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And a Cherry Tomato Plant, Too!

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96 And a Cherry Tomato Plant, Too! One more thing in your Harvest Basket this week!

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All Harvest Basket members get to take home a cherry tomato plant this week as part of your weekly share! Look for a yellow bin of tomato plants at your pick-up site. Please take one per Harvest Basket. The variety is SunOrange (an improved Sungold), our all-time favorite cherry tomato: sweet & tangy tropical flavor, great texture, high yielding and crack resistant! If you want more than one plant, we have extras for sale at the farmstand!
How to Care for Your Tomato Plant:
  • Choose a sunny, protected location for it. You can plant it in the ground or in a large pot or 5 gallon bucket with holes drilled in the bottom.
  • Plant your start as deeply as possible in soil amended with compost or a balanced organic fertilizer. Tomatoes are adventitious rooters, meaning they will sprout roots from the stem wherever it is in contact with soil, so the deeper you plant it the greater the root system it will develop. You can bury your plant up to the top-most set of leaves (just don't bury the growing tip).
  • Water your plant regularly to get it established, but as it matures you can taper the water. It will let you know if it's thirsty (keen observation is the cornerstone of good farming). Once your plant is yielding, less water = sweeter, more flavorful fruit.
  • This variety is indeterminate, meaning it will continue growing vigorously upward all season. It will need support of some kind (a wire cage, a string trellis, etc). Don't be afraid to prune it aggressively. Removing excess leaves and suckers will help maintain good airflow and light penetration, which helps prevent disease and promotes fruit ripening.
By late July or August you should start to see your first trusses of ripe fruit and your plant should yield well into the fall.

Enjoy!

 
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