America's most popular vegetable. Produces a big crop that requires little space and effort. Excellent for juice, salads, canning and relish.
Sowing: For early crop start seeds indoors in pots or flats 5-7 weeks before planting outdoors. Place in sunny location, keeping soil moist and warm. Transplant outdoors when 5-10" (13-25cm) tall after the danger of frost is passed. For later crop sow sparingly directly into garden, in sunny location, after weather and soil are warm. Cultivate; apply vegetable food and firm over seed.
Care: Stake or cage to save space. Water deeply when dry and feed monthly.
Harvest: Pick gently when color is fully developed.
Your Health: Rich in calcium, Iron and Vitamins A, B1, B2, Niacin and C.
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FROM OUR SEED CATALOG:
- Great tomatoes for sauces & pastes.
(I) (OP) An old-time plum type tomato on a compact plant. The 3 oz. fruits are crack resistant and widely used for tomato paste, canning and juicing. Resists verticillium and fusarium wilt. 80 days.
9,000-11,000/oz. 7-14 days. 70-75°F.
Sow in seed flats or plug trays. Transplant when first true leaves develop. Saleable 6-8 weeks from sowing. Indeterminate varieties produce best if staked and pruned.
(I) = Indeterminate
Vining plants that are best when staked and trimmed. Can also be used in tall cages.
(D) = Determinate
Bush or spreading plants that can be left unsupported or put on short poles, trellises and in cages.
(SD) = Semi Determinate
(OP) = Open Pollinated
Self pollinating, can be reused year after year.
More information:
Planting Location
| Planting
Depth
| Seed
Spacing
| Spacing
between
Rows
| Days to
Germination
| Spacing
after
Thinning
| Days to
Maturity
| | Indoors | 1/4" /
6mm
| 1/2" /
13mm | 2-3" /
5-8 cm | 8-14 | 3" /
8 cm |
| | Outdoors | 1/2" /
13mm | 6" /
15cm | 3-4" /
91-122cm | 14-18 | 2-4' /
61-122 cm | 65-90 |
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