Quick facts
- Heat tolerant
- Great for sandwiches and hamburgers
- Mid-season tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
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70 days, Determinate. What a harvest! These are the best tomatoes for hamburgers! This mid-season tomato was specifically bred in Florida to be heat-tolerant and did great in our hot and arid field. Crack resistant and disease resistant, tasty fruits grow in clusters of 2-4 fruit and are blemish free and perfect for a market or home garden. Resistant to bacterial wilt. A bit of its story: Developed in 1999 by Dr. J. W. Scott at the U. of Florida and first released to Southern Exposure Seed. This tomato is part of our heat tolerant tomato package. |
How to grow it:
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Germ Temp |
Indoor Start |
Germ Days |
Frost Tolerant |
Sun |
Seed Depth |
Plant/Row Spacing |
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65-85 |
4-6 w. |
6-9 d. |
No |
Full |
1/8” |
24”/36” |
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Start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before average last frost date. Plant seeds in sterile potting soil and provide 7-10 hours of direct light each day. Thin to the strongest plant per pot. Transplant 24"-36" apart in full sun, benefits from trellising. Harvest tomatoes at full red. Suitable for container gardens. 'Neptune' benefits from some organic fertilizer application, such as fish emulsion. Seed specs: Packet size- 30 min. |