Tomato “Giant Polish Paste” seeds

Description

73 days. A large roma type with fruits weighing 10 oz.  I’ve yet to see a tomato more solid or meaty than this one. Very few seeds. Ideal for paste, drying, fresh and sauces.  Freezes well due to the sugar content. Very productive indeterminate vines. I have to use strong stakes made from maple branches as the weight just snaps the conventional bamboo. Harvest at green shoulder stage for best flavour.  Use STRONG stakes as one year the sheer weight broke many of the bamboo supports.  Ridiculously prolific. Heirloom.

• Seed Count: 25-30
• Collection Date: Sept 2021
• Hardiness Zone: annual
• Height and Width: heafty indeterminate
• Germination test type: hand sort

How to germinate Giant Polish Paste tomato seeds:

Sow 5 mm deep. Keep moist; plastic cover improves success. Opt. germination temp: 18-25 C. Days to germ: 5-10.  We use warmed moist medium (25-28C) when sowing. Equally warm water is used to mist in the seeds so there is good seed/medium contact.  This jump starts the germination process. When watering your tomatoes ALWAYS use warm 25-28C water.  This keeps the root mitochondria happy and vigorous. After all a plant is only as good as its roots.  Give strong indirect light. After the 3rd true leaf, they’re transplanted from plug trays into individual containers. Medium is amended with rock phosphate, Gaia Green 4-4-4,  and green sand. Once a week, the warm water is amended with 1 tbsp soluble kelp powder (2-2-16) and 1 tbsp blackstrap molasses per 5 gallon bucket. BTW: blossom end rot is a nutritional disorder caused by a lack of calcium causing fruit to rot from the blossom end. Use mulch to retain moisture. Never hit them with cold water.