![]() If needed later in season, consider thinning out leaves to increase airflow or topping plants to help finish ripening last fruits. The lower bottom suckers often miss trellis supports, set fruit closer to soil, take energy from upper parts, and encourage spread of disease from soil. PRUNING: Indeterminates likely benefit by removing all suckers under the first strong branch directly below the first flower cluster. ![]() For tall indeterminates, consider short extensions or pruning once they outgrow a manageable size for easy harvest. TRELLISING: Basket-weave by pounding 5–6' stakes every 2–3 plants, using heavier t-posts intermittently and at ends of beds. Water seedlings with a high-phosphate fertilizer solution at planting to help boost early yields. Plant deeply to encourage adventitious rooting. In rows 4–6' apart, space determinates 12–24" and indeterminates 24–36". Avoid exposing unprotected plants to consecutive nightly temperatures below 45☏ (7☌). For earliest crop, plant under row cover around last frost date. Supplemental lights and lower night temps control stretching. Grow at constant 60–70☏ (16–21☌) temp and use complete fertilizer until hardened-off. At first true leaf, pot-up to 50-cell trays or 4" pots, depending on expected transplant timing. Keep mix at 75–85☏ (24–29☌) with moderate moisture. About 5–6 weeks before transplanting, sow 1/4" deep in 20-row flats with 20 seeds/row, or in 200-cell trays with 1 seed/cell lightly cover. TRANSPLANTING: Don't start too early-leggy, root-bound, or flowering transplants can cause stunting and reduce early production. Tomatoes typically germinate in 5–7 days. For short determinates, succession-plant every 4–6 weeks. Fertilize accurately since excess nitrogen causes rampant growth, rot, and delayed ripening. ![]() CULTURE: Medium-rich soil with pH 6.0–6.8 preferred. INDETERMINATE (Climbing): Varieties should be staked, trellised, or caged, and pruned for best results fruit ripens over an extended period. We will sow the seed, nurture the seedlings and pot them on so that you will receive large 9cm potted plants ready for planting into growbags, greenhouse borders, outside or into baskets.SCIENTIFIC NAME: Solanum lycopersicum DETERMINATE (Bush): Varieties do not need pruning and may be grown with or without support fruit ripens within a concentrated time period. Tomatoes come in all shapes and sizes and there is always a space for a few varieties, whether indoors in the greenhouse, outside in the garden or on the patio. Indeterminate.Īlmost too well known to need an introduction, our love affair with tomatoes has never been stronger. The fruits are sweet and succulent with a high sugar content and real tomato zing. It’s resistant to early and late blight as well as cracking, verticillium and fusarium wilt. Mountain Magic F1 (Medium)- The most blight resistant tomato we’ve ever seen and the only variety to come through our blight trial unscathed. The sweet tasting fruits are produced in abundance and taste absolutely delicious. Losetto (Cherry) - Resistance to blight is one of the major benefits of this cascading ‘bush’ tomato. ![]() Bred for outdoor growing but can be grown at home indoors too! Indeterminate. The collection contains 1 plant each of the following varieties:Ĭrimson Crush F1 (Large)- As well as being resistant to blight this variety provides high yields of great tasting tomatoes weighing up to 200g/4.5lb. Whether outside in the garden or indoors in the greenhouse, we know you will enjoy harvesting these delicious varieties well into the autumn without the fear of blight.The collection contains 3 x 9cm potted plants which all have strong disease resistant qualities. These modern hybrids are all bred for their great taste and unique blight resistance.
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