Tomato “Mortgage Lifter” seeds

Description

80 Days. A West Virginia heirloom beefsteak with quite a history…lets just say its creator paid off his mortgage in 6 years selling this variety. People came from hundreds of miles around to buy these plants that produce 1-3 pound pinkish red meaty, nearly seedless, extremely flavourful tomatoes. An excellent tomato for salads or for slicing. Good natural disease resistance.

• Seed Count: 25-30
• Collection Date: Sept 2017
• Hardiness Zone: annual
• Tomato type: regular leaf; beefsteak
• Height and Width: indeterminate
• Germination test type: hand sort

How to germinate “Mortgage Lifter” 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.