Tomato 'Evans Purple Pear'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Evans Purple Pear'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Evans Purple Pear is thought of as tender, so it is imperative to wait until temperatures are mild before planting out of doors. Ensure your soil is loamy and has a ph of between 5.0 and 6.0 as Tomato is a moderately acidic soil to weakly acidic soil loving plant.

Growing Evans Purple Pear from seed

Start seeds indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Ensure a distance of 0.78 inches (2.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.78 inches (2.0 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 12°C / 54°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Evans Purple Pear about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Evans Purple Pear

Plant to the first set of true leaves to promote strong root growth.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Evans Purple Pear is a tender plant.

Harvesting Evans Purple Pear

This variety tends to be ready for harvesting by mid summer.

Evans Purple Pear folklore & trivia

Hybridized by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms in California, USA.