Tomato 'Lime Green Salad'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Lime Green Salad'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Lime Green Salad 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. 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 Lime Green Salad 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 0.78 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 Lime Green Salad about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Lime Green Salad

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 Lime Green Salad is a tender plant.

By our calculations, you should look at planting out Lime Green Salad about 14 days after your last frost date.

Harvesting Lime Green Salad

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

Lime Green Salad folklore & trivia

Developed by Tom Wagner of TaterMater seeds in the 1980’s.

Other Names for Tomato 'Lime Green Salad'

Green Elf