Tomato Irina is another early ripe, high-yielding and tasty variety, which is popular among summer residents and gardeners. Versatile in use, it is successfully grown in almost all regions of the Russian Federation.
If you are interested in a variety of tomatoes Irina, read the following article. In it you will find not only the description of the variety itself, but also get acquainted with the characteristics, learn the main points of agricultural engineering and propensity to diseases.
Tomato Irina: description of the variety
Grade name | Irina |
general description | Early ripe variety of determinant type |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 93-95 days |
The form | Flat-round, not ribbed |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 120 grams |
Application | Universal |
Yield varieties | 16 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard |
Disease resistance | Resistant to many diseases |
Tomatoes Irina - a hybrid of the first generation F1, breeders managed to accommodate all the quality traits. Tomato hybrids have greater resistance to adverse conditions and diseases, but have one drawback - the seeds can not be used for planting. Plant determinant (has a final point of growth, no need to "pinch"). About indeterminantny grades read here.
By type of bush is not standard. Stocky, resistant, about a meter high. The stem has a strong, thick, well-leafed, with several simple type brushes. The leaf is medium in size, dark green, typical “tomato” - wrinkled, without pubescence. The inflorescence has a simple structure, the intermediate type is the first inflorescence over the 6-7th leaf, the next ones come with an interval of 2 leaves, sometimes after 1 leaf. From one inflorescence about 7 fruits turn out. Stem with articulation.
Tomato Irina is an early ripe hybrid, the fruits begin to ripen at 93 - 95 days after planting. It has excellent resistance to most diseases of tomatoes - tobacco mosaic, Alternaria, Fusarium, Late blight. Growing is carried out in greenhouses, hotbeds, under the film and in open ground.
Specifications
Form - flat-round (flattened above and below), not ribbed. Size - about 6 cm in diameter, weighing about 120 g. The skin is smooth, dense, thin. Inside the fruit is fleshy, tender, juicy. The color of the fruit in an unripe condition is pale green, in mature it is dark red. Stains are not observed.
Compare the weight of the fruit with other varieties can be in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Irina | 120 grams |
Apples in the snow | 50-70 grams |
F1 favorite | 115-140 grams |
Alpatieva 905A | 60 grams |
Tsar Peter | 130 grams |
Pink flamingo | 150-450 grams |
Peter the First | 250 grams |
Tanya | 150-170 grams |
Black moor | 50 grams |
Pink honey | 80-150 |
Taste is marked by a good, rich "tomato", sweet (the amount of sugars is about 3%). A small amount of seeds are placed on several chambers (more than 4). The dry matter content is less than 6%. Stored in dry dark places for quite a while. Transportation carries without consequences for the state of the skin and the inside.
Variety of tomato Irina bred by the breeders of the Research Institute of the Russian Federation. Registered in the State Register of the Russian Federation for cultivation in garden plots in open ground and under film shelters in 2001. Available cultivation throughout the Russian Federation.
It is versatile in consumption, as well as fresh (sliced, vegetable salads, sandwiches), and after heat treatment (stews, stews, soups). Suitable for canning, does not lose its shape due to high density. For the production of tomato paste and sauces suitable, perhaps the production of juice.
The yield is high - up to 9 kg per plant (about 16 kg per sq.m.), up to 5 kg per plant in the first weeks in greenhouses without additional heating. In heated greenhouses, larger fruits are possible, in open ground, respectively, smaller ones. Fruits in cold weather are good.
You can compare the yield of a variety with others in the table below:
Grade name | Yield |
Irina | 16 kg per square meter |
Gold Stream | 8-10 kg per square meter |
Rosemary pound | 8 kg per square meter |
Miracle lazy | 8 kg per square meter |
Honey and sugar | 2.5-3 kg from a bush |
Sanka | up to 15 kg per square meter |
Demidov | 1.5-4.7 kg per square meter |
Locomotive | 12-15 kg per square meter |
Dimensionless | 6-7,5 kg from a bush |
President 2 | 5 kg from a bush |
How to get a good harvest of tomatoes in the open field? How to grow delicious tomatoes all year round in greenhouses?
A photo
See below: tomatoes Irina photo
Advantages and disadvantages
Variety tomato Irina has the following advantages:
- early ripeness;
- bountiful harvest;
- high taste qualities;
- resistance to weather conditions - fruits are tied at low temperatures;
- immunity to many diseases;
- good storage;
- transportability
Defects not identified. Among the specific features can only be noted the need for careful care.
Features of growing
Tomatoes Irina f1 can be grown by seedlings. The process begins in the second half of March.
Seeds are disinfected in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, placed in heated soil at a depth of about 2 cm. The distance between plants is approximately 2 cm. The soil for the seedlings should also be decontaminated and steamed. You can use growth stimulants, and plant the seedlings in special mini-greenhouses. Picks are carried out when the plants have 2 full leaves..
Watering is necessary without water on the leaves. After 50-60 days, it is possible to land at a permanent place in the greenhouse, in the open ground - a week later, the plants should have 6 leaves.
Before planting in the ground need to harden the plants. They put in a chess order, the distance between the plants is 50 cm. It requires the formation of a bush in 1 stalk, pasynkovanie every one and a half weeks.
Loosening, mulching, feeding every 10 days. Watering at the root. Tying is required on individual supports in several areas of the stem.
As fertilizers for tomatoes are usually used:
- Organic.
- Mineral complexes.
- Yeast.
- Iodine.
- Hydrogen peroxide.
- Ammonia.
- Ash.
- Boric acid.
What soil to use for planting seedlings and for planting adult plants?
Diseases and pests
As already mentioned, the variety is resistant to many diseases of tomatoes. However, information about the main greenhouse diseases and ways to combat them may be useful to you. From the articles of our site you will find out which varieties do not suffer from late blight, how to protect plants from this disease and what the verticillous wilting is.
When grown outdoors, plants can be threatened by a variety of pests: the Colorado potato beetle, spider mite, slugs, aphid. In the fight against them will help microbiological preparations or insecticides.
Tomato Irina f1 - high-yielding hybrid, will bring only the joy of growing gardeners.
In the table below you will find links to tomato varieties with different ripening periods:
Early maturity | Mid-season | Middle late |
White filling | Ilya Muromets | Black truffle |
Alenka | Wonder of the world | Timofey F1 |
Debut | Biya rose | Ivanovich F1 |
Bony m | Bendrick cream | Pullet |
Room surprise | Perseus | Russian soul |
Annie F1 | Yellow giant | Giant red |
Solerosso F1 | Blizzard | New Transnistria |