Red Brandywine Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Description

Red Brandywine Heirloom Tomato seeds is an old Amish indeterminate tomato plant variety dating back to 1885. It was named after named after Brandywine Creek in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Red Brandywine Tomatoes have an excellent flavour. The tomatoes are large, oblate & firm with a deep red colour. These beefsteak type tomatoes grow to about 1-1.5 lbs. and are a delicious old fashioned heirloom tomato. These fruit are large with an interesting shape and ripen later in the season. This very vigorous growing tomato plant will produce an abundance of tomatoes all season. Due to the weight of these tomatoes and the size of the tomato plants, staking or a trellis is required. An excellent slicing variety. Ready to harvest in 90 days.

Red Brandywine Tomatoes is by far one of the most recognized of heirloom tomato varieties.

Indeterminate variety, Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Non GMO

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SOWING:

Start your Red Brandywine tomato plants indoors 6-8 weeks before your last frost. Plant your tomato seeds 1/4" deep in your seed starting tray flats, cells or peat pots. Keep the temperature at 70-75 degrees F until germination. Be sure to provide adequate lighting for germination and for growing by placing the growing trays near a sunny window or using a grow light. As your seedlings begin to grow you will consequently need to transplant them into individual pots to grow more strongly rooted plants.

A week before transplanting the seedlings outside you need to begin to harden off the plants. They need to get used to the outside weather gradually. Tomatoes cannot handle cold weather. To be safe wait at least a week or two after the final frost to be on the safe side before transplanting your tomato plants in the vegetable garden. Soil temperature should be at least 70 degrees F before planting. Your Red Brandywine tomato plants should also be planted in full sun, very rich soil and be spaced 24" apart with about 36" between rows.

Growing Red Brandywine Tomatoes

When growing Red Brandywine Tomatoes a trellis is highly recommended as this is an indeterminate tomato variety. A trellis would be very beneficial. Indeterminate tomato varieties such as this tomato variety does best if supported by a trellis or support like staking. By using a trellis or some type of support it helps to ensure you keep your tomato plants healthy from various pests and diseases. Lots of issues are usually caused by soil splashing up on the leaves or the vines itself touching the ground.

The supports should also be put into place in advance. As your tomato plants begin to grow further you’ll then have something to tie the vines too. If cool weather is expected protect your plants as temperatures below 55 degrees F can damage plants & production. Later on as your tomato plants begin to start flowering and starting to bear fruit, your support will be able to help hold the weight of all the tomatoes.

As with most vegetable plants a good layer of mulch is highly recommended as this will help conserve moisture and control weeds. When watering your tomato plants avoid getting the leaves wet. As mentioned above this helps keep your plants healthy. You should always water at the base of the plant to help keep your tomato plants healthy from various pests and diseases. Water from below not above.

HARVESTING:

The colour of the tomatoes will help indicate that your tomatoes are ready to harvest. You can also test the ripeness of your tomatoes by pressing gently on it, the flesh should yield slightly. You can harvest your tomatoes by hand or use a pair of scissors to cut them off the vine. Tomatoes ripened off the vine have the best flavour. Red Brandywine tomatoes are ready to harvest in 90 days.

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