Description of the Amber Heart tomato, growing tips, and reviews

The Amber Heart tomato is a hybrid variety with an unusual color for the nightshade family and low acidity. The plant is easy to care for, making the Amber Heart F1 tomato easy to grow outdoors or in an unheated greenhouse. This variety has won over many gardeners with its bright and sweet fruits.

Characteristics of the variety

The characteristics and description of this variety are of interest to all gardeners. This hybrid variety with remarkable qualities was created thanks to the efforts of breeders from the renowned Siberian Garden holding company.

The characteristics of the tomato are as follows:

• a low-growing hybrid that does not require bush shaping;
• bears fruit consistently in greenhouses and open ground;
• leaves are normal, bright green;
• high yield (up to 22 kg per 1 sq. m);
• disease resistant;
• number of tomatoes in 1 bunch - up to 7 pcs.

Thanks to its high beta-carotene content, this variety is suitable for many diets. Amber Heart is an early-ripening tomato that begins bearing fruit in 95-100 days. The fruits are heart-shaped, juicy, fleshy, and bright orange. Each fruit weighs no more than 150 g.

Large tomatoes can weigh up to 200 g. This hybrid variety is prized for its high yield and excellent taste. Ripe tomatoes of this variety are excellent for salads and canning. Defective tomatoes can be used to make delicious tomato juice, homemade sauce, and ketchup.

Amber Heart is an easy-to-grow tomato, but to ensure a good harvest, you should follow some growing tips. To ensure good seedlings, sow the seeds no earlier than March 20th.

Growing tips

Peat, paper, and plastic pots are all suitable for planting seeds. The container with the planted seeds should be covered with plastic wrap and kept in a warm room, with a temperature of at least 25°C.

After the first sprouts appear, the film must be removed, and the container with seedlings must be moved to a well-lit place. When the first two leaves appear, it is essential to transplant the seedlings into larger pots, which is necessary to strengthen the root system and further growth of the seedlings.

Water the seedlings moderately. If they're depleted, you can feed them with biofertilizer. Stop watering three days before transporting them to the planting site. This will help reduce the risk of breakage.

The area where the seedlings are to be planted should be fertilized in advance with a mineral fertilizer designed for tomatoes. To ensure the first early tomatoes, the bushes should be earthed up to a height of 5-10 cm.

After the first watering of seedlings in open ground, mulch the soil. To improve the seedlings' survival rate, spray the young plants with anti-stress preparations.

Evaluation of the variety by gardeners

Most gardeners have positive reviews of the Amber Heart tomato, praising its flavor, shape, and unusual color. Furthermore, caring for this variety boils down to standard tomato-growing procedures: watering, fertilizing, loosening, and hilling the soil.

The dense skin allows ripe tomatoes to be transported over long distances. The only drawback of this variety is cracking after prolonged rainfall. However, this problem is easily solved by covering the bushes with non-woven material during periods of prolonged rainfall. This material allows air to pass through, prevents overheating, and prevents excess moisture from reaching the tomatoes.