Gardeners Delight / Benarys Gartenfreunde / Sugar Lump

Approved Data

created by Chegwidden at 27.01.2021

Features

Color

red

Taste

fruity

sweet

Location

planting: greenhouse

planting: bed

planting: outdoor

Resistances

Place fix

Growth habit

growth habit: high

harvest: profitable

Cultivation Break

4 Years

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

J

F

M

A

M

J

A

S

O

N

D

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 2.5-4 cm/1-1.6 in large fruits. With about 150-180 cm/59-70.1 in 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/64-77°F. 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.