You are a beginner gardener and choose which sort of tomato to plant on your plot this season? There is a hybrid variety, which will not be a lot of trouble, it is resistant to many diseases and pests. This is "Michel" and he will surely delight you with his taste and productivity.
This hybrid was obtained by Japanese experts, received state registration in Russia as a hybrid variety in 2009. Almost immediately became popular among gardeners and farmers, due to its qualities.
Tomato "Michel" F1: description of the variety
Grade name | Michelle |
general description | Mid-season indeterminantny hybrid |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 100-110 days |
The form | Rounded |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 140-220 grams |
Application | Fresh and preserved |
Yield varieties | 10-14 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard |
Disease resistance | Disease resistant |
Michel is a mid-season hybrid, it takes an average of 100-110 days from transplanting to ripening. Refers to the indeterminate, shtambovym types of plants. It has resistance to many typical diseases of tomatoes in greenhouses..
Recommended for growing in film shelters.
Productivity is another one of the qualities due to which this hybrid has taken root in Russia. With proper care and proper planting scheme 3-5 bushes per square meter. meter can be obtained 10-14 kg. with apt. meters.
Grade name | Yield |
Michelle | 10-14 kg per square meter |
Lazy man | 15 kg per square meter |
Honey heart | 8.5 kg per square meter |
Summer resident | 4 kg from a bush |
Banana red | 3 kg from a bush |
Doll | 8-9 kg per square meter |
Nastya | 10-12 kg per square meter |
Broody | 10-11 kg per square meter |
Oh la la | 20-22 kg per square meter |
Fat jack | 5-6 kg from a bush |
Bella Rosa | 5-7 kg per square meter |
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Specifications
Among those who grew this hybrid variety, among the advantages noted:
- high yield;
- varietal and commercial quality of the fruit;
- taste qualities;
- resistance to diseases and pests.
As a conditional disadvantage, the increased requirements for fertilizer application and irrigation regime are noted.
Among the features of the variety for which consumers love him, especially high-resistance to pests and diseases. Also note a stable yield and high capacity of the harvested crop.
Mature fruits have a yako-red color and a rounded shape. Tomatoes are not very large, weighing 140-220 grams. The number of chambers is 3-4, the dry matter content is up to 6%. Harvest can be stored for a long time and well tolerate transportation over long distances.
You can compare the weight of fruits of this variety with others in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Michelle | 140-220 grams |
King of Beauty | 280-320 grams |
Pink honey | 600-800 grams |
Honey saved | 200-600 grams |
King of Siberia | 400-700 grams |
Petrusha gardener | 180-200 grams |
Banana orange | 100g |
Banana feet | 60-110 grams |
Striped chocolate | 500-1000 grams |
Big Mama | 200-400 grams |
Ultra early F1 | 100g |
Ripe fruits are beautiful fresh, but well suited for making homemade preparations. Juices and pastes from tomatoes of this type are usually not made because of the small juiciness. Too many tomatoes have to be spent to get a reasonable amount of juice or pasta.
Features of growing
The branches of this tomato need a garter, since several fruits can form on the branches, which can greatly burden them.
This variety of tomatoes needs and responds well to fertilizers and fertilizers containing potassium, nitrogen and phosphorus. Also recommended the use of hormonal drugs, but in small doses. This hybrid can be quietly grown in the southern regions, and in the central and even the northern, if you use heated greenhouses.
You can learn more about fertilizers for tomatoes from our articles.:
- Organic, mineral, phosphoric, complex and ready-made fertilizers for seedlings and TOP best.
- Yeast, iodine, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, ash, boric acid.
- What is foliar feeding and when picking, how to conduct them.
REFERENCE! In the southern regions can be grown in open ground, the yield will not suffer from this despite the fact that it is recommended mainly for growing in film shelters.
For information on how to tie up tomatoes, see the video below:
Diseases and pests
Despite the resistance to diseases and pests, this variety is still not completely invulnerable. For prevention, it is recommended not to overmoisten the soil., timely weed it and feed it with complex fertilizers. Subject to such conditions of cultivation, "Michel" will be healthy and will not bring trouble. In greenhouses, the greenhouse whitefly may be affected, against which there is a reliable remedy "Confidor". Butterfly scoops can also cause damage to the plant, and toxic chemicals are used against them against species of these pests.
It is not very difficult to care for this variety, even a novice gardener can handle it. And soon the tomato "Michel" F1 will delight you with its fruits. Good luck to all and good harvests.
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