Tomato 'Veepro Paste'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Veepro Paste'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Veepro Paste 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. Veepro Paste requires a loamy soil with a ph of 5.5 - 7.5 - it grows best in weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Veepro Paste 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 Veepro Paste about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Veepro Paste

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 Veepro Paste is a tender plant.

Harvesting Veepro Paste

Expect harvests to start to occur in mid summer.

Veepro Paste folklore & trivia

Bred by the Ontario Agricultural Experimental Station in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Released in 1978.


Parent tomatoes: (Roma VF H1350 x High Crimson) ST8 x Florida 1339D3