Cal Ace Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Price: $2.95
SKU: 340206180 days, semi-determinate - 'Cal Ace', also seen marketed as "Cal-Ace," is an improved version of 'Ace'. It tends to be a bit earlier maturing, has thicker walls, and exhibits better disease resistance that the original. Another positive trait is its ability to set fruit (pollinate) in warmer weather where other varieties might drop its blossoms.
The fruit are oblate-shaped, smooth skinned, ripen uniformly and are meaty and sweet. Although developed as a variety for production farms, it is also an excellent choice for smaller market growers and home gardeners. We often raise this one in our family's "kitchen garden" and enjoy it from early mid-season until the first frost takes them. Nothing like garden fresh tomato sandwiches in October.
It was submitted to the National Seed Storage Lab in 1971, by the now defunct Petoseed Company, and assigned the USDA accession number PI 645372.
The fruit are oblate-shaped, smooth skinned, ripen uniformly and are meaty and sweet. Although developed as a variety for production farms, it is also an excellent choice for smaller market growers and home gardeners. We often raise this one in our family's "kitchen garden" and enjoy it from early mid-season until the first frost takes them. Nothing like garden fresh tomato sandwiches in October.
It was submitted to the National Seed Storage Lab in 1971, by the now defunct Petoseed Company, and assigned the USDA accession number PI 645372.
Fruit Color: Red
Special Groups: Market Growers
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Growth Habit: Determinate
Special Groups: Market Growers
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Growth Habit: Determinate
Sow seeds indoors (do not direct sow into the garden), using sterile seed starting mix, 6 to 8 weeks before your last expected frost date. Plant 1/4" deep, water lightly but keep moist until emergence.
Full light and cooler temps (60° to 70°) will help to prevent the seedlings from becoming too leggy. If plants become rootbound before you can safely set them into the ground, transplant them into larger pots.
Harden off plants before planting outside. Young plants are very susceptible to frost and sunburn damage. Avoid too much nitrogen. Water evenly but not in excess.
Click here to view our full tomato growing guide.
Full light and cooler temps (60° to 70°) will help to prevent the seedlings from becoming too leggy. If plants become rootbound before you can safely set them into the ground, transplant them into larger pots.
Harden off plants before planting outside. Young plants are very susceptible to frost and sunburn damage. Avoid too much nitrogen. Water evenly but not in excess.
Click here to view our full tomato growing guide.
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