Quick facts:
- Great for container gardens
- Very productive
- Persimmon-looking tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
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65-75 days, Determinate. Wonderful, blemish-free plum paste tomato with a triangular shape like a persimmon. Dwarf vines bear a concentrated harvest early and fruits ripen even in hotter, drier weather. Perfect for short seasons and small spaces, it was bred at Smithfield Experiment Farm in Ontario and introduced in 1981. Large for a plum tomato (2.5-3" diameter), 8 oz fruit or tomato sauces, flavor probably to mild to pass as a fresh eater. Tomato for the North. Though we've had no disease trouble, its said to be not tolerant of major tomato diseases. 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. Good for container gardens. Seed specs: Packet size- 30 min.
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