Velvet Red Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum | SKU: 1226A
$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
Item Details
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.