Fantastic Tomato (Fantastic F1): Characteristics
Fantastic tomato is an F1 hybrid tomato variety, also sold or known as Fantastic F1 or Sakata Fantastic. It is not a registered variety, so the facts here come from its seller and farm sources. It comes from Sakata (sold in the Philippines by Allied Botanical).
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for Fantastic F1 or Sakata Fantastic, this is the same tomato. The facts below come from its seller and from farm sources, each one listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our tomato variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: fertilizer for tomatoes, stage by stage.
- Type: F1 hybrid.
Key facts about Fantastic tomato
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Breeder or owner | Sakata (sold in the Philippines by Allied Botanical) |
| Also known as | Fantastic F1, Sakata Fantastic |
| Type | F1 hybrid |
| Days to harvest, per the seller | first harvest 55 to 60 days after transplanting (seller sheet) |
| Yield, per the seller | a Candaba, Pampanga farmer picked about 3,550 kg from 4,000 plants in the first month of harvest |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
Days to harvest, by the seller's count: first harvest 55 to 60 days after transplanting (seller sheet). Yield, by the seller's count: a Candaba, Pampanga farmer picked about 3,550 kg from 4,000 plants in the first month of harvest. No trial on record checks these figures yet, so treat them as the seller's own and compare with farms near you before you plan a season around it.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit tomato fields most often: early blight, late blight, tomato leaf curl, whitefly, anthracnose. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Days to harvest: First harvest 55 to 60 days after transplanting (seller sheet).
- Yield: A Candaba, Pampanga farmer picked about 3,550 kg from 4,000 plants in the first month of harvest.
- Fruit: High round, firm and fleshy with only 2 to 3 seed cavities, 80 to 100 g on the seller sheet, 65 to 75 g in field reports, green ripening to red.
- Season: Dry season (the seller does not recommend it for the wet season).
- Where: Lowland.
- Semi indeterminate.
- Intermediate resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and bacterial wilt (seller sheet).
- Resists cracking, long shelf life, ships well.
- Bears heavily under its leaves, loaded plants can pull down their trellis.
Why farmers know it: Agriculture Monthly reports Balintawak and Pampanga traders asking Central Luzon farmers for it because it ships and keeps well, Allied Botanical sells it. These are the seller's own figures, from its own trials. So plant a small area first, and compare it with your usual tomato on the same ground.
Where and when to plant Fantastic tomato
Bacterial wilt kills more lowland tomato than any other disease, so in the wet season pick a variety rated resistant to it. Choose a firm, oblong fruit if you sell to a far market, and a round, juicy one for fresh sale nearby. Heat tolerant hybrids set fruit in the hot months, when open pollinated tomatoes often drop their flowers. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Land preparation for vegetables.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
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