Gardeners Delight

Variety

Gardeners Delight

created by Chegwidden at 27.01.2021

Seeds

Not Available

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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F

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M

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Description

The old variety Gardeners Delight from 1950 is one of the most popular cocktail tomatoes in the world and is very productive and particularly tasty. The burst-resistant fruits taste fruity-sweet. For single fruit and panicle harvesting. The stake tomato bears about 2.5-4cm large fruits. With about 150-180cm height of growth, it is considered rich-bearing and is suitable for cultivation both in the greenhouse, as well as in the open field.

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

Germination in 8-14 days at 18-25°C. Sow only thinly cover with soil. Plant out the pre-cultivated seedlings only after the last frost. Cultivation on canes is done with one shoot or with a side shoot. For more tips on cultivation, see the Cocktail Tomato.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

50 cm

Row spacing

80 cm

Seeding depth

0.5-1 cm

Diseases

Grey mold

Early blight of potato

Pests

Thrips

Aphids

Spider mites

White fly

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