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Tomato Seeds, Heirloom Box Car Willie
Solanum lycopersicum
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Solanum lycopersicum
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Product Information
Our Box Car Willie Tomato seeds make a great choice if you're looking to grow tomatoes with some good old-fashioned flavor.
This prolific heirloom tomato variety is better than most of todays tomato hybrids. The size of the rounded red fruits of the Box Car Willie tomato are roughly 12-18 oz. The indeterminate vines of Box Car Willie produce excellent, crack-free, disease tolerant tomatoes with a sweet, yet tart flavor.
Sku: 4164
Vendor: Ferry-Morse
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Key Features
Botanical Name: Solanum lycopersicum
Approximate Number of Seeds Per Packet: 55
Flavor: Box Car Willie Tomatoes have a sweetly tart taste.
Preparation Ideas: Perfect for canning or freezing; use in salsa or slice for sandwiches.
Plant Type: Vegetable
Fill Weight (grams): 0.2
Growth Type: Indeterminate
Tolerance: Cracking
Instructions
Start seed indoors in a sunny location 6-8 weeks prior to warm weather. Transplant outdoors in full sun when seedlings display 4-6 leaves and weather is warm. Seed can be sown directly into garden when soil is warm. Tomatoes cannot tolerate frost.
Planting Depth: .25"
Seed Spacing: Sow Heirloom Box Car Willie Tomato seeds every 2.5' in rows.
Suggestions
To keep fruit clean and easier to pick support plants with stakes or cages. Tomatoes require at least an inch of water per week.
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