Tomato 'Green Doctors'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Green Doctors'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Green Doctors 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. Planting Green Doctors in loamy soil with a ph of between 5.5 and 7.5 is ideal for as it does best in weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Green Doctors from seed

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 0.39 inches (1.0 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 12°C / 54°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Green Doctors about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Green Doctors

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

As Green Doctors is tender, ensure temperatures are mild enough to plant out - wait until after your last frost date to be on the safe side.

Harvesting Green Doctors

Tomato Green Doctors Etymology

Named after Dr. Carolyn Male by its discoverer, Victor Schrager. Introduced to SSE by Amy Goldman.

Green Doctors folklore & trivia

A green cherry sport of Dr. Carolyn’s, named by Victor Schrager. First introduced to SSE in by Amy Goldman

Misspellings of Tomato 'Green Doctors'

Green Doctor’s, Green Doctor

Other Names for Tomato 'Green Doctors'

Green Dr. Carolyn