Lycopersicon lycopersicumThe first ripe , blue tomato of summertime is a scrumptious milepost of the season for gardeners . Each year we quiz and evaluate more than 250 tomato motley to bring you the most flavorful , well perform selections , for every desired use . An raiment of food and antioxidants including the particularly potent lycopene , discover in its highest compactness in tomato plant , defend healthy eyesight , cardiovascular wellness , malignant neoplastic disease - fight capacitance , and more . daytime to maturity are calculated from escort of graft . Culture•Determinate tomato : grow succinctly , sprawling laterally , usually do not require staking , and fruit ripens over a curt menstruation of time•Indeterminate tomatoes : grow on prospicient vine , generally require clip to 1 or 2 leaders that need to be trellised• Fertile , well - drained bring up seam get across with plastic mulch kick upstairs former growth and better yields• Tomatoes are high feeders and will benefit from regular fertilization with Age Old Bloom• To prevent blossom goal rot use a high calcium amendment• Overwatering can cause yield to crackDirect Sowing• Not recommendedTransplanting• Sow seeds in tray 6 - 8 hebdomad before foretell transplant date ; up - pot into 3 - 4 inch stack when the first set of true leaves appears• hard 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 aside , indeterminates 24 - 36 inches apart• Tomatoes can be buried up to the top 2 sets of leaves• Use Kozy - Coats or Victorian Bell Cloches to protect young plantsInsects & Diseases•Common insects : Flea beetle and tomato hornworms•Insect command : Pyrethrin or course cover for flea mallet , and Monterey B.t . for tomato hornworms•Common diseases : early on and recent blight•Disease bar : A hard-and-fast 3 - 4 yr revolution , absent vines at the end of the class , fungicideHarvest & Storage• Harvest when in full ripe , do not refrigerate for good flavor• Green yield should be ripened in a cool , dark area ; make indisputable fruit are not touchingKEY TO TOMATO DISEASE RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE• HR bespeak high resistance.• IR indicates average resistance.• Aal | Alternaria Stem Canker• AB | Early ( Alternaria ) Blight• B | Bacterial Wilt• F * | Fusarium Wilt• FOR | Fusarium Crown and Root Rot• L | Gray Leaf Spot• LB * | Late Blight• LM * | Leaf Mold• N | Roundworm | Nematode• Pf * | Leaf Mold |Passalora fulva• PL | Corky Root Rot• PST * | Bacterial Speck• RK | Root - Knot• TMV | Tobacco Mosaic Virus• ToANV * | Tomato Apex Necrotic Virus• ToMV * | Tomato Mosaic Virus• TSWV | Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus• TYLCV | Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus• V * | Verticillium Wilt * Numbers and letter indicate specific disease slipstream .
Physalisspp . These tasty summer treats are even more mineral - obtuse than tomato , packed with unique phytochemical and flavonoids . Days to maturity are calculated from date of transplant . Culture• Fertile , well run out , raised bed covered with plastic mulch raise other ontogeny and better yields• Tomatillos & Ground Cherries are high feeders and will profit from regular impregnation with Age Old Bloom• Overwatering can cause fruit to crackDirect Sowing• Not recommendedTransplanting• Sow seeds in tray 6 - 8 weeks before anticipated graft engagement ; transplant into 3 - 4 column inch mickle when the first set of true leave appears• Strong light and cool temperature ( 60 - 70 ° farad ) preclude plants from get leggy• Fertilize with Age Old Grow every 10 - 14 days• When transplanting work in compost , 1/2 cup of TSC ’s utter plant food , and handful of bone meal• Can be buried up to the top 2 set of leaves• Use Kozy - Coats or Victorian Bell Cloches to protect young plantsInsects & Diseases• Common insect : Flea beetles and tomato hornworms• Insect control condition : Pyrethrin or row blanket for flea beetles , and Monterey B.t . for tomato hornworms• Common disease : Early and late blight• Disease prevention : A stern 3 - 4 twelvemonth gyration , remove vines at the end of the year , fungicideHarvest & Storage• Tomatillos : ripe when papery husk has dried up or folded back to reveal plump fruit• Ground Cherries : ripe yield will fall to the ground• Do not refrigerate for best flavorSeed Count• Tomatillo : approximately 60 - 65 seeds per 1/8 Hans C. J. Gram , about 500 seeds per gram• Ground cherry tree : just about 150 seeds per 1/8 gram , about 1200 seeds per Hans C. J. Gram ; 7 grams per 1/4 ounce
