{"id":5908,"date":"2026-10-20T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=5908"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:30:20","slug":"mikado-shtambovyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/mikado-shtambovyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikado Shtambovyi (Mikado Dwarf) Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Mikado Shtambovyi (Mikado Dwarf) is an incredibly rugged, early-season tree-type dwarf<\/strong> with thick potato-leaf foliage. A legend since the Soviet era for its ability to produce early crops in cold northern regions, this variety thrives completely unprotected outdoors. It produces heavy yields of uniform, 4-5 oz (120-140 g) red fruits that fully ripen on the bush. It is so tough and productive that the sheer weight of the fruit will cause the sturdy stalks to eventually lay down on the ground. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 4-5 Experience)<\/h2>\n
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Yaroslavna (Natalia) \u2b50 Pro Grower (6,274 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udccd Northern Yaroslavl Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A highly popular, early-season, tree-type dwarf variety meant to be grown right in the dirt. It became incredibly popular with gardeners back in the Soviet days as the absolute go-to variety for getting early harvests up in the northern regions.<\/p>\n

The plants themselves are not large (tree-type), very compact. The foliage is potato leaf, large, and dark. In our climate zone, the fruits ripen completely on the bush. The tomatoes are firm, red, and have a really high-quality taste. Indispensable for all types of canning\/processing and fresh eating.<\/p>\n

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galia (Galina) \u2b50 Pro Grower (4,914 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Natasha, what’s the actual size of the fruits on these?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yaroslavna (Natalia) \u2b50 Pro Grower (6,274 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Average fruit size is 4-5 oz (120-140 g), all very uniform.<\/p>\n

What really shocked me this season was the variety’s resistance to all the major tomato diseases. The plants pictured here grew all summer entirely unprotected. They were basically just laying right on the ground mixed in among my zucchini patch. I didn’t cover them with anything from spring onwards\u2014I just had some leftover seedlings, so I stuck them in the zucchini bed without expecting much of a harvest at all. I only ended up sliding some plastic trays under the ripening trusses to keep them off the mud.<\/p>\n

This variety turned out to be bulletproof against insane temperature swings, pouring rain, cold nights, and blazing sun!!! A wildly reliable, heavy-yielding variety!<\/p>\n

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Ninulia (Nina) \u2b50 Elite Grower (39,661 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n
\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Natasha, did you end up trimming all the leaves off those, and did you intentionally lay them down, or did they just fall over under the weight of the tomatoes?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Well, in the beginning, they were these proud, compact little bushes standing tall with their heads held high \ud83d\ude02 But when the trusses started swelling up, they just literally collapsed under the weight of the fruit. I just slid “pillows” under them (the only thing I didn’t do was tuck them in with a blanket, as Svetikk joked in my grow thread) \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n

As for the leaves, I just snapped off the lower, spent foliage as it died back…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage<\/h2>\n