TOMATOES BRANDYWINE - SEED

TOMATOES BRANDYWINE

Description
Brandywine Tomato Seeds 2385 Heirloom Vegetable. Very vigorous plants with distinctly potato plant like foliage produce deeply lobed, green shouldered, slightly purplish-red fruit weighing on average 250 g to 350 g (9-12 oz) although large fruit weighing upwards of 700 gr (1.5 lbs) are not uncommon. Indeterminate growth pattern (individual fruits ripen successively over many days).

How to Grow
350 seed/gram Sow seeds indoors about 6-8 weeks before last spring frost date – use a peat moss based growing mix for germination and growing seedlings. The temperature of the seeding mix should be 21-24 C (70 – 75 F) for prompt germination. When the seedlings are 4 cm (1.75″) high, transplant each into individual peat pots – reducing temperature to 15–18 C (59 – 65 F) until planting in the garden late May. After hardening off, transplant into well-drained organic soil 60 cm (24″) apart for determinate varieties and 90 cm (36″) apart for indeterminate varieties. Tomatoes need warmth, direct sunlight & a steady supply of water. Keep plants well-watered Apply the water to the soil rather than showering down over the plants. Rotate the crop position in the garden every year. Wait three years to use the same patch in the garden. Dig out and discard diseased plants. Do not compost. It is also very important to keep plants evenly watered as fluctuations in available soil moisture can lead to a host of problems such as fruit cracking or splitting, irregular fruiting and increasing the chance of blossom end rot developing. Apply a mulch of straw around plants to protect them from soil borne diseases and to help conserve soil moisture.

BLOOMING SEASON BEGINS
High Summer

LIFECYCLE
Tender Perennial Grown as an Annual

PROPAGATION
Start Indoors for an Earlier Crop or Sow Direct

DAYS TO EMERGENCE
10 to 14

LIGHT
Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT
Requires Support

HEIGHT
Medium Tall (50 to 100 cm)(20" to 39")

FROST TOLERANCE
Killed by Frost

DAYS TO HARVEST
80

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy

HERITAGE
Heirloom

FAMILY NAME
Solanaceae

LATIN
Solanum lycopersicum