Tomato 'Lucid Gem'
Tomato 'Lucid Gem' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Beautiful orange-yellow tomatoes with a splash of purple developed using traditional breeding techniques. The fruit is medium-sized, weighing about 140g with a sweet, fruity flavour. It has an exceptional ability to hold on the vine and stores well at room temperature for weeks, becoming even sweeter with time. It has very good heat tolerance.
Product: Tomato 'Lucid Gem'
Product type: SEED (50)
Botanical name: Lycopersicon esculentum
Beautiful orange-yellow tomatoes with a splash of purple developed using traditional breeding techniques. The fruit is medium-sized, weighing about 140g with a sweet, fruity flavour. It has an exceptional ability to hold on the vine and stores well at room temperature for weeks, becoming even sweeter with time. It has very good heat tolerance.
Plant type: Warm season annual, frost tender
Plant height: 1.5 m, requires staking
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