Italia
1300 - TOMATO -RIO GRANDE-
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Vigorous plant with high yielding. Egg-shaped fruits with resistant rind, dense flesh with an intense color. Suitable for paste and peeled tomatoes as well as for drying: well-mature fruits are sliced and dried are vitamin rich and with a good winter storage ability.
Determinate: supports are not necessary.
Determinate: supports are not necessary.
Family Solanaceae
Sowing in the ground or in seedbeds. The availability of precocious varieties and suitable for growing indoor allows sowing for a long period of the year. Generally, it is sown in seedbeds in late winter-early spring.
Transplanting: Once the plant is manageable, transplant it into pots of 8 cm to help the formation of good roots and gets planted in late April-early May outdoors. In very hot areas, for a late harvest, you can plant outdoors in June.
Distance: for growing family: between rows 60-90 cm, 45-60 cm on the row.
Tips: do not grow tomatoes in the same position before four years and not be preceded or followed by other Solanaceae. Remove all lateral shoots when they are 3 cm long, remove all leaves below the lowest stage of fruits. Indeterminate varieties require mandatory Supports high.
Seed needed: about 3g per square meter of seedbed; 15-20 g per 100 square meters planted.
PLANT DETERMINED: backups are not essential
PLANT INDETERMINED: needs support.