Tomato - Brandywine Red

Product Info

Heirloom tomato known for it's exotic, sweet flavor. Compact plant, potato leaf habit. Large fruit, inconsistantly shaped, with pinkish-red flesh. Fruit ripens gradually over the season. To reduce cracking, pick early and allow to ripen indoors. Stake or cage for best production. Indeterminate habit.

Water:	Water regularly for 1 week after setting plants in the garden. Tomatoes need at least 1" of water per week, maybe more depending on the weather. Water early in the day, deeply at the roots. Avoid splashing on leaves as moisture retained on foliage overnight could trigger disease on your tomatoes. Do not overwater.
Mature:	90 days
Harvest:	Prone to green and ribbed shoulders and some cracking. You can reduce this damage by picking early and ripening indoors. Take a ripe apple and place it in a paper bag with your tomatoes. The apple give off ethylene gas which will help ripen the fruit.
Exposure:	Full Sun
Spacing:	24"-36" apart
Soil pH:	5.5-7.0

NOTICE: Please note that not all plants are available all the time. The color and size can vary from photographs.