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PINK BERKELEY TIE-DYE

PINK BERKELEY TIE-DYE

65-75 days. Big, succulent fruit can reach 8–12 ounces with a complex blend of flavors. The vivid, rosy-blushed fruit has iridescent, green skin with sunny yellow streaks and an interior that’s a fascinating kaleidoscope of green with trails of red and yellow. The relatively compact, indeterminate plants produce early for such a large tomato.

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M.T.
A Big Fancy Tomato for the PNW

Always delighted by the fact that I can harvest a fancy Big tomato in only a little more time than a Juliet or Stupice takes to ripen (two other consistent performers in our garden). I find they need more water to be happy, I usually give them 2 terracotta watering spikes, one on each side of plant. A good idea to tie up/support each fruit as it sets. I use Velcro plant ties and strap it carefully to a stake or part of a cage, trying leave some space since the tomato will get much, much bigger. The branches get weighed down and can break under the weight. Harvest the fruit carefully especially if there are still other fruits on the stem. The flavor of a perfectly harvested PBTD is what summer veggie gardening is all about.

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D.B.
Beautiful

I confess I first bought it because of the name but now I buy it every year because of the taste.

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Laura
Absolutely Amazing

Probably the best tasting tomato I've ever had. Friends and family are still raving about it in December. Early production, pretty prolific. This will be a mainstay in my garden for years to come. Even the smell is just incredible.

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Linda Z.
Wonderful Taste; Hardy Plant, but eat quickly!

These tomato plants, which i started from seed, had sturdy, upright stems from the get-go. The tomatoes were irregular in shape, some deeply lobed, others almost round. Earlier tomatoes were much less flavorful than those that ripened later. Loved the taste, though a little too acidic. Made a nice sauce, which is good because they didn't keep long after picking, got soft pretty fast compared to my momotaros and lemon boys, which i could depend on lasting about 3 weeks on the counter. I'll include them in next year's tomato bed, but will limit to 2 plants instead of 6!!

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Soil Temp for Germ 70-90°F
Seed Depth 1/4"
Days to Emergence 6-14
Soil Temp for Transp 55°F
Plant Spacing See below
Row Spacing 3-4'
Fertilizer Needs High
Minimum Germination 80%
Seeds per Gram ≈ 280-320
Seed Life 3 years



Lycopersicon lycopersicum The first ripe, juicy tomato of summer is a delicious milestone of the season for gardeners. Each year we test and evaluate more than 250 tomato varieties to bring you the most flavorful, best performing selections, for every desired use. An array of nutrients and antioxidants including the especially potent lycopene, found in its highest concentration in tomatoes, supports healthy eyesight, cardiovascular health, cancer-fighting capacity, and more.

Days to maturity are calculated from date of transplant.

Culture
• Determinate tomatoes: grow compactly, sprawling laterally, usually do not require staking, and fruit ripens over a short period of time
• Indeterminate tomatoes: grow on long vines, generally require pruning to 1 or 2 leaders that need to be trellised
• Fertile, well-drained raised beds covered with plastic mulch promote early growth and better yields
• Tomatoes are high feeders and will benefit from regular fertilization with Age Old Bloom
• To prevent blossom end rot use a high calcium amendment
• Overwatering can cause fruit to crack

Direct Sowing
• Not recommended

Transplanting
• Sow seeds in trays 6-8 weeks before anticipated transplant date; up-pot into 3-4 inch pots when the first set of true leaves appears
• Strong light and cooler temperatures (60-70°F) prevent plants from getting leggy
• Fertilize with Age Old Grow every 10-14 days
• When transplanting work in compost, 1/2 cup of TSC's Complete fertilizer, and handful of bone meal
• Determinates can be spaced 18-24 inches apart, indeterminates 24-36 inches apart
• Tomatoes can be buried up to the top 2 sets of leaves
• Use Kozy-Coats or Victorian Bell Cloches to protect young plants

Insects & Diseases
• Common insects: Flea beetles and tomato hornworms
• Insect control: Pyrethrin or row cover for flea beetles, and Monterey B.t. for tomato hornworms
• Common diseases: Early and late blight
• Disease prevention: A strict 3-4 year rotation, remove vines at the end of the year, fungicide

Harvest & Storage
• Harvest when fully ripe, do not refrigerate for best flavor
• Green fruit should be ripened in a cool, dark area; make sure fruit are not touching

KEY TO TOMATO DISEASE RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE
• HR indicates high resistance.
• IR indicates intermediate resistance.
• Aal | Alternaria Stem Canker
• AB | Early (Alternaria) Blight
• B | Bacterial Wilt
• F* | Fusarium Wilt
• FOR | Fusarium Crown and Root Rot
• L | Gray Leaf Spot
• LB* | Late Blight
• LM* | Leaf Mold
• N | Roundworm | Nematode
• PL | Corky Root Rot
• PST | Bacterial Speck
• RK | Root-Knot
• TMV | Tobacco Mosaic Virus
• ToANV* | Tomato Apex Necrotic Virus
• ToMV* | Tomato Mosaic Virus
• TSWV | Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
• TYLCV | Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
• V* | Verticillium Wilt
* Numbers and letters indicate specific disease race.

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