Berner Rose Heirloom Tomato

Lycopersicon lycopersicum

A Swiss Heirloom beef stake tomato variety that is well suited to our cooler climates. I love the beautiful blushy pink color of this one!  Large fruit, thin skin, and exquisite tomato flavor.  A BLT is waiting for this one!  Original seed from the Irish Seed Savers Association. Indeterminate. Needs trellis.  

Growing Tomatoes: 

There are entire books and many online resources for starting and growing tomatoes in the Pacific Northwest.  Here is a great link from the Tilth Alliance about growing great Tomatoes in Seattle. The basics?   Start tomato seeds indoors with supplemental heat and light in February and March. Plant when soil has warmed to 60 degrees.  Tomatoes like to grow in compost rich soil.  Stop watering plants in August for sweeter fruits that ripen earlier.

80 days to maturity.

Packet contains ~25 seeds