SAFLAX Gift Set - Tomato - Pink Brandywine - and 50 similar items

SAFLAX Gift Set - Tomato - Pink Brandywine - Lycopersicon esculentum - 10 seeds - With gift box, card, label and potting substrate The tomato of the Amish People for more than 200 years Mail a growing gift to a friend. Coming with the seeds you chose, a little box (17 x 12 x 2 cm) ready to mail, sticker to label the box, greeting card for your personal notes and germfree and permeable potting substrate based on coconut fiber (dried block) in a stand-up bag. This way your friend will be ready to start right away when your gift arrives. The rich and resilient variety Pink Brandywine is the mother of all Brandywine species and its cultivation goes back 200 years to the Amish People. The Pink Brandywine is top ranked for tastiness in the USA and a yardstick for all other varieties. Its main characteristics are the potato-shaped leaves, big blossoms and up to one pound weighing, pink-red, juicy fruits. The juicy Pink Brandywine contains firm fruit pulp and is nicely suited for sauces (sugo) and other tomato dishes. A good restaurant kitchen uses the Pink Brandywine to add a final touch to its Italian dishes. Natural Location: Cultivation: Since tomato plants should only be planted out from mid May after the last nightly frosts, it is advisable to start propagation in mid or end of March in a bright and warm room indoors. Tomato plants germinate rather quickly and you dont need to start propagation earlier than that. When the outdoor temperatures are high enough, the plants will be strong and ready for planting out. Spread the seeds about 2 cm apart from each other onto moist potting compost, put just a little compost earth on top and moisten the earth again by using a water sprayer. Cover the seed container with clear film to prevent the earth from drying out, but dont forget to make some holes in the clear film and take it every second or third day completely off for about 2 hours. That way you avoid mold formation on your potting compost. Place the seed container somewhere bright and warm with a temperature between 20C and 24 Celsius and keep the earth moist, but not wet. The first seedlings should come up after one or two weeks. Now, you can remove the clear film and keep the sprouts somewhat cool and as bright as possible, but not in the full midday sun. As soon as the seedlings develop the second pair of leaves, you can prick out until the first leave pair, and plant the sprouts into small 10 cm pots with potting earth for tomato plants and a bottom hole. Be gentle with the fine roots and dont forget to modestly water the fresh soil. Place: Care: As soon as the tomato plant grows higher than 10 cm, you need to provide a wooden stick as a stabilizer, and during the day you can already keep the plants outdoors with at least 5 Celsius for acclimatization. After the Ice Saints in mid May, you can plant the tomatoes in a full sunny spot and about 75 cm apart from each other into the garden bed or in a bigger pot. The pot should have at least 10 litres of earth and a good drainage. The tomato plants need a strong and firmly fixed strut or tomato stakes from the garden centre. A rain-sheltered and wind-protected place would be ideal for cultivation. Water the plant regularly and evenly, so it can adapt to the amount of water given. The most important part of the care is now the ongoing cutting of the sideshoots, particularly between the stem and the base of the branches, so that the main sprout has enough light and strength for development. The aerial part of the plant grows rather slow during the first weeks since the tomato strongly develops its rooting first. You can give standard fertilizer for tomato plants, but the first time not earlier than four weeks from planting out, and the second time another four weeks later. During Winter: Bonsai ability: No Caution: Tomatoes are part of the nightshade family. Plant parts are poisonous. But of course, not the fruit. Picture credits: Because of technical limitations links to picture rights are written as text. 43424-lycopersicon-esculentum-K-VS-A.jpg - Frank Laue - Saflax - saflax.de/copyright 12403-geschenk-gift-cadeau-regalo.jpg - Frank Laue - Saflax - saflax.de/copyright 13424-lycopersicon-esculentum-K-RS-A.jpg - Frank Laue - Saflax - saflax.de/copyright 13424-31-Lycopersicon-esculentum.jpg - Christina Dong - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -