Queen of the summer fruit, tomatoes need warm, sheltered conditions, rich soil, good drainage. Tomatos are susceptible to slow growth in cool conditions, nematode and wilt. Its worth it for the first home grown tomato of summer on fresh bread with a little salt, basil and rocket. Plant in Spring and Summer in temperate zones.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- High
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Root size
- Less than 2.5m (safe)
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Regions
- Edible plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun