Quick Summary of Ekzotika (Exotica)
- 🌍 Origin: A reliable commercial/heirloom variety. The name translates to “Exotica” in English.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (vining), mid-to-late season. The plant is vigorous, sprawling, and grows to about 1.7 meters (5.6 ft) tall when planted outdoors.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Bright red, perfectly round fruits growing in clusters of 7 to 8. They have a very high density and a slightly tough skin.
- 👅 Flavor & Culinary Use: The flavor is harmonious and balanced, though it may lack a bit of sugary sweetness for fresh eating. However, thanks to its dense flesh and thicker skin, it is an absolutely perfect tomato for whole canning and processing.
- ⏳ Yield: Extremely high. It is known for setting fruit continuously without dropping blossoms, bearing heavily well into the early autumn.
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Seeds from “Happy Garden”.
- External description of the bush: mid-late season variety, sprawling, vigorous.
- Fruit setting: without skips (doesn’t drop blossoms).
- Bush height in OG (Open Ground): on 13.08 – 1.6m (5.2 ft), by 06.09 – 1.7m (5.6 ft), it is still throwing out trusses and fruiting abundantly.
- Trusses: 7-8 fruits each.
- Total yield: very high.
- Fruit: round, bright red.
- Density of ripe fruit: high.
- Taste: harmonious, balanced, sweetness rated 4 out of 5.
First impression: a good, highly productive tomato for canning.
Minuses: the skin is a bit tough, it lacked a little sweetness.
Rating for seedlings – 5, bush – 5, fruit – 4, overall rating of the variety – 4+.
