Tomato 'Gary'O Sena'

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water often. Keep in mind when planting that Gary'O Sena is thought of as tender, so remember to wait until your soil is warm and the night time temperature is well above freezing before moving outside. Gary'O Sena needs a loamy soil with a ph of 5.5 to 7.5 (weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil).

Start seeds indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Try to aim for a seed spacing of at least 0.78 inches (2.0 cm) and sow at a depth of around 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 Gary'O Sena about 39 days before your last frost date.

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 Gary'O Sena is a tender plant.

By our calculations, you should look at planting out Gary'O Sena about 10 days after your last frost date.

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

A created heirloom. Developed and stabilized by Keith Mueller, Gary’O Sena is "a pink-purple line derived from the ‘Brandywine’ X ‘Cherokee Purple’ cross.
Named for Keith Mueller’s paternal grandmother. Her name by her account was spelled Gary’O not O’Sena. This is also the way her surviving children remember it being spelled. Her father, who was Irish, named her and there was a story behind it but neither Keith, nor do surviving family members, recall the story.

Keith Mueller of Kansas City, Missouri developed this variety from a cross between Cherokee Purple and Brandywine. First introduced in the Seed Savers Exchange in 2007.

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