Full Sun
Medium
May need caging or staking.
Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Emmy 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.Start seeds indoors six weeks before last frost date.
Plant to first set of leaves to promote strong root growth.
Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Emmy is a tender plant.Emmy fled Romania to Germany at the end of WWI!, taking a tomato from her Romanian garden with her. She gave seeds to Ernestine and Richard Bloomberg, Americans living in Germany, in 1978. Upon their return to the US, they grew and saved seeds from the variety since 1979. They donated seeds to Seed Savers Exchange in 2005. SSE then grew them out for several years before offering them to the public in 2012. The variety is named after the original source of the seed.12