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Growing Sausage Paste Tomatoes in the Vegetable Garden

Although there are many types of tomatoes, growing instructions are almost identical across subspecies. Begin the seeds indoors at least a month and a half before your estimated final spring frost date. Use a well-draining potting or germinating mix that you have already gotten wet to start the seeds. Plant two seeds per cell and cover the seeds lightly with soil. Water them in with a gentle stream such as a mister or spray bottle to avoid rinsing the seeds away. Water them regularly and use a clear dome to increase humidity and moisture around the seeds. As soon as the first seedling sprouts, immediately move the tray so that it receives full sun; a warm, bright windowsill or artificial lights positioned a few inches above the tray do the trick. Remove the humidity dome once the seedlings have developed true leaves. Thin the seedlings to one per cell by removing the weaker seedlings when they have reached two inches tall. Optionally, apply fertilizer once they have two sets of true leaves; this optional step gives tomato plants a hearty boost for the early season. Transplant the seedlings into larger, 4 or 6-inch pots once their root systems have developed beyond the cell’s capacity.

Practice crop rotations to avoid soil-borne diseases and nutrient depletion. Before moving the seedlings into your garden soil, the seedlings should be hardened off gradually to acclimate them to outdoor conditions. Transplant the seedlings into the garden once the danger of frost has passed. Add a calcium supplement to the soil beneath the seedlings before planting them out. Bury the stems a few inches deep to facilitate increased root development. Remove the lower leaves that don’t get sunlight and any suckers growing in between fruit-bearing branches. Fertilize with compost, worm castings, or another fertilizer of choice when planting into the garden. A 4-6-8 blend is a good generic ratio for tomatoes, but a soil test at the beginning of the season can determine the optimal ratio for your specific garden. The best soil pH is between 6.2 to 6.8. This vining variety should be supported as it grows. Allowing the vine to grow on the ground will quickly compromise the fruits before they can be harvested. Prune the bush periodically throughout the season to remove suckers and bottom leaves. Fertilize once more in mid-season. Water regularly to ensure nutrient uptake and to limit disease prevalence. Prevent standing water by not overwatering the plants and by improving soil drainage if necessary. Limit disease spread by not splashing water or mud on the leaves. Protect the plants from cool temperatures; they are not cold-tolerant. Garden quilts or other covers should be used if temperatures below 45 F are expected.

Harvesting Sausage Paste Tomatoes

Tomatoes are ready to harvest when entirely red. Gently clip or twist the fruit to remove it from the stem without damaging the remaining branch. Sausage paste tomatoes are an indeterminate bush variety and will continually fruit as long as four months straight but will promptly end at the first frost of fall. Harvest the tomatoes as soon as they ripen to encourage more fruit before the end of the season.

About Sausage Paste Tomato Garden Seeds

This unusual fruit grows up into vines, adding a bit of flair to their presentation. Sausage Tomatoes' low seed content works beautifully into sauces and tomato pastes, making them an asset inside or outside the garden!

Tomatoes are used liberally throughout the world in a variety of dishes. Growing this classic kitchen staple in your garden this year will ensure a versatile harvest and delicious creations in the kitchen!

Indeterminate variety tomatoes need more structural support than determinate tomato plants. Indeterminates will continue to grow all season long until the frost kills them. There are multiple solutions to finding the right support system; whichever system you choose, it should be able to adapt to the height of the tomato plant as it grows throughout the season and bears fruit.

Sausage Tomato plants are great for potager gardens or edible landscaping. The vining plant is beautiful as well as useful. The oblong, scarlet red fruits add a dazzle of color and flavor to any garden or landscape.

Tips From Our Gardeners

"Vining tomato plants such as the Sausage Paste variety are decorative as well as utilitarian. I love recommending them for ornamental kitchen gardens. They can mimic clematis or other traditionally ornamental vining plants while offering delicious scarlet-red fruits with more purposes than just visual appeal!"

- Lara Wadsworth, True Leaf Market Writer

Other Resources

• Guide to Tomatoes

Sausage Paste Tomato Seeds Per Package:

• 300 mg packet - Approximately 65 Seeds
• .25 oz - Approximately 1,700 Seeds
• 1 oz - Approximately 6,800 Seeds
• 4 oz - Approximately 27,200 Seeds
• 1 lb - Approximately 108,800 Seeds

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