Tomato 'Tommy toe'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Tommy toe'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Enjoys a full sun position in your garden and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Tommy toe 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.

Growing Tommy toe from seed

Start seeds 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 Tommy toe about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Tommy toe

Transplant out when around 15cm (6 inches) high.

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 Tommy toe is a tender plant.

Harvesting Tommy toe

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

Tommy toe folklore & trivia

An Australian heirloom tomato. Some seed companies report this incorrectly as being from the Ozark’s of the U.S.A.

Other Names for Tomato 'Tommy toe'

Tommy toe red