Marmande (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a large-fruited, fleshy beefsteak tomato variety from Sluis Garden (Garden Seeds B.V., the Netherlands). Ribbed, flattened round fruits weighing approx. 150 g. Particularly suitable for cultivation outdoors.
Features
- Type: open variety, indeterminate (tall), height approx. 200 cm
- Maturity: mid-early
- Fruits: ribbed, flattened round, approx. 150 g, thin-skinned, fleshy, juicy and very tasty
Growing
- Sowing indoors: March–May
- Sowing depth: 0.5 cm
- Germination temperature: approx. 20 °C, germinates in about 14 days
- Plant spacing: 50 cm
- Harvest: July–October
- Location: outdoors in a warm, sheltered spot, or in a greenhouse
Sow in seed trays and, as soon as the seedlings can be handled, prick them out into pots or soil blocks. Later transplant to a greenhouse or outside to a warm, sheltered spot. Always remove the side shoots in the leaf axils, and pinch out the top of the plant after approximately 4 fruit trusses. After some time, feed with tomato fertiliser.
Packaging
- Brand: Sluis Garden (Garden Seeds B.V., the Netherlands)
- Manufacturer code: SL0770
- Contents: 0.2 g, approx. 75 seeds
