Description of the Aristocrat F1 tomato, cultivation and growing of the variety

For those just planning to plant the Aristocrat F1 tomato, reviews from experienced gardeners will help them choose the right variety. This modern hybrid is disease-resistant and easy to care for, making it easy to grow even for beginners.

General characteristics

The Aristocrat F1 tomato variety is a hybrid. It's impossible to obtain seeds from them at home, as the new plants won't retain the characteristics of the parent plants. Gardeners will have to buy seeds annually if they like the Aristocrat variety.

An indeterminate plant with unlimited growth. A greenhouse bush can reach 1.8-2 m, but in open ground it rarely reaches 1.5 m. Aristocrat tomatoes require support, despite their thick, robust stems.

The yield is high, with up to 8.5 kg of tomatoes per bush. The fruits are borne in neat clusters of 7-8 tomatoes. Each cluster is approximately the same size and ripens at the same time. The first inflorescence appears above the 9th-10th leaf, with subsequent inflorescences appearing 3-4 leaves apart. To ensure adequate nutrient supply to the fruits, it is recommended to remove some of the leaves below each flowering cluster.

The fruits have high consumer qualities:

1. The thick skin prevents tomatoes from cracking as they ripen, even in rainy summers. It also keeps them intact during cooking and pickling. The skin is also virtually undamaged during transportation, allowing ripening and fully ripe tomatoes to be stored longer.
2. The dense flesh of Aristocrat tomatoes allows them to withstand pressure and stress during transportation. The seed chambers are small, giving the tomatoes a meaty appearance.
3. The taste is good. The fruits are low in sugar, with a traditional sweet and sour flavor. The tomato aroma is distinct.
4. The fruit is perfectly round, without ribbing. The average tomato weight is 140–150 g. These characteristics make them ideal for whole-fruit preserves.
5. Aristocrat tomatoes are versatile. They're great fresh, in salads or on sandwiches. They can also be canned whole, processed into juice, or used in sauces.

Neat clusters of vibrant fruit make tomato plants particularly decorative. A drawback of tomatoes is the presence of a dark green spot near the stem. However, this disappears as they ripen.

Agricultural technology of the variety

A distinctive feature of the Aristocrat tomato variety is its tolerance to low light. This makes it easier for both novice and experienced gardeners to grow good seedlings. The Aristocrat variety also requires no treatment to prevent most diseases. It is resistant to late blight, Alternaria, Fusarium wilt, and tobacco mosaic.

Sow the seeds for seedlings 60 days before planting. After the seedlings emerge (one week later), the tomatoes should be nurtured until they have 2-3 leaves. After this, transplant the seedlings into 7x7 cm rows.

You can plant them in an unheated greenhouse as early as the beginning of May, when it will warm up well during the day and hardly cool down at night. Do not transplant into open ground before the beginning of June, when the last frosts end in most regions of Russia.

The first harvest of ripe tomatoes can be harvested as early as July (100-110 days after sowing). Aristocrat tomatoes produce fruit over a long period, with new clusters forming throughout the summer. It's best to pinch the tops of the bush in mid- to late August to allow the last ovaries to ripen before the cold weather sets in. Tomatoes can be harvested at the milky stage of ripeness; they ripen well indoors.

Reviews from gardeners

Vladimir Petrovich, Moscow region:

"The Aristocrat tomatoes were a pleasant surprise. Tomatoes don't grow well in dense soil, but this new variety pleased me with a decent harvest. I harvested about 7 kg per plant, but I read that you need to train the plants into two stems to get more. I'll be experimenting with this next season."

Marina Sergeevna, Omsk:

"I liked the shape and size of the Aristocrat fruits: they fit easily into 3-liter jars. Pickles and marinades look beautiful, and the tomatoes are even and bright. However, they're not particularly good for salads; sweet pink varieties are much tastier. Although that's also an acquired taste."

Olga Vladimirovna, Krasnoyarsk region:

"This variety isn't particularly labor-intensive: just tie it up and remove the side shoots. We get a lot of rain, so watering isn't necessary. But the harvest is bountiful—we've harvested 7 and 8 kg per bush. I planted it in a 50x70 cm pattern, so the yield per square meter was quite good. But I was especially pleased with the tomatoes' shelf life. They can be stored for over a week when perfectly ripe. Unripe ones ripened slowly in the pantry, so I had fresh tomatoes from my own garden on the table until mid-winter."