Tomato 'Red Calabash'

This variety must be staked as it can reach 5-6 feet tall.

Red Calabash likes a position of full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Red Calabash 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 5.0 and 6.0 as Tomato is a moderately acidic soil to weakly acidic soil loving plant.

Start indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Try to aim for a seed spacing of at least 2.60 feet (80.0 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 Red Calabash about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplant out when around 15cm (6 inches) high. Plant to first set of leaves to promote strong roots.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Red Calabash is a tender plant.

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

This variety has been traced to originated in Chiapas, Mexico.

Documented by William Woys Weaver as appearing in a 1793 painting by Raphael Paele of Philadelphia.