Tomato 'Livingston's gold ball'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Livingston's gold ball'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Livingston's gold ball likes a position of full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Livingston's gold ball is thought of as tender, so it is really important to ensure that the outside temperature is well above freezing before planting or moving outdoors. Ensure your soil is loamy and has a ph of between 5.5 and 7.5 as Tomato is a weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil loving plant.

Growing Livingston's gold ball from seed

Start seeds indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Look to ensure a distance 0.78 inches (2.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - bury at a depth of at least 0.78 inches (2.0 cm) deep. Soil temperature should be kept higher than 12°C / 54°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Livingston's gold ball about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Livingston's gold ball

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 Livingston's gold ball is a tender plant.

Harvesting Livingston's gold ball

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

Livingston's gold ball folklore & trivia

Developed by A.W. Livingston and introduced commercially in 1892.1

Other Names for Tomato 'Livingston's gold ball'

Gold ball

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