Prudens Purple Tomato, Heirloom, organic

Rivals Brandywine is the best-flavored heirloom tomato with a silky texture.

High Mowing Organic Seeds - Pruden's is not really purple, but rather a deep pink with slight shoulder ribbing. Fruits are large, often close to 1 lb each, but smaller with a more refined shape than Brandywine and without the hard core. Plants have potato-shaped leaves.

Characteristics: 

• Organic, non-GMO, and open-pollinated
• Indeterminate
• 12-16 oz fruit
• 72 days 
• 1/10 gram 

Instructions - Tomatoes are warm-season tender annuals. Tomatoes yield best in clay or loam soils that are well-drained and high in organic matter. They can tolerate acid soil as low as 5.5, but they prefer to grow in the 6.0-6.8 range. Days to maturity are from transplants. Start seeds 6-8 weeks before the planting date. 

Planting depth: 1/8-1/4" 

Plant spacing: for determinate varieties 12-18", for indeterminate 24-36"

Row Spacing: 4-6’ centers" 

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