TOMATO POMODORO SQUISITO 20 seeds
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72 days. A true fingertip-kissing sauce tomato! This San Marzano hybrid produces heaps of luscious fruit for all your sauce, ketchup and soup needs. Vigorous, indeterminate plants set heavy clusters of 6-8, elongated deep red fruit with thick meat, a minimal seed cavity and well-developed flavor. We especially love Pomodoro Squisito’s resistance to blossom-end rot for a San Marzano type. HR: F 0-1, ToMV, V. IR: TYLCV.
KEY TO TOMATO DISEASE RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE
• HR indicates high resistance.
• F* | Fusarium Wilt
• ToMV* | Tomato Mosaic Virus
• V* | Verticillium Wilt
• IR indicates intermediate resistance.
• TYLCV | Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
| Soil Temp for Germ | 70-90°F |
| Seed Depth | 1/4" |
| Days to Emergence | 6-14 |
| Soil Temp for Transp | 55°F |
| Plant Spacing | See below |
| Row Spacing | 3-4' |
| Fertilizer Needs | High |
| Minimum Germination | 80% |
| Seeds per Gram | ≈ 280-320 |
| Seed Life | 3 years |
Lycopersicon lycopersicum The first ripe, juicy tomato of summer is a delicious milestone of the season for gardeners. Each year we test and evaluate more than 250 tomato varieties to bring you the most flavorful, best performing selections, for every desired use. An array of nutrients and antioxidants including the especially potent lycopene, found in its highest concentration in tomatoes, supports healthy eyesight, cardiovascular health, cancer-fighting capacity, and more.
Days to maturity are calculated from date of transplant.
Culture
• Determinate tomatoes: grow compactly, sprawling laterally, usually do not require staking, and fruit ripens over a short period of time
• Indeterminate tomatoes: grow on long vines, generally require pruning to 1 or 2 leaders that need to be trellised
• Fertile, well drained raised beds covered with plastic mulch promote early growth and better yields
• Tomatoes are high feeders and will benefit from regular fertilization with Age Old Bloom
• To prevent blossom end rot use a high calcium amendment
• Overwatering can cause fruit to crack
Direct Sowing
• Not recommended
Transplanting
• Sow seeds in trays 6-8 weeks before anticipated transplant date; up-pot into 3-4 inch pots when the first set of true leaves appears
• Strong light and cooler temperatures (60-70°F) prevent plants from getting leggy
• Fertilize with Age Old Grow every 10-14 days
• When transplanting work in compost, 1/2 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer, and handful of bone meal
• Determinates can be spaced 18-24 inches apart, indeterminates 24-36 inches apart
• Tomatoes can be buried up to the top 2 sets of leaves