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Vegetable Planting Calendar
Tomato
Rich in vitamins C
When selecting tomato transplants, choose healthy plants without any blooms. If the tomato plants have blooms or, worse, fruit before you transplant, pinch off the flowers or fruit. If tomatoes set fruit before the plant gets large enough - that is, produces enough leaves - the fruit is small and tasteless. Removing flowers or premature fruit allows the plant to produce more leaves that will make larger tomatoes throughout the growing season. The formula for successful tomato production is quite simple: Healthy leaves equal tasty fruit.- Because they are hidden from view, roots are often ignored. The tomato transplant should have a healthy root system. Vigorous roots are white without any sign of decay. Ideally, a to- mato transplant should be grown in a four-inch pot. If you use a peat pot for transplanting, place the rim of the pot below the soil line, and tear the pot slightly to aid in decomposition of the pressed peat.
- Deep planting of tomatoes can be beneficial. Research has shown that planting up to the first true leaves of a tomato transplant can improve yield. If you are using cages to train your tomatoes, mulch before you place the cages around the plant. Also, spacing can vary depending on the method of training.
- If you choose to individually stake each plant, space two feet between each plant. Plants in cages can be spaced three feet apart.
- Prune off the lower stx inches of leaves. This will improve air circulation around the plant and prevent certain harmful diseases that develop when the tomato sets fruit.
- Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 3 to 5 plants
- Approximate planting per person per year, process, 5 to 10 plants
- 0.125 ounce of seeds for 100 feet of rowfor direct seeding. Normally planted in the garden as plants.
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 48 inches not staked
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 42 inches staked
- Minimum row space if using field implements, 60 inches
- 36 inches between plants in row if not staked
- 18 inches between plants in row if staked
- 75 to 90 days from planting to eating stage not staked
- 70 to 75 days from planting to eating stage staked
- 1,100 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
- 23 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
- Recommended varieties
- Avalanche
Fusarium wilt (Race 1) resistant
70 days from transplanting to harvest
Medium-large, crack resistant, productive
- Beefmaster
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1) resistant
Root knot nematode resistant
80 days from transplanting to harvest
Large red beefstake type
- Better Boy
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1) resistant
Root knot nematode resistant
70 days from transplanting to harvest
Medium-large, very popular
- Big Beef
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1 and 2) resistant
Root knot nematode resistant
Tobacco mosaic virus resistant
73 days from transplanting to harvest
Large fruit, smooth, indeterminate
- Carolina Gold
Yellow fruit, grey wall resistance
- Celebrity
Alternaria stem canker resistant
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1 and 2) resistant
Root knot nematode resistant
Tobacco mosaic virus resistant
Gray leaf spot (stemphylium) resistant
70 days from transplanting to harvest
Mid-early, determinate vine, smooth; fair cracking resistance
- Floralina
Mid-season
Excellent quality
- Florida 47
Mid-season
Heat set
- Florida 91
Mid-season
Excellent quality
- Jet Star
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1) resistant 70 days from transplanting to harvest
Productive, smooth, low acid
- Mountain Delight
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1 and 2) resistant
Mid-season; good cracking resistance
- Mountain Fresh
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1 and 2) resistant
Mid-season; good cracking resistance
- Mountain Spring
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1 and 2) resistant
Midseason; excellent cracking resistance
- Mountain Supreme
Verticillium wilt resistant
Fusarium wilt (Race 1 and 2) resistant
Mid-season; early blight tolerance
- Show-Me
Fusarium wilt (Race 1) resistant
72 days from transplanting to harvest
Medium to large; crack resistant, productive
- Related pages
- Recommended planting dates
- South Missouri
April 20 to May 10
- Central Missouri
May 10 to 20
- North Missouri
May 15 to 30
G6201, revised April 2000
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