TOMATO SEED - "ALICANTE" - 50 SEEDS

Tomato Alicante is best described as an improved Moneymaker type. They produce heavy crops of uniform, smooth, medium size fruits of good flavour, which are known for maturing quite early. 
These tomatoes are full of flavour with a superb sweet taste, delicious in a salad, pasta sauce or roasted.

An open-pollinated variety that grows well both outdoors and inside a greenhouse.

Did you know? Tomatoes are high in Vitamin C and lycopene.

Companion Plant Plant Basil alongside your tomatoes; Basil is said to repel insects and improve growth 

pack size: 50 seeds

How to grow Tomato Alicante

When

Sow.  January- April

How?

Sow the tomato seeds under glass / in a greenhouse at 0.5cm (1/4 in) deep in pots or trays of good seed-sowing compost and lightly cover with a sprinkling of vermiculite or compost. Place containers in a propagator at a temperature of 18–21°C .

Prick out the seedlings, once large enough to handle, into 9cm (3 1/2in) pots. Transplant to the greenhouse border soil, or individual large pots, or 3 plants per growbag when 20cm (8in) high.

Alicante can also be planted outdoors once all risk of frost has passed. For the best yields, the tomato plants will need side shooting,  Water and feed plants regularly with a high potash feed once the first truss has set.

Harvest

Pick & enjoy July-October