Tomato St. Pierre (Solanum lycopersicum) seeds

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Tomato 'St. Pierre' (Solanum lycopersicum) seeds

The red Beef Tomato 'St. Pierre' is a historical, French variety. It bears plenty of flat and round fruits with juicy-sweet taste.
Contents: Approx. 10 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

2,75 €

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SKU: 1013

GTIN: 4250601204925

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The red beefsteak tomato St. Pierre is an old French variety. It produces abundant flat round fruits with a pleasant juicy sweet taste. It is a medium late variety which bears its first ripe fruits most likely in August.

Plant description

Species:	Solanaceae
Root system:	Heart roots
Flower colour:	Yellow
Fruit colour:	Rot
Fruit form:	flachrund glatt
Growth habit type:	unbegrenzt wachsend
Region of origin:	France Europe Central Europe
Lifecycle:	Annual
Flowering months:	June July August September
Eventual height:	1-3 m

Growing advice

Sowing depth:	0.5 cm
Planting distance:	50 cm
Bad companion plants:	Peas Fennel Cucumber Potatoes Sweet Pepper
Good companion plants:	Knoblauch Headed cabbage Kohlrabi New Zealand Spinach Parsley Radish Winter Radish Marigold Basil Celeriac Lettuce Spinach Nasturtium
Row spacing:	80 cm
When to sow outdoors:
Sunlight:	Full sun
Germination time:	5-10 days
Germination temperature:	22-28°C

Indoor preculture at about + 22-28 °C starting in March. In May, harden off the plants before planting them (preferably with rain protection) into the greenhouse or vegetable patch. Tie them up on supports or strings and regularly pinch out the side shoots. Likes lots of sun and - because it is a strong nutrient consumer, likem most tomatoes - provide with regular doses of nutrients.

Detailed sowing instruction: How to grow tomatoes from seed

Other names

Botanical name:	Solanum lycopersicum, S. esculentum, Lycopersicon esculentum, L. lycopersicum
German names:	Paradeiser, Paradeisapfel, Paradiesapfel, Goldapfel, Liebesapfel, Tomate
French names:	Tomate
English names:	Tomato
Spanish names:	Tomate, Tomatera, Jitomate
Italian names:	Pomodoro