Tomato 'Roman Candle'

Roman Candle likes a position of full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Roman Candle 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 5.5 and 7.5 as Tomato is a weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil loving plant.

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 0.2 inches (0.5 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 18°C / 64°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Roman Candle about 42 days before your last frost date.

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 Roman Candle is a tender plant.

By our calculations, you should look at planting out Roman Candle about 7 days after your last frost date.

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

This variety came from a sport of one of John Swenson’s ‘Speckled Roman’ plants. Ancestry is ‘Antique Roman’.