A stunning heirloom variety with elongated fruits and a striking deep pink-purple color, often featuring anthocyanin streaks on the shoulders. A prolific fruiter producing clusters of up to 7 fruits per stem.
An excellent variety for cooking, sauces, and purées due to its lower water content compared to regular tomatoes and a sweet tangy taste.
When to Sow: Jan - Apr
HOW TO SOW SLIVKA GURMAN TOMATOES:
Sow in pots under glass - Sow thinly into pots or modules of damp compost. Cover with a sprinkle of soil or vermiculite .Place inside a propagator with an Ideal temp 18-21°C. Prick out into individual pots when large enough to handle and grow on until well established.
Can be planted into pots, growbags or the greenhouse border. Can also be hardened off and planted outside once all risk of frost has passed.
- Classification: Half Hardy Annual
- Group: Fruiting & Shooting Vegetables
- Easy to Grow
- Germination Time: 1-2 Weeks
- Harvest Time: Jul - Oct
- Site: Full Sun
- Soil Type: Chalk/ Loam
- Soil Acidity: All Types
- Moisture: Well drained
- Care: Support with canes and remove sideshoots as they grow, water and feed regularly with high potash fertilizer once the first truss has set. Pick fruits as they ripen and water regularly, but do not over water to help prevent the fruits from splitting. Remove leaves below set fruits.
- Use: Edible
- Harvest: When fruits red underneath by cutting from the vine
- Days to Maturity: 182 Days
- Feed:Tomato feed
- Plant Spacing: 20-30cm
Tomato Slivka Gurman
10 Seeds per packet Approx
Please note that the majority of our seeds are packed by volume so the number of seeds indicated is an approximation.
We make every effort to provide British seeds where possible, but in some cases our British Growers are unable to grow in sufficient quantities to meet our demand or the seeds are subject to Plant breeders' rights which means it is only possible for us to buy these seeds from certain non UK sources.