Description
Even if you’ve never seen it before, the red pear tomato isn’t a new variety! In fact, it originates to colonial times. These 1-2″ cherry tomatoes in a pear or teardrop shape can be popped right into your mouth or used for making sauces, roasting, and more. Indeterminate.
Tomato – Red Pear – Solanum lycopersicum
Soil & Water: Give fertile soil rich in organic matter. Add plenty of compost prior to planting. Soil pH is preferred between 5.5-7.0. Water deeply and consistently to avoid blossom end rot.
Planting & Growing: Sow seeds in flats 6-8 weeks before the last frost and thin to 2″ after the first true leaves appear. Before transplanting after the last frost, harden off the plants by placing them outdoors for a few hours moving up to a full day of sunlight.
Harvesting & Storage: Harvest when individual fruits give slightly under finger pressure; the shoulders may not have changed color yet.
Soil Temperature: 70-85F
Planting Depth: 1/4″
Germination: 7-10 Days
Height At Maturity: 36-96″
Days To Maturity: 70 Days
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Spacing After Thinning: 18-36″
Approx Seeds per Pack: 25 Seeds
Product image(s) via: Urban Farmer, Eden Bros
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