No photo yet
Grown this variety? Add your own photograph — a moderator checks it before it appears.
F1 hybrid
Mecano
Also sold as: 72-442 RZ F1, Mecano RZ F1
Compact-vined Rijk Zwaan F1 truss tomato for low greenhouses and tunnels, with glossy 100–120 g red fruit, firm texture, strong crack resistance and broad disease resistance.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Saladette
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Greenhouse / polytunnel
- Typical fruit weight
- 115 g (100–120 g)
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- Medium
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- Very high
Researched variety data
Variety research
Audited facts from the variety record. Only recorded values are shown.
Researched variety data
Growing advice
- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Bred for relatively low greenhouse crops and short plant architecture, still requires cordon support and regular truss management.
Spotted something wrong or missing in the researched information above? Suggest a correction
Community evidence
Grower reviews
What members reported after growing this variety, kept separate from researched information.
Published reviews are community content — see our Terms of Use.
No grower reviews yet
Have you grown this variety? Share your experience to help other growers.
Similar varieties
Photographs
No verified photograph of this variety yet.
Photographs are checked by a moderator before they appear here.