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Large-fruited tomatoes do not go for conservation, but this does not make their popularity less. Fleshy fruits have excellent taste. Tomatoes are used for making fresh salads and processing into juice, ketchup, and pasta. Breeders have bred many varieties and hybrids. Now we will consider the Mahitos tomato as a worthy representative of the large-fruited group of tomatoes.
The main characteristics of the hybrid and features of crop care
Let’s start our acquaintance with a description of the Machitos tomato, and it should immediately be noted that the culture belongs to Dutch hybrids. The plant is characterized by unlimited growth, so it belongs to the indeterminate group of tomatoes. The bush is able to stretch over 2 m in height. The Mahitos hybrid was bred by breeders specifically for greenhouse cultivation. The culture is characterized by thermophilicity, but can adapt in the open field.
Considering the characteristics and description of the Machitos tomato variety, it is worth noting that the plant has a powerful bush structure. The foliage of the tomato is large, dense, dark green in color. The root is strongly developed and grows on the sides. Fruit set is always carried out, even if there is an excess or lack of moisture in the greenhouse. Harvest ripens together. The first ripe tomatoes can be obtained 105 days after the sown seeds have sprouted. Such ripening dates refer the tomato Makhitos F1 to a medium-early culture.
Fruits are characterized by a rounded shape. A tomato looks like an even ball with a slightly flattened side near the stem. When fully ripe, the flesh and skin of the tomato acquire a bright red color. The Mahitos F1 tomato is characterized as a large-fruited hybrid, although the mass of mature tomatoes is limited to 200–250 g. This allows housewives to preserve smaller whole fruits in jars. A big plus is the dense pulp and skin. Tomatoes do not crack when ripe and during heat treatment, they are stored for a long time, and can be transported for a long time. The pulp of a tomato contains a large amount of sugar, so the fruits have a sweet aftertaste.
And now let’s once again emphasize the positive characteristics of the Mahitos hybrid:
- Strongly developed tomato bushes have small internodes. Despite the fact that the plant is tall, it is well balanced.
- After planting, the seedlings take root normally and quickly grow. A tomato bush immediately forms a wide root system, and the crown is densely overgrown with foliage.
- A feature of the hybrid is the presence of immunity to the nematode, as well as cladosporiosis.
- Unfavorable conditions do not affect the intensity of fruit set.
A feature of the care of the Makhitos tomato is the frequent tying of the stems to the trellis and timely pinching. Intensive growth of lashes will not give the gardener time to rest. The leaves of the lower tier also need to be removed. They close the fruits, slow down their ripening and take nutrients from the plant.
When growing Mahitos tomatoes, the vegetable grower should not confuse the intensive growth of the bush with its fattening. Otherwise, instead of a crop, you can get a large amount of foliage and stems. Fattening of tomatoes can only be prevented with proper care. When the tomato seedlings take root well and grow, it is unnecessary to often fill the bushes with water, as well as overdo it with fertilizing with minerals. Tomatoes love it, but such actions are reflected badly on the ovary of fruits.
The video shows the cultivation of Machitos in a greenhouse:
Rules and norms for planting tomatoes
To get a generous harvest, you need to follow the planting rate of Makhitos tomato, as well as a few simple rules:
- Sowing tomato seeds Makhitos F1 is no different from the procedure performed for other varieties. The grains are immersed in the soil to a depth of 1 cm, maintaining a distance between them from 2,5 to 3 cm.
- Sown tomato seeds are lightly sprinkled with earth, after which they are watered abundantly. Preparations that protect seedlings from infection are dissolved in water. Often vegetable growers simply make a weak solution of manganese.
Containers with sown tomato seeds are covered with foil and waiting for germination. Caring for seedlings of Makhitos is the same as for any other tomatoes.
When it comes time to plant seedlings of tomatoes in a greenhouse, here it is already necessary to observe the norms inherent in this particular variety:
- In the greenhouse, Mahitos are planted in rows. It is important to observe the row spacing – 1 m.
- Due to space savings, many vegetable growers plant tomatoes at a distance of 20 cm from each other. For Mahitos, such a norm is unacceptable. This will result in low yields. Bushes are planted in a row with a step of 40 cm.
- The formation of tomato bushes is carried out in 1, 2, and sometimes 3 stems. For Machitos, the best option is 2 stalks.
By adhering to these simple rules and regulations, you will be able to grow a generous crop of tomatoes.
On what factors does the development of a tomato depend?
The development of culture is influenced by two main factors: the natural environment and human intervention. The vegetable grower cannot change the first factor. Unless to shelter plantings of tomatoes from bad weather in a greenhouse. The second factor completely depends on the person, since he can regulate his actions. This includes watering, fertilizing, maintaining the temperature and microclimate in the greenhouse, as well as the formation of bushes. If the norms are not properly observed, these factors can become negative.
Recommendations for watering and feeding tomatoes
Consider the negative factors for tomatoes, let’s start with fattening the bushes. The variety of tomatoes Makhitos at the gene level has an intensive growth of stems. If you overdo it with watering and top dressing, the result will be deplorable. Normally developing tomato bushes will present the following surprise:
- the plant will receive additional growth energy, which is completely unnecessary to it;
- the appearance of the ovary will move to a later date;
- the number of unnecessary stepchildren will increase.
A plant launched to such a state will be quite difficult to bring to the appropriate norm.
Reading reviews about Makhitos tomato, there are many useful recommendations regarding watering and feeding:
- Watering the planted seedlings of Makhitos should be moderate. You can slightly increase the dose of water after the appearance of 3-4 brushes.
- It is more difficult to regulate the water rate if drip irrigation is installed in the greenhouse from a single system that is distributed for different crops. Here you will have to adjust the dose with each dropper near the plant. If an intensive irrigation tape is simply laid out in the greenhouse, then the dose is regulated by the time of water supply.
- In the event of a sharp cold snap, the intensity of watering tomatoes is reduced or completely stopped. Here you need to look at the situation. If there is nothing to heat the greenhouse with, tomatoes will still not absorb water in the cold.
- Vegetable growers recommend the minimum use of mineral fertilizers for feeding tomatoes, and they must be applied after the ovary of at least three brushes.
In each of his actions, the vegetable grower must feel the norm. Overdoing it does not mean that the plant will benefit from excess water or fertilizer.
Adjusting the intensity of the color of the fruit pulp
According to the characteristics of majitos tomatoes, after ripening, they acquire a bright red color of the pulp and skin. However, there may be a problem associated with uneven or non-intense color of the fetus. The first problem is the very wrongly balanced watering. In many reviews, gardeners assure that they have many years of experience in growing tomatoes, and that they watered correctly.
Maybe they are right. Another problem may be hiding here – lack of fertilizer. However, do not immediately pour everything under the bushes. Tomato lacks a certain additive:
- An uneven color of the fetus is observed with a lack of potassium. The introduction of a mineral into the soil will balance the natural process. Tomatoes will acquire a natural bright red color of the pulp.
- Manganese is considered a color accelerator, and is also responsible for its saturation. With a lack of potassium, manganese is useless, since acceleration does not contribute to a uniform color of the fruit.
Both minerals need to be balanced. This is the only way to achieve good results.
Temperature conditions
The hybrid is characterized by endurance. Machitos has a strong bush structure that can withstand many changes in the microclimate in the greenhouse. This also applies to lower temperatures. If the leaves of the tomato are exposed to the sun, then you don’t have to worry. Plant burns are not terrible, of course, within reasonable limits.
However, why test plantings of tomatoes for various cataclysms. To get a good harvest, it is desirable to maintain an elevated temperature inside the greenhouse. Mahitos are a hybrid and they love warmth.
What to do with leaves
Excess foliage draws juices from the plant. If there is a lot of it, then the fruits are smaller, they ripen longer and are not so sweet. However, it is also impossible to remove a large number of leaves. The thickening of the bush is an important characteristic of Mahitos. If you remove a lot of foliage, the tomato will get a lot of stress, because through it the plant cools, receives moisture and oxygen. Plucking the bush must be done partially. The leaves are cut off only from below and where they interfere with the ripening of the fruit, shading the sun.
The video talks about growing majitos:
Reviews
In general, Mahitos is considered an unpretentious tomato. If you follow the simplest rules of care, then you will be able to grow a good crop. As confirmation, we suggest reading the reviews of simple vegetable growers.