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F1 hybrid
Aiko
Also sold as: Aiko F1, アイコ
Sakata's 2004 Japanese red mini-plum F1, around 20 g, with thick low-gel flesh, rich sweetness, vigorous hot-weather growth and strong crack resistance.
- Shape
- Oval / ellipsoid
- Fruit type
- Grape
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 20 g (15–25 g)
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Moderate
- Heat tolerance
- High
- Growing notes
- Train to a single supported stem and remove side shoots. Sakata describes vigorous growth, strong heat performance and a long harvest period, fruit begin colouring about 35 days after flowering, which is not used here as days-to-maturity.
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