open ground, for film greenhouses
- Marketability: high
We love to eat tomatoes both in winter and in summer, but they are especially tasty when grown on our own plot. In 2005, the Polfast tomato was approved for use, now everyone can enjoy its taste.
Description of the variety
Shrubs of this variety have limited growth, usually 60-65 cm in height. This hybrid with moderate foliage has medium-sized green foliage.
The fruits of Polfast are suitable for the production of juices, they are good canned and it is not a shame to put them on the table fresh, since they have a high marketability.
Polfast tomatoes are suitable for growing in open ground and greenhouses.
The main qualities of the fruit
The unripe fruits of Halffast are green, when ripe, they turn red. They are medium in size, with a maximum weight of 138 grams. Tomatoes Halffast ribbed, flat-round shape. They have a thin skin, but rather dense.
Taste characteristics
Tomatoes of this variety have a pleasant taste.
Ripening and fruiting
In terms of ripening, this is a mid-early variety. The fruits ripen in 91 days. The harvest begins in July and ends in August.
Yield
This indicator for Polfast tomatoes is at the level of 3.1-6.2 kg / sq. m.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
By the end of March or even the beginning of April, you can already plant seeds. Seedlings are transferred to the ground in May.
Growing tomato seedlings is an extremely important process, because it largely depends on whether the gardener will be able to harvest at all. All aspects must be taken into account, from seedbed preparation to planting in the ground.
Landing scheme
The planting pattern used is 40 x 50 cm.
Growing and care
Tomato of this variety requires a garter. For this, ordinary stakes are used, and wooden ones are not the best solution, since pathogenic microorganisms multiply well on them. Trellises are also suitable.
For this variety, for a decent harvest, it is necessary to organize high-quality and timely watering, fertilization and weeding.
Halffast tomatoes love moisture, but at the same time are vulnerable to diseases that develop in a humid environment. Therefore, the optimal irrigation regime is drip, which can be provided using a special continuous water supply system.
Watering young plants begins once a week with a liter of water under the bush, until flowering.When the stem and ovary begin to grow actively, watering should be done twice as much with an interval of 5 days. The basic rule of wetting is to avoid getting water on the stem and leaves, it is better to water in the grooves around the bush.
A week after planting the seedlings Polfast, it can be fed with a weak solution of mineral or organic fertilizers. Subsequent times this is done with an interval of 7-10 days at the time of the formation of the ovary just before flowering.
Among growth stimulants, Gulliver Stimul has proven itself well as an affordable and easy-to-use product, as well as a source of biologically active substances, minerals and beneficial acids for plants.
It should be noted that the use of this drug is regulated by the manufacturer. Usually 2-3 dressings per season are enough.
Organic products can be applied many times per season, alternating after a week or two.
A plant needs different micronutrients at each stage of growth. All fertilizers can be divided into two groups: mineral and organic. Folk remedies are often used: iodine, yeast, bird droppings, eggshells.
It is important to observe the rate and period of feeding. This also applies to folk remedies and organic fertilizers.
Disease and pest resistance
The fruits of the described variety do not crack, they are immune to verticillosis and fusarium wilt. For all other pathogens, it is necessary to spray with Bordeaux liquid and copper sulfate starting from the moment the seedlings are planted.
The first pests of tomatoes are wireworms and May beetle larvae, which look for young roots in the soil in spring. You can save seedlings from them by soaking the root system before planting. Usually 1-2 hours are sufficient. The solution is made at the rate of 10 ml of the drug "Antichrusch" per 1 liter of water. After soaking, the remainder of the solution is diluted in 10 liters of water and poured into 0.5-1 liters in each well.
The easiest and most effective way is to treat the planted seedlings with Anticolorad Max, which is used against adult beetles at the beginning of the growing season. For the second or third spraying, use "ATO Beetle" or "Lux Maxi" in order to prevent insects from getting used to the drugs. Application rates: dilute 1 ml of Anticolorad Max with 3-5 liters of water per one hundred square meters. This broad-spectrum drug protects not only from the Colorado potato beetle, but also from gnawing scoops, thrips, aphids and other pests.
The real attack on plants that are grown in greenhouses and greenhouses is the whitefly. As soon as you spot this butterfly on the leaves, take action. For example, wash off insects with water jet or soapy water. And also sticky strips from flies have a good effect. Of the professional solutions, the most effective are Anticolorad Max for the first spraying and ATO Zhuk, which is more often used in the second spraying for long-term protection of Polfast.
One whitefly butterfly lays over 200 eggs from which small caterpillars hatch.
It is advised to prevent the appearance of whitefly on tomatoes, and to soak the root system of seedlings in a solution of the drug "Antichrushch".
Resistant to adverse weather conditions
Polfast refers to cold-resistant varieties.
Growing regions
Can be grown in all regions of the country.
