Brandywine rot

Season Overview

Description

Meat tomato "Brandywine red" (Solanum lycopersicum) This Brandywine variety, which produces red fruits with the delicious "original" tomato flavor, has been known to have been cultivated since around 1880. The plants are extremely productive and produce 300 - 500 gram fruits that can be harvested until the first frosts. Ripening time: approx. 80 days.

Growing tips

Tomatoes require a lot of light, warmth, water and nutrients. They are grown from seed on the windowsill from March. The seedlings should be planted deep, up to the first leaf base, so that the root system is enlarged by additional lateral roots. Unlike most other crops, tomatoes should always be planted in the same place. The plants also need wooden/corrugated wire rods or a trellis to which you regularly tie them. This is the only way they can support the weight of the fruit. You should regularly break out the side shoots that form in the leaf axils. This is because they do not bear fruit and take away the plant's energy to concentrate on producing lots of fruit. Under-sowing with low-growing plants is a good option.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Very humid

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

50 cm

Row spacing

100 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm