Quick Summary of Yaponec (Japanese Man)
- 🌍 Origin: A Russian heirloom variety whose name translates to “Japanese Man” (or “The Japanese”). It is often compared to the famous pink variety ‘Yaponka’ (Japanese Girl).
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. It is typically grown in greenhouses and pruned to 2 stems. Note that it can be sensitive to prolonged extreme heat, which may cause blossom drop.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Beautiful small to medium-sized red hearts, usually weighing up to 250g (8.8 oz). The flesh is very meaty, juicy, and contains very few seeds.
- 👅 Flavor: Reviews on flavor are mixed, likely heavily dependent on weather conditions. While some growers report a somewhat bland taste during overly hot summers, others find them incredibly tasty and well-balanced.
- ⏳ Maturity: Mid-season.
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Mid-season indeterminate salad variety. The fruits are beautiful red hearts with meaty and juicy flesh, and few seeds. I didn’t like the taste — they were bland. Grew in a greenhouse, yield was average because the blossoms dropped — it couldn’t handle the hot 1.5 months we had in 2016.
Edited March 5, 2017 by Drosera
Yaponec. Indeterminate, grew in the greenhouse in 2 stems. The fruits are small red hearts weighing up to 250g (8.8 oz), very tasty!
Tasty, quite productive little tomatoes. They look very much like Yaponka (Japanese Girl).
