Tomato 'Cream sausage'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Cream sausage'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Cream sausage likes a position of full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Cream sausage is thought of as tender, so remember to ensure that temperatures are mild before moving outdoors. Planting Cream sausage in loamy soil with a ph of between 5.5 and 7.5 is ideal for as it does best in weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Cream sausage from seed

Start seeds indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Aim to sow 0.78 inches (2.0 cm) deep and try to ensure a gap of at least 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 Cream sausage about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Cream sausage

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

As Cream sausage is tender, ensure temperatures are mild enough to plant out - wait until after your last frost date to be on the safe side.

Harvesting Cream sausage

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

Tomato Cream sausage Etymology

Made by cross-breeding ‘Yellow Banana’ tomatoes with an indeterminate large fruited variety.

Cream sausage folklore & trivia

Bred by Tom Wagner of Washington, USA, owner of Tater-Mater Seeds. A cross between ‘Yellow Banana’ with a large fruited line.

Misspellings of Tomato 'Cream sausage'

Creamy banana, cream banana legs, pale banana legs, Banana cream legs, Cream banana

Other Names for Tomato 'Cream sausage'

Banana cream