‘ bootleg ’ is an heirloom variety generally ready for harvest 85 days after sowing . undetermined plants produce extremely sweet , 2 to 3 inch tomato which are dark-skinned red on color . fragile skinned and soft - rough-textured . Seed is from somewhere in the former Soviet Union . The two master growth habit of tomato are determinate ( stops growing when final stage buds place yield , crop is produced all at once – bush character ) and indeterminate ( continues to grow and set yield – vine type)Tomatoes expect full sun and develop best when twenty-four hour period temperature are between 65 and 85 degrees . Flowers will not countersink yield if night temperature throw below 55 degree F. Tomatoes may be started from seed or transplantation . Transplants can be set out no sooner than 3 weeks after your last middling frost escort . Soil should be ardent , fecund and well - drained . run in a complete , balanced fertilizer at a charge per unit of 1lb/100 SF . Plants should be limit out on a cloudy day or late in the good afternoon so they will not stress . Dig muddle so that plants will be buried up to their first leaves . If stems are really prospicient , plant in a deep with plant laying on it ’s side . Leaves will turn upright within a hebdomad . place plants about 3 inches apart . Fertilize again around midseason . Provide plenty of even water until fruit starts to gloss , then subjugate pee so that yield will be more flavorful . Harvest tomato when they are in full colour for most flavor . For more selective information see the article “ Seeing Red . ”
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
A week to 10 days before planting , bestow 2 to 4 inches of of age manure or compost and workplace into the planting site to better fertility and increase water retention and drainage . If soil composing is weak , a layer of surface soil should be considered as well . No matter if your grease is moxie or clay , it can be improved by adding the same thing : organic thing . The more , the serious ; cultivate deeply into the grunge . train beds to an 18 in deep for perennials . This will seem like a tremendous amount of work now , but will greatly compensate off later . Besides , this is not something that is easy done later , once plants have been establish . How - to : Preparing ContainersContainersare splendid when used as an cosmetic feature , a planting option when there is little or no soil to engraft in , or for plants that require a soil type not found in the garden or when filth drainage in the garden is inferior . If growing more than one plant in a container , make certain that all have similar cultural requirement . Choose a container that is deep and large enough to allow root development and increment as well as relative balance between the fully developed flora and the container . found large container in the place you mean them to delay . All container should have drain trap . A meshing CRT screen , wear out clay pot pieces(crock ) or a paper coffee filter placed over the hole will keep soil from washing out . The potting filth you select should be an appropriate mix for the plant you have chosen . Quality soils ( or soil - less medias ) take in moisture readily and equally when wet . If water runs off soil upon initial passing water , this is an index number that your soil may not be as good as you intend .
Prior to filling a container with dirt , wet potting soil in the bag or position in a vat or wheelbarrow so that it is equally moist . occupy container about midway full or to a level that will allow plant life , when imbed , to be just below the rim of the pot . Rootballs should be even with grime line when project is concluded . Water well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : If possible , select resistant varieties . Keep nitrogen - heavy fertilizers to a lower limit as well as over - irrigating as they encourage lush growth . drill crop rotation and prune out or advantageously yet remove infected plants . Pest : Tomato HornwormThese bombastic green caterpillars have diagonal white stripes along their soundbox with a prominent horn on their tail assembly ending . They are the larva of the brown sphinx moth . calculate for these caterpillars clinging to the undersides of leaves and halt . Even if you do n’t see them , you may know they were there because of the black excretion they left behind as well as the leaves they have chewed through . They are also tender of yield .
Prevention and Control : Rotate tomato location each year and deeply till territory to expose pupae . Floating row covers in June or July help to prevent alive moth from laying ballock . Handpick and destroy caterpillars when discover . Consult your local garden center professional or county Cooperative Extension office for legal pesticide / chemical recommendation . Diseases : Blossom End RotBlossom - end Rot is have by several factors , all relating back to the plant ’s ability to utilize calcium in the ground . Calcium is only uncommitted to the industrial plant when the stain is equally moist . Another reasonableness could be that there simply is not enough calcium in the soil . Other reasons are root legal injury , temperature swings or even a high salt content .
The problem ordinarily appear as a soggy , sunken country on the closing of the fruit early on . The area will darken over meter and become more concave .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant varieties and keep filth evenly moist , watering deeply , less ofttimes . Mulch will help to preserve the moisture degree in the grease . Do not be tempted to over - fertilise or use uncomposted manure as both are high in salts . If all else fails , have your soil tested for a mineral imbalance . Pest : WhitefliesWhitefliesare modest , wing worm that reckon like tiny moths , which attack many types of plants . The flying adult stage prefers the bottom of leaves to feed and breed . whitefly can multiply quickly as a female can lay up to 500 testis in a life span of 2 month . If a flora is infest with whitefly , you will see a cloud of fleeing insects when the plant is disturbed . whitefly can damp a plant , finally leading to plant end if they are not checked . They can channel many harmful plant life viruses . They also bring about a sweet substance called honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can top to an unattractive black open fungal development called sooty mold .
potential command : keep sens down ; use screening in windows to keep them out ; remove infested plant away from non - infested plant ; use a reflective mulch ( aluminum hydrofoil ) under plants ( this repels whiteflies ) ; yap with yellow sticky card , apply labeled pesticide ; encourage natural foeman such as parasitic wasps in the garden ; and sometimes a good firm shower of water will wash off them off the plant life . Fungi : Powdery MildewPowdery Mildewis usually found on plants that do not have enough airwave circulation or adequate lighter . Problems are worse where Nox are coolheaded and days are warm and humid . The powdery white or gray fungus is usually found on the upper surface of leave or yield . Leaves will often change by reversal yellow or chocolate-brown , curl up , and drop off . New foliage emerges wrinkle and distorted . Fruit will be dwarfed and often dribble early .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant change and infinite plants properly so they get passable light and air circulation . Always water from below , retain piss off the foliage . This is preponderating for rose wine . Go slow on the nitrogen fertilizer . utilize fungicides according to recording label directions before problem becomes severe and follow directions exactly , not missing any required treatment . Sanitation is a must - clean up and remove all leaf , flowers , or dust in the crepuscule and destroy . pestis : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unripe flesh of moths and butterflies . They are voracious bird feeder attack a wide diversity of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterise as leaf feeders , stem borers , foliage rollers , cutworms and tent - former .
Prevention and Control : keep dope down , scout individual industrial plant and remove caterpillars , implement pronounce insecticides such as soaps and oil , take advantage of rude enemies such as parasitic WASP in the garden and utilize Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species .
Miscellaneous
Prevention and Control : Keep virus carriers such as aphids , leafhoppers , and thrips under control . These plant eating insects disperse viruses . Viruses can also be put in by infected pollen or through industrial plant possible action ( as when pruning ) . Begin bykeeping the pathogen outof your garden . Modern plant should be tick , as well as tools and existing plants . Use only certified seminal fluid that is deem disease - free . Plant only tolerant varietiesandcreate a discouraging environmentby rotating crops , not set close related plant in the same area every year .
