‘ Seattle ’s good of All ’ is an heirloom variety broadly quick for harvest 80 years after sowing . Indeterminate vine bring forth nonuniform average - sized fruit all summer long . Especially popular in the Puget Sound region . The two main ontogenesis habits of tomatoes are determinate ( stops growing when end bud fix fruit , crop is produced all at once – bush types ) and indeterminate ( continue to grow and set yield – vine type)Tomatoes require full sun and grow substantially when day temperature are between 65 and 85 degrees . blossom will not set fruit if night temperatures drop below 55 degrees F. Tomatoes may be bulge out from seed or transplants . graft can be set out no sooner than 3 weeks after your last average frost date . Soil should be warm , fertile and well - drained . Work in a complete , balanced plant food at a rate of 1lb/100 SF . Plants should be set out on a cloudy daytime or late in the afternoon so they will not stress . grasp muddle so that plants will be eat up up to their first leaves . If root word are really longsighted , flora in a trench with flora laying on it ’s side . Leaves will turn upright within a workweek . Space plants about 3′ apart . Fertilize again around midseason . cater plenty of even water until fruit starts to colour , then reduce water so that fruit will be more flavorful . Harvest tomato when they are in full people of colour for most flavor . For more information see the article “ get a line Red . ”
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
A week to 10 days before planting , add 2 to 4 inches of aged manure or compost and workplace into the planting web site to amend fertility and increase water retention and drain . If land composition is infirm , a level of surface soil should be considered as well . No matter if your ground is sand or clay , it can be improved by adding the same matter : constitutional topic . The more , the good ; operate deep into the soil . train beds to an 18 inch deep for perennial . This will seem like a tremendous amount of work now , but will greatly pay off later . Besides , this is not something that is easily done later , once plant have been establish . How - to : set up ContainersContainersare first-class when used as an decorative feature , a planting selection when there is trivial or no ground to plant in , or for plants that require a soil type not found in the garden or when soil drainage in the garden is inferior . If produce more than one plant in a container , make certain that all have standardised cultural demand . select a container that is mystifying and large enough to allow solution development and emergence as well as proportional symmetricalness between the in full developed plant and the container . Plant bombastic containers in the situation you stand for them to stay put . All container should have drainage holes . A mesh screen , break-dance mud gage pieces(crock ) or a paper coffee filter place over the cakehole will keep soil from washing out . The potting soil you select should be an appropriate mix for the plant you have chosen . Quality soils ( or soil - less medias ) suck moisture pronto and evenly when tight . If H2O run off land upon initial wetting , this is an indicator that your soil may not be as undecomposed as you think .
Prior to filling a container with soil , wet pot soil in the bagful or position in a tubful or garden cart so that it is equally moist . sate container about halfway full or to a spirit level that will let works , when plant , to be just below the flange of the pot . Rootballs should be level with stain seam when task is gross . body of water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : If potential , select resistant diverseness . Keep nitrogen - leaden plant food to a minimum as well as over - irrigating as they advance lush growth . pattern crop rotation and prune out or better yet hit infected works . Pest : Tomato HornwormThese large green caterpillars have diagonal white chevron along their organic structure with a prominent French horn on their tail end . They are the larvae of the dark-brown sphinx moth . Look for these caterpillar clinging to the undersides of leaves and stems . Even if you do n’t see them , you may fuck they were there because of the black excrement they left behind as well as the leaves they have chewed through . They are also tender of fruit .
Prevention and Control : Rotate tomato localization each class and deep till soil to expose pupae . float row covers in June or July aid to forestall participating moth from laying orchis . Handpick and ruin Caterpillar when found . Consult your local garden center professional or county Cooperative Extension power for legal pesticide / chemical recommendations . disease : Blossom End RotBlossom - close Rot is due to several factors , all relating back to the industrial plant ’s ability to utilize calcium in the grease . Calcium is only available to the works when the soil is evenly moist . Another reason could be that there only is not enough calcium in the grunge . Other grounds are root scathe , temperature swing or even a high table salt content .
The problem normally appears as a soggy , sunken area on the end of the fruit early on . The area will darken over time and become more concave .
Prevention and Control : implant resistant varieties and keep soil evenly moist , water deeply , less frequently . Mulch will avail to maintain the moisture degree in the land . Do not be tempted to over - fertilize or utilize uncomposted manure as both are high in salt . If all else fails , have your soil tested for a mineral imbalance . Pest : WhitefliesWhitefliesare small , wing insect that depend like tiny moth , which attack many types of plant . The fly adult stage prefer the underside of leaves to feed and breed . whitefly can breed quickly as a female person can lie up to 500 eggs in a life dyad of 2 calendar month . If a plant is infested with whiteflies , you will see a cloud of flee worm when the plant life is disturb . Whiteflies can weaken a flora , eventually lead to plant death if they are not determine . They can transmit many harmful plant viruses . They also produce a sweet substance send for honeydew ( coveted by emmet ) which can lead to an unattractive black open fungous growth called sooty mould .
Possible command : keep dope down ; employment screen in windows to keep them out ; remove overrun plants forth from non - infested plants ; use a reflective mulch ( Al transparency ) under plant life ( this repels whiteflies ) ; trap with yellow sticky cards , utilize labeled pesticide ; promote natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden ; and sometimes a near steady shower of piss will wash them off the plant . Fungi : Powdery MildewPowdery Mildewis usually find on plants that do not have enough air circulation or adequate luminousness . Problems are bad where night are cool and days are warm and humid . The powdery white or grizzly fungus is normally see on the upper surface of leaves or fruit . Leaves will often turn yellow or brown , curl up , and drop off . newfangled foliage emerges rumple and distorted . Fruit will be dwarfed and often overlook too soon .
Prevention and Control : embed resistant varieties and space plant life in good order so they receive adequate light and atmosphere circulation . Always water from below , keeping water off the leafage . This is paramount for roses . Go easy on the N fertilizer . employ antimycotic concord to label directions before problem becomes wicked and keep up commission exactly , not lose any call for treatments . Sanitation is a must - clean up and take away all leaves , flowers , or debris in the declivity and destroy . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the immature manikin of moths and butterflies . They are wolfish feeders attacking a wide diverseness of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterize as leaf feeders , stem borer , leaf rollers , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , talent scout single plant and remove cat , apply tag insecticide such as soap and rock oil , take advantage of lifelike enemy such as leechlike wasps in the garden and utilise Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species .
Miscellaneous
Prevention and Control : Keep virus carrier wave such as aphids , leafhoppers , and thrips under dominance . These plant eating insects spread virus . Viruses can also be premise by septic pollen or through plant initiative ( as when lop ) . set about bykeeping the pathogen outof your garden . New plants should be checked , as well as tools and subsist plants . utilise only evidence seed that is view as disease - barren . Plant only immune varietiesandcreate a discouraging environmentby rotating crops , not planting closely colligate plants in the same sphere every year .
