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Ponsonby Red Tomato
Ponsonby Red Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
A variety of tomato
A New Zealand heritage tomato with medium, round, very red fruit in long bunches and huge production of even, good-tasting fruit. A stand-out for organic greenhouse production. Sent in 2000 by an Auckland gardener who bought it at a market on Ponsonby Road. Needs staking. Sow in trays in late September, prick out at 3 cm, pot on at 10 cm and plant out at 10 to 15 cm high at 50 cm spacing, two rows per 1 m bed.
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Ponsonby red tomato facts
Lifespan
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or less
Growing Ponsonby red tomatoes
- Sow seeds indoors 6 weeks before planting out
- Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
- Stake or cage the plants 1 week after planting out
- Water deeply 2 weeks after planting out every week
- Pinch out side shoots 3 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
- Feed with tomato fertiliser 6 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
- Check for first ripe fruit 1 week before first harvest
- Pull out finished plants 4 weeks after first harvest
Plant Ponsonby red tomatoes with
carrot
chives
black beauty eggplant
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