Tomato Masha is another great gift of breeders to Russian gardeners and farmers. In 2011, he was recognized as one of the best new varieties.
The fruits of Masha are distinguished not only by their excellent taste, but also by their exceptional utility. They contain many vitamins, pectins, minerals, proteins and organic acids.
Tomato "Masha": description of the variety
Grade name | Mashenka |
general description | Mid-season indeterminantny grade |
Originator | Russia |
Ripening | 112-116 days |
The form | Rounded, slightly flattened |
Colour | Red |
Average tomato mass | 210-260 grams |
Application | Dining room |
Yield varieties | 25-28 kg per square meter |
Features of growing | Agrotechnika standard |
Disease resistance | Highly resistant to diseases |
Tomato Masha is a hybrid plant intended for both amateur greenhouses and open ground. There are no hybrids of the same name.
Refers to the indeterminate tall varieties, the length of the shoots can reach 2 meters or more. The head bush is not. The tomato is mid-season; fruits ripen on 112-116 days from the moment of emergence of shoots.
One of the main advantages of the variety is its high resistance to many diseases characteristic of tomatoes. Masha is practically not affected by tobacco mosaic, Fusarium, Alternaria and blight.
Productivity varieties are very high! From one bush can be collected from 5.5 to 12 kg. The average yield per square meter of planting is 25-28 kg.
You can compare the crop yield with others in the table below:
Grade name | Yield |
Mashenka | 25-28 kg per square meter |
Nastya | 10-12 per square meter |
Gulliver | 7 kg from a bush |
Lady shedi | 7.5 kg per square meter |
Honey heart | 8.5 kg per square meter |
Fat jack | 5-6 kg from a bush |
Doll | 8-9 kg per square meter |
Summer resident | 4 kg from a bush |
Lazy man | 15 kg per square meter |
The president | 7-9 kg per square meter |
King of the market | 10-12 kg per square meter |
How to grow a lot of delicious tomatoes all year round in greenhouses? What are the subtleties of early cultivating agricultural varieties?
Advantages and disadvantages
Pros:
- very good yield;
- tasty sweet-sour fruits with a characteristic aroma;
- resistant to hot and cold temperatures;
- resistant to a variety of diseases.
The main disadvantage is that it needs to be staked and tied up.
Fruit characteristics
- The fruits of Masha are very large, even gigantic, rounded in shape, flattened above and below.
- The average weight - 210-260g, maximum - 630g.
- Color smooth, monophonic, rich red.
- There is no green spot near the pedicel, there are no blotches.
- Cameras can be 4 or 6.
- Dry matter is about 4.8-5.1%.
- Sugar 4-4,2%.
- Fruits are stored not very long - only 2-3 weeks.
Mostly salad because of the large dimensions of the fruit, which simply do not crawl through the mouth of the jar. Also used for the production of juice, sauce and pasta. The fruits are very friendly, almost simultaneous ripening.
You can compare the weight of fruits with other varieties in the table below:
Grade name | Fruit weight |
Mashenka | 210-260 grams |
Bobcat | 180-240 |
Russian size | 650-2000 |
Podsinskoe miracle | 150-300 |
American ribbed | 300-600 |
Rocket | 50-60 |
Altaic | 50-300 |
Yusupovskiy | 500-600 |
Prime minister | 120-180 |
Honey heart | 120-140 |
A photo
You can get acquainted with the photos of tomato varieties “Masha”:
Features of growing
Tomato Masha is suitable for Central and Central Black Earth, North Caucasus regions, as well as for the Urals, the Volga region, Western and Eastern Siberia.
For seedlings, it is recommended to sow the seeds in March, the deadline is the beginning of April. Before planting on a permanent place, the saplings are fed 2 or 3 times with a special plant for seedlings.
In the open land can be transplanted in the third decade of May or the first decade of June. Landing should be 65 × 45 cm.
Important! It is better to form a bush in one run, cutting off all stepchildren. It must be tied to a vertical or horizontal support so that the stem does not break under the weight of the fruit.
Watering and feeding are carried out according to the standard scheme. When 4-6 brushes of fruits are formed on the shoot, the top should be pinched to stop further growth.
Read useful articles about fertilizers for tomatoes.:
- 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.
Pests and diseases
The variety Masha is practically not affected by any diseases due to its high resistance to them.
From harmful insects can attack aphid. To get rid of it, you can use insecticides such as Iskra M, Detsis Profi, Konfidor, Aktara, Fufanon, Aktellik.
No less harm can cause caterpillars scoop. They actively eat the leaves and multiply very quickly. Chemical agents such as Confidor, Coragen, Fastak and Proteus will help eliminate the threat. You can catch adult butterflies using pheromone traps.
Tomato variety Masha is high-yielding and unpretentious. It does not suffer from temperature changes, illnesses and various stresses, therefore it is suitable even for novice farmers and gardeners.
In the table below you will find links to articles about tomatoes with different ripening terms:
Mid-season | Late-ripening | Superearly |
Nikitich | Prime minister | Alpha |
F1 funtik | Grapefruit | Pink Impreshn |
Crimson sunset F1 | De Barao the Giant | Golden stream |
F1 sunrise | Yusupovskiy | Miracle lazy |
Mikado | Bull heart | The miracle of cinnamon |
Azure F1 Giant | Rocket | Sanka |
Uncle Styopa | Altaic | Locomotive |