Characteristics and description of the tomato variety Mahitos F1
Tomato Mahitos F1 is a hybrid variety that allows you to get a rich harvest of tasty tomatoes, even in regions that are characterized by significant temperature fluctuations. The variety is distinguished by unpretentiousness in care, a high level of survival in various environmental conditions. But in order to get the richest yields with excellent taste, it is necessary to know the characteristics of the variety and the rules for growing and caring for it.
Distinctive features
The characteristics and description of the Mahitos variety claim that this plant is early maturing. In addition to this trait, these tomatoes have the following characteristic features:
- indeterminacy;
- fruits are large in size;
- the peel of the fruit has a bright red tint;
- ripening of the crop occurs simultaneously;
- the plant has good immunity against diseases such as cladosporium and nematode;
- deciduous apparatus with a pronounced structure;
- fruits are round in shape;
- the weight of ripe tomatoes can reach 260 grams, and in some cases (with improved care) the bushes bear fruit with tomatoes, the weight of which is 0.5 - 0.6 kilograms;
- the skin is dense, smooth-textured, which makes it possible to transport ripe tomatoes over long distances;
- the maximum yield of the Mojito variety is achieved only when it is grown in the second turn;
- the fruit pulp is fleshy, juicy, the taste is characterized by sweetish notes.
Description of the tomato Mahitos F1 highlights the following advantages of the variety:
- the possibility of planting a hybrid in different weather environments;
- the formation of a strong root system;
- high survival rate;
- excellent growth vigor;
- the hybrid actively sets fruit even when it is immersed in stressful environmental conditions.
To grow a healthy plant that will yield a rich harvest, the tomato must be properly planted and cared for.
Planting recommendations
Seedlings should be grown like other tomato varieties. To do this, you can use the instructions provided:
- The seeds are soaked in any growth stimulator for 12 hours.
- The soil is being prepared. The earth must be disinfected and warmed up to a temperature of 22 degrees.
- Sowing seeds of the Mahitos tomato variety is required to a depth of 1 centimeter.
- During sowing, a distance between the seeds of 2.5 - 3 centimeters should be maintained.
- Then the planting is evenly sprinkled with soil, watered with a solution prepared from a drug that allows you to overcome diseases localized in a certain area of the country, dissolved in water.
- The container is closed with foil or glass and placed in a bright, warm place.
- After the first shoots appear, the film is removed, and when 2 leaves are formed, the seedlings dive.
Such a plant can be transplanted into the garden immediately after the onset of favorable conditions.
Transplantation and care
Summer residents are interested in how many bushes can be planted per 1 square meter. When planting seedlings, one feature must be observed: the bushes should be located at a distance of at least 40 centimeters from each other, and the distance between the rows should be at least 1 meter. That is, only 2 bushes can be planted per 1 square meter. The description of the variety says that with such a planting, it is necessary to strive to form a bush into two stems. Such rules allow you to get a crop twice as much as when planting bushes at a distance of 20 centimeters from each other.
In order for the Mahitos tomato to give a rich harvest, the planted plant should be properly looked after:
- Watering tomatoes is necessary only at those moments when the soil begins to dry out. Watering should be carried out strictly at the root, avoiding moisture on the foliage.
- When using drip irrigation, you need to adjust its intensity. If a tape is installed in the device, which is characterized by intensive watering, it should be cut, otherwise the plant may die from the spread of rot.
- If the ambient temperature drops significantly, watering is required to be minimized, you can stop for a while. This will save Mahitos F1 from hypothermia, since in such a stressful situation the plant will not draw out water.
- Fertilizers need to be applied in very small quantities. The description of the variety recommends making the first application of fertilizers only after the formation of 3 - 4 brushes on the bush.
If the above rules for watering and fertilizing are not followed, the pulp of ripe tomatoes will be watery and fresh.
Influence of negative factors
Mahitos tomatoes are included in the vegetative type group. Proper cultivation allows you to get a powerful, strong bush. There are a number of factors that interfere with the formation of a healthy plant. The cultivation of such tomatoes should not be accompanied by intensive watering and the introduction of mineral fertilizers along with irrigation.
If the summer resident neglects these tips, the plantings begin to actively increase the number of stepchildren, shift the ripening dates of the fruits to a later period. There is only one way to determine the optimal level of watering for your own region: in practice. The appearance of a small harvest, long-ripening fruits, indicates a violation of the rules for feeding and watering.
Some summer residents, planting the Mahitos tomato variety, claim that ripe fruits have a weak color intensity of their skin. This problem may be related to the individual composition of the soil. Most often, the essence of the anomaly lies in the imbalance of potassium and manganese. To get bright fruits, their cultivation should be accompanied by the introduction of potassium and manganese fertilizers into the soil, which affect the coloring of tomatoes in their natural color and their timely ripening.
Another negative factor that needs to be dealt with is a large amount of foliage. However, one should not fight in a cardinal way, since greens are necessary to cool the plant. In order not to harm the bush, you only need to pick off those leaves that interfere with the formation and ripening of fruits.
Despite the presence of some problems in growing the Mahitos variety, the tomato belongs to unpretentious plants. This is due to the fact that all of these problems are easily identified and promptly eliminated without losing the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the crop.
