RHS Vegetable Collection : Tomato : Ruby F1 Hybrid

Vegetable

• Crops in : Harvest late July to October.
• Ideal for : Children

Description

Cordon (Indeterminate). Vigorous plants producing long trusses of red, currant-sized fruits each about 10g (1/3oz). Tomato Ruby will produce over 30 fruits per truss and a huge crop of these succulent, sweet flavoured fruits over the season. Best grown under glass, but also suitable for a sunny position outdoors. Suitable for indoor growing, or outdoors in warm regions. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection.

Sowing Instructions

Sow seeds February to mid April. Sow 1cm (½in) deep in pots or trays of good seed compost, at about 20C (68F) under glass or in a propagator. When seedlings gain 2 true leaves, transplant into individual 7.5cm (3in) pots of compost and maintain a minimum temperature of 15C (59F).

Growing Instructions

Pot on later into 10cm (4in) pots to achieve stronger plants for planting out. Plant out from end of May, or earlier if in a heated glasshouse, or when first flowers are showing. Allow 3 plants per growbag, 25cm (10in) pots or plant into the greenhouse soil, or from early June outdoors after hardening off and once frost risk has passed. Plants will require support. Feed with tomato fertiliser as first fruits begin to form.

Aftercare

Prefers a good quality compost and warm conditions.

Nutritional Information

Tomatoes are packed with antioxidants and are rich in Vitamins A and C and lycopene, all helping to stimulate your body’s immune system.