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Lot No: 210531
Germination: 85%
Test Date: 05/23
Tomato plants should be grown in a warm areas and receive plenty of sunlight, so choose a sunny spot in your garden. Relocate your tomato plants in different parts of your garden each year to avoid diseases. Optimum temperatures for growing tomatoes are between 80 and 85 degrees F. Plant your seeds indoors 10 to 12 weeks before setting outside. Use Miracle Gro Seed Starting Material for best germination results. We have tested other Seed Starting Mix and experienced poor germination rates. You may have to special order the Miracle Gro Seed Starting Potting Mix from your nursery, as it is hard to find it at many of the large home and garden centers. Do not add any soil, fertilizers, and other chemicals to seed starting material! Do not use jiffy peat pots, plugs, or potting soil, or cover the pots, as the soil may become too dry or too wet, which can lead to disease and fungus. Do not bottom water the seeds as this causes the seed starting material to become too wet and you will experience poor germination! We have experienced disease and low germination when using these types of products and covering the pots with plastic or covers. When seedlings are 4" tall, transplant them in larger pots. Plants should be at least 10" tall before transplanting outdoors. Place plants outdoors in shady area several days before transplanting outdoors. Shelter the transplants to prevent sunburn, wilting, and rain damage. Spring planting should occur when soil is warm, at least 3 weeks after last frost, and when temperatures remain above 70 degrees F. You can plant early if you use water towers. To prevent branches from breaking from the weight of tomatoes, use 5 to 6 ft tall cages. To tie plants to stakes, use soft strips of cloth. Check indeterminate plants regularly, and pinch off suckers and side branches where leaves join the stems. Plants can grow 1 to 6 ft tall.
Requires fertile slightly acid soil in a well drained location in the garden. Apply mulch and grass clippings, or straw around base of plant. Work the soil thoroughly before planting. Add well-rotted manure and compost.
Keep soil consistently moist, but not waterlogged. Water well during dry and hot spells. Water in the morning only, on the side of the plants and not directly on the leaves.
Use RootBlast, Vegetable Alive, and Slow Release Fertilizer when transplanting outdoors. Apply Miracle Gro every two weeks.
Harvest tomatoes when they are fully mature using a garden scissor so you don't damage the plant. Pick them as they mature to encourage new fruit to form. Remove any decayed tomatoes from the plant.
Days to Harvest after Planting Outdoors: Early Season Tomato: 60 to 65 days Mid-Season Tomato: 70 to 75 days Late Season Tomato: 85 to 90 days
USDA Hardiness Zone: 2 to 11
Use Miracle-Gro© Seed Starting Mix for best germination results.
by Anonymous on April 27, 2010
I have grown this variety for more than 30 years. It is not the most beautiful tomato, but it is far and away the most delicious tomato I have ever eaten. It also produces the largest fruits of any tomato that I have personally grown some that weighed over three pounds. If you try this variety, you'll be hooked, as I am.
by Anonymous on August 11, 2009
This is my favorite tomato that I am growing this year (09). It has good size and is beautiful.
by Anonymous on August 2, 2011
This was our first year growng the "Delicious" tomato but it sure won't be our last. This tomato lived up to its name and reputation. LOVED it!!
by Anonymous on August 9, 2015
I grew some of these monsters up here in the Pacific Northwest last year (2014), and the size was enormous. They were ALL meat with very few seeds, and little or no liquid. Order up...
by Anonymous on May 9, 2014
Best tomato I have ever had Luscious, juicy just plain delicious! Judy and Don Walz
by brenda on March 18, 2016
I have grown these tomatoes for 25 years and have always been happy with them. In have not found another tomato with better flavor, they grow well in our unpredictable northern weather, they can be canned and they keep quite awhile in storage. I will grow these evry year!!