Tomato Irishka F1: reviews, photos, yield

Despite the annual appearance of new foreign varieties, time-tested domestic tomatoes do not lose their relevance. One of the most popular hybrid tomatoes for open ground is the Irishka F1 tomato. Gardeners appreciate this hybrid for unpretentiousness, early ripening, good fruit quality. Farmers and large entrepreneurs prefer Irishka because of the high yield of this tomato and the excellent keeping quality of its fruits. The hybrid tomato is versatile, as it can be used fresh, perfect for processing and preservation.

A more detailed description and description of the tomato variety Irishka are given in this article. Here you can also find a list of the strengths and weaknesses of this tomato, recommendations for planting and caring for it.

Interesting facts about the tomato

The hybrid was brought out by Ukrainian breeders from the city of Kharkov. For more than ten years, the Irishka F1 tomato has been in the state register of the Federation and is recommended for cultivation in the Central Region and the North Caucasus District.

The tomato variety Irishka is considered early-ripening, since the ripening of its fruits occurs 87-95 days after the appearance of the first shoots from seeds. A short growing season allows you to grow a tomato in difficult climatic conditions, avoid the peak of tomato disease, and harvest an early harvest.

Full description of the variety Irishka F1:

• tomato determinant type with end point of growth;
• bushes of medium height, reach a maximum of 60-70 cm;
• sprawling bush, densely leafy, with a large number of lateral shoots;
• on the central stem of the tomato Irishka, as a rule, 6-8 fruit ovaries are formed;
• leaves are not very large, dark green, tomato type;
• the first flower brush in a tomato is formed in the axil of the fifth or sixth leaf, subsequent brushes are laid in every third axil;
• Irishka gives fruits of saturated red color;
• tomatoes are round, well aligned;
• the surface of the tomato is glossy, with a metallic sheen, has no ribs;
• there is no green spot near the stem, the color of the entire tomato is uniform;
• the usual mass of tomatoes is 80-100 grams, which allows us to call them medium in size;
• there are many chambers inside the fetus – from four to eight;
• the peel on the tomato Irishka is dense, not prone to cracking;
• taste characteristics are high, the tomato is moderately sweet, with noticeable sourness;
• dry substances in fruits at the level of 3,6%, which allows them to endure transportation and be stored for a long time;
• the yield of the Irishka hybrid is high – about ten kilograms per square meter (on an industrial scale – 350 centners per hectare);
• tomato tolerates heat and drought well, but is afraid of low temperatures and high humidity;
• the variety is resistant to powdery mildew, tobacco mosaic and microsporiosis;
• the tomato has no immunity to late blight;
• the percentage of marketable fruits in a hybrid tomato is very large – about 99%.

The purpose of the tomato Irishka F1 is universal – excellent pastes and mashed potatoes are obtained from the fruits, tomatoes are good for first-class preparations, tasty fresh and in salads.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among hundreds of early-ripening hybrids, gardeners do not in vain single out the tomato Irishka, because it has a lot of advantages:

• suitability for cultivation in open ground;
• heat and drought resistance;
• smooth and beautiful fruits;
• high commercial quality of tomatoes;
• great taste;
• resistance to some dangerous diseases;
• transportability of tomatoes;
• simple care for determinant bushes.

The Irishka hybrid also has disadvantages, and they must be taken into account when growing:

• poor resistance to late blight;
• fear of cold;
• the need to tie bushes (due to abundant fruiting).

As you can see, these shortcomings are very conditional – with proper care, they can easily be reduced to nothing.

Growing rules

Photos of bushes densely covered with even beautiful tomatoes will not leave a single summer resident indifferent. Reviews about the tomato Irishka F1 are also mostly positive. All this only pushes gardeners to buy seeds of this variety and grow early tomatoes.

There is absolutely nothing complicated in growing a tomato Irishka – a tomato is grown in the same way as other varieties with early ripening. And the first thing a gardener should do is to purchase ready-made tomato seedlings or sow the seeds on their own.

Irishka tomatoes are sown for seedlings around the first half of March. These tomatoes can be taken out into the open ground in 45-60 days – based on this, the exact sowing dates are calculated.

Tomato seedlings are taken out into the ground when the soil warms up well – not earlier than the second half of May. Given the instability of Irishka to the cold, it is recommended to cover the planted seedlings with a film for the first time, creating greenhouse conditions.

The soil for the Irishka hybrid should be loamy or sandy. More dense soils must be loosened with low-lying peat or river sand. Since autumn, the earth has been fertilized with organic matter, potassium nitrate and superphosphate. A place for landing is chosen sunny, protected from the wind. Elevated areas are more preferable than low ones.

Caring for tomatoes

Irishka tomatoes are very unpretentious, so they are also suitable for busy summer residents who have little time for the garden. After planting seedlings, tomatoes of this variety need the following:

1. Regular watering every 5-6 days. The hybrid should be watered strictly under the root, so as not to wet the leaves and create ideal conditions for the development of late blight. Water for irrigation should be warm. It is better to choose the time in the morning.

   

2. During the season, the tomato Irishka needs to be fed three times under the root. The first top dressing is carried out 10-14 days after planting the seedlings in the garden, using organic matter or nitrogenous complexes for this. The next stage – before flowering, it is necessary to feed the tomatoes with mineral fertilizers with an emphasis on potassium and phosphorus. When the fruits are formed, another portion of phosphorus-potassium mineral fertilizers is added. In the intervals between the main dressings, a couple more foliar ones are performed – treating the entire bush with fertilizer (especially important during the dry period and during the season of prolonged rains).

   

3. It is not necessary to form a determinant tomato Irishka. But some gardeners accelerate the ripening of fruits, cutting off all stepchildren to the first flower brush. It should be remembered that this method leads to a decrease in yield.
4. Aisles must be loosened after each rain or watering, or use mulch.
5. Tomato bushes Irishka F1 must be tied up even before the fruits begin to sing. If you do not strengthen the shoots, they can easily break off under the weight of numerous large tomatoes.

   

6. Several times during the summer, the bushes must be treated with fungicidal and insecticidal preparations.

Harvest should be on time to prevent overripe tomatoes and not slow down the ripening of the following fruits. Hybrid tomatoes ripen well if picked at the “milk” stage of ripeness.

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Conclusion

Tomato Irishka F1 is truly universal. Harvest can be used both for personal purposes and for sale. It is cultivated not only in cottages and household plots, but also in large farm fields.

This hybrid is recommended to be grown in open ground, as bushes are often affected by late blight in greenhouses. Irishka perfectly tolerates drought and heat, but does not cope well with cold and high humidity. The main advantages of the variety are the excellent taste of fruits, high productivity and unpretentiousness.