Tomato Lemonita F1

Tomato ‘Lemonita’ F1 is a large beefsteak variety with beautiful smooth yellow skin revealing dense, meaty flesh. These hefty toms have a lovely sweet-acid balance and their brilliant colour will light up salads, sandwiches, veg roasts or grills. This high-yielding tomato produces 3-5 fruits per truss. Height: 180cm-200cm (70-79in). Width: 50cm (20in).

Companion planting: Try growing tomatoes with French marigolds to deter whitefly, and basil, chives or mint to deter aphids and other pests.
Sowing
For greenhouse cultivation: sow from February to April.

For outdoor cultivation: sow from March to April.

Sow seeds on the surface of a good, free-draining, damp, seed sowing mix and cover with a fine sprinkling of compost or vermiculite. Place seed trays in a propagator at a constant temperature of around 15-20C (59-68F) until after germination, which takes 7-14 days. When seedlings gain 2 true leaves, transplant into individual 7.5cm (3″) pots of compost and grow on at a minimum temperature of 15C (59F).

When growing in a heated glasshouse tomato plants may be transplanted at the end of May or when the first flowers are showing, if earlier. Allow 3 plants per growbag, or one per 25cm (10″) pot, or plant tomatoes directly into the greenhouse soil.

When growing tomatoes outdoors, wait until all risk of frost has passed before transplanting tomatoes. Gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over 7 – 10 days before planting out from early June when tomato plants are 20cm (8″) tall. Choose a sheltered position in full sun on fertile, reliably moist, well drained soil, and transplant at a distance of 60cm (24″) apart. Drive a (5′) cane into the soil adjacent to each plant to support them as they grow, and tie each main stem to its support with soft garden twine.
Approximately 8 seeds

Height: 200cm

Spread: 50cm

Sow: February – April

Harvest: July – October

Flowering Time: June – September

Hardiness/Longevity: Half Hardy Annual

 

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