YELLOW TOMATO FROM THUN AB
Solanum lycopersicum
The yellow tomato from Thun is an early, rustic and undemanding variety, it produces clusters of 4 to 6 small, round, yellow fruits of 25 to 35 g and about 3.5 cm in diameter, orange in color when fully ripe. The yellow tomato from Thun is a variety originating from Switzerland and is suitable for regions with cool summers or short seasons and mountainous areas. Interesting flavor very appreciated by the team.
The plant will reach 80 cm in the open field without support.
When and how to sow the Yellow Thun tomato?
Sowing: from February to April in a warm bed (20°) or in pots indoors or in a heated greenhouse, in fine seed compost. Tomatoes need a constant minimum temperature of 20°C to germinate.
Bury your tomato seeds 1 cm deep and then cover with seed compost. Water your compost with a sprayer to keep it moist but not soggy. Place your seed tray near a window to prevent your seedlings from shooting upwards in search of light.
Transplant when frost is no longer a risk and the plants are 12 to 15 cm tall in rich, loose, healthy soil. Space 70 cm between rows and 50 cm in the sunny row.
Place the stakes in place before starting to plant. Water thoroughly at the base once a week to prevent disease development.
Should we remove suckers from tomato plants?
There are different opinions on how to approach the famous pruning of tomatoes, and every gardener has arguments to support their theory. To the question "what to do?", the answer is simple: whatever you want!
Pruning tomatoes by de-suckering is not mandatory; it is intended to increase the size of the fruits, their precocity and to facilitate harvesting work.
This method, however, has two drawbacks: it requires time and discernment. Indeed, the head of the tomato plant is not always easy to distinguish from a secondary branch. Furthermore, removing suckers causes wounds for your plant. It is therefore strongly recommended to consider aiding healing with a dusting of maerl or a green clay wash.
