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Practical Horticulture for Busy People.
Tomatoes
About This Plant...
Family:
Solanaceae
Genus and species:
Lycopersicon lycopersicum
Growing Season:
summer
Indoor Sowing...
Time needed to reach transplant size:
6-8 weeks
When to transplant to garden:
1 to 2 weeks after last spring frost
Outdoor Sowing...
When to sow outdoors:
after last spring frost, if your season is long
Other Sowing Guidelines...
Approx. germination time:
6-14 days
Germination temp.:
60-85 degrees F.
Sowing depth:
1/4 inch
Days to maturity:
53-90 days from transplant
Transplanting Guidelines...
Spacing between plants:
12-24 inches
Spacing between rows:
36-48 inches
Growing On...
Pests:
tomato hornworm, tomato fruitworm, stinkbugs, cutworms, aphids, Colorado potato beetles, flea beetles, whiteflies
Diseases:
fusarium wilt, verticillium wilt, early blight, late blight, nematodes, curly top virus, anthracnose, bacterial spot, tobacco mosaic virus
Harvest:
when fully colored and firm
Growing tips:
plant disease-resistant varieties; set up stakes or cages at the time of transplanting to garden
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