YUMMY Florida Wild Everglades Tomato Seeds
NON GMO
Heat/Disease Resistant
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Delicious cherry tomatoes that taste like a tomato should! The
fruit are small but they a PACKED with flavor and produce any time of
the year in South Florida. Money back guarantee. Grows in a pot but much
prefers a HUGE pot or the ground. Instructions included with order. 75
seeds arrive inside a 3" x 3", 6 mil THICK zip bag with drying desiccant
and instructions on how to plant. If stored properly, your seeds can
last FOUR to SIX YEARS. These seeds have been saved by a Florida Master Gardener. These tomatoes stare insects and disease in the face and laugh.
Frost and root knot nematodes appear to be their only foe. They live a
full and productive life until either frost or root knot nematodes take
them in their sleep. Exactly the way I want to go. Background on Tomatoes. Tomatoes are not native to Florida as others on the internet profess.
All tomatoes, wild or otherwise, are native to South/Central America and
were spread throughout the world by the Spanish. How your seeds are handled.- Your seed's mother is cared for even before they are born.
- The seed's mother is grown 100% organically in a mix of rabbit manure and sterile potting soil (private mix of mine using organic fertilizers that rabbit manure does not provide).
- The mother's flowers are covered with a light-weight cloth until they "self pollinate" via the wind, to prevent cross pollination from other tomato varieties.
- Only the most beautiful, large, bug- and disease-free tomatoes are used to save seed from.
- Seeds are fermented for 2-4 days depending upon the temperature/time of year.
- Seeds are cleaned then dried in a professional dryer at the correct drying temperature for tomatoes.
- Seeds are stored in bulk, in a glass jar containing desiccant, sealed by air pump, in a 50º seed refrigerator.
- Individual seed packets include a 6mil thick plastic zip bag with a single, 1 gram, food grade, desiccant packet accompanying your seeds. These are also stored in a glass jar, in a 50º seed refrigerator.
- 75 seeds are included.
How to plant seeds. If you plan on planting your tomatoes in the GROUND,
plant seeds about an 1/8 inch deep in a quality, sterile soil mix in a
sterile container. Reason: give your tomato children a chance to grow up
a bit before they face the wicked critters in your soil (Root Knot
Nematodes, Caterpillars, Soil Born Diseases). If you are planting your
tomatoes in a POT and using sterile soil and sterilized pot, you can sow the seed directly into the soil. Keep seeds in the SUN and MOIST until they germinate.
Germination. In
our FL summers, when the highs are in the 90's, seeds can germinate in a
few days or up to a few weeks. However, in our winters, with highs in
the 60's, it can take them 3-4 weeks or longer to germinate. They want
to be toasty warm. After growing lots and lots of tomato varieties, I
find that the Everglades variety is the most finicky to germinate and
will only do so when IT wants to, not when you want it to. Non-growing
seedlings and soil have been thrown out and days later tomatoes are
growing in the remains. Transplanting. Five
weeks after they germinate, they are ready to go in the garden or in a
pot. Plant them very, very deep leaving only the top few inches of the
plant above ground so that the stem can produce more roots. Seedlings
can be planted sideways in the ground if digging deep is not possible.
If you planted your seeds in a pot, you might want to add some soil
around the stem of your tomato. If you cannot plant your seeds right away. Store
your packet of seeds inside a glass jar, adding some dry rice to the
bottom of the jar (as an additional desiccant), cover with a tight lid
then store them in the "warm" section of your refrigerator until you are
ready to use them. We all know where stuff freezes in our frig, don't put them there.
When you are ready to use, allow the jar to come to room temperature
before opening. This aids by reducing condensation/moisture. If stored properly, your seeds can last FOUR to SIX YEARS. The 10 most common mistakes: - forgot to water
- forgot to fertilize REGULARLY
- forgot to put a cutworm collar around the transplant
- forgot to spray for caterpillars
- forgot to spray for disease
- planted at the WRONG time of the year
- forgot to stake to keep off the ground
- watered from above instead of below
- handled WET plants
- forgot to weed
