Tomato Caspar: reviews, photos, yield

Tomato is a crop that all gardeners plant. It is hard to believe that there is a person who does not like this ripe vegetable, just picked from the garden. People have different tastes. Some people like huge sweet tomatoes. Others cannot imagine their life without delicious cherry tomatoes. There are people who feel nostalgic when they remember the taste of the tomatoes they picked in their grandmother’s garden. A modern assortment of varieties and hybrids can help everyone. There are tomatoes designed not to surprise with taste, these are “hard workers”, they have been providing gardeners with a stable harvest for many years. Hybrids stand out in this regard.

Benefits of hybrids

• High and stable yield, not dependent on weather conditions.
• Fruit alignment.
• Good transportability and long storage.
• Disease resistance.
• High plasticity, they adapt to any growing conditions.

Breeders, creating a new hybrid, are well aware of what properties it will have. For this, parents with certain characteristics are selected. Often, hybrids are created that are focused on a specific use of fruits: for industrial sales, for the manufacture of tomato products or whole-fruit canning.

It is to the latter category that the Caspar F1 hybrid belongs, the description and characteristics of which will be presented below. The reviews of those who planted it are positive, and the photo shows the fruits of excellent quality.

Description and characteristics

The Caspar F1 hybrid was created by the Dutch seed company Royal Sluis, which is famous for the quality of its products. This tomato hybrid is not included in the State Register of Agricultural Achievements, but this does not prevent gardeners from growing it in almost all climatic zones. In the south and in the middle lane, he feels confident in the open field. In the northern regions, the Caspar F1 tomato will be able to fully show its potential only in a greenhouse.

Hybrid features:

• the tomato hybrid Caspar F1 belongs to the determinant type, has a low bush – up to 70 cm, in a greenhouse it can be higher – up to 120 cm;
• the plant is well leafy, so in the south the fruits are protected from sunburn, in the north the bush needs clarification so that the fruits ripen faster;
• the originators believe that the Caspar F1 tomato does not need pinching, so they can be grown in the southern regions, in all the rest – the bushes will have to be formed, the harvest will be a little less, but the fruits will ripen earlier;
• it is necessary to tie up Caspar F1 tomato plants, otherwise the bush loaded with crops may simply break;
• the ripening time of the hybrid is medium early, the first fruits in the open field can be tasted 3-3,5 months after full germination, in the greenhouse it will ripen a little earlier;
• the yield of the Caspar F1 hybrid is very good, up to 1,5 kg of fruit can be obtained from each bush; 2
• Caspar F1 tomatoes have an elongated shape with a characteristic nose, their weight is from 100 to 120 g, the color is red;
• the fruits have a very dense skin, their taste is sour, and the smell is pronounced tomato;
• chambers in the fruits of the tomato Caspar F1 no more than 3, mostly tomatoes consist of pulp, which has a dense texture with a high content of solids – up to 5,2%;
• tomatoes with these characteristics are ideal raw materials for all types of canning: cuts, marinades, peeled preparations in their own juice; it is for the last type of canned food that the Caspar F1 tomato is most suitable – the skin is easily removed even without prior scalding;

In addition to the description and characteristics of the Caspar F1 tomato, it must be said that this hybrid is resistant to verticillium and Fusarium and is not prone to cracking.

The Royal Sluis breeders improved this hybrid and created the Hypil 108 F1 tomato based on it. It is characterized by an earlier ripening period and a slightly pear-shaped fruit. Consumer characteristics of fruits differ slightly.

Improved Caspar F1 and domestic seed producers. A.N. Lukyanenko, in collaboration with a group of breeders under the auspices of SEDEC, created a new hybrid named Kaspar 2. It was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2015 and recommended for cultivation in all regions.

The main characteristics of the tomato Caspar 2:

• determinant, bush height up to 80 cm;
• medium early, ripens 100 days after germination;
• requires a small formation of a bush, it is preferable to lead it into 2 stems;
• fruits of a cylindrical shape, weighing up to 90 g, are ideal for whole-fruit canning and pickling, especially since, compared to the Caspar F1 tomato, it has a high sugar content.

Agrotechnics of the hybrid

Tomato Caspar F1 is grown only in seedlings. Quality seedlings are a guarantee that plants realize their full yield potential. Sowing dates are determined by the location of the growing region. In the middle lane, this is the end of March.

Stages of growing seedlings:

• seed preparation – many seed companies sell tomato seeds completely ready for sowing, treated with disinfectants and growth stimulants;

  

  Such seeds do not need to be soaked or germinated, they are sown dry.

• sowing seeds in pre-prepared soil, it is best to collect it in your own garden and freeze it in winter;
• raising seedlings after germination includes the following conditions: temperature at night about 18 degrees, during the day 3-4 degrees higher, the maximum amount of light, timely watering with warm water and 2 fertilizing with mineral fertilizers of low concentration;
• picking in the stage of the appearance of the second true leaf. Each transplant slows down the development of plants for 1 week. Tomatoes, immediately sown in separate cups, feel much better.

  

• hardening of seedlings, which begins 2 weeks before planting, gradually accustoming it to open ground conditions.

Transplanting

As soon as the earth warms up to 15 degrees Celsius, and the return spring frosts are left behind, it is time to move the seedlings to open ground. Beds for tomatoes and soil in a greenhouse for planting are prepared in the fall. It is filled with humus, phosphate fertilizers. Nitrogen and potassium – must be applied in the spring.

Caspar F1 tomatoes are planted according to the scheme: 60 cm – aisle and 40 cm between the bushes. In each hole you need to put a handful of humus, a pinch of complete mineral fertilizer and Art. a spoonful of ash All components of the starter fertilizer are well mixed with the soil. A few hours before planting, the seedlings are well watered in order to preserve the earthen ball and not injure the roots during transplantation.

This method of transplantation contributes to the formation of additional roots, which strengthens the plants, but at the same time, the growth of the ground part of the tomatoes will slow down a little. The soil under them needs to be mulched, both hay or straw, and mowed grass, which needs to be slightly dried, are suitable.

After transplantation, Caspar F1 tomato bushes are shaded by throwing non-woven covering material over the arcs – they will take root faster. The first watering after planting is carried out in a week, but in hot weather it can be done earlier.

Further plant care:

• weekly watering, in the heat it is carried out more often, 2 times more water is required for Caspar F1 tomatoes when pouring fruits;
• regular fertilizing with complete mineral fertilizer in the form of a solution every 10 or 15 days, depending on soil fertility;
• removal of stepchildren to the lower flower brush. Removing stepchildren reduces the overall yield. In the south and in hot summers, all stepsons can be left on the plants.
• removal of the lower leaves after the fruits on the brush have reached the size corresponding to the variety.

  

• in regions with hot summers, this operation is not carried out so that the fruits do not get burned.
• preventive, and if necessary, therapeutic treatments of tomato bushes from late blight.

You can watch the video on caring for undersized tomatoes in the open field:

Subject to all the rules of agricultural technology, tomatoes of the Caspar F1 variety will give an excellent harvest of delicious fruits.

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