general information
Recently, lack of control in the seed market has led to the emergence of new varieties and hybrids, which may not be new or productive, but are packaged as famous varieties.
If previously vegetable growers clearly knew that Mikado is a large pink tomato, today the information is blurred and confusing.
The only thing that is true is that “Mikado Pink” and not “Mikado Pink” is the only legal variety. It is quite possible that other mikadas already “walking” in vegetable gardens will also undergo testing and after some time the registration commission will accept them into the register of selection achievements. The variety is not included in the register of breeding achievements of Ukraine.
Until this happens, we will make do with what the seed packers offer us.
Features of cultivation and storage
The seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place at the age of 50-55 days.
The bushes are no denser than 3-4 plants per 1 m2. The optimal depth of the hole is 30 cm. The following fertilizers are added to it:
- a handful of compost;
- 10 g of phosphorus-potassium mixture;
- 1 tbsp. wood ash.
What features should be observed when caring for tomatoes:
- feeding during flowering and ripening, watering with mullein solutions, bio-infusions, mineral composition;
- mulching with straw, hay in a layer of at least 8 cm;
- pinching once every 10 days, tying to trellises.
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"Mikado pink"
Applicant and originator of the variety LLC "Gavrish Breeding Firm" Moscow Russia. The variety was accepted for testing in 2013, and in 2015 the registration commission entered the variety into the register under number 8653901.
The variety was recommended for cultivation in all regions of the Russian Federation as a mid-early variety for growing under film covers on private farms.
Characteristics and description
This variety of tomato has a salad purpose. Its fruits are so large that just from one tomato you can make a dish for the whole family.
The plant is indeterminate, tall. The height of the main shoot varies between 160-180 cm.
The leaf plate is not large, medium in size and nothing prevents the hearths from “bathing” in the rays of the sun. The leaf color is dark green. The inflorescence of "Mikado pink" is simple.
The fruit is large and very large. The average weight is from 350 to 400 g. Those who grew this variety, sharing their impressions, describe that tomatoes weighing 700-800 g are an absolute reality. However, the peculiarity of the variety is that the largest tomatoes are formed on the lower inflorescences, and as they rise higher, the tomatoes become smaller.
The shape of the fruit is flat-round with slight ribbing. It should be noted that not all fruits are ribbed. The same bush can bear both smooth and slightly ribbed fruits.
The color of the fruit during ripening is light green with pronounced dark green spots at the base of the stalk. Gradual ripening makes the greens less intense and by the time they are fully ripe the tomatoes are completely pink. The color cannot be said to be intense and uniform, but rather a dull pink.
Vegetable growers compare the “Mikado Pink” variety with the “Miracle of the Earth” variety. Externally, the only difference is that “Mikado” is a little flatter in shape. However, upon tasting, it becomes clear that no “miracle” can compare with the taste of the Mikado Pink fruit. Both varieties are very aromatic in smell.
The tasting commission, evaluating the variety, gave it an “excellent” rating. Vegetable growers believe that the variety rightfully deserves it. Many people note that of the dozen varieties that grow in garden beds, this tomato has the best taste. The balance of sugars and organic acids is so selected that the tomato seems surprisingly tomato-like and tasty.
The tomato is medium in density. The cross-section shows that there are six seed nests, but not many seeds themselves. The seed chambers are not filled with juice, and the seeds are located directly in the pulp of the fruit.
Resistance to diseases and pests
Since the tomato is intended for greenhouses, there would seem to be no reason for much concern. However, reviews from vegetable growers are not so optimistic.
In greenhouses and hothouses, tomato is almost not affected by fungal and bacterial diseases, but in open ground late blight is “grabbed” by the plant of this variety.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the advantages of the variety are:
- Large fruit;
- Excellent taste of fresh fruits;
- Excellent consistency and taste of tomato products.
The disadvantage of this variety can be considered:
- low yield;
- Some tomatoes crack at the stem.
Optimal planting scheme for tomato seedlings
Tomato bushes of any variety need plenty of heat and light, so it is strictly not recommended to thicken them. In greenhouses where there is little space, this nuance should be taken into account when planning plantings. The optimal distance between sprouts and between rows is 50 cm. Otherwise, the developing stems will create shade for each other, the space between the ground and foliage will be poorly ventilated, which will soon result in the appearance of late blight due to high humidity. It is better to place supports for stems immediately in the holes prepared for seedlings. The length of the poles should be up to 3 m.
Did you know? To speed up the ripening of tomatoes, some gardeners remove all the foliage from below and pierce the stem through, making a thin cut 5 cm long with a blade. Such manipulations limit the nutrition of the plant.
"Mikado black"
Tomato "Mikado black" was released. This variety is considered a collectible, but its authorship is unknown.
Characteristics and description
The plant is indeterminate, its height is within 150 cm. The variety can be grown both under film cover and in open ground.
The tomato fruits of this variety are more rounded than those of the pink Mikado. The color of the fruits is brown-violet, large, ranging from 250-300 g.
According to the taste characteristics, the tomatoes have a balanced, tomato taste, pleasant, aromatic.
Tomato “Mikado black” characteristics and description of the variety, reviews, photos, yield do not have much information, since the variety is still little known to vegetable growers.
Resistance to diseases and pests
This tomato variety is moderately resistant to major diseases and requires timely and regular spraying with fungicidal preparations.
Those who have already become acquainted with the variety say that after treatments the variety is not affected more than the plants growing in the neighborhood.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the advantages of the variety:
- unusual color;
- early ripeness;
- amicable maturation;
- interesting taste.
A disadvantage may be that the tomato cracks at the stalk.
Features of growing the variety
A special feature of growing this variety is its formation into one shoot. Timely pinching will allow you not to divert nutrients from tomatoes to the growth of unnecessary vegetative mass, and thereby increase the yield.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The Mikado pink tomato variety, like all representatives of this type of nightshade, has certain advantages and disadvantages. However, given the high taste characteristics of ripe fruits, you can forget about the shortcomings.
The main advantage of the variety is the size and taste of the tomatoes.
pros
- early maturation;
- large weight, presentation and good taste of the fruit;
- the usefulness of the variety, which makes it possible to independently collect seeds;
- good keeping quality and ability to withstand transportation.
Minuses
- large-fruited Mikado pink, which makes it difficult to use the variety for canning in its entirety;
- insufficiently high frost resistance and moderate yield;
- weak immunity to fungal infection;
- the need to tie the stems and install supports to support the fruits.
"Mikado golden"
A variation of the golden mikado was published under the auspices of. Who the breeder and author of the variety remains unknown. Tomatoes are yellow in color, why they were called golden still remains a mystery.
Characteristics and description
Tomato “Mikado golden” reviews, photos, who planted it, indicate that this is a medium-ripening variety and tall.
The fruits of this variety are round or slightly flat-rounded, and the same plant can bear fruits of different shapes. The size of a tomato is on average 300-400 g, some specimens reach up to 500 g.
Golden Mikado tomatoes are fleshy, have many (6-8) seed chambers filled not with the liquid fraction, but with the “body”, but the number of seeds is completely small.
The tomatoes taste very pleasant, balanced, with a good proportion of sugars, but at the same time with a noticeable tomato taste and aftertaste. The increased content of beta carotene puts this variety in the category of a dietary product. Such fruits are recommended for baby food, and can also be consumed by people suffering from gastrointestinal disorders.
The fruits are very good fresh, and the surplus harvest can be used for processing for the production of purees, juices, pastes and ketchups.
Resistance to diseases and pests
Tomatoes require preventive treatments against dangerous fungal diseases.
There is no point in risking the whole plant and, having grown it, losing it. Modern drugs:
- available;
- effective;
- complex.
By treating the plant in a timely manner, there is no need to be afraid, and the harvest can be harvested large and healthy.
Recommendations for cultivation
Plant seedlings of the Mikado tomato variety on the basis that each bush should have an area of 50x40 cm. Along with planting the seedlings, you must immediately place a wooden vertical support in the hole, to which the bush will be tied in the future. The plant should be pinched and pinched.
Only by following all the growing rules can you get a good harvest, so choose a well-lit area for planting. Lack of sunlight will reduce the number of ovaries.
As the tomatoes grow, remove the lower leaves. This procedure is carried out so that the bush can use nutrients to form a crop. Removing the lower leaves also promotes better ventilation, which reduces the likelihood of disease development.
The Mikado variety is not resistant to late blight. This problem must be dealt with. Before planting seedlings, the soil must be treated with Bordeaux mixture. Experienced gardeners recommend processing with fresh milk. This will increase the plant's resistance to late blight. For processing, mix milk with water in a ratio of 1:10. Add 2 drops of iodine and 1 cup of wood ash to the resulting solution.
The plant should be protected from fungal diseases and treated with copper oxychloride or cuproxate.
The Mikado tomato variety is picky about the soil, so loosen and fertilize the soil regularly. The first feeding should be carried out 5-7 days after planting the seedlings. To do this, you can add a solution of mullein or chicken droppings to the soil. When using mineral fertilizer, preference should be given to ammonium nitrate, potassium salt and superphosphate. Overfeeding with nitrogen fertilizer can result in excessive leaf growth. Growing tomatoes also involves a second feeding, which should be done 12-14 days after the first.
"Mikado yellow"
Vegetable growers compare the Mikado “Yellow” tomato to the sun. Its fruits are flat-round and bright yellow in color.
Characteristics and description
It is not possible to get ripe fruits of this variety early - it is mid-late.
The plant is indeterminate, up to 180 cm high. The first fruits are laid above the 78th leaf, then after 2-3. The average fruit weight is 200-250 g, however, there are also larger ones up to 500 g. Each cluster, which contains 3-4 fruits, carries a very large fruit and a smaller one. There is no uniformity of fruits.
The fruits are bright yellow from the outside, but when cut, the tomatoes are pale yellow, and in some places almost white. The tomato does not have a green spot on the stalk. There are 7-8 seed chambers, they are filled with pulp with a small amount of seeds. A flat-round tomato has ribs; on some fruits, the ribs divide the tomato into several parts.
Another peculiarity of the fruit is that the side opposite the stalk always has furrows, which prevents vegetable growers from further growing it.
The fruits have a pronounced tomato taste with sourness. Mikado is a yellow salad variety; excess fruit can be used to make tomato products, but they will be pale in color.
Resistance to diseases and pests
This tomato variety has average resistance to major fungal diseases.
To prevent the spread of spores, especially during periods of sharp temperature and humidity fluctuations, preventive treatments are necessary.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the advantages of the variety are:
- excellent keeping quality of fruits;
- large fruit;
- taste qualities.
The variety is not without its drawbacks:
- fruit cracking;
- grooves on the top of the tomato;
- pale color of the internal contents.
Features of growing the variety
The tomato is tall and bears very large fruits. The plant cannot do without timely formation. Pinching and tying up a tall plant is an indispensable condition.
Vegetable growers, sharing their opinions, claim that this variety is very responsive to fertilizing.
If cultivation is carried out in fertile soils, with timely and regular root and foliar feeding, then the variety doubles its yield.
Description of the variety
The origin of this variety is not fully understood. There are versions about its overseas roots, and about its breeding during the USSR on Sakhalin. But it is known for certain that it was certified 15 years ago and during this period it has firmly settled in rural farmsteads and summer cottages.
Did you know? Green tomatoes ripening on the windowsill not only acquire their proper color, but also add several grams to their weight.
And the variety looks like this in botanical aspects:
- is an indeterminate plant capable of reaching a height of 2.5 m;
- belongs to early ripening varieties, whose fruits ripen within 90–95 days after sowing the seeds for seedlings;
- characterized by low productivity, giving an average of 6 kg per sq.m;
- being a full-fledged variety, and not a hybrid, it is capable of propagation by its own seeds;
- has juicy, fleshy pulp not burdened with a large number of seeds;
- has very good taste, which, however, is lost during canning;
- large, somewhat flattened fruits reach a weight of 300 to 700 g and are pink in color;
- leaves are wide, dark green in color;
- The skin on the fruit is thin but dense, preventing them from cracking and facilitating successful transportation.
"Mikado Red"
The Mikado red tomato has already been tested by many vegetable growers, but it’s a shame that there is no consensus on the variety. Packers and supposedly manufacturers package many different large-fruited tomatoes under this name. If you manage to become the owner of a tasty and productive variety, collect the seeds and use them.
Characteristics and description
"Mikado red" is an indeterminate, tall variety. The height of the plant can be above 200 cm. Its fruits are large, weighing up to 300 g; many claim that almost each bunch carries a tomato weighing up to 400 g, and the rest are smaller.
The fruits are deep red, dense, fleshy, with many seed chambers. There are not a large number of seeds in the fruit and they are located in the tomato pulp. The skin of the fruit is elastic, uniform, bright red, rich, uniform color.
When considering Mikado tomatoes, a description is impossible without a tasting assessment, and it is rated “excellent” by all gardeners. The balanced tomato taste is very reminiscent of those tomatoes of old, which we enjoyed eating. The sugars and organic acids of the variety are in such a balance that both salad products and processed products delight vegetable growers and consumers.
Medium late ripening tomato. It would seem that by August a person should already enjoy salad tomatoes and start preparing. However, people continue to stubbornly wait for the ripening of Mikado Red, since its taste is very good.
The processed products are dense, aromatic, tasty with an excellent rich, red color and low seed content.
Resistance to diseases and pests
Many vegetable growers complain that this variety cannot withstand high humidity, but it behaves perfectly in greenhouses and greenhouses.
When choosing a variety for cultivation, you need to anticipate that if your region has an abundance of precipitation, then it is better to abandon the variety. If you grow Mikado red in a warm, dry and hot climate, then the variety will show its best side.
Advantages and disadvantages
Like every Mikado red variety, it has its pros and cons. Among the advantages of the variety:
- can be stored for a long time without losing organoleptic properties;
- large fruit;
- excellent taste of fresh fruit;
- good product yield;
- excellent processing qualities for tomato products;
- high yield.
Among the disadvantages is poor resistance to high humidity.
Photo
To make it easier for you to imagine the Mikado Pink tomato, you can look at the images below:
"Mikado Sibiriko"
A tomato of this variety of mikadas is presented. Often, such tomatoes are cultivated in risky farming areas, where temperature and humidity differences are so high that only particularly resistant varieties can show good results. Since the variety was created for the Siberian expanses, it meets all the requirements.
Considering the Mikado “Sibiriko” variety, reviews, photos, yield, vegetable growers noticed that the variety is very similar to the “Batyanya” variety by breeders V.N. Dederko and O.V. Postnikov. This variety was included in the register of breeding achievements in 2007 and enjoys legitimate respect among tomato lovers.
