Orange King Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Price: $2.95
SKU: 340154185 days, semi-determinate - 'Orange King' has beautiful, compact plants that tend to be loaded with flowers. A case of "not judging a book by its cover," they taste like a good red tomato; tart but mild and not sweet like you might expect from an orange variety. The fruit are four to eleven ounces each, oblate-shaped, and a bright orange color inside and out. The juice looks like orange juice.
Bred as a cross of 'New Hampshire Victor' and an orange sport of 'Scarlet Dawn' by Dr. Albert F. Yeager, Department of Horticulture, University of New Hampshire and released in 1943. Sent to us by David Pendergrass from USDA ARS accession number NSL 6884.
Bred as a cross of 'New Hampshire Victor' and an orange sport of 'Scarlet Dawn' by Dr. Albert F. Yeager, Department of Horticulture, University of New Hampshire and released in 1943. Sent to us by David Pendergrass from USDA ARS accession number NSL 6884.
Fruit Color: Orange
Fruit Color: Yellow
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Growth Habit: Determinate
Fruit Color: Yellow
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.
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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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★★★☆☆ Fairly tasty and attractive tomato
By Chelsea Clarey on March 15, 2017
By Chelsea Clarey on March 15, 2017
You'll notice the difference in the semi-determinate plant, as it finished about seven weeks earlier than the indeterminate plants alongside it. Started indoors in March, it yielded for a few weeks in June and July. My family found that the tartness made it less pleasant to eat than other yellow/orange varieties -- We preferred 'Jubilee' -- but it gave us several tasty fruit despite a rough watering and weather year.
