Tomato 'Garden Peach'

Solanum lycopersicum

How to grow Tomato 'Garden Peach'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Enjoys a full sun position in your garden and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Garden Peach 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. Garden Peach requires a loamy soil with a ph of 5.0 - 6.0 - it grows best in moderately acidic soil to weakly acidic soil.

Growing Garden Peach 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 Garden Peach about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Garden Peach

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 Garden Peach is a tender plant.

Harvesting Garden Peach

Expect harvests to start to occur in mid summer.

Garden Peach folklore & trivia

Originally a wild tomato from Peru and Ecuador.