This variety of tomatoes has a pleasant taste, good for growing on personal plots almost everywhere. Its productivity, advantages and disadvantages, the rate of ripening delight and delight.
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General characteristics
Tomato is indeterminate. Bushes can reach a length of 2.5 meters, so you need to install a support and tie them up. The variety is early, the fruits can be removed from the bush after 3 months. Other varieties of Mikado ripen longer - from 3.5 to 4 months.
Tomatoes are large, weighing up to 600 grams. They are well stored due to the density of the pulp and skin.
Pink Mikado is very tasty, but it is better to eat it fresh. Save the taste during processing does not work. Tomatoes are used in salads, sauces, as a soup dressing, prepare juices and tomato paste.
The color of the fruit is pink. In shape, they are a bit like a crown, therefore this variety is also called imperial.
What crop can be obtained
Productivity is excellent. With proper cultivation and favorable weather, you can collect more than forty tomatoes from the bush. Comfortable temperature for Pink Mikado is from + 20 degrees and above. If the thermometer is less than + 16, the yield potential decreases.
What does Mikado Pink look like?
Strengths and weaknesses of the variety
The advantages of these tomatoes include:
- precocity;
- high productivity;
- great taste;
- the possibility of long-term storage;
- beautiful appearance.
Among the shortcomings of gardeners note:
- loss of taste during processing;
- exacting care;
- the need for fertilizer;
- poor heat tolerance.
Which regions are suitable for Mikado
The climate of Siberia and the Far North is not suitable for this variety. In other regions, it is successfully grown. In the northern regions, greenhouses are used, and in the southern regions they are planted in open ground. Ideal places for these tomatoes are Astrakhan, Voronezh, Crimea, Kuban and Belgorod. It is there that the yield of the variety is highest.
Disease resistance
The plant is resistant to various diseases and pests. But there are times when a tomato affects phomosis. To prevent the development of the disease, it is urgent to remove all affected parts of the plant and treat the bushes with special tools.
Disturb the gardener can be the bears and slugs that encroach on Mikado. In order to prevent this from happening, you need to periodically loosen the ground and add special products or a little red pepper there.
When and how to grow seedlings
Seeds for future seedlings are sown in late February or early March. Their germination capacity is preliminarily checked, and the soil is disinfected with a solution of manganese. Shoots appear during the week and grow well with sufficient light and temperature conditions from 16 to 22 degrees. For better growth of the root system of plants after the appearance of 2-3 leaves, a pick is carried out.
Features of cultivation and care
This variety requires special attention and care. Wells of approximately 50 by 50 cm are prepared for planting, in which ash, humus and phosphorus are added in advance. A few days after planting seedlings around the plants loosen the earth. Then, twice more during the ripening period of the tomatoes, repeat this procedure. Bushes require hilling and regular weed removal. Watering should not be frequent, but plentiful.Plants need support and tying. The bush is formed from one stem, the lower leaves and stepsons must be cut so that all the juices go to the formation of the fruits.
How to keep tomatoes until winter
For long-term storage, fruits are ripened unripe when they are still light green or yellow. Pre-sorted spoiled and damaged tomatoes so that they do not spoil the rest. Tomatoes are stored in crates, having pre-coated their bottom with wood shavings. The room should be sunny and dry. Air should circulate well.
Reviews
Natalia Ezhova, Primorsk:
I really like this variety. Good taste and high yields. I leave 2-3 trunks, beautiful ovaries, large fruits. Perfectly kept. I use it fresh and prepare juice.
Oleg Malykh, Crimea:
A good variety, I plant every year, but the fruits crack constantly. I tried different methods of watering, but this problem remains.
Olga Burenkova, Moscow Region:
I grow Mikado about 15 years old. He is actually the earliest, among all the varieties that we plant, the most precocious. It happened that they removed tomatoes that weighed 900 grams. And so on average 300-500 grams. The taste and smell are classic. So these are the most traditional tomatoes.
Alexander Volokhin, Perm:
To plant these tomatoes advised neighbors in the country, since then I plant them in a greenhouse every year. Pleasing taste and productivity. Resistant to pests. Germinating seeds, seedlings are always strong. I treat all my relatives - they are delighted!
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