Tomato 'Snow White' |
Origin: USA cultivar
Preferred Situation: Full sun; warm sites with fertile garden soil.
Harvest Date: Monday 12 October, 2009
Seed count: 15-20
Description:
65 days. A strong indeterminate variety that produces a bounty of fruit clusters throughout the season until frost. The name gives you an impression that the fruits are pure white, but the colour is more like antique ivory…a warm pale yellow. The taste is sweet with a very smooth mild tomato taste with a clean finish. This variety provides great colour and flavour contrast with other tomatoes in a salad or mixed platter. Does well in the greenhouse.
Notes:
Open pollinated. Bigger the roots at transplant (mid May) bigger the harvest. Prune sparingly. Protect from rain; water at plant base never foliage except foliar feeds. Heavy feeder; use balanced organic fertilizer. Excess nitrogen= leaves no fruit; no calcium=blossom end rot; extreme heat=blossom drop.
Cultivation:
Sow 5 mm deep. Keep moist; plastic cover improves success. Opt. germination temp: 18-25 C. Days to germ: 5-10. All tomatoes drop their blooms when temperatures reach 85 F or greater, so make sure your tomatoes don't get over heated. Blossom end rot is a nutritional disorder where a lack of calcium causes the fruit to rot from the blossom end so be sure you use something like rock phosphate (22% calcium) when amending your tomato beds/growing medium. Use mulch to retain moisture or prevent water from splashing up on your plants as tomatoes hate having their foliage wet...NEVER WATER FROM ABOVE...its like someone splashing a cold bucket of water on you! See our tomato article under 'Confessions of a Mad Gardener' for growing information.
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