Exserted Orange Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Price: $3.45
SKU: 34043721This is a new tomato from the work of well-known landrace breeder Joseph Lofthouse in collaboration with William Schlegel. This tomato has especially open and exserted flowers, meaning the stigma tends to protrude out of the flower, making it easier to cross pollinate by insects. For the purposes of landrace varieties, this feature makes it much more useful in breeding purposes.
William Schlegel wrote: "This tomato is the result of an open cross between determinate Big Hill which has open and exserted flowers and putatively an unknown orange indeterminate tomato in Malcolm Schraedenderfritz's garden in 2017. Fruit is variable in size, orange and bicolor fruits are both present. Plants may be determinate or indeterminate."
Fruit Color: Orange
Fruit Color: Yellow
Fruit Color: Yellow
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.
In an effort to keep this variety available to home gardeners, it has been released to the public under the Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI). You have the freedom to use these OSSI-Pledged seeds in any way you choose. In return, if you save seeds or use this variety to breed a new variety, you pledge not to restrict others' use of these seeds or their derivatives by patents or other means, and to include this pledge with any transfer of these seeds or their derivatives. To learn more about this program, click here.
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