Quick Summary of Atol
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial variety originally from Poland, also widely sold in Russia by the “Sedek” seed company.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Determinate (bush). Compact, typically reaching 50-60 cm (20-24 inches) in height. Extremely rugged, cold-tolerant, and perfectly suited for open ground (outdoors) without any protection. In some regions, it can even be direct-sown.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Classic round, red tomatoes. The commercial description claims 120-150g (4-5 oz), but most growers report them averaging around 100g (3.5 oz). They do not suffer from hard green shoulders and are highly crack-resistant.
- 👅 Flavor: A good, traditional, slightly acidic tomato flavor. While seed packets claim it is “very sweet,” growers note it has an ordinary, classic taste—which is still excellent for such an early variety.
- ⏳ Maturity & Yield: Ultra-early (95-110 days). Growers report it ripens even earlier than famous early Russian varieties like Sanka or Siberian Early. It yields flawlessly regardless of heat, cold, or wet weather.
The seeds were brought to me from Poland. The tomato is early, absolutely not fussy (low maintenance), and set fruit perfectly in the cold. The yield was decent, even in my inexperienced hands. The taste is good, no hard green shoulders, and they didn’t crack. It completely matches the description on the packet.
Edited November 24, 2016 by Drosera
I grow Atol every year in open ground, without any cover. The seeds are from a neighbor, who originally bought them in a store. I googled it — it’s a Sedek (Russian seed company) tomato. It bears fruit flawlessly always, in both heat and cold, wet summers. It ripens the very first; Sanka ripens about a week later. I don’t keep strict records, so I can’t say exactly in days.
I wonder how the Polish Atol differs from it.
Description of Atol from Sedek:
Early (95-110 days); variety for open ground and film tunnels. Suitable for direct sowing (without starting transplants indoors) in short-season zones (zones of risky agriculture). The plant is determinate, medium-leafy, 50-60 cm (20-24″) tall. Requires moderate suckering/pruning. The fruits are large, round, red, weighing 120-150g (4-5 oz), firm, with high dry matter content, crack-resistant, very tasty and sweet. Value of the variety: unfussy to grow, cold-tolerant, resistant to stress and adverse weather conditions, successfully combines earliness, yield, and marketability, transports perfectly over long distances. Recommended for fresh consumption and processing.
For me, the tomatoes are smaller (up to 100g / 3.5 oz), the taste is an ordinary tomato flavor, I didn’t notice any special sweetness. But regarding everything else — it is exactly as described.
Looks like this:
Julia, did you save seeds?
Quote by Elena59 (Fevralina):
I wonder how the Polish Atol differs from it.
Judging by the description, they are very similar, just exactly the same. Maybe Sedek was selling Polish seeds? Atol and Alka (also a Polish variety, differed a little in fruit shape, but otherwise very similar) were my earliest; they ripened earlier than Siberian Early. Next year I plan to plant them in open ground.
I didn’t save seeds, but I really should have, to have my own stock. The Poles, unlike our seed companies, pour seeds into the packet very generously, which is why I didn’t bother saving them. If you want to compare the varieties, I can share some seeds with you.
