Tempting Tomatoes® Patio Sunshine Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) - New Proven Winners® Variety 2023
Tempting Tomatoes® Patio Sunshine Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) - New Proven Winners® Variety 2023
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The Tempting Tomatoes® Patio Sunshine Cherry Tomato is a small tomato plant that packs plenty of taste into a smaller form factor, for those who want fresh veggies without sacrificing much space for them. They’re tasty, fast growing, and great looking as well!
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- 15-18 in tall and 12-18 in wide at maturity
- Grow in zones 10-11
- Plant in full sun (6+ hours daily)
Care: Seeds can be started indoors 5-6 weeks before the last frost in your area. Seeds should be planted about 1/8" into the soil, then transplant the seedlings outdoors after all risk of frost has passed. You can also direct sow into your garden or pots outdoors after the threat of frost has passed. However, starting seeds indoors will give you a substantial head-start for harvesting your first tomatoes.
When germinating the seeds, be sure to keep the soil temperature at 75-90° until the seeds sprout. The temperatures can be decreased a bit once the plants are up and growing.
The number of days to germination is 7-20. Once the seedlings are a few inches tall and growing well, you may want to thin out the number of seedlings. One plant in a cell or pot would be ideal. If you are direct seeding into the ground, thin seedlings until they are about 2 feet apart. Rows of Patio Sunshine should be about 3 feet apart.
Once you transplant the seedlings it will take about 45 days for the first fruits to ripen. Patio Sunshine is a small plant and is best suited to be grown in patio planters, hanging baskets and raised beds. The small cherry tomatoes that it produces are great in salads, are perfect for appetizers and can be sun-dried as well. Tomatoes will do best with a minimum of 6 hours of direct sun a day, although the more sun you give them, the happier they are.
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Features
- Heat Tolerant
Characteristics
- Height: 15 - 18 In
- Spread: 12- 18 In
- Habit: Mounded
- Container Role: Filler
- Bloom Time: Spring-Summer
- Plant Type: Annual