Also called Momotaro , Japanese tomatoes are popular in the marketplace for their fertile , tangy flavor , almost perfectly round shape , and tolerance to heat and disease . They are usually corrode bare-ass or thresh about in salads because their plentiful flavor does not need further seasoning , but make delicious soup or paste when cooked . Plant it in your vegetable garden this leaping , and harvest mature fruit in between 70 and 78 daytime .
History
Momotaro love apple ( Lycopersicon genus Lycopersicum ) was develop by the Japanese Takii Seed Company . This hardy tomato plant miscellanea withstands eminent temperature and is disease and crack resistant , which is why it is know as " Tough male child , " named in honor of a heroic Japanese kinfolk character . It is one of the most widely consumed love apple in Japan .
Momotaro Plant
Momotaro industrial plant is grown by seeds that are more expensive than most other salmagundi . It is an intermediate ( shaggy type growth with fruit that ripen at the same time ) , hybrid variety that produce cluster bearing six to seven yield in each . This yearly plant sport medium - sized green leaves and short internodes ( spacing between two nodes ) . It course resists diseases such as Verticillium Wilt , Stemphylium , Fusarium Wilt and Root Nematodes . The plant has 10 mixed bag , with the larger ones growing between six and eight foot in meridian , thus requiring staking . The fruits last for a while on the plant without ripening too much , thus prolonging the harvest period and allowing gardener to pluck as many as they require .
Planting Considerations
Plant Tough Boy love apple plants in fountain , after the danger of frost has passed . Amend soil with shovelfuls of compost and spread a 5 - 10 - 5 fertilizer prior to plant to enhance nutrient content . Grow Tough Boy love apple seedlings in rows over well - drained soil that receives six to eight hours of unmediated sun day by day and has a pH between 6.3 to 6.8 . Space rows 3 to 4 foot apart , and Lycopersicon esculentum plants 1 1/2 to 2 feet apart .
Fruit
Japanese tomatoes are pumpkin-shaped in shape , and boast a tough , thickheaded skin that resists cracks . The fruit is rose - pink and sensitive in sizing , with fleshy meat , few seeds , and an vivid nip that is a combination of Elvis and sugars . The high - quality Tough Boy tomato plant is less acidic than others . Each mature love apple weighs around 220 gramme .
Availability
consider strong suit produce , Momotaro tomatoes and plants are hard to find unless you know where to look . Grow seeds in your garden and reap the benefit of this flora that comport prolific fruit over a long flow .
Companion Planting
The durable , heat - resistant Mometaro plant grows well with herbs such as cultivated celery , marjoram and parsley , and prime such as petunias , geraniums , marigold and genus Nasturtium . Avoid imbed near Anethum graveolens , rosemary , dough , spud , peas , fennel , corn , beetroot and black walnut trees .
