Velvet Red Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum | SKU: 1226A
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$3.25 to $9.75
  • Organic
  • Winner of the 2009 Tomato Tasting at SSE’s Heritage Farm
  • Red cherry tomatoes grow to 1 inch
  • Excellent sweet flavor
  • Silvery-gray foliage
  • Heavy yields
  • Indeterminate - Fruit ripens throughout the season
  • 75-80 days from transplant

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Winner of the 2009 Tomato Tasting at SSE’s Heritage Farm. From SSE member Joe Bratka of Elmwood, New Jersey. Striking silvery gray dusty miller-type foliage. Heavy yields of 1" cherry tomatoes, excellent sweet flavor. Occasionally a non-silvery plant will appear. Indeterminate, 75-80 days from transplant.

Learn to Grow Velvet Red Tomato

Start Indoors: 6 weeks before last frost

Germination: 7-14 Days

Plant Outdoors: 24-36” Apart

Support: Cage, stake, or trellis

Instructions - Sow seeds indoors ¼" deep. Tomatoes are sensitive to freezing temperatures, so wait to transplant outdoors until the soil is warm. Plant in full sun.

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Nice flavor and good size, but there weren’t as many fruits on the plants as I’d expected. I did enjoy them though, so I’m giving them a go again this year.

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