Organic tomato
Tomato 'Moneymaker'
Common Name: Organic tomato
Genus: Tomato
Cultivar: 'Moneymaker'
Category: Fruit & Vegetables
Height: 1.50 m (150 cm)
Spread: 0.45 m (45 cm)
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile and well drained with added organic matter
- Rate of growth: fast
- Hardiness: tender
Incredibly popular and very reliable this variety will produce plenty of fruit throughout the summer. Ideal for growing outdoors after all frost has passed or under glass. - Growing Instructions:
Sow from March to May in pots or trays on the surface of barely moist seed compost and cover with a sprinkling of finely sieved compost. Place in a propagator at 18-20C until germination which usually takes up to 10 days. Transplant the seedlings into small pots or cells and grow on until they are about 10cm high then after all risk of frost has passed they can be planted outdoors 60cm apart. Alternatively pot them into growbag or container and keep in the greenhouse. Support the plant with a stout canes as it grows and remove shoots between the leaf axils (sideshoots) regularly. The fruits will be ready from July to October and picking the crop regularly wil help to extend the season.
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