Tomato - Namib Cocktail Hybrid (Seeds)

• Approx. 20 seeds/pkg.

Description

Very sweet and juicy, rich, red fruits larger than a cherry but smaller than a Roma. Great holding ability with just the right firmness and texture. Averages 4 oz. size. Superb disease resistance. Cocktail tomatoes are bursting with flavour thanks to being kept on the vine until they're red, ripe and juicy. Grown in clusters of 7 to 8 on the vine they are a smaller variety of tomato (although larger than your typical cherry or grape tomato. Determinate growth pattern.

How to Grow

Sow seeds indoors about 6-8 weeks before last spring frost date - use a peat moss based growing mix for germination and growing seedlings. The temperature of the seeding mix should be 21-24 degrees Celsius for prompt germination. When the seedlings are 1.75" high, transplant each into individual peat pots - reducing temperature to 15-18 degrees Celsius until planting in the garden in late May. After hardening off, transplant into well-drained organic soil 24" apart for determinate varieties and 36" apart for indeterminate varieties. Tomatoes need warmth, direct sunlight and a steady supply of water. Keep plants well-watered. Apply the water to the soil rather than showering down over the plants. Rotate the crop position in the garden every year. Wait three years to use the same patch in the garden. Dig out and discard diseased plants. Do not compost. It is also very important to keep plants evenly watered as fluctuations in available soil moisture can lead to a host of problems such as fruit cracking or splitting, irregular fruiting and increasing the chance of blossom end rot developing. Apply a mulch of straw around plants to protect them from soil borne diseases and to help conserve soil moisture.