Tomato 'Rose Beauty'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Rose Beauty'

Rose Beauty is generally regarded as a tender plant, so remember to wait until your soil is warm and the night time temperature is well above freezing before moving outside.

Growing Rose Beauty from seed

Start seeds indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Transplanting Rose Beauty

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

Rose Beauty is tender, so ensure you wait until all danger of frost has passed in your area before considering planting outside.

Harvesting Rose Beauty

Tomato Rose Beauty Etymology

Rose is the name of the family who grew the seed. May also refer to the pink blush present on fruit.

Rose Beauty folklore & trivia

Variety originally grown by Dale Rose’s family on Happy Top Mountain on the Estill/Jackson County line in Kentucky, in the late 1920’s / early 1930’s.

Seed first offered in 2001 via the Seed Savers Exchange.

First offered commercially in 2008.1

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