Tomato 'Kangaroo Paw Brown'
Tomato 'Kangaroo Paw Brown' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Kangaroo Paw Brown' was bred as part of the Dwarf Tomato Project using traditional plant breeding techniques to produce compact, easy-to-maintain dwarf tomato plants. The sweet fruit are small (ping pong ball sized), round with deep crimson flesh and dark, chocolate-coloured shoulders when ripe. They crop heavily on sturdy plants 60 - 100 cm high. It is a determinate type so an excellent choice for containers and useful for gardeners who don't want to have to use tall stakes. Days to harvest: 75.
Product: Tomato 'Kangaroo Paw Brown'
Product type: SEED (50)
Botanical name: Lycopersicon esculentum
An open-pollinated tomato bred to produce compact, easy-to-maintain dwarf tomato plants. The sweet fruit are small round with deep crimson flesh and dark, chocolate-coloured shoulders when ripe. A determinate types that crops heavily on sturdy plants, an excellent choice for containers and where tall stakes would be a nuisance.
Plant type: Warm season annual, frost tender
Plant height: 160-100cm requires short stakes only
Sow when: Germinate best at 18 - 28°C soil temp.
Temperate: Early spring - inside with extra heat; outside after frost danger has passed
Subtropical: March - October in frost -free areas
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Depth: 6 mm deep
Position: Full sun, requires staking
Sow where: Into seedling pots; liquid feed once germinated
Soil type: Fertile, well-drained, pH 5.8 - 7
Rows: 90 cm apart
Details: To transplant: remove seed leaves, plant deeper, up to the 1st set of true leaves; this increases rooting & speeds maturity.; keep well fertilised and evenly watered; protect fruit from fruit fly with PestGuard Bags
Harvest: 75 days
50 seeds per packet
Lycopersicon esculentum
Warm season annual, frost tender
Tomato 'Kangaroo Paw Brown'
Kangaroo Paw Brown' was bred as part of the Dwarf Tomato Project using traditional plant breeding techniques to produce compact, easy-to-maintain dwarf tomato plants. The sweet fruit are small (ping pong ball sized), round with deep crimson flesh and dark, chocolate-coloured shoulders when ripe. They crop heavily on sturdy plants 60 - 100 cm high. It is a determinate type so an excellent choice for containers and useful for gardeners who don't want to have to use tall stakes. Days to harvest: 75.