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Everyone loves tomatoes for their bright rich taste, which has absorbed all the flavors of summer. Among the huge variety of these vegetables, everyone will find for themselves the one that will best meet their taste preferences: dense beef tomatoes and delicate sweet cherry tomatoes, soft-tasting white-fruited tomatoes and rich orange-fruited varieties bright as the sun. The list can be long.
In addition to the delicious taste, these vegetables have one more indisputable advantage: tomatoes are very healthy. A considerable content of vitamins, antioxidants and lycopene make them indispensable in the diet of most people. Compared with the traditional cabbages, cucumbers and turnips that have long settled in our gardens, tomatoes can be called newcomers. And if varietal tomatoes were registered with gardeners a relatively long time ago, then hybrids began to be bred only about 100 years ago.
What is a tomato hybrid
To obtain hybrids, varieties with mutually exclusive properties are selected. The science of genetics helps to select them most accurately. At the same time, the qualities that one would like to see in a new hybrid are taken into account. For example, one parent will give him large-fruited, and the other – the ability to early return the crop and resistance to diseases. Therefore, hybrids have more vitality than parental forms.
Most tomato hybrids are intended for the commercial production of flattened small-sized fruits. They make various canned goods. But there are exceptions. For example, the Panekra F 1 tomato. Possessing all the attractive properties of tomato hybrids – high yield, excellent adaptation to any growing conditions and disease resistance, it produces consistently large fruits intended for fresh consumption. So that gardeners can better navigate when choosing tomato seeds for planting, we give a complete description and characteristics of the Panekra F 1 hybrid, as well as its photo.
Description and characteristics
Tomato hybrid Panekra F1 was created by the Swiss company Syngenta, whose branch is located in Holland. It is not included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements, since it did not pass the necessary tests, but the reviews of those gardeners who planted it were mostly positive.
Hybrid Panekra F1 is intended for cultivation in greenhouses. Its fruits are harvested in spring and summer. It belongs to indeterminate tomatoes, that is, it does not stop its growth on its own. Thanks to this, the yield of the Panekra F1 tomato is very high. The fruits are aligned, retain their weight and size throughout the growing season, which allows you to get almost 100% of marketable products.
It sets fruits well even in extreme heat. Despite their large size, tomatoes do not tend to crack.
Panekra F1 tomatoes are very powerful, they have a developed root system, which allows plants to grow on any, even poor soils, getting nutrition from the lower soil layers.
Hybrid Panekra F1 refers to early ripening – the first mature tomatoes are harvested already 2 months after planting seedlings.
Characteristics of fruits
- tomato hybrid Panekra F1 refers to beef tomatoes, so the fruits are very dense, fleshy;
- dense skin makes them transportable, these tomatoes are well stored;
- the color of tomatoes Panekra F1 is dark red, the shape is rounded flattened with barely noticeable ribs;
- on the first brush, the weight of tomatoes can reach up to 400-500 g, in subsequent brushes it is slightly less – up to 300 g, and this is how the entire growing period is preserved;
- the yield of Panekra F1 tomato is simply amazing – it can form up to 15 brushes with 4-6 fruits in each;
- fruits are intended for fresh consumption.
But even in private households, it will not be superfluous, as it is a leader in its segment.
Giving a characterization and description of the Panecra F1 hybrid, one cannot fail to mention its complex resistance to a number of diseases. He is not affected:
- tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) strain;
- verticillosis (V);
- Fusarium wilt of tomato (Fol 1-2);
- cladosporiosis – brown spotting (Ff 1-5);
- Fusarium root rot (For);
- nematode (M).
Panekra F1 – greenhouse tomato. Farmers grow it in heated greenhouses, so the seeds for seedlings are sown very early and grown with illumination so that seedlings are planted in March. Most gardeners do not have heated greenhouses. They grow the Panekra F1 tomato in a conventional greenhouse.
Peculiarities of growing
Indeterminate varieties and hybrids of tomatoes are grown only in seedlings.
Growing seedlings
Seedlings of indeterminate tomatoes are ready for planting about 2 months after germination. Usually the seeds are sown in mid-March. Syngenta produces tomato seeds already treated with protectants and growth stimulants. Before sowing, they do not even need to be soaked. Dry seeds are sown in the soil, consisting of peat, humus and soddy soil, taken in equal parts. For each ten-liter bucket of the mixture, add 3 teaspoons of complete mineral fertilizer and ½ cup of ash. The soil is moistened.
For the initial cultivation of seedlings, a plastic container about 10 cm high is well suited. You can sow seeds directly into individual cassettes or cups.
To keep warm, the container with the sown seeds is placed in a plastic bag.
After the emergence of seedlings, the container is transferred to a bright place. The temperature for several days is reduced to 20 degrees during the day and 14 at night. Then the optimum daily temperature for seedlings is about 23 degrees.
If the tomatoes are sown in a container, with the appearance of 2 true leaves, they are picked into separate cassettes or cups. At this time, a 200-gram capacity is enough for young sprouts. But after 3 weeks, you will have to transship into a more spacious dish – about 1 liter in volume. The same procedure is carried out with plants growing in separate cups.
Water the seedlings as the surface layer of the soil dries. Panekra F1 tomatoes are fed every 10 days with a weak solution of complete mineral fertilizer.
The longer the internodes of indeterminate tomatoes, the fewer brushes they will eventually be able to tie.
Transplanting
It is carried out when the soil in the greenhouse will have a temperature of at least 15 degrees. The greenhouse should be disinfected since autumn, and the soil prepared and filled with humus, phosphorus and potash fertilizers.
Indeterminate tomatoes of the Panecra F1 hybrid are placed at a distance of 60 cm in a row and the same amount between rows. It is very useful to mulch planted plants with a layer of mulching material 10 cm thick. Hay, straw, coniferous litter or wood chips are suitable. If you decide to use fresh sawdust, they must be moistened with a solution of ammonium nitrate, otherwise there will be large losses of nitrogen. Overripe sawdust does not need this procedure.
Hybrid care
Panekra F1 – intensive tomato type. In order for it to fully realize its yield potential, it needs to be watered and fed on time.
There is no rain in the greenhouse, so maintaining optimal soil moisture is on the conscience of the gardener. The best way to do this is with drip irrigation. It will give the plants the necessary moisture, and the air in the greenhouse will remain dry. Tomato leaves will also be dry. This means that the risk of developing diseases caused by fungal microorganisms is minimal.
Panekra F1 tomatoes are fed once a decade with a solution of complete mineral fertilizer with trace elements.
This indeterminate hybrid tends to form many stepchildren, therefore, it needs to be formed. You need to lead it in 1 stem, only in the southern regions it is possible to keep it in 2 stems, but then the plants need to be planted less often, otherwise the fruits will shrink. Stepchildren are removed weekly, preventing them from depleting the plant.
For more information on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, see the video:
If you need a tomato with high yields and excellent fruit taste, choose Panekra F1. He won’t let you down.